"A murder victim dumped at the dead end of a lonely country road, face and hands obliterated by a shotgun blast, is not the way sheriff's detective Nick Fourcade wants to start his week. His only lead takes him to the family of a hometown hero suddenly gone...

"Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers his familiar habits and routines: the pub quiz, his favourite bench, his cat waiting for him when he comes home. His days of adventure are over: adrenaline is...

"The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characters and a setting that even Agatha Christie might recognize - a vicar, an Army major, a Dowager, a sleuth and his sidekick - except that the sleuth is Jackson...

"Aside from a delay, there will be no problems. The flight will be smooth, it will land safely. Everyone who gets on the plane will get off. But almost all of them will be forever changed. Because on this ordinary domestic flight, something extraordinary...

"Art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon has slipped quietly into London to attend a reception at the Courtauld Gallery celebrating the return of a stolen self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh. But when an old friend from the Devon and Cornwall Police seeks...

"From the acclaimed author of The Longest Ride and The Notebook comes an emotional, powerful novel about wondering if we can change-or even make our peace with-the path we've taken. Tanner Hughes was raised by his grandparents, following in his grandfather's...

"There's a saying in Barstow, California, a decaying city in the scorching Mojave desert ...The Interstate here only goes in one direction: Away. But it's the only place where ex-LAPD detective Beth McDade, after a staggering fall from grace, could get another...

"Welcome to Earth+. The year is 2037, and nearly all human interactions have migrated to the virtual world. Now, true crime fans don't just listen to podcasts or watch documentaries -- they participate in hyper-realistic simulations and hunt for clues to solve...

"Junior CIA field agent Kelly Kaiser jumps at the chance to lead a risky mission to enter Mexico and gather refugees from under the nose of the notorious drug lord who murdered her fiancé. When the mission takes a revenge-fuelled twist, Kelly finds herself...

"London, April 1882. When cool-headed Phyllida visits the World's End Investigation Bureau to offer a curious case concerning her fiance, proprietor Lily Raynor is intrigued - and privately excited. Phyllida's fiance, Wilberforce, is currently in an asylum in...

"Don't let them know what you're thinking," Althea Deming tells herself. "It's your best defense." Althea didn't want her good natured but thoughtless step-son Hal and manipulative daughter-in-law Grace to move in with her, relegating her to a corner of the...

"Siblings Cory and Crystal Pratt are still trying to get their lives together after a tragic accident which killed their parents years ago. The only thing that distracts them now is their jobs. With Crystal working as a newly minted detective at the Chicago...

"After years as a pilot of a Navy rescue chopper, Arlo 'Moose' Mulligan returned home to start Air One Rescue--and made a name for himself. He loves his job, his life, and his routines, which include breakfast at the Skyport Diner, always at one of Tillie...

"Wherever he looked, he saw everything through the lens of his commitment, the covenant he made with his wife to find her twin boys, deserters from the Union Army during a time of war. But in the wild of the frontier, in a time of discovery, conflict, and...

"When Deputy Johnny Lund came to Mallard City, he thought he had an easy job ahead of him. All he had to do was keep the peace while the land company ran a lottery to distribute the Mallard land. Lund wasn't looking for trouble and didn't expect to find any....

"When a renowned crime podcaster vanishes without a trace, former FBI behavioural analysts turned private investigators River Ryland and Tony St. Clair are called upon to track her down. As they wade through the evidence she left behind, they unearth a...

"In 1961, the new president, John F. Kennedy, inherited an ill-conceived, poorly executed invasion of Cuba that failed miserably and set in motion the events that put the US and the Soviet Union on a collision course that nearly started a war that would have...

"The product of an aristocratic Old South upbringing, John Henry "Doc" Holliday's dreams of a career in dentistry are dashed at a young age by respiratory disease. Encouraged to seek the therapeutic benefits of drier climes, John Henry undertakes an odyssey...

