Who killed the cat? Anna Lee finds herself catapulted into the flamboyant rock world of Shona Una. Protecting a rock star on tour is hard enough at the best of times, but a hard job is made impossible when Anna has more trouble from the singer's biza...
Eva Wylie may not be beautiful, but she's big and smart and tough. Working as a wrestler called the London assassin, all she wants is wrestling superstardom and to find her long-lost sister. She does a little investigating on her own, and ends up in ...
'Ruth Rendell, with a new Wexford story, and Dick Francis, with a cunning racetrack heist, lead the field in this superb new collection from the Crime Writer's Association. International stars, old favorites, and new talents combine in a collection t...
SHE'S BIG, BAD AND PROUD OF IT "The London Lassassin" in the ring, Eva Wylie is now going wild in the streets. The big part-time wrestler, nighttime security guard, and full-time bruiser has run into a pint-sized friend from her past, a tiny, tena...
Crime and detection are women's work for twenty-six great writers in this second brilliant collection of mystery fiction edited by Sara Paretsky. From wicked irony and white-collar crime in Amanda Cross's "The Baroness," to the chilling "Only a Woman...
Part-time wrestler, nighttime security guard, and all-the-time big, ugly, bad-tempered, and proud of it, Eva Wylie knows how to stand out in a crowd. She should. In the ring, she's the London Lassassin, with a reputation as one of the meanest, toughe...
Birdie Walker-rock widow, con-woman, aging wild child-now lives by her wits. Unsentimental self-interest sees her through, but no one could call it pretty. Twenty years ago, she and her now-deceased rock star lover were the most famous couple alive. ...
Liza Cody, the creator of Anna Lee (on which the successful British television/A&E series was based), is one of Britain’s most acclaimed mystery and suspense writers. Her Anna Lee novel, Dupe, received the John Creasey Award for Best First Novel fr...
Elly Astoria had a miraculous musical talent. As a little girl she taught herself to play guitar and keyboard so that she could feed herself and her junkie mother. One rainy night she was spotted singing and playing by the founder of an indy womens b...
Nita Tehris life seems sorted. She has a good job, she lives in a pretty apartment in a quiet street and she has escaped from the family who endangered her.Yet despite everything shes achieved she still has a problem. She doesnt look like her neighbo...
Lady Bag, released at last from prison, is greeted by her friends and reunited with her best-loved companion greyhound, Electra. She has been sober for months, and her friends want to keep her on the straight and narrow. What could possibly go wrong...
Seema is a gardener and a dreamer. She is almost content with her safe life, sharing a flat with her best friend. Until, on a girls’ night out, a beguiling older man approaches her. He leads her into a world of wealth and sophistication she’s com...
MY PEOPLE and other crime stories is Liza Cody's collection of innovative and cutting edge short stories written between 2003 and 2021. Two have never been previously published in English.This prize-winning author is known for her outspoken yet subtl...
This is a detective novel starring Hannah, a disgraced cop down on her luck. But don't mistake her for just the short-order cook she appears to be. For one thing, she may be the worst burger-flipper in South London. For another her need for ready cas...