Mystery England

Spring, 1909, and Lady Hardcastle, amateur sleuth and all-round eccentric, is enjoying a well-deserved rest. But a week after a trip to the cattle market, Spencer Caradine, a local farmer, turns up dead in the pub, face-down in his beef and mushroom pie. Once again, it is up to Lady Hardcastle...

Steeped in a history of award-winning Yorkshire ale, the town of Markham boasts not one but two breweries. Richard Foster runs one; his sister, Emily, along with her partner, Janice, runs the other. And not without some resentment. The unwelcome return of the town’s former bad boy, Brendan Scholes, threatens to ignite the sibling rivalry further. Scholes claims to have found the long-lost secret recipe to the beer that made Richard and Emily’s father famous, and he wants money.

The last thing DS Stephanie Johnson and DS Andy Carter expected during their much-needed canal holiday was a murder. When retired folk musician Annie Shipton is found stabbed through the neck at the helm of her barge, the couple can’t help investigating the seemingly impossible crime. Nobody else boarded Annie’s boat—so how was she killed from behind?

When a film shoot on Wharfedale’s vintage railway turns into a grisly crime scene, DCI Oldroyd’s idyllic visit to the countryside with his partner Deborah is well and truly stopped in its tracks. One of the film’s stars has been shot dead in a train carriage while the cameras rolled outside. But nobody else went in—or came out. Has the killer really pulled off the perfect, impossible crime?

Ten years ago, DCI Oldroyd was the only person who could see the monster hiding behind Adam Blake’s charm. Oldroyd proved that Blake was a deadly serial killer, responsible for murdering many innocent people. Having vowed to take revenge on Oldroyd, on a crisp autumn morning Blake escapes from jail… Hours later, in the Yorkshire market town of Otley, a man is found strangled inside the old courthouse. Written in bold black ink across the victim’s forehead is a single chilling word: vindicta—revenge. Oldroyd’s blood runs cold when he picks up a call and hears an all-too-familiar voice.

AN EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT MYSTERY FROM YOUR NEW CRIME FICTION OBSESSION: BIBA PEARCE. “An edge-of-your-seat, fast-paced thriller with twists and turns. Keeps you reading until late at night.” Chanda “A good story with twists right to the last page.” Andy “Wow! What a fantastic and...

A HEARTSTOPPING MYSTERY FROM YOUR NEW CRIME FICTION OBSESSION: BIBA PEARCE. His mentor slain. A detective out for revenge. A criminal mastermind always one step ahead. Detective Rob Miller is at home with his crying newborn son when he gets the news. Retired Chief Superintendent Sam Lawrence...

Sir Robert of Offord dies mysteriously just after accusing his new wife of adultery and his son-by-marriage wants the shire's new Crowner to prove the knight was murdered. Instead, Sir Faucon de Ramis discovers that a bell owned by the dead man is missing. But who could have taken it - the daughter who loved it as a child, the knight who wants it as collateral, or the prior who wishes to restore it to its holy purpose of calling the angels? Follow Warwickshire's new Servant of the Crown as Sir Faucon embarks on his most unusual and convoluted hunt yet.

Author and Researcher Mike Luoma shares the personal story of his first two years of exploration and discovery of possibly sacred stone sites throughout New England, experiencing potential Ceremonial Stone Landscapes and more. Mike relates his impressions from each visit, as well as research and knowledge gained in his efforts to understand the sites' meanings and histories.

When one of her readers asks for advice following a suspected murder, Victorian countess Amelia Amesbury, who secretly pens the popular Lady Agony column, has no choice but to investigate in this first book in a charming new historical mystery series. Amelia Amesbury—widow, mother, and...

Chase is disappointed that his partner Mike won’t be joining him on his tour of the rocky Cornish coast—but like long-distance walks, long-distance relationships can require an occasional break. He still has his friend Billie for company, though, and a few more fellow Americans, from a New Orleans restaurateur to a New York travel writer, joining them on their jaunt.

Three women inherit a luxury seaside mansion from the friend they thought died eight years ago—but the house isn’t empty, and someone is willing to kill to keep its secrets buried. Eight years after Charlotte McMahon vanished without a trace, her three closest friends are stunned to inherit...

She’s the only woman on the planet who has no idea who he is—and she’s the best thing that ever happened to him . . . When Lily Bernard’s grandmother breaks her leg, she rushes to the French countryside to help out, settling in for a summer of sunflower fields, crepes and good wine. Lots...

When an AI-generated image of a missing girl goes viral, an unassuming young woman is thrust into the spotlight. Ruby has always known exactly who she is. Raised by her grandmother in Albania before moving to England as a child, she’s built a quiet life far removed from the spotlight. Until a...

Apfelbäume, überall Apfelbäume … … sie sind nicht wegzudenken aus Ledwardine, dem kleinen Ort im Westen Englands, in den die junge Witwe Merrily Watkins mit ihrer Tochter Jane zieht. Dort soll sie die Pfarrstelle übernehmen. Doch schnell ist es vorbei mit der ländlichen Ruhe: Bei einer...

From acclaimed actor, audiobook narrator and podcaster Brian Hutchinson comes a compulsive debut psychological thriller. After a chance reunion with an old friend, a successful actor is forced to confront a relationship from years ago and the devastating truth hiding inside his own memories...

Und dann war der Teufel los. Als Merrily Watkins vom Bischof zur "Beraterin für spirituelle Grenzfragen" ernannt wird, ahnt sie nicht, was da auf sie zukommt. Hinter dem modern klingenden Titel verbirgt sich ein düsteres Amt: Exorzist. Schon bald droht Unheil: In Merrilys Kirche wird...

From acclaimed actor, audiobook narrator and podcaster Brian Hutchinson comes a compulsive debut psychological thriller. After a chance reunion with an old friend, a successful actor is forced to confront a relationship from years ago and the devastating truth hiding inside his own memories...

In this debut mystery, DCI Lilian Wyles, the first woman detective chief inspector in the CID, is determined to find a killer with the help of the four queens of crime, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, and Margery Allingham, perfect for fans of Elly Griffiths and Claudia Gray...

A perfect town's veneer shatters in this electrifying and deviously fun horror novel from master of the genre C. J. Tudor. When Dan Barker inherits a house in Serenity Falls, he is perplexed. He's never heard of "America's most idyllic town," built fifty years ago by the owner of the famed...