It's been some time since Sister Joan of the Order of the Daughters of Compassion has had to solve a murder, but there are indications that will soon change. Outbreaks of vandalism in the village coincide with the sighting of a devil in the churchyard and strange candles left burning in the postulancy, now rented out to the Lurgan family. Then it is that Sister Joan finds a body, a young police officer goes missing and old Sister Gabrielle begins to act in a most furtive manner. Evil draws ever closer in the vengeful search for victims.

When the body of a teenage girl is found in a bleak Yorkshire quarry, forensic evidence points overwhelmingly to the senile old farmer who discovered her. But DCI Ed Swift is not convinced.

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Once again the perceptive nun, Dame Frevisse, is caught in the middle of a murder scenario. When the body of Sir Ralph of Woodrim is discovered in the woods near his manor house, she finds herself positioned as the comfort-provider to a widow who's not grieving. It soon emerges that the late master of the manor, despised by his wife and family, can still hold power over his heirs through his will, just as he did in life, with stringent demands upon his executors. As secrets are drawn out into the light, Dame Frevisse fears the murderer among them will not rest until the family legacy has been settled once and for all and it is she who must resolve the mysteries and ensure justice is done.

In September 1957 the Edsel made its long-awaited debut in Black River Falls, Iowa. The local Ford dealership was hosting a baton-twirling celebration to welcome the car of the future. But the future can't be taken for granted - a fact made all too clear by the discovery of Susan Squire's body in the boot of one of the brand-new cars. Now Private Eye Sam McCain must find out who killed the wife of the town's most prominent lawyer before the guilty party hits the road.

Bretta Solomon is thrilled finally to have a day off. That is, until her second in command at the nursery comes down with a sinus infection and Bretta is forced to attend a funeral for which her flower shop provided the arrangements. And so death is on her mind when she arrives at the customer appreciation fair at the Parker Wholesale Greenhouse. But, soon, death becomes the only thing she can possibly think of when a greenhouse assistant is found lying in a pool of blood on a dimly lit patch of lawn next to a beautiful garden. Once again in the thick of things, how can Bretta solve this violent, bloody murder?

"Elvis murder mystery"

It's 1964, and Elvis is in Las Vegas for a little R & R before starting his next film. But before long, he can't help falling into the middle of an inept police investigation to find something entirely different - a killer.

Judge Deborah Knott has agreed to marry her childhood friend, Deputy Sheriff Dwight Bryant, but it's hardly the love match of the century. Indeed she now questions whether friendship, mutual history and good sex are really enough to make a strong marriage. Her antidote to cold feet: head for the hills. When asked to fill in for a vacationing judge in Cedar Gap Deborah readily agrees. It seems the perfect place to clear her head but she arrives in time to hear the case against a young man who's been arrested for the brutal murder of a prominent doctor. Then, with the suspicious death of a second resident, Deborah realizes that she must examine Cedar Gap through critical eyes. And what she sees will rock her with an entirely new theory about the murder case...and her impending marriage.

Introducing DI Hillary Greene AC

Private eye Paul Lomax never wanted the case. Checking on errant wives wasn't his scene, but Rex Saunders seemed a likeable guy and keeping an eye on his ex-fashion-model wife Mona promised to be all profit and no pain. How was Lomax to know that foxy old Rex was keeping so many secrets? And then there was the problem of Lomax's budding relationship with the glamorously irrepressible Melody Brown. Taking the case didn't help the romance along, especially when Mona dumped her inhibitions and demanded a little attention. Now Mona is terrified by sickening threats and the local morgue is filling up fast. When a hit man moves in and the police don't want to know, Lomax and Mona find themselves on their own. Will they be able to hide from the orgy of violence erupting all around them?

The tall, dark and lovely Fanny Dinmont arrives at her weekend cottage late one night to find a murdered man on her sitting-room floor. Even more puzzling, Fanny recognizes him from a chance meeting that day in the London office of Sir Stafford Williams, head of the secretive business empire TROD. The mystery deepens when the body disappears. Fanny finds herself surrounded by suspects - the powerful Sir Stafford himself; his sinister misogynist deputy, Ian Ramsey; Fanny's bitter ex-husband and the unpredictable American Gaylord Poyntz. With her life in danger, Fanny's only hope is the surprising secret that the great TROD empire must now yield.

It was an oddly assorted company of passengers that boarded the S.S. Chetwynd in Hong Kong and Singapore to take passage to Fremantle. The old vessel was the kind of ship that could hardly attract the finest officers or crew and was patronised only by the least demanding or affluent of passengers.

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Returning from a court appearance, Detective Inspector Box finds himself investigating the violent death of Sir John Courteline, the great philanthropist. It looks like an act of private revenge, but Box soon uncovers a widespread conspiracy. Pursuing the killer's trail of signature deaths across London and Cornwall, Box's investigation finally leads him to the bleak wilderness of eastern Prussia where the scene is set for an awesome final confrontation.

History professor Simon Shaw confronts the killer who committed a perfect murder

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The beautiful wife of Sir Charles Millhouse, the local MP, is found naked and choked to death in a reservoir. Her clothes and an antique pearl collar she usually wore are missing. Within a short space of time another body is discovered and the modus operandi repeated. With no clues and little forensic evidence to go on, will quirky Yorkshire policeman Michael Angel's guile be enough to reveal the identity of the choker?

For New Orleans police detective Skip Langdon, her nemesis is evangelical preacher Errol Jacomine. As the leader of his own army of converts he, now wants to become president of the United States. But his campaign methods include theft and multiple murder. Now Jacomine is coming after Skip, her lover and her friends.