Historians and broadcasters Peter Snow and Ann MacMillan tell the real stories of the most powerful men and women in British history.Updated for the 2023 coronation, Kings & Queens explores the lives, loves, triumphs and disasters of a monarchy that is the envy of the world. Snow and MacMillan offer a unique insight into those born to rule, whether villains or heroes – from cruel King John and warrior-king Edward III, to our newest monarch, King Charles II...

**A TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER IN BOTH HARDBACK AND PAPERBACK'Fantastic. Ann Cleeves is a stone cold genius'** – **Marian Keyes, Sunday Times bestselling author of My Favorite Mistake'Everything Ann Cleeves writes is incredible'** – Richard Osman, No. 1 bestselling author of The Thursday Murder ClubFor the first time since the beloved Shetland series, Detective Jimmy Perez is back. He's traded the stark beauty ...

**Ann Cleeves Classic Crime - engaging mysteries to savour, beloved characters to meet againThe Baby-Snatcher is the sixth and final mystery novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.**Marilyn Howe’s and her mother Kathleen are an inseparable duo, until one night Kathleen doesn’t come home . . .Fifteen year old Marilyn turns up alone and frightened on Inspector Ramsay’s doorstep so he takes th...

Fierce winds, howling seas and deadly secrets await in The Raging Storm, the latest mystery featuring Detective Matthew Venn from Ann Cleeves, the number one bestselling author and creator of Vera and Shetland.**Now a major ITV series, The Long Call, starring Ben Aldridge.'Matthew Venn is a keeper . . . stunning' - David Baldacci**When Jem Rosco – sailor, adventurer and local legend – blows into town in the middle...

The deadliest truths are those in the shadows . . .The deadliest truths are those in the shadows . . .Detective Matthew Venn is called to investigate when the body of a young woman is found in the swimming pool of Tide House, a luxurious holiday home in North Devon. The girl’s best friend has disappeared and the property belongs to rising political star Paul Armstrong, leading to intense media scrutiny.As a scorching heatwave rages ...

**A remote island on lockdown. A killer on the loose. There is no escape for Inspector Jimmy Perez in Blue Lightning, the fourth Shetland mystery from Ann Cleeves.Now a major BBC One drama, Shetland, starring Douglas Henshall.**Shetland detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming, as he returns to Fair Isle to introduce his fiancée to his parents. With the autumn storms raging, the island is cut off from the rest of the world.Then...

A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy is the third novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.For Dorothea Cassidy, Thursdays are special – a welcome respite from her duties as a vicar’s wife. Then she is strangled, and Thursdays are never the same again.With the summer carnival underway in the small town of Otterbridge, Inspector Ramsay begins a painstaking investigation. He discover...

Ann Cleeves Classic Crime - engaging mysteries to savour, beloved characters to meet againA Bird in the Hand is the first novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.In England’s birdwatching paradise, a new breed has been sighted – a murderer . . .Young Tom French is found dead, lying in a marsh on the Norfolk coast, with his head bashed in and his bin...

**A local myth. A deadly threat. Vera Stanhope, star of ITV's Vera, returns for her most shocking case so far . . .'A series of expertly plotted and mesmerizing crime novels'** – Mick Herron, bestselling author of Slow HorsesI can't see anything. It's as if this house is on its own in the world, as if I'm on my own in the world and nobody would care if I died . . .When a body is found on the common outside Rosebank, an iso...

A body, a nightclub – and long-buried memories. Set in Northumberland, The Seagull is the eighth book in Ann Cleeves’s Vera Stanhope series – now a major ITV detective drama starring Brenda Blethyn as Vera.Obsession never dies . . .When prison inmate and former police officer John Brace says he’s willing to give up information about the location of a dead body in return for protection for his family, Vera knows that she has to look into hi...

Christmas is coming – and death is at the door. DCI Vera Stanhope returns in The Darkest Evening, the ninth novel in number one Sunday Times bestseller Ann Cleeves’s phenomenally popular crime series.The darkest nights can hide the deadliest secrets . . .Driving home during a swirling blizzard, Vera Stanhope’s only thought is to get there quickly.But with the snow driving down heavily, she becomes disorientated and loses her way, e...

**A woman disappears under ghostly circumstances, and Inspector Jimmy Perez must separate fact from fiction in Thin Air, the sixth Shetland mystery from Ann Cleeves.Now a major BBC One drama, Shetland, starring Douglas Henshall.**A group of old university friends leave the bright lights of London, travelling to Shetland to celebrate the marriage of one of their friends to a local. But late on the night of the wedding party, one of them, Eleanor, disappears...