Diana Bishop

Agatha Raisin has convinced herself that the new village vet is attracted to her, but before romance can blossom he accidentally kills himself! Once more she is forced to be chummier with her neighbour, James Lacey, as they work together to solve the mystery of the vet's death..  Book 2 of series.

This is a series of 26 short poems telling the story of Sam and Davey. It's all about bullying and friendship, secrets and lies, and the terrible thing that happened one day .

The story of Katharine of Aragon, born Catalina, the Spanish Infanta. Betrothed to Arthur, Prince of Wales at the age of four and raised to be Queen of England. When Arthur dies as a very young man the only way to fulfil her destiny is by marrying his younger brother, Henry.

Calvary Gaol, standing bleak and forbidding on the Cumbrian hillside, exerts a curious hold over Georgina Gray. For her family's history is closely bound up in its dark and terrible past. TV presenter Chad Ingram is fascinated by Calvary too - he plans to conduct a new experiment in the now-disused gaol. But Chad's experiment and Georgina's curiosity will have horrifying consequences...

Henry II's favourite mistress, Rosamund Clifford, has been poisoned, rumour says, by his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine. If he believes the stories, England will be torn apart as king battles queen. In a race against time to prove Eleanor's innocence and with an assassin on the loose, anatomist Adelia Aguilar has never faced greater danger.

Paula O'Neill, beloved granddaughter of Emma Harte and the guardian of her vast business empire, believes all that Emma left to the family is secure. However, beneath the surface tension is mounting and sibling rivalry brewing. And as the pages unfurl, Paula discovers the secret Emma took to the grave. 

In Dead Man's Copse, Mary Stokes discovers the body of a young woman, but when she returns with the police the body has disappeared. Later a woman reports that her lodger, who matches the dead girl's description, is missing. Another mystery for Miss Silver.

Chief Superintendent Frances Harman has been assigned the case of Elise, in a coma two years after a severe beating. Is this, alongside the case of a child abduction, plus the growing frailty of her own parents, too much for one person to handle?

In medieval Cambridge a child has been murdered and other children have disappeared. The Jews, made scapegoats by the Christian clergy, have retreated into the castle to avoid slaughter. Renowned investigator, Simon of Naples, is recruited and is accompanied by Adelia Aguilar - mistress of the art of death. X rated, contains offensive language and explicit sex.

Evangeline and Trixie have temporarily put their careers on hold to help an old friend when her beloved Pekingese dies. Dame Cecily decides to have her pet stuffed, but when they visit the taxidermist the shop explodes, and, running for their lives they hurtle headlong into murder and intrigue..

England 1176 and Glastonbury Abbey has been burned almost to the ground. The fire has uncovered two skeletons, a man and a woman. Could they be the remains of Arthur and Guinevere?

Saran Chandler's mother and sister are sold to a vicious businessman by her evil step-father. Saran herself benefits from an act of kindness and sets up a business in competition with the man who bought her mother and sister. X rated, explicit sexual content.

Antonia escapes to a sleepy market town to rebuild her life after a tragedy. As she becomes fascinated with the macabre history of the disused watermill and Latchkill Asylum, it becomes clear that someone from her own past knows all about the brooding darkness. X rated, contains graphic violence.

Talking about the craft of detective writing literature, P.D. James examines the challenges, achievements and potential of a genre which has fascinated her for nearly fifty years as a novelist.

When Maggie’s husband Jeremy, the smooth, silver-haired British Ambassador to Vienna, drops dead unexpectedly of a heart attack, she is stunned. But her shock soon turns to fury when she discovers that he died in the arms of a beautiful blonde Viennese hostess.