'The read of the summer . . . the richness of a beautiful setting and well-crafted storytelling**'** Aspects of CrimeSet against the backdrop of the most beautiful city on earth, this is a gripping and atmospheric crime novel perfect for fans of Donna Leon and Andrea Camilleri.__________________________________________The city of Venice is alive with celebrations for Redentore, the most spectacular festival of the y...

When a chamber of horrors is revealed during building work at Norfolk’s County Hall, dozens of bones arranged in an arcane pattern inside a long-forgotten cellar, everybody expects the worst—until a forensic team discovers that the human remains are decades old.After the horror of his kidnapping at the hands of Hollenbeck, DCI Kett isn’t in a hurry to return to work. But Superintendent Clare thinks these historic crimes are the perfect way to ease him back into the...

When you find yourself in hell, it pays to be a Devil.DCI Kett’s worst nightmares have finally come true, the mysterious group known as Hollenbeck, have resurfaced. After being violently abducted, Kett wakes inside a labyrinthine warehouse with no apparent way out—a warehouse rigged with deadly traps.And he’s not alone in here!Forced to become a rat in a maze, Kett must use every skill he has if he wants to escape. But there is a far greater price t...

Whatever you do, don’t open the door…When a severed foot is delivered to the unsuspecting residents of a student house in Norwich, DCI Kett’s Extreme Crime Task Force begins one of the most gruesome investigations of its career.It’s not just a foot. More packages begin to appear at random on people’s doorsteps, all of them containing body parts that have been surgically removed and meticulously wrapped.Kett, Porter, Savage and PC Duke find themselve...

It’s wedding season with a spooky twist! The Holy Terrors are trying to tie the knot while solving a ghostly murder in the latest witty, creeptastic paranormal mystery from New York Times bestselling British fantasy author Simon R. Green.There are those who say seagulls cry over the sins of mankind. And that if we could only get our act together, they could stop crying …Holy Terrors dream team—actress Diana Hunt and her partner in crime (s...

A witty, creeptastic paranormal locked room mystery from New York Times bestselling British fantasy author Simon R. Green. The Holy Terrors are on their honeymoon, but trouble is in pursuit.How much good can there be in a wicked world?A honeymoon should be all about love, pampering and relaxation—not murder! But for the Holy Terrors dream team, actress Diana Hunt and her partner in crime (solving) young bishop Alistair Kincaid, ev...

Sometimes You Win. Sometimes You Die.When seven packages are delivered to the staff of an insurance company in Norwich, the unthinkable happens: one of the packages explodes.Six people survive, the seventh does not.As the fire rages and the city reels, DCI Kett and the Extreme Crime Task Force are brought in to try to figure out why anybody would murder an innocent woman in such a violent manner.But the killer has only just started. Seven mo...

A 1920s cosy aboard a yacht on the Scilly SeasGolden-age gadabout Anty Boisjoly, his valet Vickers, the weary and wary Inspector Wittersham, and a passenger list of howling eccentrics find themselves prey to the sway and spray of the Scilly Seas when what at first seems a simple, unexplainable, locked-stateroom murder twists into a tale of pirate treasure, perilous weather and treacherous endeavours at sea.Just as with all Anty Boisjoly stand-alone stumpers, Mystery and Mal...

Delve into the world of fourteenth-century England in this thrilling historical mystery, the fifteenth in the brilliant Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton.Edmund Harkins has gone missing.Few in Bampton liked him, knowing him to be a wife-beater and distinctly unsavory character, so when some hungry pigs unearth his corpse from a shallow grave, there is hardly an outpouring of grief.As bailiff, it is Hugh de Singleton’s duty to bring Edmund’s killer to ...

Anty travels to the Riviera to finally have that awkward ‘did you murder my father’ conversation with his mother, but instead finds himself in the ticklish position of defending her and an innocent elephant against charges of a murder that no one could have committed.Like all Anty Boisjoly mysteries, Reckoning at the Riviera Royale is a stand-alone stumper populated with eccentric characters and composed of impossible murder and improbable intrigues, delivered with signature Boisjo...

"It's absolutely delightful, and I would recommend it to anyone who's a fan of Sarah Caudwell, or Agatha Christie, or anyone who loves really clever British murder mysteries set in the '20s." - Gillian Flynn, international bestselling author of Gone Girl.After eight years in South Africa, Charles Knox returns to England a wealthy man, determined to put his past behind him. But when he is invited to Sissingham Hall, the Norfolk home of Sir Neville Stricklan...

“My life would have been more tranquil in the days after Martinmas had I not seen the crows. Whatever it was that the crows had found lay in the dappled shadow of the bare limbs of the oak, so I was nearly upon the thing before I recognized what the crows were feasting upon. The corpse wore black.”Master Hugh is making his way towards Oxford when he discovers the young Benedictine—a fresh body, barefoot—not half a mile from the nearby abbey. The abbey’s novice master confirms the b...