Ann Stutz

When Laurence Fife was murdered, the police thought his wife Nikkie, with motive and opportunity, was the prime suspect. The jury thought so too. Eight years later and out on parole, Nikki hires P.I. Kinsey Millhone to find the real killer. The trail is cold, but Kinsey finds a lead that brings her face-to-face with the murderer...

In this collection of poems, Wendy Cope celebrates 'the half-forgotten stories of our lives' with compassion, wisdom and wit. Cope continues to be the most generous of authors, sharing her experience of childhood and marriage and writing poignantly about the passing of time.

The first book for teens that explains the causes and impact of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). The book is interspersed with accounts from young people with BDD, along with perspectives of their families. BDD is a debilitating mental health disorder, and this book gives advice on treatment including CBT and medication, and shows where to get help.

It increases awareness, provides solidarity for people with BDD, and alerts others to key signs and symptoms so they can prevent further suffering. It also includes a short section for families and professionals on what they can do to help, making this the go-to book for professionals and families to recommend to teens, as well an invaluable resource for young people themselves.

Archaeologist Sage Westfield has been called in to excavate a sixteenth-century well, and expects to find little more than soil and the odd piece of pottery. But the disturbing discovery of the bones of a woman and newborn baby make it clear that she has stumbled onto an historical crime scene, one that is interwoven with an unsettling local legend of witchcraft and unrequited love. Yet there is more to the case than a four-hundred-year-old mystery. The owners of a nearby cottage are convinced that it is haunted, and the local vicar is being plagued with abusive phone calls. Then a tragic death makes it all too clear that a modern murderer is at work.

Ten-year-old Rebecca is living in the country with her family when Sibyl Jardine, an enigmatic and powerful old woman, returns to her property in the neighbourhood. The two families, once linked in the past, meet again. Through the spellbound eyes of young Rebecca we enter into an intricate and scandalous family history and slowly the story of the passionate, stormy life of Mrs Jardine unfolds.

1930, Rajputana, India. Since her husband's death, journalist Eliza's only companion has been her camera. When she is sent to an Indian princely state to photograph the royal family, she's determined to make a name for herself. But when Eliza arrives at the palace she will have to make a choice between doing what's expected, or following her heart...

When Zoe's husband Ed dies, her world caves in. But she's not ready to let go of the memories. How can she forget all of the happy times, their first kiss, everything they'd built together? Zoe decides she has to tell Ed all the things she never said...

No sooner does Miss Pym board her next stagecoach, than she finds herself embroiled in the plight of Miss Belinda Earle, a spirited heiress banished to Bath. When the coach founders near Baddell Castle, and the dashing Marquis of Frenton comes to the rescue, Miss Pym decides to give fate a hand.  Book 2 of series.

Bertie is all alone: his beloved sister and fellow beagle Molly has been adopted, leaving him behind. But when Bertie is taken in by the Green family, it seems he's finally found a place to call home. Yet he swiftly realises that the kind and loving Green family is in crisis. After a tragedy two years ago, they've never recovered - and as Christmas approaches, grief is pulling them apart.

Never has a four-legged friend been more in need - and brave, warm-hearted Bertie must rise to the challenge. Can he find Molly and bring the Green family back together again...all in time for Christmas Day?

Victoria Pendleton lays bare the twists and turns of her extraordinary career in professional cycling, mingling thrilling race scenes with a personal story that moves far beyond sport. It is a moving story of pain and glory, failure and success by a woman who has triumphed in a male-dominated sport.

When Bill and Maggie's son Jake is killed in the Boxing Day tsunami their marriage fractures. Maggie and the children cling to the wreckage while Bill leaves and meets someone else. Maggie desperately needs help or she will lose Stan and Aly, her other two children, as well. It is at this point that Kate comes into their lives. Richard & Judy Bookclub. X rated, explicit sexual content.

The big blonde in question is Hazel Morse, who, when we meet her, is "a model in a wholesale dress establishment", whose thoughts are largely devoted to men. Then she meets Herbie Morse, an attractive man and a heavy drinker. Where will events now take her?

Friends Big Panda and Tiny Dragon journey through the seasons of the year together, day and night, in rain and in sun. Travelling through nature, they find hope and inspiration in the world around them, realising that even in the darkest of days, Spring will always return. 

Feel the calming influence of Big Panda, who reminds us of the bigger picture while appreciating the simplicity of small moments.

Explore your surroundings with the inquisitive eye of Tiny Dragon, our friend who is big in heart if not in stature.

And on their journey through the ever-changing seasons, join these two friends as they learn how to live in the moment, be at peace with uncertainty, and find the strength to overcome life's obstacles, together.

Join Big Panda and Tiny Dragon as they set off on an extraordinary adventure in this companion to the global bestselling phenomenon Big Panda and Tiny Dragon.

Although content in their temple high up in the mountains, Tiny Dragon realises that something feels incomplete.

So it is that they decide to make a journey together, to new and distant lands. As they encounter dangers and challenges, they learn that everything they need is already inside them and that change, though sometimes scary, is possible and, with patience, can lead to better things.

Sarajevo, spring 1992. Each night, nationalist gangs erect barricades, splitting the diverse city into ethnic enclaves; each morning, the residents - whether Muslim, Croat or Serb - push the makeshift barriers aside.