"A drunken plan to make some quick money with two friends landed drifter Whit Ralston in the Yuma Territorial Prison-the worst prison in Arizona. Now he's doing hard time in the inferno the inmates call the Hell Hole, counting the days until his release. He's...

"Jace Coppersmith, a marshal in a Colorado Territory town, makes the tough decision to hand in his badge and leave his fiancée to help a friend, Travis Van Horn, in Kansas. Van Horn, who trained Coppersmith in the ways of the bounty hunter, is being forced to...

"It's 1961, and for Margo Hightower, everything is about to change. True, her engagement is off, her family has fallen in scandal, and she's completely broke. But she's just been hired as an assistant to photographer Slim Aarons--famous for his vibrant...

"Nineteen-year-old Farrah Lin is going to fall in love for the first time during her year abroad in Shanghai. She's sure of it. Blake Ryan is - was - a college football star who shocked the sports world when he quit after his third national championship....

"It is twenty years after the catastrophic war between the United States and China that brought down the old American political order. A new party has emerged in the US, one that's held power for over a decade. Efforts to cement its grip have resulted in...

"Georgina Wilcox, a wallflower with hidden musical talents, is furious when her reclusive older sister--the recently widowed Viscountess--refuses sorely needed help from the Duke of Torrance, the only gentleman who has shown kindness to the bereft Wilcox...

"Julia's best friend and business partner, Zoey, is about to marry. Julia is a little worried about the timing, though, as she works around a predicted storm. When a guest falls to the floor dead, it turns out that no one seems to know who he is, despite the...

"The stranger frequenting Azelie Vargas's local coffee shop is tall, dark, muscular, and a complete distraction. She's worried one look from his striking silver eyes will have her acting a fool. Andrii 'Maestro' Federoff is in San Francisco on business. After...

"Their name? The objectors. Their job? To break off weddings as hired. Their dilemma? They might just be in love with each other. When Sophie Steinbeck finds out just before her nuptials that her fiancé has cheated yet again, she desperately wants to call it...

"On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger broke apart over the Atlantic Ocean, killing all seven people on board. Like disaster is a defining moment in twentieth-century history--yet the full story of what happened, and why, has never been told. It's...

"The disappearance of a local politician's teenaged daughter is major news in Minnesota. As a huge manhunt is launched to find her, Cork O'Connor's grandson stumbles across the shallow grave of a young Ojibwe woman--but nobody seems that interested. Nobody,...

"A disgraced soccer exec reluctantly enlists the help of a retired soccer star in coaching a children's team in this small-town love story in the vein of It Happened One Summer--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Spanish Love Deception. Adalyn...

"Maggie Hope has come a long way since she was Mr. Churchill's secretary. In the face of tremendous danger, she's learned espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance. But things are different now that she has so much to lose, including the possibility of a family...

"Eve has a good life. She gets up each day, gets a kiss from her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except ... last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teacher affair, with one...

"Jen Weinstein and Lauren Parker rule the town of Salcombe, Fire Island, every summer. They hold sway on the beach and the tennis court, and are adept at manipulating people to get what they want. Their husbands, Sam and Jason, have summered together on the...

"From his youth as a revolutionist to his time as a Deputy U.S. Marshal, Iron St. John has become a larger-than-life figure. A generation later, the clouded truth of this giant of the Old West has been all but lost. Now, Buck Jones, a pioneering film star, is...

"Wagon Master Clayton Scofield has led countless families across the dusty, wide-open territories of the West, helping the brave, sometimes reckless pioneers settle into new lives brimming with the promise of good lives. Accompanied by his nephew Clint...

"Historical and action-packed, award-winning author Reg Quist delivers book two in a series that details the adventures that define and stretch a young lawman. At the request of the state administrator, Rory Jamison is assigned with putting together a census...

"For readers of Remarkably Bright Creatures and The Pilgrimage of Harold Frye, a warm, life-affirming debut about a zany case of mistaken identity that allows a lonely old man one last chance to be part of a family. "Would you mind terribly, old boy, if I...

