When the father of British writer Peter Cross dies, a devastating family secret is revealed that puts Peter at odds with his two brothers. He's also executor of his father's Will and the stress of everything makes him want to get right away.He decides to take a train up to the Fylde coast and checks into a guest house in Lytham.And that's where his real troubles begin.On his first day there he meets Vicky, the owner of the guest house, and her son Cameron. He's a gr...

HE NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AS DARK AND AS DIFFICULT AS IT TURNED OUT TO BESean Matheson had always been close to his dying sister Nadine who's a single Mum, and she asks him to adopt her two kids when she passes. He agrees without question, and the kids want to be with him, but he's shocked by the reaction of those closest to him, namely his partner Brett and his own mother. But he's determined to fulfil Nadine's wish and be the 'Dad' that his nephew and niece really need, no mat...

When LIAM TOWNSEND disappeared after abandoning his car a year ago, the police put it down to suicide. Then a year later the body of a woman is found in a shallow grave nearby and her DNA matches that which was found on the passenger seat of LIAM's because.VALERIE GARDNER was a close friend of LIAM's and walks into the Lytham office of PI STEPHANIE MARSHALL asking if she can find LIAM. STEPHANIE agrees but has no idea about the ulterior motive VALERIE has for finding LIAM and just ...

Carl and Gina are both thirty. They've been together since the test was positive when they were both just fifteen. They now have three kids. They live in Newcastle. Carl has never been out of work. He's never been on the dole. He works as a labourer on construction sites. Gina has never had a job. Her mother, who Carl calls the mother-in-law from Hell because of her constant criticism and interference, told her at the beginning that it was Carl's job to provide.But when Carl takes ...

MICK just wants to meet the right woman and be happy. DOMINIC has always said that he doesn't want children because of the darkness that seems to be passed through the male members of his family. RICHARD just wants to be a father to his beloved daughters and can't understand why he has to fight for that right when he isn't the one in the wrong. TYLER needs to escape from having been controlled all of his life by someone who says she needed to 'protect' him and is urged by his cousin BRANDO...

When a bomb rips through Manchester's Piccadilly railway station during rush hour, DCI Sara Hoyland narrowly escapes with her life but soon comes to realise that all is not as it would first appear.The city is plunged into crisis and the usual scapegoats are wheeled out in the media and extremism seems to be taking hold on all sides. Yet just as moderate elements such as local MP Craig Sutherland seem to be calming the situation, terrorists strike again leaving a member of Sara's team figh...

Patrick and Rhys fall for each other against the backdrop of the miners strike back in 1984. It is almost an impossible time for a striking Derbyshire miner to let his feelings wrap around those of a serving police officer but neither of them can help it, and they somehow manage to find themselves the time and the space to be together and share the joy that's exploded into the hearts of them both.But the strike isn't the only problem they have to face and one of them has to break t...

Paul Foster is a social worker trying to make a difference. But what links him to an aristocratic Nazi sympathiser accused of harbouring a war criminal? And what has happened to his soldier boyfriend Jake over in Afghanistan? In this, the first DCI Sara Hoyland mystery, the intrepid detective with a murky past enters a long-forgotten world of political intrigue. Long-held grudges and several families' secrets re-surface to further muddy the waters in this controversial thriller.

Canon Brendan O Farrell of Holy Saints Catholic Church, Salford, is nearing retirement when a series of gruesome murders takes place among his congregation. In this the second of David Menon's DCI Sara Hoyland mysteries, the detective finds that the trail of clues leads to questions that may be a little too close to home.

‘I couldn't wait to turn the next page- brilliant and what an amazing twist!’ - Donna MaguireYears ago there was a silent witness to an act of evil. Now, a twisted killer is on the loose fuelled by revenge.Called to the brutal murder of a priest, it is immediately clear to DCI Claire Winters that the victim’s death was prolonged, agonising…and motivated by a lust for revenge.The killer has been clever, there are no clues, no leads. ...

Five figures gather round a shallow grave. They had all taken turns to dig. An adult sized hole would have taken longer. An innocent life had been taken but the pact had been made. Their secrets would be buried, bound in blood…Years later, a headmistress is found strangled, the first in a spate of gruesome murders which shock the Black Country. But when human remains are discovered at a former children’s home, disturbing secrets are also unearthed.Detect...

A body has been found in a frozen lake, bringing a gruesome act of evil into the light.One look at the victim is enough for DCI Claire Winters to recognise the work of a warped mind. And when another woman is reported missing, Claire’s worst fears are confirmed: this is a killer who plans to strike again.As the body count rises, the pressure is on for Claire to find the perpetrator and bring them to justice. But first, she must learn to understand the twist...