Intrepid traveller Stephen Smith plumbs the hidden depths of the metropolis, wandering through buried treasures from Roman times to the present day. Exploding corpses, the bowels of the Palace of Westminster, the culverts of Hampton Court and the miniature Mail Rail that once distributed 12 million letters a day – Smith’s journey covers the bizarre, the arcane and, always, the intoxicating as he r... More >

A lex Connor is running away from life. After his wife’s death he wanted nothing but oblivion. Only his friend Sarah kept him going. Now she’s been murdered, and though the police have the killer they don’t have her body. Paul Kearney is a policeman. It’s his job to look death in the eye – however sinister form it takes. Wound together by their search, if they’re going to save themselves and the ... More >

Detective Inspector Damen Brook thinks he’s left his past behind him in London. Years in the MET have left their mark – so he’s fled to Derby leaving behind his marriage, his teenage daughter and very nearly his sanity to wind down a once promising career in the peace of the Peak District. But one winter’s night, Brook is confronted by a serial killer he hunted many years before – The Reaper – a m... More >

DI Brook thought the nightmare was over – but The Reaper has left behind a horrifying legacy ... When an accidental drowning is found to be murder, Brook’s past relationship with the victim makes him the prime suspect. A fact made worse when he receives a chilling message urging him to continue the work of the deranged serial killer, The Reaper. When a copycat murder surfaces, Brook is left with n... More >

Snipers in the hills overlook half the intersections in Sarajevo. In the streets below, people strive to go about their daily lives, trying to second guess when and where the next bullet will strike. One man, a cellist, defies this game of ‘Sarajevo Roulette’. In memory of the city’s dead, for two consecutive days, he becomes a sitting target as he plays Albinoni’s ‘Adagio’ in the street outside h... More >

It’s summer in the Granite City and Aberdeen’s growing Polish community is under attack from a serial offender. Detective Sergeant Logan McRae is assigned to the investigation, but with the victims too scared to talk, it’s going nowhere fast. When the next victim is bookie, Logan finds himself caught up in a world of drug wars, prostitution rings and gun-running courtesy of Aberdeen’s oldest and m... More >

Richard Knox has served his time, so why can’t he live wherever he wants? Yes, he was a violent rapist, but he’s seen the error of his ways. Found God. Wants to make a new start. Or so he says. DS Logan McRae isn’t thrilled to be helping Knox settle into his new Aberdeen home. He’s even less thrilled to be stuck with DSI Danby from Northumbria Police – the man who put Knox behind bars – supposedly... More >

In June 1973 the bodies of three missing teenagers were found on the tiny Scottish island of Fidra. And when his father was arrested for the murders, 11-year-old Miller McAllister's life fell apart. Thirty-two years later, Douglas McAllister has died in prison and Miller returns home after decades of self-imposed exile. Because, though the rest of his family protested Douglas's innocence, Miller a... More >

1948. The Abulheja family are forcibly removed from their ancestral home in Ein Hod and sent to live in a refugee camp in Jenin. Through Amal, the bright granddaughter of the patriarch, we witness the stories of her brothers: one, stolen then raised by a Jewish family, becomes an Israeli soldier; the other who in sacrificing everything for the Palestinian cause will become his brother’s enemy.... More >

Julia Beckett believes in destiny. When she moves into Greywethers, a beautiful 16th century farmhouse, she suspects that more than coincidence has brought her there. The locals are warm and welcoming, especially the eligible squire of Crofton Hall, yet beneath the ordinariness, Julia senses a haunting sadness about her new home. Then she learns of Mariana, a beautiful you woman who lived there 30... More >

When bestselling author Carrie McClelland visits the stark and beautiful Slains Casle, she decides to use the castle as the setting for her new novel, and one of her own ancestors, Sophia, as her heroine. Then Carrie realises her writing is taking on a life of its own and the lines between fact and fiction become increasingly blurred. As Sophia’s memories draw Carrie more deeply into the intrigue ... More >

Keen to discover France's lesser-known attractions, Susie Kelly, her husband Terry and their two dogs embarked on a 10,000-kilometre journey, where they encountered exploding gherkins, killer waves, chilli-flavoured chocolates and sinister submarines. The camper van's exhaust falling off, and the attempt by one of the dogs to eat the vehicle, did nothing to spoil their trip. The wonderful hospital... More >

Kim suddenly finds herself adrift in an expensive foreign city with a child to support. She’s been trailing dutifully around the world with her unreliable husband Richard, an ex-army officer turned international businessman, but early one morning he is reported dead in a plane crash in the Indonesian jungle. His shady employers insist she must leave the company-rented house within a month.With no ... More >

Clever, level-headed Katherine Parr survived four years of marriage to Henry VIII. But when Thomas Seymour won her heart after the old king’s death, their hasty union undid a lifetime of caution. Catherine, Duchess of Suffolk, Kate Parr’s best friend, harbours nagging suspicions of Kate’s handsome, ambitious new husband. But as Cathy is drawn deeper into the web of politics ensnaring her oldest fr... More >

These are desperate times for Mary Tudor. As England’s first ruling queen, her joy should be complete when she marries Philip, the dashing prince of Spain. But despite her ardent devotion, he’s making it painfully obvious that he cares little for his new wife. Lonely and depressed, Mary begins to vent her anguish on her people – and England becomes a place of cruelty persecution and fear. Mary’s f... More >