British Detective

If there was one piece of advice Olive Crisp always followed, it was that “one should never attempt to solve a crime on an empty stomach..." 1970s. Cambridge, England. A SMALL-TIME ART HEIST: When two separate robberies take place at the Fitzwilliam Museum simultaneously, while Olive and Hugo are visiting the galleries, they set about investigating who could have committed the crimes. A COSY COMMUNITY: Meanwhile, Blythe faces a romantic dilemma when she's forced to decide between the two conflicting sides of her heart: being a bookshop owner or becoming a wife. And Olive has to confront ...

A body was found in a Trunk at Kings Cross Station. Nothing unusual, except Chief Inspector, Lord Ralph McGinnis is sent down from Scotland Yard to investigate. Recognized as retired Police officer Casper Fellen, Ralph suspects he stumbled into gang warfare, and what is the Royal connection with horseracing at Epsom? Professor Claire Lane senses the truth. Will she side with Ralph, or take another view, agree to disappear undercover with renowned Gang boss Alexander Carrington. Is this the end, or does this spell disaster for not only Claire’s reputation, but to Ralph’s heraldic ...

When Constable Evan Evans and his new fiancée decide to travel south from home in Llanfair, Wales, to visit his mother in Swansea, they're not expecting the disturbing news that greets them on their arrival: the young thug convicted of murdering Evan's father several years earlier is suspected of murder once again.

Determined to make the First Edition Library a success, Hayley Burke wasn’t expecting to have to solve an old friend’s murder in this all-new mystery from USA Today best-selling author Marty Wingate.

Cooper is a riveting murder mystery book set in 1930s London. Join Superintendent Cooper and private investigator Larry Dernier as they navigate the dark alleys and grand mansions of London, unearthing secrets that could shake the foundations of power. When the Home Secretary is found murdered in his residence, a chilling phone call from the self-proclaimed killer sets off a chain of events that thrusts Cooper and Dernier into a complex web of deceit and intrigue. The case seems straightforward at first, but every clue uncovered leads to more questions. The meticulous planning of the murder...

Early one morning, DS Robin Butler is summoned to a crime scene. Not as a policeman, but as best friend to renowned meteorologist, Dr Finn Mason. The morning after studying an enormous storm, Finn has locked himself in a van. Bloodied, confused, and with no memory of how he came to be there. And alongside him - a dead body.

The seasons have changed in Scotland and rather than prowl in the cold, Leger has chosen to spend his evenings dining at his good friend Winter's home or sleeping in front of the fire. But peaceful nights watching snow fall from the windowsill will have to wait as there is a new case to solve. His friend Winter has gone missing! Leger has his paws full and is distracted from the job in hand. He has a new hibernation spot to find for an insomniac hedgehog friend, hears news of an unexpected pregnancy and as ever, Leger struggles to communicate with his human companion, Annabella. If he did ...

It's the start of a new year, full of possibilities and potential, but Annabella is stuck at home with flu and Leger is happy to sleep on her lap while she recovers - but when he finds two crimes are committed within minutes of each other, his detective instincts kick in. While Hugh braves blizzard conditions to help out at the scene of a hit and run, Leger finds an elderly man has been beaten and left for dead. Wondering if the two crimes could be linked, Leger struggles to piece the events of that day together and is hindered by meddling humans, freezing conditions and the disappearance ...

Claire Perrigaux a clandestine SOE agent during WW2 operating from Saint Brieuc in Northern France,has a past life she doesn't like to talk about. In 1925, the world was a different place. As a child prodigy, Claire Lane, a Professor of Mathematics at London’s prestigious St Anne's University. Her specialty- scientific study of probability. In other words, the likelihood that an event will reoccur. Chief Police Inspector Ralph McGinniss of Scotland Yard is sent down from London to investigate these heinous crimes, and enlists the skills of Claire Lane to help him. A team is forged. How ...

The last thing DS Stephanie Johnson and DS Andy Carter expected during their much-needed canal holiday was a murder. When retired folk musician Annie Shipton is found stabbed through the neck at the helm of her barge, the couple can’t help investigating the seemingly impossible crime. Nobody else boarded Annie’s boat—so how was she killed from behind?

