Collection: Adult fiction

In the New Mexico desert badlands, a woman's skeleton is found with two rare artefacts clutched in her hands: lightning stones used by the ancient Chaco people to summon the gods. FBI Special Agent Corrie Swanson brings in archaeologist Nora Kelly to investigate. When a second body is found in id...

Berlin, 1933. The night skies are burning bright with huge bonfires of banned books. The Nazi party is swelling in number, Berlin is no longer a safe place for young Freya. She can only watch on, horrified, as her beloved city falls to fascism - and the usually law-abiding Freya is forced to make...

The savage revenge that a pair of violent criminals wreaked on Joe Pickett and his friend Nate Romanowski almost destroyed them both. Yet it was Nate who came closest to losing everything. Falconer Nate decided his best option was to drop out of society. Taking only his birds, he went off-grid...

London, 1954. Stella Hope, once the most famous actress in Hollywood, has been ousted to Ealing Studios after her divorce from the powerful Max. Just as she accepts her fate, she receives a letter, blackmailing her for a mistake she made many years ago. 'A Beautiful Way to Die' delves into the de...

After the sudden death of her sister, devastated detective DS Ronnie Blake relocates to Cambridge to help her brother Alex raise their sister's young son, Noah. She reports for her first day but instead finds herself being questioned by a special investigations unit, nicknamed the DEAD Team. With...

The greatest journey is the one you least expect. Long before Dorothy visits Oz, her aunt, Emily Gale, sets off on her own unforgettable adventure much closer to home. When news reaches Kansas that her beloved sister has tragically died, Emily Gale must become a mother overnight. Her sister's orp...

When Kriya follows her boss and joins a new law firm, she's looking for a fresh start after a messy break-up. Sharing an office with her work nemesis was not what she had in mind. Charles has always played by the rules, and had clear boundaries until Kriya crashed into his space. A few too many u...

Christmas can be deadly. After a long year of crime-fighting, DCI Ryan and his team are looking forward to a peaceful Christmas filled with festive treats - including the occasional turkey stottie, or three. To celebrate a job well done, the entire team are treated to a party at beautiful Belsay ...

Now her children have moved out, Edie has begun to feel lonely in the home she shares with her husband. She hopes returning to Crete, where she and Ralph spent their honeymoon, will help heal the growing rift between them. And when Edie stumbles upon the website for the Villa Ariadne, with its br...

Paulette's the kind of woman who likes the future all mapped out: the wedding to Denton, the Caribbean honeymoon, the gingham quilt on the baby's crib. Until one morning Garfield, Denton's friend, arrives at her door with the news that Denton won't be coming around any more, that there won't be t...