"From a rare and deadly amniotic avalanche to a victim of roasted peanuts ... The bestselling author of The Cause of Death and The Quick and the Dead returns with more stranger-than-fiction stories of death, disease and murder - as well as new perspectives on...

"Financial conditions are tough. Back in the day, provided you spent less than you earned, you could pay off your mortgage and drift towards a comfortable retirement. This is no longer the case. In Kill Your Mortgage & Sort Your Retirement, you will learn how...

"Despite living in a world where instant communication is at our fingertips, it sometimes feels harder than ever to make meaningful connections. There's an overwhelming focus on romantic partners, but frankly, we're sick of platonic relationships missing out...

"From interviewing local flower growers to receiving blue ribbons for her show baking, Lauren Bickford's genuine love for her hometown is almost as strong as her ambition to become a radio presenter. But is it enough to outweigh the series of on-air stuff-ups...

"She tells me to sit down, that she has something I need to hear and it's that they don't cut hair or set curls. Well, we do, she says, but not always. We help them with a problem. We make it go away. In a near-future Australia, the world has changed. A small...

"Beth doesn't feel like she belongs in her rambunctious, bohemian family. Apart from the special relationship she shares with her grandma, Elise. When Beth wins the lottery (on a ticket she bought to prove she could be spontaneous), she decides to spend it on...

"Dr Joanne Tan is an expert in a lot of things. Love isn't one of them. Being thirty-something, broke, divorced and in a cold war with her ten-year-old son is a lot, but Jo's handling it. Just. At least she is until her job at the Natural History Museum is put...

"Meadow Reed used to get confused when explaining that she had grandparents from Australia, Tonga and Great Britain. She'd say she was full-White and full-Tongan, thinking that so many halves made separate wholes. Despite the Anglo-Saxon genetics that gave...

"Why is it that no matter how good things get, we still feel dissatisfied? A few years ago, Matt Heath decided to find a way to live a life less punishing. He did a deep dive into why we feel the way we do and how to change it; interviewing leading thinkers in...

"London 1838: The cast-out child of an aristocratic mother, Hannah 'Birdie' Bird is a laundry maid with a hidden past and a suspicion that the wealthy family she serves is hers. Longing for beauty and liberation, Birdie risks everything to change her...

"On a rainy night in 1871, an idealistic schoolmistress arrives on Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour. Mrs Hopkins doesn't know what to expect from the notorious Biloela Industrial School for Girls, but nothing could prepare her for what she encounters inside...

"How well do you ever really know your husband? And how did Libby - a thoroughly decent straighty one-eighty who's never even had a speeding ticket - end up with Ludo? Loyal country girl Libby Popovic lives a golden life with her confident financier husband...

"Two extraordinary Indigenous stories set five generations apart. When Mulanyin meets the beautiful Nita in Edenglassie, their saltwater people still outnumber the British. As colonial unrest peaks, Mulanyin dreams of taking his bride home to Yugambeh Country,...

"Whether you love or hate her, Harriet Osman is impossible to say no to. But someone in her life has finally snapped, and as Harriet lies dying, she is determined to figure out who her killer is. Was it her devoted husband, Malek? Her best friend and sometimes...

"Ro Krishna is the American son of Indian parents, educated at the finest institutions, equally at home in London's poshest clubs and on the squash court, but unmoored after he is dramatically forced to leave a high-profile job under mysterious circumstances....

"Dai Henwood wanted to be a comedian even before he knew what a comedian was. He always knew there was something special in being able to make people laugh. Over a 25-year career, the much-loved Kiwi entertainer and TV host has won every major comedy award in...

"Singapore, 1951. When Josephina is a girl, her parents lock her in a room with the father of the boy to whom she's betrothed. What happens next will determine the lives of generations to come. New Zealand, 1984. Josephina and her family leave Sri Lanka for...

