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This audiobook is narrated by Indira Varma and Tom Burke. As recommended by the BBC Radio 2 Book Club 'A mystery, a love story and a ghost story, all at once. I didn’t want it to end' - S J Watson They say we'll never know what happened to those men. They say the sea keeps its secrets...

Some cases aren’t as cold as you’d think Kurt Wallander’s life looks like it has taken a turn for the better when his offer on a new house is accepted, only for him to uncover something unexpected in the garden – the skeleton of a middle-aged woman. As police officers comb the property...

Acclaimed radio and TV dramatist Roy Clarke is well known for his hit sitcoms Last of the Summer Wine, Open All Hours and Keeping Up Appearances. But before he came to fame, he penned two hugely entertaining six-part thriller serials—both directed by a struggling radio producer who would become one of the most renowned playwrights in the world: Alan Ayckbourn.

'A great book, truly hard to put down. Fast paced, brilliantly plotted and desperately sad at times - all hallmarks of a bestseller' Lesley Pearse on The Girl in the Letter 'I was gripped by The Girl in the Letter. The story is compelling, twisty, heart-wrenching and thought-provoking. A novel...

From the No. 1 bestselling Irish author Rachael English, a warm, page-turning and heartrending novel, inspired by real events and perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy, Cathy Kelly and Kathryn Hughes. 'A true storyteller who keeps you turning the pages' Cathy Kelly The box held their bracelets. Her...

The Cornish Scoop is a novel, but I’ll be totally honest, there’s very little I’ve had to imagine, as I have experienced the majority of the content in this book in my career as a police officer. Treavey is a Cornish police officer who is just out of his probation in 1994 and making it alone in the big wide world of policing. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this very much reflects the time and locations of my own policing experience, so I will leave it up to you which parts are made up and which are true. Remember that life tends to be stranger than fiction!

In 1920s Toronto, best friends Lily di Marco and Mae Thebault used to be inseparable. They lived under the same roof and cared for each other's children - in a world where men held all the power, they looked out for one another. But then the Great Depression hits, changing their relationship...

A short story from the British Library Crime Classic collection Final Acts. The Great Detective recounts the tale of an old case to Inspector Cockrill, which, solved too late, failed to bring about a conviction. But Cockrill draws his own conclusions on the case.

When a washed-up pop star inherits a wedding planning business, it's all bouquets and bliss until a bride turns up dead. Paisley Sutton shot to stardom as a teenage rock sensation, but 10 years later that star has fizzled out, just like her bank account. When she unexpectedly inherits her aunt's wedding planning business, Paisley leaves the glamour of Los Angeles for a charming small town in Arkansas.

As a former member of a popular girl band, Paisley Sutton knows what it means to be in the spotlight. So after she takes on an event planning gig for the new Sugar Creek Renaissance faire, she's counting on a smooth opening night. But when one of the cast is murdered, Paisley knows her event has gone lethally off-script.

After inheriting her mother’s printing and party-planning business, Lacey Langdon moves back to her sleepy hometown of Willow Bluffs, perched on New Jersey’s Palisades. When her great-aunt, Tessa Langdon Vander Horn, a well-known and beloved soap opera star, sells her nineteenth-century estate and donates ten acres to the development of a community park, Lacey’s new venture is put at the helm of the opening ceremony.

A beautiful Cornish coastal village is the setting for a highly sinister conspiracy involving a kidnapped baby, mysterious monks and an almost irresistible new perfume... 'Joan Aiken's triumph with this genre is that she does it so much better than others' New York Times Book Review Martha works...

After nearly thirty years in the same job, Inspector Kurt Wallander is tired, restless, and itching to make a change. He is taken with a certain old farmhouse, perfectly situated in a quiet countryside with a charming, overgrown garden. There he finds the skeletal hand of a corpse in a shallow...

Since Jack the Ripper was never caught, fascination with the unsolved mystery has been widespread and enduring. But what of the women? Who were they? What was life like for them in London of that time period? What were their struggles, their hopes, their regrets? The two novels within this volume, Say Anything But Your Prayers, about the life of Elizabeth Stride, and Of Thimble and Threat, about the life of Catherine Eddowes, give possible answers to these questions.

Mystery writer Allen Crane hasn't written a single word in over three years - not since the death of his wife. His publisher suggests a two-week stay in York Beach, Maine. Maybe that's just what Allen needs to snap out of his writer's block and return to the top of the best seller's list. hinking his publisher is probably right, Allen packs up, grabs his dog, Frankie, and heads east. It doesn't take long at all for Allen to discover that the sleepy little town of York Beach might not be so sleepy after all.

Mac MacKenna, retired USAF Pararescue, expected students and staff to return to Blackstone Academy after spring break relaxed and ready to ride out the end of the school year. He didn’t expect to find an honor student dead on the first day back to school.

Nestled on the banks of a breathtaking Rocky Mountain river and dotted with boutiques and galleries, Silvercrest, Colorado, is a book lover’s paradise. Bookseller and literary event planner Emma Starrs is looking forward to attending the annual Silvercrest Library Gala, an evening with celebrities including the legendary Whitney Willton, currently on the hit crime show Chasers, and her niece, party-planner-to-the-stars Lyra Willton. Gala Week is full of exciting activities, and library board president Tabitha Baxter is basking in the glow of her successful launch—until Lyra is found dead.

Can Jeanne Durand, a very young Army wife, solve a murder and survive? The Maine Event is set in the remote, sparsely populated north woods of Aroostook County, Maine during the 1950's. Birdie, Jeanne's beautiful red-haired Canasta partner is found murdered in the close-knit Loring Air Force Base services neighborhood. Jeanne has good reason to suspect Birdie's abusive husband, who had shot a hole through the floor into their upstairs apartment living room. But she finds no dearth of other suspects.

Esther and Sophie want to stay in their small town by the sea and volunteer in Oceanside High's historic library forever, but it's time to grow up, apply for college, and protect the library from demolition. While the adults argue about the library's future, the girls investigate the intriguing invitation, but they're the only ones who believe The End may be someone's final event. Every student at Oceanside High has marked themselves as going to the dance party slated to be held at a Stonehenge replica high on a cliff over the ocean.

When Arabella Black is swept away to a fantastic and faraway land by her cat, she discovers everything she knew about her life was a lie. But sometimes a new life and a second chance are perfect for a fresh start. Now the grand opening of Arabella Black's new magic shop is looming, and everything is going to plan? Until Death flounces in wanting a favor.