Collection: Adult fiction

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...

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...

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?

Youngster Zeno, just 15, grew up long ago in the crime-riddled Forcella neighbourhood, where he started his career as a petty thief to supplement his mother's income and, every now and then, take his girlfriend Natalina out for pizza. A quick hand at pickpocketing and selling drugs, Zeno's confro...

It's been 25 years since Tom Thorne last went to work wearing the 'Queen's cloth' but now, having stepped out of line once too often, he's back in uniform. He's no longer a detective, and he hates it. Still struggling to adjust, Thorne becomes convinced that a spate of suicides among the elderly ...

Clara Casey has more than enough on her plate. Her daughters Adi and Linda were no problem at all during the usually turbulent teens. Now in their 20s, Adi is always fighting for or against something; while Linda lurches from one unsatisfactory relationship to the next.