When an English waitress at a small hotel situated near RAF Singlebury is murdered, suspicion fairs on US Airman Paul Kelly,
The commander of the airbase where he is to be tried has command influence and Kelly knows that he is in need of an excellent defence. In desperation, he turns to his ex-brother-in-law, Knute Helbig, a top prosecutor in New York. But Helbig has never defended, and it is with considerable reluctance that he agrees to make the trip to the base.
He is immediately made to feel unwelcome, and when his life is threatened in his off-base quarters he realizes that someone is determined to prevent him from doing his job. The only people he can turn to are a friendly air stewardess and, more importantly, her uncle - a retired New Scotland Yard inspector. Together they must find out what really happened if they are to clear Kelly's name, bur mystery and danger stalk their path.

Lucinda Draper, a brilliant television presenter, is receiving death threats, and with nerves stretched to breaking point, she engages private investigator John Goss to help.
Goss pinpoints the man he believes to be responsible and warns him off, but the threats continue, in a baffling variety. Then her mother's sudden inexplicable death adds to Lucinda's increasingly stressed condition. Goss is drawn into the menacing world she now begins to inhabit, where everyone seems suspect: friends, colleagues and her strange family. He wonders if his client's true enemy is her own vivid imagination. But the terrifying attack, when it comes, is no illusion, leaving Goss and Lucinda facing a situation which provokes a climax as ghastly and bloodsoaked as it is totally

Praise for Roots of Murder
'A winning look at what promises to be an intriguing ... series marked by quick pacing, engaging characters and a touch of romance.' Publishers Weekly
'A nicely composed debut ... with a fine lead character.' Booklist

The flower shop in River City, Missouri, is Bretta Soloman's whole life. Widowed more than a year ago when her cop husband died of a heart attack, Bretta has thrown herself into her florist business.
When she reads in the newspaper that Isaac Miller, an Amish farmer who supplied some of her most beautiful flowers, has died in mysterious circumstances, she's shocked and saddened. Bretta's life becomes a whirlwind of mystery and mistrust. Everybody is a suspect - from the Amish bishop Eli Detweiler and the eccentric neighbour Sam Kramer, to the flower wholesaler Leray Hedges. Bretta must race against the clock to find Isaac's killer and protect his beautiful garden from destruction before she becomes the next victim.

Mid-Victorian Glasgow may have seemed totally respectable on the surface, but there were undercurrents.

The Reverend Aeneas McPhail, strictly brought up by his widowed mother and his sister, and married late to a mousy bride, finds his Highland blood stirring at the sight of the beautiful young wife of the elderly millionaire who has founded the parish church. When the American Civil War brings ruin to the cotton industry in Glasgow and elsewhere, riches are in danger of turning seemingly overnight into poverty. But the reverse could happen if you knew where to put your money as did Holy Joe Sproat, McPhail's session clerk, whose burning ambition is to become a bailie.
Complex love affairs, treachery and murder lead the story to an ending which is as gripping as it is unexpected. Pamela Hill has truly excelled herself.

'This is a well-paced thriller fraught with tension - both sexual and suspenseful - that will please Krentz fans.' Publishers Weekly
Jayne Ann Krentz has crafted 'romantic suspense of the highest order' (Amazon.com) in twenty-two New York Times bestsellers, including her recent bestseller, Flash.
Now she unearths secrets at a New Age resort, where a hard-edged businessman and a beautiful art expert make a tantalizing mind-body connection - and where a killer threatens their piece of paradise.
Alexa Chambers has a flair for style, an eye for art - and a reputation in tatters. An expert in Art Deco, she blew the whistle on an employer who was selling fakes to wealthy clients. As a consequence she was left with no job and no prospects.
Now she runs a shop in her hometown of Avalon, Arizona - a hotspot for crystal devotees and sunset gazers. But gutsy, energetic Alexa has no intention of sitting still. She's ready to take risks to rebuild her career, and she secretly consults on an exquisite deco collection being installed at the new Avalon Resorts. Her scheme might just work - if she can steer clear of the resort's owner, the enigmatic and possibly dangerous J.L. Trask.

Praise for Joan Lock
'Enthralling.' Daily Telegraph
'Compulsively readable.' TLS

The adrenaline-charged debut novel of a husband, a wife, and two killers locked in a twisting match of hide-and-seek that could easily turn into a deadly game of hunt-and-kill.

