Eleventh in the popular DCI Roper series

Roper and his team are faced with a mysterious spate of killings, linked by the fact that all the victims are women with long dark hair - but there must be some other vital link for the murderer, and Roper is faced with a race against time to find the answer.

Praise for Janie Bolitho:
'Perceptive economy and wry humour. The small town setting is traditional but the writer gives it fresh vitality.' William Weaver, Financial Times
'Strong on psychological analysis of characters... well written and tidily constructed. Congratulations are in order.' James Melville, Hampstead & Highgate Express

England, 1892, and Victoria, Queen and Empress, is in the 54th year of her reign. The reign of Lily Langtry as mistress to the dissolute Prince of Wales is over, while that of Mrs Keppel is shortly to begin. The prince's unfortunate wife, the long-suffering Alexandra, is the most popular woman in Britain, feted and adored, yet sadly her son, Albert VictorEddy to his family and second in line to the throne - has taken after his father and is also renowned for his scandalous lifestyle.
Then Prince Eddy is found slaughtered in his bed. Terrified of this new scandal, the Prince of Wales and his spindoctors decide on a cover-up. The murder is disguised as death by influenza. Lord Francis Powerscourt, an Irish investigator, is asked to find the killer.
The Royal Family and even the Government are not above suspicion for Eddy would have been a singularly unsuitable monarch. Powerscourt's quest takes him through the Prince's unsavoury past, on a journey of discovery through the crumbling palazzos and misty waterways of Venice. And it takes him on a love affair that starts in front of Turner's Fighting Temeraire in London's National Gallery. Through a web of scandal and suicide, vice and revenge Powerscourt unravels the mystery of the prince's last goodnight.

Murder on Arthur's Seat <

A discreet investigation into the mystery of a vanishing corpse soon turns into a more dangerous pursuit for Rose McQuinn when she finds no one believes her story of discovering a murdered woman on Arthur's Seat. Second in the promising new Rose McQuinn series.

Praise for Alanna Knight:
'An ideal blend of history and mystery... marvellously rich entertainment, and should be read slowly, with relish.' Mat Coward
,... a series of fascinating and original riddles, flowing dialogue and likeable central characters make for a novel as brisk and bracing as a wind off the Forth.' Scotland on Sunday

Jimmy Parisi is a cop who's got everything going for him - a good career with the Chicago PD, kids who have grown into nice teenagers through his singlehanded hard work and a beautiful young redhead who's just agreed to become his wife. But suddenly the flipside of Jimmy's life comes into play.
Someone is raping and murdering attractive young women, then mutilating their corpses. Is this a brand new Jack the Ripper, transplanted to the streets of Chicago, or is there some method behind this cutter's madness? Cops in Parisi's department nickname the murderer 'The Farmer' as evidence suggests he's harvesting female organs for some sinister purpose of his own.
Using criminal profiling techniques Parisi narrows his list of possible perpetrators to three - and then just one. And as Parisi gets more and more involved in the Cutter's case he begins to fear that the murderer is not just in it for the buzz that most rapist-killers enjoy. No, this psychopath is in the business of supplying fresh organs to the medical black markets of Europe and Asia - and what's more it's the Mafia who act as his brokers.
Parisi is relentless in tracking his quarry down and killer and cop are set for an unforgettable confrontation in Parisi's own neighbourhood - in his own backyard, in fact, with his new wife firmly set in the Cutter's sights...

A mysterious legacy haunts Dr Fidelis Berlin

A woman called Lesley Cameron has left everything she owns to a complete stranger, the psychiatrist Dr Fidelis Berlin - but why?
Investigating the mysterious legacy, Fidelis finds herself questioning not only Lesley's life and violent death, but also her own emotions as she slowly comes to terms with illness and mortality.

Praise for Jessica Mann:

'Jessica Mann's name on the cover is a sign of quality crime fiction.' Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph
'Should have a place of honour on the national reading list.' Tim Heald, Express

In the poetry of John Donne lies a motive for murder

A female sports celebrity has been murdered - her face mutilated in a bizarre, ritualistic manner. What is the significance of the strange text the killer has left at the crime scene? Why did he surgically remove the victim's left eye? And can a Cambridge lecturer help the police reconstruct the killer's fantasy in time to save her own life?
As Inspector John Underwood and his team frantically try to piece together the last hours of Olympic athlete Lucy Harrington, events take an unexpected turn. Harrington's murderer contacts English Literature lecturer Heather Stussmann and invites her to explain his actions to the police. And when another woman is murdered Stussman realises the key to understanding the killer's terrifying motive lies buried in the works of a poet who has been dead for nearly four hundred years...