A brutal attack upon a group of friends, and veteran detective Henri Castang escapes with his life His friends do not. Castang decides enough is enough, and takes a holiday - where he is followed by demons. When his grand-daughter is kidnapped and the local police seem strangely reluctant to help, Castang goes outside the law to overcome conspiracy and corruption. Read More...

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...

A Romance of Exmoor. The book is set in the 17th century in the Badgworthy Water region of Exmoor in Devon and Somerset, England. John Ridd is the son of a respectable farmer who was murdered in cold blood by one of the notorious Doone clan, a once noble family, now outlaws, in the isolated Doone Valley. 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...

Killer in the Rain gathers together eight Chandler stories of crime and suspense, violence and tragedy set against the backcloth of 'that hard-boiled city with no more personality than a paper cup.' Read More...