Even the most glamorous stately homes hide secrets and lies from the past...When Flora receives a shocking telegram about her father's sudden death in a riding accident, she rushes back to her childhood home, Cleeve Abbey.Once a governess to young Eddy, Viscount Trent, and daughter of the Earl's trusted butler, Flora finds the house steeped in unease. Her plans to lay her father to rest beside her mother, Lily, are upended when mystery surrounds Lily's final resting place.

'A great book, truly hard to put down. Fast paced, brilliantly plotted and desperately sad at times - all hallmarks of a bestseller' Lesley Pearse on The Girl in the Letter'I was gripped by The Girl in the Letter. The story is compelling, twisty, heart-wrenching and thought-provoking. A novel that stays with you' Sophie KinsellaPerfect for fans of Kate Morton and Kathryn Hughes, this gripping novel of long-buried s...

A young woman falls asleep on a deserted beach and wakes to discoverthe body of a man whose throat has been slashed from ear to ear . . .The young woman is the celebrated detective novelist Harriet Vane, onceagain drawn against her will into a murder investigation in which she herselfcould be a suspect.Lord Peter Wimsey is only too eager to help her clear her name.'She combined literary prose with powerful suspense, and it takes a rare talent

Pandemic lockdowns have Ruth Galloway feeling isolated from everyone but a new neighbor—until Nelson comes calling, investigating a decades-long string of murder-suicides that’s looming ever closer, in USA Today Elly Griffiths’ penultimate novel in the beloved series.Three years after her mother’s death, Ruth is finally sorting through her things when she finds a curious relic: a decades-old photograph of her own Norfolk cottage—before she lived t...

Lord Peter Wimsey could imagine the artist stepping back, the stagger,the fall, down to where the pointed rocks grinned like teeth.But was it an accident - or murder? Six members of the close-knit Gallowayartists' colony do not regret Campbell's death.Five of them are red herrings.'She combined literary prose with powerful suspense, and it takes a rare talentto achieve that. A truly great storyteller.' Minette Walters(P)2015 Hodder & Sto...

They plan to have a quiet country honeymoon. Then Lord PeterWimsey and his bride Harriet Vane find the previous owner's bodyin the cellar.Set in a country village seething with secrets and snobbery, this isDorothy L. Sayers' last full-length detective novel. Variously describedas a love story with detective interruptions and a detective story withromantic interruptions, it lives up to both descriptions with style.'I admire her novels ... s...

Victor Dean fell to his death on the stairs of Pym's Advertising Agency,but no one seems to be sorry. Until an inquisitive new copywriter joinsthe firm and asks some awkward questions...Disguised as his disreputable cousin Death Bredon, Lord Peter Wimseytakes a job - one that soon draws him into a vicious network of blackmailersand drug pedlars.Five people will die before Wimsey unravels a sinister and deadly plot.'She combined literary p...

London, 1903: Glamour thrives, but so do deadly secrets.Amid the dazzling theatres and opulent restaurants of fashionable Knightsbridge, Flora Maguire is drawn into a web of intrigue that stretches far beyond London's polished facade.When the body of a prominent socialite and leader of the women's suffrage movement is discovered, Flora's curiosity leads her to uncover mysterious letters, cryptic ties to the Foreign Office, and a chilling connection to the assassination of a...

'Lyrical, heartrending and compelling' JOJO MOYES on Recipe for LifeKat is an adventurer, a food writer who travels the world visiting far-flung places and eating unusual things. Now she is about to embark on her biggest adventure yet - a relationship.She has fallen in love with an Italian man and is moving to live with him in Venice where she will help him run his small guesthouse, Hotel Gondola. Kat has lined up a book deal and will write about t...

Harriet Vane has never dared to return to her old Oxford college.Now, despite her scandalous life, she has been summoned back . . .At first she thinks her worst fears have been fulfilled, as she encountersobscene graffiti, poison pen letters and a disgusting effigy when shearrives at sedate Shrewsbury College for the 'Gaudy' celebrations.But soon, Harriet realises that she is not the only target of this murderousmalice - and asks Lord Peter Wimse...

When tenants of a large apartment building become murder victims, FBI Agent Rachel Gift uncovers a killer with a twisted obsession lurking among them. With death stalking the halls and dozens of potential suspects, can she stop the murders before another resident's final wish becomes their last breath? “A masterpiece of thriller and mystery.” —Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ HER LAST DOUBT (A Rachel Gift FBI Suspense Thriller) is book #24 in a long-anticipated ...

The bed was broken and tilted grotesquely sideways. Harrison wassprawled over in a huddle of soiled blankets. His mouth was twisted . . .Harrison had been an expert on deadly mushrooms. How was it thenthat he had eaten a large quantity of death-dealing muscarine? Was itan accident? Suicide? Or murder?The documents in the case seemed to be a simple collection of lovenotes and letters home. But they concealed a clue to the brilliant murderer...