"Last train to paradise describes the halcyon days of New Zealand rail, some of which the author was fortunate enough to experience personally. The 'name' trains and journeys cover a considerable period of New Zealand's history, from the late 1800's, through...

"Kira Drake has come to Paris with her highly trained Golden Retriever, Mack, to investigate the horrific bombing of a museum in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. What she doesn't know is that one powerful man has a special reason to find the person responsible....

"When African jihadis attack a Nigerian regiment using American weapons, Cabrillo and the Oregon crew are on the case, investigating from Afghanistan to Kuala Lumpur to track a mysterious arms dealer - a genius, or perhaps a devil - known only as the Vendor....

"What looks like magic is simply a part of life we don't understand yet ..." When retired math teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way...

"Three estranged siblings return to their family home in New York after their beloved sister's death in this unforgettable story of grief, identity, and the complexities of family, from the acclaimed author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein. The three Blue sisters...

"When Karen Simmons is murdered on Valentine's Day, Detective Elise King wonders if she was killed by a man she met online. Karen was all over the dating apps, leading some townspeople to blame her for her own death, while others band together to protest...

Maid of honour Emily Applegate is on the warpath. Her best friend's dream wedding venue has been cancelled at the last minute and now everything has been thrown into chaos. With guests arriving from all over the world, food being prepared and the flowers being...

1938: Rani, the bright and spirited daughter of an Indian Crown Prince, leads a privileged if lonely life. Longing for freedom and purpose, she escapes the confines of her father's palace and meets Prasad - a poor young man - with whom she falls deeply in...

Christmas: it's the most wonderful time of the year... to fall in love. The temperature is dropping, snow is on its way and Hayley Walker is heading for New York with one wish... to start over. With her daughter Angel, Hayley is ready for adventure. But...

AD942. In the wake of the agreement reached at Lincoln between Edmund and Anlaf Sihtricson of the Norse, Edmund returns to Wessex to reflect and rebuild, impatient to reverse his losses at Lincoln. But this is the winter of discontent. In Jorvik and the...

One night, everything changed... It is yet another night of air raids, and instead of heading to the basement of her London workplace - risking being in the same vicinity as him, the man who hurt her in the worst way possible - nineteen-year-old Clare runs to...

Lizzy Darcy's spring house party is becoming a Pemberley tradition and this year Lizzy will have the pleasure of all her sisters' company. She is apprehensive at the thought of her mother, Mrs Bennett and the formidable Lady Catherine De Burgh being at...

With her rakish husband Wickham now dead, Lydia remains subdued and consumed by delayed guilt for the selfish behaviour that almost cost her family its respectability. Hoping to ease her sister's anguish, Lizzy Darcy encourages Lydia to record her earliest...

He's never going to stop... James Ryker is stalking the streets of Prague, on the hunt for justice, when he hears a news report of a murder in rural England, and realises he has a big problem. He knows the victim. Ten years ago, in Qatar, Ryker led a team of...

A quaint Norwegian town. A chilling conspiracy... Travelling through frozen north Norway, Ryker isn't looking for trouble, but he has a habit of finding it. After a near miss on the road with a young moped driver, a local policeman assists the teenager and...

Sometimes, you can only keep the bad guys down for so long... James Ryker thought he'd got the gangsters out of Blodstein. So he's surprised to hear of a new wave of murders in the Norwegian town. Then he discovers that an unidentified teenager has been found...

A family massacred. A missing teenager. A search for the truth. James Ryker and his protégé, Henrik Svenson, travel to the small alpine town of St Vincent, recently rocked by the triple murder of a prominent family. The sole survivor of the horrific crime,...

The higher you climb, the harder the fall. I would never have been hired if they knew what I'd done. My past. St Ann's is a strict environment, and after one year in the coveted position of head teacher, I know I can't put a foot wrong. Some don't think I...

When she hears the baby crying, she knows she has to do something to keep it safe. To protect it from its terrible parents. Even though the father of the child is Melissa's own son... When Melissa Crawford snatches a crying baby from outside a house, she knows...

