Collection: Adult fiction

Most people don't even notice them - three tiny figures sitting at the end of a long pier in the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world. Most people think it's just a depiction of the sea. But Louisa, an aspiring artist herself, knows otherwise, and she's determined to find out t...

Cleethorpes, 1940. As the new year dawns the show at the Empire comes to an end and it's time for the girls to move on. Years of struggle are over for Frances O' Leary when Johnny Randolph returns to make things right for her and their daughter - do they have a chance of happiness? Of being a fam...

Freelance hitman Will Robie has a mission which takes him first to Edinburgh and then to Tangier. His task is to eliminate suspected enemies of the US government. But back in DC, when government employee Denise Tamaron is detailed as his next target, Robie fails to pull the trigger. Why does she ...

Jack Hartwell never imagined his latest undercover mission would kick off with a storm - or lead him straight into the heart of a quaint bookshop on Puffin Island. Seeking refuge, he stumbles into Amelia Brown's enchanting world of books, puffins, and an eccentric group of book club regulars. So ...

Agatha Raisin thinks she's in for a treat when her ex-husband invites her on a holiday, but to her horror, his idea of an exotic destination is a small, rundown town called Snoth-on-Sea. The break doesn't go as planned. When a guest staying in the same hotel as Agatha is found murdered, Agatha be...

Can the feisty Agatha cut it as a private investigator? When wealthy divorcee, Catherine Laggat-Brown walks in, Agatha gets her first real case. Death threats, blackmail and physical attack soon follow, and once again Agatha is off scouring the countryside for clues, showing friends and enemies a...

Roaring into town in her Porsche, BBC reporter Crystal French's arrival is heralded by a speeding ticket from Constable Macbeth. Out of revenge, her first show insults the whole village. But when Crystal turns up dead, the entire village becomes suspect.

Wedding bells - and murder - are in the air for Hamish Macbeth. While locals think Josie McSween is quite a catch, Hamish has a severe case of pre-nuptial jitters, after all, if it wasn't for the recent murder of a beautiful woman in a neighbouring village, there wouldn't be a wedding in the fist...

Agatha receives a less than welcome invitation to ex-husband James's wedding to a beautiful, younger woman. But it's one wedding and a funeral when the bride is murdered on her big day.

When Met WAAF Jenny teams up with pilot Edwin to expose a businessman profiteering from the Operation Manna aid sent to Europe, will their friendship turn to something more?