Being curious and inquisitive is never a perfect combination, but add them to Tilley Watson, and you have a recipe for disaster. That is what Tilleys parents discovered when she insisted that she saw a murderer while on her way to work one day. Tilley was known for jumping to conclusions and making more of a situation than there really was. Her parents and her friends usually just humoured her. This time though it was to come back and haunt her and them. Tilleys and her parents lives were ...

Elaine and Clifford Jessop, a suburban couple living in a penthouse apartment in Chelsea, not highfliers but nevertheless career-minded. Clifford held a high-ranking position in Customs and Immigration. Elaine had just been promoted as personal assistant to the MD of a renowned company that specialised in the handling of high-quality diamonds and gems. They were happy with their lives until Clifford had a chance encounter with his long-lost half brother. From that moment on, their world wa...

'Many times I heard people say that you'll have no friends if you're a policeman. How wrong they were. If you were right with them, they were right with you.'PC Martyn Johnson is back on the beat with more hilarious and heart-warming stories from the golden age of policing.With his nose for trouble and a knack for mischief, there's no such thing as a quiet shift for the friendly Yorkshire bobby - from drunken dogs and runaway horse...

Two girls go missing. Only one will return.The couple that offers the highest amount will see their daughter again. The losing couple will not. Make no mistake. One child will die.When nine-year-old best friends Charlie and Amy disappear, two families are plunged into a living nightmare. A text message confirms the unthinkable: that the girls are the victims of a terrifying kidnapping.And when a second text message pits the two families ...

'One of the best British crime writers' – Lee ChildIt's a race against time as Detective Superintendent Roy Grace tries to stop a grieving mother from taking the law into her own hands . . .A university student is killed in a tragic traffic accident while riding their bicycle. When two of the drivers involved are hunted down by a sadistic killer, Grace knows that the third driver, Carly Chase, may be next.Carly, a solicitor, belie...

The girl stared unseeing up to the blue sky. Her mouth was open, as if she was about to speak, to cry for help… but her voice had been silenced forever. When Detective Kim Stone and her team are sent to Westerley, a forensic research facility, they discover the body of a young woman, her mouth filled with soil. But she doesn’t belong there. It seems a killer has discovered the perfect cover for their crime.Kim breaks the devastating news of Jemima’s ...

She ruined their lives. Now they’re going to destroy hers. ‘Someone is recreating every traumatic point in your life. They are doing this to make you suffer, to make you hurt and the only possible end game can be death. Your death.’On the fourth floor of Chaucer House, two teenagers are found chained to a radiator. The boy is dead but the girl is alive. For Detective Kim Stone every detail of the scene mirrors her own terrifying experience wit...

The discovery of a woman’s body and a link to the events of 9/11 take Detective Superintendent Roy Grace around the world in Dead Man’s Footsteps, by award-winning crime author Peter James. Now a major ITV series, Grace, adapted for television by screenwriter Russell Lewis and starring John Simm.Amid the tragic mayhem of the morning of 9/11, failed Brighton businessman and ne’er-do-well Ronnie Wilson sees the chance of a lifeline: to shed his debt...

‘OMG!!! SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO US ANGELA!!!! JUST WOW!!!! Seriously love, love LOVED this book!!!!..I was on the edge of my seat, biting my nails whilst feeling my heart pounding into the silly hours of the morning...one of the best books I have ever read!!!’ Bookworm86, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Her stomach lurches as she sits in the windowless room. He throws her phone to the ground, grinds it against the floor with the heel of his sh...

'One of the best British crime writers' – Lee ChildWhen unsolved crimes resurface, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace faces a possible copycat killing in Dead Like You, by award winning crime author Peter James.The Metropole Hotel, Brighton. After a heady New Year's Eve ball, a woman is attacked as she returns to her room. A week later, another woman is assaulted. Both victims' shoes are taken by the offender . . .Roy Gra...

The First DS Ian Peterson Murder InvestigationWhen Henry's wife is stabbed to death, he pays a prostitute to give him an alibi. Her body is discovered, strangled, and the police realise they are dealing with a serial killer who will stop at nothing to cover his tracks. While they are hunting for evidence, another prostitute is brutally murdered. On the track of a vicious killer, Ian doesn't realise he is risking the life of his young colleague, Polly.Alread...

Faced with his most disturbing case yet, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace tracks a serial killer in You Are Dead, by award winning crime author Peter James.A series of young women – all beautiful, all with long brown hair – have been stalked and abducted. Each victim is found with a brand on their body, a marking that reads ‘U R Dead’. And some of their remains are from thirty years ago.When Logan Somerville is taken while on the phone to her fia...