Ellen has murder on her mind: a secret, untraceable act of retribution - payback for a horrifying act from her childhood that shattered her family and changed her life forever. After years of searching, the time for action has arrived. She takes to the road in pursuit of a man called Walker - setting into motion a plan so carefully crafted no one knows where she's gone. Tracking Walker to Los Angeles, Ellen believes a gun to his head will get her the identity of the prey she ultimately seeks. But her plan takes a series of horribly unexpected turns and, in a bizarre twist, she joins forces with Walker on a wild run that inevitably leads them both to an evil they cannot escape.
Both gripping suspense and powerful human drama, Every Trace deftly weaves together themes of betrayal and redemption in a novel no reader will soon forget.

'Another outstanding mystery.'Publishers Weekly

When an old family friend unexpectedly leaves Kevin Kerney 6,400 acres of high country land outside Las Vegas, New Mexico, the last thing he wants to think about is police work. Taking a rare weekend off from his job as deputy chief of the New Mexico State Police, Kerney sets out to explore the land, a rugged mesa in the shadow of Hermit's Peak. Before he can get very far, he comes upon an ailing stray dog with a woman's running shoe in its mouth. The dog leads him to the butchered bones of a murder victim, and Kerney finds he's inherited a homicide along with a ranch.
Kerney is soon directing a multifaceted investigation, and as he races against time to solve two murders and avert another, he must also grapple with what the truth may mean for a man he has grown to respect and trust.

Hermit's Peak is Michael McGarrity's most involving novel yet. Filled with breakneck action and authentie police work, and fuelled by a plot that twists and turns across majestic landscape and into the hearts and minds of memorable characters, Hermit's Peak builds to a shattering climax that no reader will forget.

Daniel Gregg had always wanted to captain his own ship, and when the opportunity arose he seized it without hesitation. in partnership with his friend, Frank Loder, he sailed the tramp W.H. Davies to the Far East, attracted by the glamour of that part of the world.
Trouble started in Singapore when Waiter Crane, the bosun, disappeared and could not be found. As a replacement, the Chinese Tommy Chan was taken on. But he had skills which had nothing to do with seamanship and a past that might not have borne too close a scrutiny.
Then in Hong Kong a charming young lady named Margarita Diaz walked into Gregg's life. Now there really was something to worry about!

This is the first novel in a new mystery series featuring Tansy Clark who ventures where others dare not in late nineteenth-century London.

In Victorian London a prowler stalks the streets, leaving the bodies of friendless young women with pink ribbons in their hair and in a newspaper advice is offered to lovelorn girls by someone calling himself Valentine. When Tansy Clark, independent and spirited daughter of a retired police officer, meets the runaway Tilde in the park she is caught up in the hunt for a serial killer who moves silently through the shadows of the East End. Aided by her friend, journalist Frank Cartwright and unwillingly attracted to the feckless Patrick who searches for his lost sister, Tansy is drawn further and further into a world where no woman is safe - and no man can be trusted.

'Stories of a constable on his village beat In North Yorkshire. All very gentle and far, far removed from the hurry burly of modern day city policing. Daily Telegraph
'Hilarious.' Yorkshire Post

Nicholas Rhea provides more light-hearted tales and introduces more intriguing characters from Aidensfield, the fictional North Yorkshire moorland village made famous in ITV's hit drama, Heartbeat.
As Sergeant Blaketon prepares to retire from the force to begin a new career in the post office, Constable Nick continues with his absorbing rural duties. There are problems with Greengrass's goat which loves butting motor vehicle headlights and even attacks the police constable's official transport, while Claude Jeremiah himself decides to establish the Greengrass School of Motoring, an ideal means of coping with his egg deliveries. Aidensfield isn't free from crime, however. Geoffrey Cunningham reports the theft of his famous art collection of red-headed nudes. Meanwhile a burglar breaks into an isolated moorland house to leave something behind and a builder discovers a human skeleton under the property he is renovating.

Praise for The Dried-Up Man:
'Written with period touches that add flavour ... entertaining.' Historical Novels Review
'A good read.' The Cauldron

Set in Victorian times, this novel features rural Detective Inspector Saul Jackson and the irrepressible Sergeant Bottomley. How they employ their different skills to bring the devastating truth of The Dark Kingdom to light makes compelling reading.
Jane Ashwood longs to see her vision of a public school for girls translated into reality, and is thrilled when the charismatic headmaster Edward Dalton becomes deeply committed to her venture. But when the prying schoolmaster Amyas Fletcher hints that Dalton's school has become a dark kingdom ruled by a veiled, intangible evil, violent death suddenly strikes, and Jane finds to her horror that Edward Dalton is the prime suspect in a case of multiple murder.