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Sherlock’s elder - and still more brilliant - brother, Mycroft (read by Rory Kinnear), is too busy to grieve this apparent loss. Working as an agent for the British government, Mycroft is tasked with the politics of maintaining an empire on the verge of collapse. But on the streets of London, a killer is on the loose. A sequence of bloody bodies litter the East End, murders which echo those of Jack the Ripper four years before. Against his better judgement, Mycroft is forced to step out from the shadow of his brother, and join the hunt for the truth.

The instant Sunday Times #1 bestseller THE ULTIMATE TALE OF COURAGE AND SACRIFICE FROM THE MASTER STORYTELLER November 11th, 1918. As the guns of the Great War fall silent, two babies draw their first breath. Eve is the daughter of an Earl. Adam, a shepherd's son. Yet from their first meeting...

The brand new Miss Marple novel from Lucy Foley, the No.1 bestselling author of The Guest List and The Midnight Feast. This audiobook is read by an all-star cast featuring Hayley Atwell, Lucy Boynton, Adeel Akhtar, Mara Wilson and Hugh Kermode. *** ‘As continuation novels go, this one – the...

A buried fossil, a birthday party and… a murder? June, 1913. Lady Hardcastle and her intrepid lady’s maid, Florence, are looking forward to attending wealthy quarry owner Josiah McRory’s seventy-fifth birthday celebration. But the festivities come to an abrupt end when Josiah is found dead...

August 1942. Crofter's Green's favorite sleuths are headed for the Kent coast—where one of Britain's strangest wartime secrets lies hidden behind shuttered boarding houses and blacked-out promenades. Off the cliffs of Folkestone, just twenty-one miles from enemy territory, a mysterious "ghost fleet" rides at anchor: a flotilla of ships built from wood and canvas, designed to convince Hitler that invasion may come at any moment.

Did a poisoned kiss kill the gambling-house proprietor? Cleo and Harry set out to prove a woman’s innocence… but is she guilty after all? The arrival of Cleo’s friend just before Christmas should have been a joyous occasion. Instead, her friend’s unsettling observation that Cleo has...

From the bestselling Railway Detective series On the last train of the day London Paddington to Bristol, a young woman drifts into what appears to be a peaceful sleep — only to be discovered dead on arrival. With no sign of violence and no clue to her identity, the case threatens scandal for...

"When I say, therefore, that [my brother] has better powers of observation than I...I am speaking the exact and literal truth." (Sherlock Holmes) This story occurs when Mycroft, an athletic Cambridge graduate, assists the secretary of state. He becomes embroiled in a mystery in Trinidad based on actual history. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a huge Holmesian, seven feet two inches tall, basketball's all-time leading scorer, and a US cultural ambassador. Anna Waterhouse is a professional screenwriter and script consultant.

Full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of the first five Falco novels by Lindsey Davis, starring Anton Lesser as Marcus Didius Falco. The Silver Pigs: One fine day, A.D. 70, Sosia Camillina quite literally runs into Marcus Didius Falco on the steps of the Forum. It seems Sosia is on the run from a...

Ireland, 1939: ‘Please,’ my tearful voice breaks as I press the leather-bound diary into Sister Louise’s hands. ‘Give this to the family who takes care of my baby. It’s all he’ll have to remember his Mammy...’ In the pale light of dawn, Sheila holds her precious baby close, tears...

Based on the real-life memoirs of the 19th Century investigator who inspired Sherlock Holmes, Inspector James McLevy, this atmospheric mystery series features the fictional casebook of Edinburgh's finest thief-taker. Accompanied by his loyal partner, Constable Mulholland, McLevy prowls the murky streets of 1840s Leith bringing criminals to justice—assisted by the madam of Edinburgh's finest bawdy-house, the deliciously immoral Jean Brash.

A FESTIVE MURDER MYSTERY NOVELLA FEATURING ALI DAWSON 'Most writers of popular fiction would love to invoke the spirit of Dickens at Christmas but Elly Griffiths does this like literally no one else' Rev. Richard Coles 'Mulled Wine Crime - warming and intoxicating' Ian Moore 'Dickens and Dawson...

A onetime Crusader turned Benedictine monk, Brother Cadfael is a most unusual detective. Living a quiet life as a monastery herbalist, he spends his days ministering to his brothers using the medical skills he acquired in the Holy Lands—but his worldly knowledge and wide experience of human nature are frequently called upon when there is a murder to solve....

Sherlock Holmes and John Watson have wandered far from the light of Victorian gas lamps. As Holmes and Watson, they've tangled with Nazis, as Sherlock and John, they roam the corridors of New Scotland Yard. In a world of so many fresh adventures, why not fresh beginnings to those adventures? From an 1879 Kabul train station to a King's College lecture theatre in 2015, The Day They Met includes stories both classic and contemporary, offering 50 intriguing new ways that the world's most legendary partnership might have begun.

The Sunday Times No.1 Bestseller Nothing Ventured is the first novel in the incredible and thrilling William Warwick series by Jeffrey Archer, the master storyteller and bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles and Kane and Abel. This is not a detective story, this is a story about a...

Following on from Dissolution and Dark Fire, Sovereign is the third gripping historical novel in C. J. Sansom's number one bestselling Shardlake series, for fans of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory. ‘Sansom has the trick of writing an enthralling narrative. Like Hilary Mantel, he produces...

‘A triumph’ — Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal The Sunday Times Top Five Bestseller A BBC Two Between the Covers Book Club Pick A Guardian Best Crime and Thrillers of the Year Pick An epic and sweeping mystery set in Georgian high society, Laura Shepherd-Robinson's The...

This collection of recordings about Brother Cadfaelóa Benedictine monk and amateur sleuth in the 12th centuryóare performed here by the ideal actor. Sir Derek Jacobi, who portrayed Cadfael in several television adaptations, captivates listeners with his renderings of Monk's Hood, Saint Peter's...

Lights, camera... murder in Crofter's Green. Narrated by the brilliant British actress Iona Campbell, whose acclaimed performances have brought Crofter's Green and its beloved residents vividly to life, this latest Homefront Sleuths mystery combines wartime intrigue, clever clues, memorable characters, and the warmth of village life. June 1942 brings rare excitement to the quiet village of Crofter's Green when the Ministry of Information's Crown Film Unit arrives to shoot a patriotic wartime film.

Adapted from the major television series created by Mark Gatiss - out now! 'A delicious read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ READER REVIEW London, 1946. Gabriel Book is an erudite and unconventional London bookseller married to Trottie, the owner of the wallpaper shop next door. He is also a sleuth who uses...