Izzy feels blessed to inherit her grandmother's cottage. Moving from Devon to Sussex should be advantageous for her because her popular grandmother's friends could also be useful for her. As a freelance musician playing the piano in a hotel bar besides teaching, local contacts with goodwill should help her. Yet once her life mingles with her grandmother's remenants troublesome situations arise, arousing possible publicity, which might be useful to Izzy but appal the rest of her family, esp...

THe Passion PrincipleFenella believes in love. She sacrificed her career to be available as a companion for Gordon her lover, spending the time he is not around in turning their house in a beautiful love nest. For fifteen years she led the glamorous life of a financier's mistress, an elegant London house, designer clothes, world travel and acceptance in society. However, when his wife, desperate to regain her husband, takes up residence in the same road, Gordon finds his love life ...

Seeking a civilised sanctuary from her sordid marriage, anthropologist Impey Dalrymple joins a grand old golf club. There she finds herself plunged into strange old-fashioned customs.  Soon she lands herself in trouble with the hierarchy, until the club's top players find they need her.  When a prominent club member is killed on the club's grounds, Impey's knowledge of animnal societies and how they are replicated in human groups, slides her into the role of a reluctant sleu...

"I'm talking to a man who's had four wives and keeps a wolf!" Penniless journalist Impey Dalrymple is glad for the chance of a job, until she realises its implications.  She would like to refuse the offer, but Jules Challenger, a debt-collector, has ways of persuading people to work for him.  The attractive charistmatic man, who keeps a vulture as well as a wolf,  wants to know why and who has vandalised his firm's symbol, ...

The past haunts the present as journalist Impey Dalrymple finds. Ghosts are unleashed when she introduces her childhood playmate Natty Bell to her new friend Lady Olga Brancaster. Natty, now a television interviewer, wants to join Bisley Heath Golf club where Lady Olga Brancaster is President. Though unimpressed by Natty's celebrity status, Lady Olga is excited to hear that Natty has worked on a programme which traces people's ancestry for Olga has Russian ancestors.Once Natty star...

A fabulous collection of short stories from the No.1 bestselling author of The Christmas Invitation. Perfect to curl up with on a winter’s evening.This collection includes:One Man’s TreasureTipping the ScalesMelting MomentsHoney and SpiceBreaking the IceA Bit of Christmas RelishNot Just for ChristmasFootsteps in the SnowSlightly Cracke...

Now on Channel 5: COOPER AND FRY, starring Robert James-Collier (Downton Abbey) and Mandip Gill (Doctor Who)Dark, intense and utterly compelling, Black Dog is first in the gripping Cooper and Fry detective series‘Where Cooper stood was remote and isolated… but the smell that lingered under the trees was of blood’The long hot Peak District summer came to an end when they found Laura Vernon's body....

Now a major TV series: COOPER AND FRY on Channel 5**, starring Robert James-Collier (Downton Abbey) and Mandip Gill (Doctor Who)**In the heart of summer, in the dead of night, something wakes you. The house is quiet. The children are sleeping. The kitchen is empty.Except for the body on the floor.A series of brutal home invasions is terrorizing the Peak District. Until now, the burglars haven't left a clue....

'A genius tale with a twist' StylistFrom the bestselling author of HOME TRUTHS comes an absolutely unputdownable story of secrets and heartbreak - If you like Sharp Objects and Big Little Lies, you will love this.An apparently happy marriage. A beautiful son. A lovely home.So what makes Emily Coleman get up one morning and walk right out ...

The announcement of a grand Treasure Hunt sets the Lodes Valley ladies' hearts aflutter. The cash is only part of the appeal: a win could solve several romantic dilemmas. Pixie Guinness sees the quest as a route back to her wayward husband while Pheely is spurred into a covert affair. Faith hopes to snare true love, Rory; and Liv - well, Liv just wants distraction from the boredom of country life. But it is Trudy who finds the trail of clues leads her in quite a different direction, and on...

Sam, a golden Labrador puppy, is Emily's best present ever! The two become great friends and Emily is sad to leave her puppy at home when she starts back at school. When Sam is stolen from the back garden one afternoon, Emily is desperate with worry. She is determined to get her precious puppy back - but how will she find him? From the best-selling author Holly Webb comes another moving animal story.

A stunning debut - part psychological thriller, part detective novel - from a powerful and distinctive new voice.The murder of a first-year university student shocks the city of Durham. The victim, Emily Brabents, was from the privileged and popular set at Joyce College, a cradle for the country's future elite.As Detective Inspector Erica Martin investigates the college, she finds a close-knit community fuelled by jealousy, obsession and secrets. But the ve...