Terry Wale

David Rogers was a doctor, handsome, charming and rich. He lived the lifestyle of the consultant - expensive clothes, top restaurants, exclusive clubs - until someone killed him in the hallway of his lovely million-plus-pound house. Was he killed for passion, professional jealousy, or plain old money? Bill Slider and his firm are thrown into the mystery, but they soon discover that nothing is as it seems, for though David's girlfriends are plenty, none of them can tell Slider anything about where he worked or exactly what it was he did...  Book 13 of series.

Among the coral outcrops of the island of Rota in the Marianas Island, off the Philippines, lies the wreck of a Spanish galleon, the Santa Margarita. Here we are told a tale of the disastrous last voyage, beset by an extraordinary sequence of typhoons and storms, of the Santa Margarita on her way to Acapulco in the spring of 1601.

Bank Holiday Monday, and Zella Wilding, straight-A student at St Margaret's, prefect, future Head Girl, lies dead near Wormwood Scrubs prison. What was this good girl from a strict Christian family doing out there, dressed to kill, when she was supposed to be at a sleepover with friends? The mysteries only seem to proliferate as the investigation progresses, and the more Bill Slider knows, the less he understands about this very secret girl.  Book 12 of series.

The murder of any journalist is bound to whip the media into a frenzy. So when ex-BBC correspondent Ed Stonax is found dead, the last thing Detective Inspector Bill Slider needs is the reappearance of an old enemy issuing death threats. Trevor Bates, aka The Needle, is on the loose and trying to kill him. With a high-profile murder to solve, he must try to find a spare moment to marry Joanna before their baby is born, and also to stay alive long enough to see it through...  Book 11 of series.

Guy Edwardes is a changed man when he returns from a solo sailing trip to the Arctic. Following a tragedy, his partner Karen and friend Nick try to piece together what happened in the icy waters of the Svalbard archipelago.

On Friday 10th May, 1940, Hitler launched a devastating attack on France, Holland and Belgium. On the same day Winston Churchill became Prime Minister. Though still mistrusted by most of the Cabinet, Churchill, and ordinary Britons, displayed courage and defiance as the country was nearly brought to its knees over the next thee weeks.

1942. Lieutenant Mike Nicholson is operating out of Malta, captaining the submarine Ursa, part of the fleet deputed to disrupt the flow of war supplies from Italian ports to Rommel's Afrika Korps. Promotion to Lieutenant-Commander, at the age of 28, is now on the cards. All he has to do is adhere to two rules: to stay alive and to keep his nose clean.

On compassionate leave after the murder of his wife, Thomas Lynley is called back to Scotland Yard when the body of a woman is found stabbed and abandoned in an isolated London cemetery. Meanwhile his former colleagues, Barbara Havers and Winston Nkata follow the murder trail south to the New Forest - and to an outcome that is both tragic and shocking.  Book 16 of series.