Hornet's Nest & Southern Cross

The trio of Judy Hammer, Virginia West and Andy Brazil, have been hired by the city of Richmond, Virginia to tackle its soaring crime rate. In the face of overwhelming public scrutiny, undermined by corruption and by the jealous apathy of their peers, they must bring order and sanity to a city in trouble.

Lola Dakota had to call in the police several times to restrain her abusive husband, but he always returned, so when they got wind of his plan to hire a hitman to kill her she agrees to play her part in the sting which would see both men arrested. It proves to be a great success, but several hours later and when her husband is under lock and key, Lola is truly dead -and by someone's hand. The police team on the original sting are in disarray, so Alex Cooper and Mike Chapman are swiftly in place to take over. Looking beyond her husband into her professional life, they discover a university department riddled with jeolousies, extra-marital affairs, swindled funds and the unexplained disappearance of a student known to be a drug user. The one thing which seems to link all the players with all the misdemeanours is the university's research site on an island off Manhattan where they were investigating the remains of the Victorian isolation hospitals and lunatic asylums and the morgue - the deadhouse. But why Lola's murder is connected to the place is not so easy to prove, nor the identity of her killer.

High-octane thriller set in the world of air travel.

Alex Shanahan is asked to discover why an ex-colleague from Majestic Airlines has been murdered in Miami and why he had in his possession the logbook from a crashed airliner. At a loss to get at the truth and off her own patch, she hires the help of a local investigator.

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Psychiatrist Cal Bradley runs a highly respected clinic in New England and shares a contented life with his wife and three children. He is convinced that a patient of his is not guilty of the murder with which he's been charged, but revealing the identity of the real killer will destroy Cal.

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Detective Inspector Peter Diamond is caught up in the most difficult investigation of his career - the murder of his wife. Found in one of Bath's parks, she has been shot. Mad with grief, Diamond finds himself under suspicion and decides that a little independent action is called for.