Murder behind the scenes... When Iris Woodmore visits Winchester for their annual pantomime, murder is the last thing she expects to find. And there seems to be no valid reason as to why anyone would want to hurt lead actress, Rachel Lacey - kind and...

A local gossip is about to get her just desserts! Life at Hopgood Hall is never boring, but Alexi Ellis hopes that there will be no more murders for the time being - she's solved four already and is getting a reputation in the local area for being bad luck. So...

September 1941, Bath - three friends are about to find that some of the biggest battles are to be found on the home front... As war rages and brave soldiers returning home from the frontline need nurses more than ever, fiercely proud redhead Sylvia Roberts is...

Now: When Adrianna arrives at the small, run-down cottage, near the sea in rural Norfolk, she can't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Here she can forget her life in the city, and the problems she's left behind there, at least for a while. But - like Adrianna...

After my first husband died, I thought my heart was completely broken, and that I'd never feel happy again. Until I met Theo. He's a doctor. A man who seems good and caring and kind. Soon after we start dating, he says he wants to marry me. And even though his...

As if my mum breaking her hip and being rushed to hospital isn't shocking enough for one day, now in her post-operative delirium, she's just told me I'm not her daughter. That she has never been able to have children. The nurse reassures me that people are...

Ailish Ryan has been in hiding since her husband's affair ended their marriage. But when a friend forces her to face her new reality, will she choose to revisit the past or embrace a brand new future? Ailish's daughter, Emmy, thought her boyfriend was nothing...

A much-needed holiday... Dan Armstrong hasn't done much retiring since moving to Tuscany, and with his new career as a successful private investigator taking off, it seems murder seems to follow him. He's hoping a much-needed trip to beautiful Portofino will...

It was a quiet night, like any other, when Abi went for her usual night-time run. It was her escape from all the stresses of life, the thing she did so she was stronger than the man who'd once hurt her so badly. But then - as she turns a quiet corner - she...

Becca Burnside isn't sure where it all went wrong. How did she end up single in her forties, with the highlight of her weekend being a trip to Big Asda with her mum and the only chance of cuddles coming from her dog? It's fair to say that Becca's life isn't...

Autumn, 1816... Lady Ashby is grieving the death of her beloved husband, just two years earlier. Although still young and beautiful, Isabella is resolved never to marry again, and plans to leave London, return to her parents' Yorkshire house, and resign from...

After the death of her beloved mill-owner father, thirteen-year-old Darcy Earnshaw is left in the care of her lascivious uncle Abe. Not only is he determined to steal her inheritance, but as she blossoms into a captivating young woman, he longs to steal her...

Three friends, a Balearic promise and a summer that could change their lives forever... For twenty-one-year-old Belle Madden her first holiday to Ibiza with best friends Gem and Laurie was memorable for all the right reasons: partying the night away, planning...

Join the residents of Railway Lane for one last magical adventure... Globetrotting Libby Jacobs has lost her job but is looking forward to spending more time in her home village of Cranfield. She dreams of turning her chocolate making hobby into something more...

Life begins outside your comfort zone... Book-keeper Megan has always lived life by a set of very rigid rules, but with impending divorce papers on the horizon, she throws herself into a new challenge. She finds solace and purpose in her volunteer work at a...

With the echoes of war reverberating around London, Cordelia, Mavis, and Jane are delighted to be blessed with some good news: the King and his Queen will be making a visit to the East End. As excitement builds, so does their apprehension. With each passing...

As Christmas approaches, Bea Preston has a choice. Looking up at the departures board in Heathrow airport, her flight to New York boarding soon, she knows that getting on that plane changes everything. Her life in London has grown stale, her relationship with...

"This is the story of one lost poem, two great rivers, and three remarkable lives - all connected by a single drop of water. In the ruins of Nineveh, that ancient city of Mesopotamia, there lies hidden in the sand fragments of a long-forgotten poem, the Epic...