Eve Karpf

Roxanne Hawkins, a 14-year-old farmer's daughter, runs away to London to seek a life in show business. At the height of her career disaster strikes, and she returns to Devon, where she learns to accept that love is a thing of the past - or so she likes to imagine.

In the seaside town of Temple Regis, the body of political candidate Odile Clifford is discovered on the balcony of the lighthouse. Fearless Riviera Express reporter Judy Dimont goes in search of the killer - but who is it? And where will they strike next? What’s more, Judy’s position as chief reporter is under threat when her editor takes on hot-shot journalist David Renishaw, whose work is just too good to be true. Can Judy solve the mystery - and protect her position as Temple Regis’ best reporter - before the murderer strikes again?

An insightful take on the search for love, tolerance and faith in a tightly-knit Jewish community in London, which follows the story of Ronit, who is returning to the capital on the occasion of the funeral of her estranged father.

Ruby and Garnet are ten-year-old twins. They're identical, and they do EVERYTHING together, especially since their mother died three years earlier - but they couldn't be more different. Bossy, bouncy, funny Ruby loves to take charge, and is desperate to be a famous actress, while quiet, sensitive, academic Garnet loves nothing more than to curl up with one of her favourite books. And when everything around the twins is changing so much, can being a double act work for ever?

Dame Lettie Colston, 79 and pioneer penal reformer, has much in common with the elderly residents of the Maud Long Medical Ward. All are united by scorn, resentment, boredom - and the humour that masks the awareness of impending death. Then the insidious telephone calls begin...

It's the late 1950s in tranquil Temple Regis, Devon. For Miss Judy Dimont, reporter for the local rag, it is all a trifle dull. But one morning, as the clock strikes the quarter hour, a woman is shot dead in one of Buntorama's upmarket holiday huts. Judy and her trusty moped, Herbert, are off like a shot to survey the scene of the crime. To have a story to write, Judy must solve the case - and the intrepid Miss Dimont will leave no pebble unturned until the truth is out!

A beautiful beach in Devon is turned into a crime scene when an unidentifiable body is found there. For Miss Dimont this is a case of paramount interest, and the perfect introduction for her young new recruit Valentine. Even if their meddling is to the immense irritation of Inspector Topham. But nobody can identify the body, and why does Topham suspect murder? And when a second death occurs, can the two possibly be connected?

Gerald Hennessey, the famous silver screen star, never quite makes it to Temple Regis; the quaint Devonshire seaside town on the English Riviera. Murdered on the 4.30 from Paddington, his loss intrigues Miss Judy Dimont – a reporter for The Riviera Express. Why was a man like Gerald coming to Temple Regis anyway? And what is the connection between him and a second death?