The infamous Sherlock Holmes, now in his retirement, has turned his attention to his beekeeping hobby. But when a shadowy figure is seen walking below the cliffs one night, Holmes cannot resist the temptation of solving one more mystery. He summon...
"You will not live to enjoy your pleasant retirement. Revenge is very sweet. When we meet again, the old debt shall be repaid." The recipient of the ominous note, and intended victim, was Alec Mercer, a British Secret Service agent with an involved p...
A few words from a small-time informer suddenly reopen the unsolved murder of a girl four years before, as well as the unrecovered three quarters of a million pounds, intermittently stolen -- two cases which are somehow tied together. Detective I...
OLD BONES AND NEW CORPSE What a most unwelcome surprise for the archaeologists -- not the Saxon artifacts they had hoped for, but a shrouded male corpse buries in a recent grave! Who is it? And why is he buried here? Inspector Rudd has only one...
DEADLY BELOVED Inspector Rudd has a most baffling case: a bizarre triangle at the bottom of which lies murder. The triangle involves a shy young man passing through a quiet village on a summer holiday, another solitary soul, Maggie Hearn, a local ...
When a man is found dead by the roadside near the village, the details of his death do not fit the picture of a hit-and-run accident. Inspector Finch uncovers evidence that relationships in the village are more raw and anguished than they appear, and...
When blond, vibrant young Stella Reeve is found drowned under a treacherous footbridge in the tiny village of Wynford. The evidence suggests accident, but Inspector Rudd is not convinced. The girl was returning from a platonic visit to a village n...
Detective Chief Inspector Rudd is faced with the murder of young, successful lawyer David Hamilton, husband of beautiful, much-admired Elizabeth Napier and son-in-law of Felix Napier, recent widower, who adores his daughter, lives nearby and had sol...
Low-key, lonely Inspector Jack Rudd is called in to solve a murder at a creative-writing summer school. Handsome, selfish bisexual Jake Nolan, a writer-director who spends his summers teaching playwriting to the adult students at the Morton Grange Sc...
This collection of stories, allegedly written by Doctor Watson, includes the tragic tale of Lord Deerswood's unwanted legacy, the account of the jealous contortionist, the affair of the beautiful housekeeper, the deadly doings of the costumed Russian...
This collection of stories, allegedly written by Doctor Watson, includes the tragic tale of Lord Deerswood's unwanted legacy, the account of the jealous contortionist, the affair of the beautiful housekeeper, the deadly doings of the costumed Russian...
TWO IMMORTAL CHARACTERS, A CHANCE MEETING, A VISIT TO 221B BAKER STREET. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE MOST FAMOUS FRIENDSHIP EVER RECORDED.Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson, famous for their crime-solving capabilities, are mysterious figures themselves. Wh...
A new case for DCI Jack Finch * Will appeal to fans of Thomson's popular Holmesian pastiches * A welcome return of DCI Jack Finch in his 20th book after a long absence The village of Northrope presents a decorous and affluent face to the outside worl...
A mysterious veiled lady carries a counterfeit painting into an art dealer's office.A widow with three hands slips out of a church door.A farmer lies dead in a barn, his son accused of his murder.A skeleton with a silver locket is unearthed in a back...
SECRETS, SUSPENSE, AND CONSPIRACY. LONDON THROUGH THE EYES OF THE GREAT SHERLOCK HOLMESAs Dr Watson's old manuscripts, deliberately unpublished to protect the names of those they concern, are released into the public, a multitude of previously unseen...
SCANDAL, INTRIGUE AND CUNNING CRIME. DELVE INTO THE WORLD OF THE IMMORTAL SHERLOCK HOLMES. In Sherlock Holmes's London, reputations are fragile and scandal can be ruinous. In order to protect the names of the good (and not-so-good), Dr Watson comes t...
The infamous Sherlock Holmes, now in his retirement, has turned his attention to his beekeeping hobby. But when a shadowy figure is seen walking below the cliffs one night, Holmes cannot resist the temptation of solving one more mystery. He summons h...
This collection of stories, allegedly written by Doctor Watson, includes the tragic tale of Lord Deerswood's unwanted legacy, the account of the jealous contortionist, the affair of the beautiful housekeeper, the deadly doings of the costumed Russian...
Luke Gilchrist's father's funeral leaves him cold. When a friend of his father's presents him with some old letters, he discovers his father had another family. He may also have been a murderer. DCI Finch realises he'll have to reopen the case and so...