Readers are loving Daphne St Clair:'I couldn't put this book down' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'A fresh and witty take on the whodunnit' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'I was drawn in from the first few pages and couldn't put it down' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'The author's wry voice sings through this modern and feminist murder mystery' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐Meet Daphne St Clair:✅ Glamorous ninety-year-old grandmother✅ Care home resident

'Fabulous' JANICE HALLETT'Great fun...clever and wickedly funny' THE SUN'Deliciously funny' MARTINA COLEA headmistress is dead. The circumstances are suspicious.And as every parent knows, being on the school group chat can be murder...As educators go, Claudia Stitchwell makes Miss Hannigan look like Miss Honey.But when the reviled headteacher drops dead in the sc...

'A fascinating, forensic deep-dive' DENISE MINA'Beautifully written, richly evoked and utterly gripping' EVA DOLAN'A seductive tale of sex and death' SARA SHERIDAN***1857, Glasgow.A young socialite named Madeleine Smith stands accused of murdering her lover. Thousands wait outside the court to hear the result. The scandalous nature of the affair, detailed explicitly ...

'An absolutely heartbreakingly, beautiful story that is impossible to put down. An absolute must read.' ★★★★★–-This wasn’t meant to happen. But it did.Sofie Jensen knows the safest way to live is by staying in control. And she knows that love can come with a cost.But what she doesn’t know is that one unexpected moment will change everything. Because meeting Rory and falling in love wasn’t part of the plan. Neither was becoming pregn...

From the moment John Brown arrived as a servant to Queen Victoria's household, he became known across the land as her loyal companion, her fierce protector, and her right-hand man: their friendship immortalized in print and later onscreen. But what if there was more to their relationship than we know? And what has history been hiding from us?Rumors have swirled around this relationship for years as historians have attempted to bring the truth to light. Now for the first time, Dr. F...

*A mind-boggling locked door mystery written in collaboration with the Historic Royal Palaces*'Love, Love, Love! I absolutely devoured this book... The ultimate locked room mystery' READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐When one of the ladies in residence at Hampton Court Palace fails to answer her maid's call in the morning, Mrs Lydia Bramble, palace housekeeper, is called in to investigate.What Mrs Bramble finds sends shockwaves through the whole pa...

A gothic psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist is perfect for fans of C. J. Tudor and Riley SagarA fresh start? Or the beginning of the end?After she finds her husband drowned in a swimming pool, Georgia moves to a cottage nestled behind the ruins of Coventry Cathedral so she can be close to her daughter.This should be a new beginning. New job, new friends, a brighter future.But strange things st...

And so, I am mad after all...The shackles gouge my wrists, disturbing the scars of Strangeways Prison's fetters. But no matter; if I bleed, I will not die: I am already dead.Named after the funeral flower, Lily has walked hand-in-hand with death for as long as she can remember.But the fact that death has chosen to follow her through life can hardly be conceived as her fault.Certainly she cannot be expected to take...

'Lively . . . peppered with entertaining lines. One of [Low's] skills as a journalist is an ability to sift through mountains of archive material and pick out the gems' - TelegraphCovering 200 years of royal history from Queen Victoria to King Charles, and looking forward to the future reign of King William, Power and the Palace is the gossip-laden and highly revelatory account of the relationship between the sovereign and the prime minist...

*A SUNDAY TIMES PICK OF THE MONTH*'Agatha Christie, with a thrilling modern twist' DAILY MAIL'Pacy and tense - I loved it!' CLARE MACKINTOSH'Superb ... A riveting read' SUNDAY TIMES'Updates Agatha Christie with contemporary ingenuity' IAN RANKIN_______________TEN STRANGERS.Investigative journalist Lauren never dr...

A centuries-old score. A city built on secrets. A melody that kills.When a celebrated music impresario is found dead in Venice—his body slumped in the hot house of a remote palazzo, a cryptic musical interval in his hand—rumours swirl around a rediscovered manuscript: the original score for The Four Seasons, penned in Vivaldi's own hand.But is it a masterpiece lost to time or a masterful forgery?Arnold Clover, a reclusive British archivist seeking peace in the city ...

'History and enchantment woven in a seamless, intricate tapestry' Sarah Rees BrennanA desperate thief. A magical book. And a heist for the ages.There's only one thing notorious thief Lyta loves more than a big score: her little brother, Kit. But when Kit is arrested for producing seditious pamphlets, he stands to lose not only his printing press, but possibly his life.In exchange for her brother's freedom, Lyta strikes a daring barg...