This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The mind can play desperate tricks on a person, especially where murder is involved.When nervous and isolated Pauline Higgingbottom finds her brother, Ralph, has been murdered in his own home she begins to be plagued by horrific recollections from her own past. But what do these have to do with the murder and what part might they play in her own future?A dark, psychological story from Ben Westerham’s Sho...

An old-fashioned festival where someone’s idea of fun proves nothing short of deadly.As their cosy little weekend of fun and frivolity is blown out of the water by a violent murder, Inspector Leslie Dykeman and Sergeant Stanley Shapes find themselves faced with a plethora of possibilities and few obvious suspects amongst a group of friends staying at the upmarket Marlborough Hotel. Except, that is, they’re about to discover that even the best of friends have secrets they prefer to ...

Before the Great War, Britain fought its first secret battle.In the spring of 1912, Alexander Templeman boards a night train expecting nothing more than a quiet journey north. Instead, he is drawn into a hidden world of spies, secrets, and pursuit. A world in which a single mistake can be fatal.Untrained and unprepared, Templeman finds himself trapped in the Scottish Lowlands by a brilliant and merciless enemy. With time running out and no one he can fully ...

Hide and seek may be child’s play, but murder most certainly is not.Summer 1959. When murder comes to the garden party of the Reverend George Sixpence, the curmudgeonly Inspector Leslie Dykeman and the irascible Sergeant Stanley Shapes are despatched from Banbury police station to apprehend the killer.Arriving at the splendid Victorian vicarage, Dykeman and Shapes find a group of suspects riddled with envy, bitterness and contempt for one another. As the two policemen strug...

Thirteen fabulous crime stories from Ben Westerham’s highly popular ‘Shorts in the Dark’ series. It’s time to take a wander into the darker recesses of the mind.The Old Man’s Shed – School-boy Jacob Whistler finds his neighbour’s shed an irresistible temptation. But what is it he finds lurking inside?Alone in the Dark - “There’s something about watching others in the night that appeals to me. It always has.”The Pond - Revenge can come in many guises and sometimes fr...

The second collection of very short stories in the highly popular 50for30 series, for those moments when you don’t have time for a more heavy-weight tome. From a problem with stinky feet, to a man with a flamingo obsession and on to a troublesome goldfish called John Wayne, these stories will by turns leave you laughing, horrified and even, in one or two cases, just plain bewildered.

The mind can play funny tricks on a person, especially when murder is involved.When nervous and isolated Pauline Higgingbottom finds her brother, Ralph, has been murdered in his own home she begins to be plagued by horrific recollections from her own past. But what do these have to do with the murder and what part might they play in her own future?A dark, psychological story from Ben Westerham’s Shorts in the Dark series, where you get to take a wander into...

For one young woman, a sizeable and unexpected legacy comes with the ultimate price-tag; her life.A rural idyll in the depths of the Oxfordshire countryside is shaken to its foundations when the body of a beautiful woman is found at the bottom of a field-side ditch. Still smarting from the loss of his one-true love, Inspector Leslie Dykeman, accompanied by his irascible side-kick, Sergeant Stanley Shapes, is sent to investigate. What they uncover is a web of secrets, lies, jealousy...

When murder strikes at a village fete, even the crows are asking, who wanted the scarecrow dead?The sun is shining, the bunting is fluttering, and the village of Staunton is alive with the excitement of its annual fete and scarecrow festival. But amid the laughter and merriment, darkness lurks. Before the first morning is done, a woman, dressed as a scarecrow, is found dead in an isolated spot on the edge of the village.Inspector Leslie Dykeman and the iras...

Meeting the perfect woman can have its downsides, as London based PI David Good is about to find out.Good girls can seem ten-a-penny at times and some people would have you believe they're sweet little things that wouldn't harm a hair on a squirrel's back. And in 1980s south London, private investigator David Good thinks he's been lucky enough to find his very own example of well-behaved perfection.But he really ought to have known better and it's not long ...

Before the Great War, Britain fought its first secret battle.In the spring of 1912, the nation appears calm and confident — yet beneath the surface a dangerous contest of secrets is already under way.Alexander Templeman, a young and respectable London solicitor, has no interest in intrigue or espionage. But when a chance encounter places him in possession of information others are prepared to kill for, his world is abruptly and violently transformed.

The first four books in this highly popular series.Meet private investigator David Good, a man with unreliable clients, a taste for blondes and a knack for digging up the dirt and 1980s London is his playground. Crime fiction with attitude and humour.“I really loved everything about this story. From the fantastic use of language and slang, to the plot(s), to the main character himself - everything lined up just right for my tastes. David Good PI is a rough but absolutely lo...