Crime

When two boys vanish under mysterious circumstances, the local community is filled with unease. And when a caravan belonging to one of the youths is burned to the ground, and a bloodstain is discovered in a disused World War Two hangar nearby, things quickly become much more sinister. Assigned to...

Ash Rashid is a former homicide detective who can't stand the thought of handling another death investigation. In a year's time, he'll be out of the department completely. That's the plan, at least, until his niece's body is found in the property of one of the city's wealthiest citizens.

Master Hugh de Singleton is making his way towards Oxford when he discovers the young Benedictine not half a mile from the nearby abbey. The abbey's novice master confirms the boy's identity: it is John, one of three novices. He had gone missing four days previously, and yet his corpse is fresh. ...

There's a serial killer on the loose. His calling card is an ABC Railway Guide, left beside each victim's body. But if A is for Alice Ascher, and B for Betty Bernard, then who will victim C be? Hercule Poirot is the man to find out.

There's a serial killer on the loose. His calling card is an ABC Railway Guide, left beside each victim's body. But if A is for Alice Ascher, and B for Betty Bernard, then who will victim C be? Hercule Poirot is the man to find out.

Donna Leon's novel is as subtle, gripping and topical as ever, bringing the sights, sounds and smells of Venice flooding to life.

The police found out about the crime the way everyone does: on Snapchat. The video shows the terrified victim begging for forgiveness. When her body is found, it is marked with a number 2. Detective Huldar joins the investigation, bringing child psychologist Freyja on board to help question the m...

Monk and his wife Hester are doing their best to care for Scuff - a homeless boy recovering from a terrifying ordeal at the hands of Jericho Phillips, the runner of a child prostitution ring. Although Scuff's abductor is dead, there's no suggestion that the ring has been broken.

There does not appear to be anything remarkable about the fatal car crash on the A35. But one question dogs Inspector Georges Gorski: where has the victim, an outwardly austere lawyer, been on the night of his death? The troubled Gorski finds himself drawn into a mystery that takes him behind the...

Vauquer Clement, a young accordionist in his 30's has disappeared, believed by police forces from Nevers to Paris to have killed two women, both shockingly violent murders. But Kehlweiler is not so sure he's guilty. With his team of experts, he must go back and look at all the facts, and see if h...