A murder victim with celebrity connections spells trouble for DI Clare Mackay...Gaby Fox is known to many due to her successful TV career, so when her brother and his pals hire the salubrious Lamond Lodge for his birthday celebrations, it is noted by the St Andrews locals. A ripple of shock goes round the town when Russell Fox is gunned down on the premises.DI Clare Mackay is attending a wedding when she sees Gabrielle re...

Hand-Loom Weaving: A Manual for School and Home by Mattie Phipps Todd is a comprehensive and practical guide designed to introduce readers of all ages to the art and craft of hand-loom weaving. Originally published in the early 20th century, this manual remains a valuable resource for educators, students, and craft enthusiasts interested in textile arts. The book provides clear, step-by-step instructions for setting up and using simple hand-looms, making it accessible for beginners and sui...

Will DI Clare Mackay end up with blood on her hands?A young man is found dead near a nightclub. He has marks on his neck, the signature of the Choker, a killer who has been targeting gay men across the country. Now, it seems he's in DI Clare Mackay's territory.She discovers this victim has links to notorious criminals in the area. Is it possible his death was at the hands of someone else?More men, including ones linked to the victim, are attacked and left injured....

“Another winner....Todd again excels at vivid atmosphere and the effects of war in this specific time and place. Grade: A.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer“Readers who can’t get enough of Maisie Dobbs, the intrepid World War I battlefield nurse in Jacqueline Winspear’s novels…are bound to be caught up in the adventures of Bess Crawford.”—New York Times Book ReviewCharles Todd, author of the resoundingly acclaimed Ian Rutledge crime novels (“One of the...

'This is an essential read for every gay person on the planet' - Elton John'A really brilliant and moving read for everybody, especially LGBTQI+ people' - Olly Alexander, star of It's A SinStraight Jacket is a revolutionary clarion call for gay men, the wider LGBT community, their friends and family. Part memoir, part ground-breaking polemic, it looks beneath the shiny facade of contemporar...

Boredom’s dangerous. The shipwreck is all over the TV news. And Danny Lancaster - former paratrooper turned private investigator - is pretty sure anything washed ashore is fair game. So when the giant cargo ship Margherita sheds her containers in a Channel storm Danny and his mates go beachcombing. Down on a storm-lashed beach it’s like Aladdin’s cave. The stuff is only going to get ruined so, what the hell, finders-keepers. Insurance pays out, no one dies. But among the mangled containers...

“Highly recommended—well-rounded, believable characters, a multi-layered plot solidly based on human nature, all authentically set in the England of 1917…an outstanding and riveting read.”—New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens“Bess Crawford is a strong and likable character.”—Washington TimesAlready deservedly lauded for the superb historical crime novels featuring shell-shocked Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge (A Lonely...

A horrific explosion at a gunpowder mill sends Bess Crawford to war-torn France to keep a deadly pattern of lies from leading to more deaths, in this compelling and atmospheric mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of A Question of Honor and An Unwilling Accomplice.An explosion and fire at the Ashton Gunpowder Mill in Kent has killed over a hundred men. It’s called an appalling tragedy—until suspicion and rumor raise the specter of murder. Wh...

NOW AN AMAZON PRIME FILM, STARRING EVA LONGORIA.‘No one delivers an emotionally satisfying read quite like Anna. She’s my go-to for a story I know I’ll love’ COLLEEN HOOVER‘A luminous novel about first love, first adventures and the complex moments that change us forever’ MEGHAN QUINNNew York Times bestselling author of the After series and...

Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge returns shell shocked from the trenches of World War I, tormented by the memory of Hamish MacLeod, the young Scots soldier he executed on the battlefield. Now, Charles Todd features Hamish himself in this compelling, stand-alone short story.Before the Great War, Hamish farms in the Highlands, living in a small croft on the hillside and caring for a flock of sheep he inherited from his grandmother. When at the height of a spring gale, he hears a ...

From scary to heartwarming and hilarious, an assortment of behind-the-scenes, true stories about life as an undertaker.From shoot-outs at funerals to dead men screaming and runaway corpses, undertakers have plenty of unusual stories to tell—and a special way of telling them.In this macabre and moving compilation, funeral directors across the country share their most embarrassing, jaw-dropping, irreverent, and deeply poignant stories about life at death’s do...

Now a Wall Street Journal bestseller.What if the games we played as children were the greatest gift to helping us achieve more today?Before stage fright, impostor syndrome, emotional baggage, and the other dubious gifts of adulthood, everyone pretended to be a superhero, a favorite athlete, an inspiring entertainer, a nurse, a firefighter, a lion, or whatever else captured our imaginations. And yet, that natural creativity is slowly squeeze...