Paula Grey 'witnesses' the murder of Norbert Engel, key German statesman, in Vienna. A mysterious veiled woman entered and left the building. Is she a member of the insidious Sisterhood.
One by one, the elite strong men in a leaderless Europe are assassinated. Tweed suspects a prelude to the takeover of the Continent by a power from the East - but not Russia. What part is played by Captain Wellesley Carringon, flamboyant landowner in Dorset, by his neighbour Amos Lodge, eccentric strategist? By Tina Langley, Carrington's glamorous friend?
Tension rises as Tweed, Paula and Bob Newman race to the scene of a new assassination, Zurich. Another veiled woman was seen leaving the murder location. Following this trail of death, Tweed's frenetic pursuit leads to the vast plain east of Vienna, to a strange village.
Relentless attempts are made to kill Tweed as he slowly unravels the secret of The Sisterhood. The action switches back to Geneva, into France. The ultimate horrendous clash explodes on the eve of the invasion.

Sheila Malory is less than thrilled when an old lawyer friend invites himself to stay. How could she know that before the week is out she would be investigating his murder ... ?
Every year solicitor Graham Percy makes a tour of the West Country to visit old friends, and unfortunately for Sheila, her home is one of the tiresome lawyer's ports of call. But Graham's latest stay turns out to be his last, for one morning he is found on the seafront at Taviscombe with a fatal stab wound to the chest.
At first the police believe Graham, was mugged, for no valuables are found near the scene. But then the dead man's wallet is washed ashore, with all credit cards intact. Graham Percy, it seems, was the victim of premeditated murder ...

Ten years after George Farnell's disappearance, two lines of poetry and a lump of mineral ore are found. It's enough to send mineral expert Bill Gansert to Norway. But word of his findings has leaked out and Gansert finds himself caught in a maze of ambition and treachery.

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His classic novel of the Blitz of August 1940 reissued.

Begins in August 1940 at the start of the Blitz. The mass-formation attacks have started, and the call to action stations - "attack alarms" is a daily occurence. This novel offers an account of that long summer when only a handful of fighter planes could prevent a British defeat.

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"So, I admit to myself now I have often failed to do the hard thing. Not always, but frequently enough. And I failed because I so easily saw how and why someone - Conor, Vicky, a friend or acquaintance, a criminal I have to deal with - had done whatever it was they had done, and I had pardoned them." The Soft Detective
It's not often a Nobel Prize winner gas murdered ... On your patch ... very likely by a member of your own family…
DCI Phil Benholme has the reputation for being a little soft - but it's only because he tried to see both sides of every story. And now he is faced with the murder of Professor Unwala, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1945.
Was the elderly man a victim of robbery? Or of a racist assault by Britforce troopers? Or did the Professor know something about the Hampton Hoard, a collection of Celtic coins thought to be buried somewhere nearby? Clearly Inspector Benholme has a number of leads to follow up. Unfortunately they all point one person - Coner Benholme.
What does a 'soft cop' do when his teenage son is also a prime suspect ... ?

The Dark Room, starring Dervla Kirwan and James Wilby, is the fifth adaptation of Minette Waiters' work by the BBC. It will be broadcast on Friday 2"d April and Saturday 3'd April 1999.

The newspapers reported the case with relish. Jane (Jinx) Kingsley, fashion photographer and heiress, tried to kill herself after being unceremoniously jilted by her fiancé, who has since disappeared - together with Jinx's best friend Meg...
But when Jinx wakes from her coma, she can remember nothing about the alleged suicide attempt. With the help of Dr Alan Protheroe of the Nightingale Clinic, she slowly begins to piece together the fragments of the last few weeks. Then the memories begin to surface... Memories of utter desperation and absolute terror.

Minette Waiters is undoubtedly the most talked about crime novelist of the decade. The Sculptress, The Ice House, The Scold's Bridle and The Echo have all been adapted into major drama series by BBC 1. The first, The Sculptress, which was shown in 1996 and starred Pauline Quirke, proved the most successful television drama of recent years. The Dark Room starring Dervla Kirwan and James Wilby, will be shown on Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd April '99.