Tell No Tales by Eva Dolan
Dead men tell no tales. CSI’s Gus Grissom would probably take issue with that old adage, but for Peterborough detectives Dushan Zigic and Mel Ferreira it’s quite a problem. Just when they think they’ve got a suspect or witness to break open their investigation, the…
A Journal of Sin by Darryl Donaghue
After a major storm devastates the country, the village of Sunbury finds itself cut off by floodwater and fallen trees. There is no electricity, and no mobile phone masts have survived. As the villagers come out and try to pick up the pieces they find…
Payton Edgar's Agony by MJT Seal
London, 1962. Payton Edgar is the restaurant critic of the London Evening Clarion. He is also an insufferable snob. Add to that his vanity, sharp tongue and vague air of misanthropy, and you have one of the least appealing amateur detectives of recent times. When…
Southsiders by Nigel Bird
Ray Spalding lives in a violent marriage. His wife Paula has anger management issues. One day it becomes too much and Ray leaves Paula, his home in Southside, Edinburgh, and his 12-year-old son Jesse. He heads to Belfast to start over, using his brother Cliff’s…
The Pallampur Predicament by Brian Stoddart
Christian Le Fanu is a Superintendent with the Madras Police. Unlike many other junior army officers, he survived World War I, and in particular the savage battle against the Turks at Shaiba in 1915. There, Le Fanu commanded Indian soldiers and was inspired by their…
Crow Bait by Douglas Skelton
Davie McCall is in the notorious Glasgow prison, Barlinnie, AKA the Bar-L. He was convicted for a robbery by perjured evidence and given two-and-a-half years inside. Davie is the model prisoner until he’s attacked by fellow inmate Jinky Harris with a Bar-L Special – a…
Massacre Pond by Paul Doiron
It should be autumn in the dense wilderness of the Maine backwoods, but it is unseasonably hot. People are still wearing cut-off shorts and flip-flops, and the insect swarms which should have died away by now are driving everyone mad. Game warden Mike Bowditch is…