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'Reluctantly agreeing to track down three dangerous criminals, DCI Henry Christie's philosophy is that anything that keeps him at the cutting edge of coppering can't be all bad. But then he's asked to close down an investigation into a fatal police shooting, and he uncovers a number of worrying connections....

In this 1980’s-set prequel to the popular Henry Christie mysteries, the rookie Lancashire cop is out to prove himself in ways that nearly get him killed.   It’s 1982, and twenty-three-year-old Henry Christie is determined to make detective in record time. His brief transfer to the Blackburn Criminal...

Unconventional Detective Inspector Liam McLusky is plunged into a major murder investigation in this gritty police procedural series. On his first day back at work following his suspension, DI McLusky finds himself in the midst of a major murder enquiry when a body is discovered in the canal...

Introducing scribe sleuth Christine de Pizan in the first of an intriguing new historical mystery series set in 14th Century France Paris, 1393. Recent widow Christine de Pizan became a scribe to support her family, but when she is called to the palace to work, she dreads going. There, everyone...

American Anglophile Dorothy Martin tackles a tricky puzzle in the historic university town of Cambridge Dorothy Martin isn’t overly enthusiastic when her husband, retired police detective Alan Nesbitt, invites her to accompany him to a conference in Cambridge, picturing cramped student accommodation....

In this “utterly compelling” mystery, a triple homicide draws detective Quentin Archer and a voodoo queen into the steamy underbelly of New Orleans (Jeffery Deaver). “With charismatic characters, superb locations, and a great hard-edged story,” Don Bruns introduces his Quentin Archer...

The new Rat Pack mystery - Bing Crosby wants to buy a horse to indulge his other passion - when he' not plasying golf with Bob Hope, that is. But when his trainer fails to show up in Vegas, and when he finds the horse's owner dead, problems begin to mount up. Time for Eddie G and Jerry to come to...

In the latest book in this “unfailingly entertaining series,” Eddie G. must discover why someone wants to kill him. His friends Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Judy Garland are concerned for him, too (Booklist). After Dean Martin saves Eddie G. from being hit by a car, Eddie’s torpedo...

A Rat Pack Mystery - When a rumour spreads that Frank Sinatra's ex-wife, Hollywood Goddess Ava Gardner, was seen in the Sands Hotel & Casino in a state of distress, sleuth Eddie G. is asked to check it out. Eddie tracks her down to LA, where he finds out that Ava's afraid she did something horrible...

Eddie Gianelli faces his toughest challenge yet when he's asked to bodyguard the King of Rock & Roll It’s 1964, and Elvis Presley is heading to Vegas for the opening of his latest film, Viva Las Vegas. Although he despises rock & roll, Frank Sinatra has always had time for Elvis. So when...

Edward G Robinson is in Las Vegas researching his new movie, The Cincinnatti Kid with Steve McQueen. Frank Sinatra puts him in touch with Eddie G., floor manager of the Sands Casino and friend to the Rat Pack who frequent it. But rumour has it that Howard Hughes is also in town looking to buy...

The new 'Sir Geoffrey Mappestone' mystery - When the former crusader knight Geoffrey Mappestone and his friend Roger of Durham try to slip out of England to the Holy Land, a ferocious storm destroys the ship they are on and casts them ashore. The two knights are unwillingly thrust into the company...

As the civil war rages on in England, exiled captain Kit Faulkner finds his loyalties torn between family, friends, and nation. 1649. England has been torn asunder by a civil war that has pitted Parliamentarians against Royalists. Captain Kit Faulkner, bound to the Royalist cause, has been...

The thrilling maritime adventures of Kit Faulkner begin in a new series set against the backdrop of the English Civil War. Bristol, England, 1618. Kit Faulkner is a young vagrant orphan, but his life changes forever at the age of sixteen when two gentlemen, one a former privateer, Sir Henry...