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A second case for Victorian sleuth Lord Francis Powerscourt; Early one morning in 1897 a corpse with no head or hands is dragged out of the Thames by London Bridge....

'Maybe she blessed the waters a century ago, but now she's a magnet for murder. She's an angel all right,' Mike said, staring at the beautiful sunlit figure that towered...

The twisted maze of Venice's canals has always been shrouded in mystery. Even the celebrated opera house, La Fenice, has seen its share of death ... but none so horrific...

An instant New York Times and Indie bestseller! From the bestselling author of the Truly Devious books, Maureen Johnson, comes a new stand-alone YA about a teen who uncovers a...

An instant New York Times and Indie bestseller! From the bestselling author of the Truly Devious books, Maureen Johnson, comes a new stand-alone YA about a teen who uncovers a...

Adapted for BBC4's Inspector Montalbano From the title story, Death at Sea, in which the alleged manslaughter of an engineer upon a fishing trawler leads Inspector Montalbano to uncover an...

A classic Ngaio Marsh novel in which a game of darts in an English pub has gruesome consequences. At the Plume of Feathers in south Devon one midsummer evening, eight...

'A novel brilliantly evoking the isolation of a woman with an unbearable weight on her conscience' Sunday Times __________________ Keeping it in the family... After her painful divorce four years...

__________________ Keeping it in the family... After her painful divorce four years ago, Lotte Meerman has kept well away from Arjen, her ex-husband, and his new wife Nadia. So when...

An old sanatorium. A terrifying murder. Six suspects and a case that never closed . . . Discover the new locked-room mystery by the Sunday Times bestselling author Once a...

An old sanatorium. A terrifying murder. Six suspects and a case that never closed . . . Discover the new locked-room mystery by the Sunday Times bestselling author Once a...

1865. A passenger train stands ready to depart amid the bustle at Yorkstation. The flurry of passengers and porters, the swooping pigeons andbarking dogs are thrown into a state of...

The devastating Phryne Fisher is under fire again in her fourth mystery. A very young man with muddied hair, a pierced ear and a blue tattoo lies cradled in Phryne's...

Loyal readers of the monthly "Universe" essays in Natural History magazine have long recognized Neil deGrasse Tyson's talent for guiding them through the mysteries of the cosmos with clarity and...

Did you know you're more likely to be hurt by a cow, a sinkhole or a champagne cork than by a shark? In fact, each year only around 10 people...

After a brief and undignified stint as a war correspondent, Chris Ayres is exiled by his newspaper to Hollywood, where he lives in a building called The Leisureplex and sends...

Deep theology meets gritty pastoral experiences as Death by Love explains through a compilation of heartfelt letters the practical implications of what Jesus accomplished on the cross.

Who are you?' asked the doctor. You are not the standard cruise passenger, I can tell you that.' Thank you,' said Phryne in a self-possessed manner. You are correct. I...

In the aftermath of the Mexican-American War, two French Jesuit priests travel to the American Southwest to establish a new Roman Catholic diocese. Upon arrival, Father Jean Marie Latour and...

A new psychological thriller. Jack is ex-police force and still grieving the collapse of his marriage and the disappearance of his teenage daughter, Jacinta, four years earlier. He is dragged...

With wit, humor, and an infectious love of astronomy that could win over even the science-phobic, this fun and fascinating book reminds us that outer space is anything but remote....

A new look for the second Brunetti novel from award-winning crime writer Donna Leon 'Brunetti . . . long ago joined the ranks of the classic fictional detectives' Evening Standard...

In the spring of 1940, the mutilated body of a homosexual is discovered in a street near the Bordeaux railway station. It looks like a straight-forward sex crime, but when...

'. . . there is no doubt Phryne is back at her best.' The Book Muse When a mysterious invitation arrives for Miss Phryne Fisher from an unknown Captain Herbert...

DCI Monika Paniatowski investigates the killing of an American guest - and uncovers a link to a 50-year-old murder. When the body of an American woman is found in the...

Death in Holy Orders is set in an Anglican theological college on a desolate stretch of the East Anglian coast. When the body of one of the students is found...

Published to great acclaim, Death in Lacquer Red was the first novel in Jeanne M. Dams's historical mystery series featuring Hilda Johansson, a young Swedish woman working in the South...

Another book in the brilliant cosy crime meets culinary adventure series from Alex Coombs. 'An irresistibly delicious mix of cooking and murder' Trisha Ashley 'A fantastic read which I got...

'A story of the voluptuousness of doom' Thomas Mann With astonishment Aschenbach noticed that the boy was entirely beautiful. Ageing writer Gustav von Aschenbach is on holiday in Venice when...

Gustav von Aschenbach is a successful but ageing writer who travels to Venice for a holiday. One day, at dinner, Aschenbach notices an exceptionally beautiful young boy who is staying...

A crime novel featuring Chief Inspector Morse, in which Morse and his assistant Sergeant Lewis are called upon to investigate the murder of a young woman who was shot from...

Book Three in the bestselling fantasy series The Foundling, perfect for fans of Shannon Mayer, Jenn Stark and the Sookie Stackhouse novels War burned her. Famine nearly killed her. Now...

'Serial killers turn up all the time in crime fiction, but few are as patient or as devious as the murderer in Zhou Haohui's Death Notice . This extraordinary novel...

She calls herself Rune. She lives a downtown life and works running errands for a couple of documentary filmakers. At twenty-one, she's nowhere, and that's not where she wants to...

She calls herself Rune. She lives a downtown life and works running errands for a couple of documentary filmakers. At twenty-one, she's nowhere, and that's not where she wants to...

"A rich rewarding trip for everyone." - The New York Times " Alexander's eye for period detail is sharp and subtle; he brings his historic England back to life in...

From deep in the heart of his eighteenth century English manor, millionaire Sir Adrian Beauclerk-Fisk writes mystery novels and torments his four spoiled children with threats of disinheritance. Tiring of...

Detective Inspector Ben Jurnet is dating again after the tragic death of his fiancee, but in the midst of investigating the murder of an idealistic political activist, Ben struggles to...

A tart with a heart of stone... Maggie Baird is neither kind or generous, but she is very, very rich. So when her car catches fire, with her inside it,...

*** SHORTLISTED FOR HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR at the FINGERPRINT AWARDS *** In the fourth rip-roaring thriller in the award-winning Malabar House series, Persis and Archie travel to the...

Who killed Princess Isis? When the Pharaoh's beautiful eleven-year-old daughter, Isis, dies under suspicious circumstances, rumours fly around the harem of Mer-Wer. Meryt, the harem's beautician, learns that the princess...

A crime thriller cutting to the heart of the political sleaze in Italy. A beautiful teenage girl, Simona Biondi, has gone missing from her home in the Italian capital. Castagnetti,...

A missing person report is not usually something that Hamish Macbeth sees as cause for undue distress. Should a child or a vulnerable person vanish, it's an urgent matter that...

When a young girl is found murdered in a field, the scientific examination of the exhibits is just a routine job for the staff of Hoggatt's forensic science laboratory. But...