Jean-Claude Marschal, millionaire businessman, disappears one day. Inspector Van der Valk investigates and finds out more than he wants to about the the fury of a jealous woman. Read More...

When his boss suddenly retires, maverick cop Henri Castang is posted in an ugly and provincial area of northern France. His surroundings are foreign, but before long he is back in familiar territory: a death pitches him into a murder inquiry; and suddenly Castang is caught up in a sinister vortex from which there seems to be no escape. Read More...

When Venetia Aldridge QC defends young Garry Ashe, accused of the brutal murder of his aunt, this for her is just one more case, one more opportunity to triumph in a distinguished career as a criminal lawyer. But Regina v. Ashe sets in motion a chain of events as terrifying as they are unpredictable. Read More...

Original Sin is set in a long-established publishing firm housed in a dramatic mock-Venetian palace on the Thames. The Peverell Press, founded in 1792, is ripe for change. The chairman, Henry Peverell, has just died; his French partner, Jean-Philippe Etienne, has retired and Etienne's ruthless son Gerard has taken over as chairman and managing director. Read More...

Christmas has never been a particularly good time for Dr Kay Scarpetta. Although a holiday for most, the festivities always seem to heighten the alienation felt by society's violent fringe; and that usually means more work for Scarpetta, Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner and consulting forensic pathologist for the FBI. Read More...

Bard and warrior, son of an Irish priestess and a travelling Roman, Lugh mac Romain is reared in the household of Maeve, a bloodthirsty warrior-queen of Connaught. When he kills her king in a fight, he must flee - pursued by her curses. Years later, Lugh tells his story... Read More...

At the main gates of the Divine Temple of Horus, a crowd gathers to celebrate the triumphant return of Hatusu. Aided by her lover, Senenmur, Hatusu is determined that all Egypt will accept her as the first pharaoh-Queen but it is an acceptance that lies in the laps of the gods whose wishes the priests must interpret. Only one man Amerotke, a respected judge, can be trusted to find the truth among the intrigue surrounding the deaths. Read More...

Cromwell's secretary, John Milton is shipwrecked and forced to wander through the American wilderness with a young companion, Goosequill, who assists him in his blindness. He encounters the native Indians and must learn to live beside them. But even he cannot foresee the climax of his epic journey in the new land. Read More...

Marlowe was neat and clean and sober when he called at the Sternwood residence. He liked to be all those things when he was calling on four million dollars. Read More...

The first time that Marlowe met Terry Lennox, the man was drunk. The second time he was even drunker than the first. Read More...