Who would have thought golf could be such a deadly game?When two players stumble upon a dead body in a bunker on the thirteenth hole of their favourite golf club, their discovery is about to set in motion a series of events that will lay bare some of the less savoury aspects of the human condition.Inspector Leslie Dykeman and the irascible Sergeant Stanley Shapes find themselves engaged on a case that will drive them to distraction as they begin to investig...

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...

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...

Money can buy you many things but immortality isn’t one of them.Business titan, Henry Graball, has it all. Money, power, status. None dare challenge him, whatever the justification. At least, that is how he sees the world and why not?When his dead body is found at the venue of the extravagant party he has thrown to celebrate his success, it is clear there is someone out there who sees things very differently indeed.When so many people have good reason to wish ill of...

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 ...

Where gentle humour and a little romance meet classic murder-mysteries.Join the curmudgeonly Inspector Leslie Dykeman and the irascible Sergeant Stanley Shapes as they set about solving three murder cases, each set in and around the small Oxfordshire market town of Banbury in the early 1960s.Each story brings you an array of colourful characters. From the elusive and calculating killers, to the unsuspecting and promptly dispatched victims. From the untrustw...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.An old-school crook. A new-school thief. One moment that changes everything.Once upon a time, Frank Trondel ran cons with the best of them. Now retired from his life of crime, he spends his evenings nursing a pint at his local pub, minding his own business. Until, that is, he spots a young pickpocket working the place.Old instincts kick in and Frank steps forward to offer a word of advice and warning. Bu...

A classic tale of espionage on the eve of the first world war.A murdered British civil servant. Stolen Government documents. A fleeing German agent. Events that presage a desperate new assignment for secret service agent Alexander Templeman.Tasked with helping to keep an escaping German scientist out of the hands of ruthless enemy agents, Templeman will soon find himself isolated and fighting for his very life. If the uncertain and inexperienced agent fails...

A revenge sandwich is about to leave more than a bad taste in the mouth of garage owner Harry Minch.Garage owner Harry Minch isn’t a nasty piece of works and he’s never demanded much from life. However, if he was being entirely honest with himself, he’d have to admit that, where relationships are concerned, he’s probably a bit thoughtless, some might even say selfish.Unfortunately for Harry, he’s now crossed a woman whose expectations of the men in her life...

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...

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.

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 ...