All Robin wanted to do was be part of the gang and his big test was to steal a rich lady's precious cat. But now he has been witness to a horrible murder and he's not sure whether Mr Nordling saw his face or not. And what is he supposed to do with the rather beautiful and unusual-looking cat which he rescued from certain death?, And if Robin has the cat won't Mr Nordling know know it was he who saw the brutal death of Mrs Nordling? But Robin is not the only person who knows Mr Nordling is guilty of murder. Edith Todmaster suspects it too. Soon she will wish she had kept her nose out of things.

Praise for The Diamond Cat.
'Quietly builds to a perfectly splendid climax.' Daily Mall
Praise for Shadows in Their Blood
'Tart and gossipy whodunit, with convincing cast of veteran thesps.' The Literary Review, Philip Oakes

Praise for Pauline Bell
'Pauline Bell imbues her work with a liveliness and a sense of purpose.' Yorkshire Post
‘A must' The Guardian

While Di Mitchell attends another police course, his Detective Sergeant Jennifer Taylor is trying to identify a nuisance caller who taunts pregnant women with rumors about AIDS. She is sure she knows who the culprit is, but Ben Mitchell’s wife Virginia is also receiving threatening phone calls- and she's not pregnant Then Virginia's harassment begins to intensify and Jennifer becomes convinced that the inspectors wife is at risk from someone far more sinister

The police believe the young man who fell from a cliff was using drugs. Rose and the local fishermen know better. All Rose has to do now is convince DI Jack Pearce that the young man's death was not an accident. But Jack is busy. There is a burglary to investigate, and he has been tipped off that an incoming trawler may have more dm fish on board. Then the dead man's sister disappears, and Rose, too, seems to be missing.

Janie Bohtho, has launched a new character, Rose Trevelyan, a painter and photographer. Her first appearance is promising.' Gerald Kaufman Scotsman
‘strong on psychological analysis of characters and motives, and with a genuine surprise at the end, Janie Bohthio's book is well written and tidily constructed ... congratulations are in order. James Melville, Hampstead and Highgate Express

In the newly developing Cardiff docklands, rumour has it that self-styled crime boss Cordial Maximillian has struck up a fragile alliance with two of his rivals, and hired himself a gunman. Detectives Brade and Jenkins know this can mean only one thing; strangers are moving in on the lucrative dockland area and Cordial is seeking support to repel them. When his gunman is found hanging from an ornamental crane in one of the marina developments the warning message is clear; Brade and Jenkins have an all out war on their hands.

Praise for David Craig:
'Fast, fierce and exceedingly funny' Literary Review

Praise for Valerie Kershaw's Murder is Too Expensive:
'Fast, funny glimpse of broadcasting days with complex plot and (literally) big bang finish. More, please.' Matthew Coady, The Guardian

Mitch Mitchell returns in a gripping mystery which follows the radio broadcaster cum private detective from Birmingham to Devon in search of a missing person.
Mitch Mitchell has just been told that Radio Brum are dropping her programme for the summer. Her dream home, a chapel conversion, is proving disastrously expensive and the detective agency she co-owns is making a thumping loss. So it seems like good news when celebrity cook Sissy Childe asks her to find her half sister Rosie who has gone missing.
The trail leads Mitch to Devon and when the body of a young woman, clad 'in Rosie's jacket, is found in a wood, it looks as if the disappearance has been solved - but it is not Rosie. Now Mitch has two problems. Who is the dead woman, and where is Rosie?

The discovery of a headless corpse at sea causes police enquiries to concentrate on drug smuggling in the north east of England, but archaeologist Arnold Landon has his own problems with a beautiful new assistant in the department, the cult of Oclixtam raising planning issues, and boundary disputes landing on his desk. When a local heiress goes missing and the chairman of an archaeological society falls to his death from his own tower, Arnold is drawn into a web of deceit, murder and hallucination, until he himself is placed in danger.

Praise for Superstitious Death, the second DI Pluke mystery:
'Twists and turns are skilfully handled in this police procedural with amusing overtones.'Yorkshire Gazette and Herald, Bill Spence
The third lighthearted crime novel featuring the highly superstitious Detective Inspector Montague Pluke of Crickledale CID, from the author of the 'Heartbeat' books.

Much as Detective Inspector Montague Pluke loves his job, he- has been looking forward to a holiday. It gives him the long-awaited opportunity to go in search of the Lost Giant's Horse Trough of Trippingdale rumoured to exist 'in the grounds of Trippingdale Castle.
The Trippingdale estate has been closed to the public for decades, but Pluke has, at last managed to gain entrance. However, his moment of joy at finding the great, trough is almost ruined when he finds, face down in its shallow waters, a dead man. Enquiries soon reveal the body is that of the recent heir to the estate, a thoughtful man much-liked by his employees.
Why would anyone want to kill him? And why has he, like several other people in the village, received a single pressed snowdrop, a well-known sign of death?

The first in a new Victorian series featuring the young physician Dr James Mortimer and his very capable partner, Dr Violet Branscombe. Narrated by Dr Mortimer, the voice of the Victorian gentleman rings true in this engaging novel.
Mortimer and Branscombe are sure to win instant fans.

A retired Calcutta merchant with a guilty secret a beautiful haunted girl, imprisoned in a room with barred windows, decadent fin-de-siecle artist who frequents an anarchist cafe in Whitechaple and a seemingly-impossible murder are the pieces in the puzzle which, much to his astonishment, Dr James Mortimer finds himself trying to solve.
Recently widowed and keen to escape his grief, the young physician has agreed to act as locum in a smart London practice. Far from Mayfair, however, his first call takes him to an address in Aldgate where he meets the captivating Lavinia Nancarrow. Intrigued by the overbearing solicitude of the girl's guardian who keeps her a virtual prisoner, Mortimer determines to discover the reasons behind Lavinia’s confinement.
Engagingly absent-minded but incessantly curious and observant Mortimer is' aide in his efforts by his redoubtable consort the liberated Dr Violet Branscombe. Amid the clip and clatter of hansom cabs and the popping of gaslights together they unravel a mystery as dark and sinister as the East End alleys of Victorian London.