Satisfied with the result of his first investigation, Leger has settled back into his old life of chasing tabbies, playing with his Labrador room-mate, Bob, when they are alone and recreational catnip use. However, a burglar is at work in his street and Leger's curiosity leads him to witness the theft of three expensive tropical fish from his neighbour's home. Putting his personal feelings for the fish aside, Leger has to break the law himself and endure a white knuckle ride across town in his quest to track down the thief and he will stop at nothing to bring him to justice! The Leger - Cat...

Grayson Taylor Shaw is looking for his long lost family who doesn’t even know he exists; He travels to Ryhope, Sunderland to look for them and gets a few surprises along the way. Bodies begin to appear along the edges of the River Wear and PC Roberts starts to see a pattern emerge from the victims and starts to put the pieces together and realizes there is a serial killer in her city. Her path to finding the killer has brought her to Grayson and when Natalie's partner goes missing, they work together, to reveal who the killer is and to stop the murderous spree with disastrous consequences...

Amazon Best-Selling Author Bronze Medal winner--Global Book Awards Haunted by obscure clues Hunted by a madman Faced with an impossible choice Tabitha Black is ecstatic. The man of her dreams, Charles London, Scotland Yard’s best Detective Inspector, needs her to drive him to Ghost Haven so he can recuperate from a bullet to the head. Her mind imagines witty conversations and maybe a stolen kiss or two. But on the drive down, he makes it very clear that he wishes she wasn’t driving him. Later at Ghost Haven when he collapses from his head wound, Tabitha is forced to approve emergency ...

It’s been slow for Madison, the Italians have been on their best behavior. But the German’s are another matter.The murder of a known German agent pits Madison against one of the deadliest agents in Europe and forces her in a race to save England’s new wonder weapon from falling into Hitler’s hands. Buy Your Copy Today!

Thomas Pitt, mainstay of Her Majesty’s Special Branch, is summoned to Connaught Square mansion, where the body of a junior diplomat lies huddled in a wheelbarrow. Nearby stands the tenant of the house, the beautiful, notorious Egyptian woman Ayesha Zakhari, who falls under the shadow of suspicion. Pitt’s orders are to protect—at all costs—the good name of the third person in the garden: senior cabinet minister Saville Ryerson. The distinguished public servant, whispered to be Ayesha’s lover, insists that she is as innocent as Pitt himself.

When the past comes calling....run To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven... It's 1959, Detective Nick Jellicoe is posted from the London Met to a quiet seaside town following the loss of his wife. Within a week of his arrival, Colonel Masterson, a local magistrate, is murdered, and his grandson is kidnapped. Rather than demand a ransom, the kidnapper begins to send cryptic messages that suggest his real motive is something else: revenge. Meanwhile a war is brewing between the two main criminal gangs in the town. Jellicoe's trip to the seaside is ...

A triple murder in Sterling sends Madison to the Northlands to be confronted by an old family friend. Now turned paid assassin. An assassin looking to kill Madison. Can the past hold the key to Madison’s future? Don't Miss The Whole Series!

A hanging man's body found by an uncontrollable dog, a murdered historian with an unpublished book, and a mysterious cottage, hiding in the shadows of Bluebell Wood. Set within the mysterious beauty of the Norfolk Broads, this fast-paced British detective series is a dark cozy Norfolk murder mystery with a slice of humour and a touch of romance, one that will have you guessing until the very end, when the last shocking twist is finally revealed.

A classic English murder fiction novel set in the rural village of Peakshire during the early 1920s. Step into the mysterious world of Bellingham, a seemingly serene country village where quiet lanes and picturesque countryside hide dark secrets and twisted plots. Follow Dennis Skubal, a keen criminologist and writer, as he unravels the chilling web of deceit surrounding the sudden and brutal murder of Sir Marcus Alexander. *Dark Waters* unfolds in the hauntingly beautiful yet eerie landscape of Peakshire, where every character harbors a secret, and nothing is quite as it seems. Trouble ...

July 1912. Lady Hardcastle and her tenacious lady’s maid, Florence Armstrong, are enjoying a convivial gathering at the home of their dear friends, the Farley-Strouds. The only fly in the idyllic ointment seems to be the lack of musical entertainment for the forthcoming summer party—until, that is, Lady Hardcastle’s brother Harry calls with news of a murder.