Classic Crime. Who killed solo violinist Lucy Carless during a concert? Her first husband? Or her second? Or womanizer Bill Ventry? Or the clarinetist and fellow Polish emigré? Read More...

A cleverly planned murder and a brilliant picture of a High Court Assize Judge and his entourage. Read More...

31 short stories, many with a legal or criminal background. Read More...

Service in English hotels can drive a man to drink, but rarely to suicide. Was Leonard Dickinson's death suicide? He'd washed the sleeping pills down with tea and lemon, but his family weren't having it and his life wasn't insured. Inspector Mallet orders kippers for his breakfast as he begins the investigation, but gets only red herrings. Read More...

DS Trimble and lawyer Francis Pettigrew join forces again to investigate the death of Mrs Pink, whose feet were discovered sticking out of a pile of leaves. Read More...

Francis Pettigrew is on holiday in Exmoor and stumbles over a body. The body mysteriously disappears... Read More...

Francis Pettigrew is seconded to the wartime civil service, and a murderer strikes... Read More...

Tom Mangan knew that a crisis loomed in the Bahamas,and that his life would not be worth the proverbial dime until the elusive and ubiquitous man who called himself Robinson was cornered and stopped - dead! Read More...

At nearly eighteen, easy-going young Benedict Julliard has no stronger ambition than to ride in steeplechases as an amateur jockey. As his father, George, makes his ambitious drive towards the Prime Ministership and occupancy of No. 10 Downing Street, Ben is plunged into a frightening morass of lies and treachery. Read More...

Valentine, a blind, confused and dying old man, seeking his peace with God, makes his last confession to a visiting friend, Thomas Lyon, mistaking him for a priest. This puts Thomas in a moral dilemma. Wild horses wouldn't drag from a priest the secrets of the confessional - but then Thomas is not a priest. Read More...