Former gypsy prize-fighter Henry Torrance is about to be released from prison where he has been serving time for killing fellow bare-knuckle fighter Bull Jackson. He's determined to get his life on tr
The tarot reading was a gift, albeit an unusual one, bearing in mind that it was supposed to be a wedding present for a young bride, and all the more so, since the giver of the gift was the bridegroom
Ridiculed and nicknamed "Agatha" by her colleagues for her Marplelike approach to a crime scene, novice detective Pippa Adams could not be having a worse start to her career at Penbury CID. Then teach
Everybody dreams of a surprise inheritance and one comes to Meg at her lowest ebb, a letter, from an uncle she has never heard of, leaving her a derelict mill and bakery in a Yorkshire dale. With the
When a number of young women go missing, investigative journalist Emma Boylan explores the circumstances surrounding their disappearance. When an article of hers focusing on the release of a sex offen
Even a schoolteacher is entitled to romantic fantasies, but Delsie Sommers was eminently practical. She never dared to dream of a wealthy, handsome, and titled husband. Then one day fate turned her wo
The murder of Dave Lockheart's wife by a set of desperados who plague the Red River country of Texas leads him to a desperate mission for revenge. Though he was once a soldier, Lockheart is no natural
Abigail Barton has been brought up in Bath by Lady Jordan, her own parents having died when she was a baby. She does not wish to go to London for the Season, nor to marry, but her trustee, the enigmat
It’s every policeman’s worst nightmare: a little girl has been abducted and Falbrough CID can find no trace of her. The department’s newest detective, Constable “Thorny” Deepbriar, one-time village bo
When a woman is stabbed to death in an Oxford car park, a revealing photograph on her mobile points towards a crime of sexual passion or revenge. But as DI Holden and her team investigate further, it