When violence finally spills over, Zora, an artist and teacher, sends her husband and elderly mother to safety with her daughter in England. Reluctant to believe that hostilities will last more than a handful of weeks, she stays behind while the city falls under siege. As the assault deepens and everything they love is laid to waste, black ashes floating over the rooftops, Zora and her friends are forced to rebuild themselves, over and over.

Theirs is a breathtaking story of disintegration, resilience and hope.

Evelyn, her husband Emil and young son Milton travel from Ceylon to Tilbury Docks to fulfil Evelyn’s dream of life in England. However, they find that 1950s' England does not welcome families who are of mixed race.

Saul Anguish is a clever but troubled teenager with a dark past and a love of nature.

Etta Fitzroy is a former police detective who now lives in New York, but is called back to London to help in a missing persons case.

Saul and Etta had met two years before when five-year-old Clara Foyle was kidnapped by a serial killer, whose evil deeds had left scars on them both.

When Saul discovers a 'graveyard' on an island near his home town in Essex and Etta comes to investigate, the past comes back to haunt them both, and Saul will have to decide who he can trust.

As Rob reaches the end of a seven year stretch inside, he winds up in an open prison in Brixton. Each morning, he exits the prison gates and spends the day a local charity shop. All he needs to do is keep his nose out of trouble and soon he'll be out for good. One morning, Rob notices a well-dressed woman trip over. He helps her up and despite coming from very different worlds, the pair slowly become acquainted. But who exactly is this woman who seems to have a growing interest in him? Rob must be very careful - one false step and it could set him back years . . .

When a session of extreme dancing leaves Maisie in hospital with a broken leg, things take a turn for the weird! Strange noises in the ward at night, missing cuddly toys and a sandwich trolley that only ever has tuna sandwiches. Could Maisie's leg be cursed? If it is, then everything is doomed!

Lord Peter Wimsey arranged a quiet country honeymoon with Harriet Vane, but what should have been an idyllic holiday in an ancient farmhouse takes on a new and unwelcome aspect with the discovery of the previous owner's body in the cellar.

A bloodstained man runs half naked down a motorway at night dodging high-speed traffic—and worse. Cornered by police, he is admitted to a psychiatric ward suffering from trauma-induced amnesia. When Dr Elizabeth Santer, the psychiatrist assigned to his case, is abducted at gunpoint a desperate hunt begins for a dangerous killer.

WINNER OF THE T S ELIOT PRIZE 2021. The female body is a political space. C+nto enters the private lives of women from the butch counterculture, telling the inside story of the protests they led in the '90s to reclaim their bodies as their own - their difficult balance between survival and self-expression. History, magic, rebellion, party and sermon vibrate through Joelle Taylor's cantos to uncover these underground communities forged by women. Part-memoir and part-conjecture, Taylor explores sexuality and gender in poetry that is lyrical, expansive, imagistic, epic and intimate. C+nto is a love poem, a riot, a late night, and an honouring.

Gary Goodhew is just setting out on his career as a detective at Cambridge’s Parkside Station. When he discovers the body of a young woman on a nearby common he is given his first opportunity to work on a murder investigation.

Kaye Whiting went to buy a birthday present and didn't come back. DC Gary Goodhew is one of the detectives assigned to find Kaye and when her body is discovered the only clue to the potential murderer is a woman's voice on his answerphone saying, 'Kaye isn't the first and won't be the last...' X rated, contains graphic violence and explicit sex.

Four psychologically daring and chillingly suspenseful stories where women face threats both past and present. A Pennsylvania academic unearths a terrifying trauma from her past after inheriting a house in Cardiff, Maine from a stranger. A lonely pubescent girl befriends a feral cat that protects her from the increasingly aggressive men that surround her. A brilliant but shy college sophomore realizes she is pregnant and, distraught, allows a distinguished visiting professor to take her under his wing. And a widower remarries, but finds his young bride haunted by his dead wife's voice dancing in the wind. 

Wilhelmina Silver's world is golden. Living on an African farm with her horse, her monkey, and her best friend, every day is beautiful. But when her home is sold and Will is sent away to boarding school in England, the world becomes impossibly difficult. Lions and hyenas are nothing compared to packs of vicious schoolgirls. Where can a girl run to in London? And will she have the courage to survive?

Ten-year-old Jase is spending the summer holidays at the Castle Rock caravan park with his auntie and grandma, who has dementia. Expecting to be totally bored, he meets three other curious, brave, funny kids and together they solve the mystery of a series of thefts happening across the site. The finger of blame has started pointing at the children - they must find the true culprit to clear their names and see justice done!

Beryl Reid, one of Britain's best-loved comediennes, celebrates a lifelong love affair with cats in this charming collection of catty tales and snippets. With useful tips and personal anecdotes she creates an amusing and touching volume essential for every cat-lover.

When a new vicar arrives in Sticklepond, local chocolate-maker Chloe Lyon is dismayed to discover that he is the ex-front man of rock band Mortal Ruin who broke her heart many years previously.

The tradition of the Twelve Days of Christmas is a celebration of sharing and giving. What better way to do that than with a story. Read these stories by the fire, enjoy the season of peace and goodwill, mystery, and a little bit of magic. And for the icing on the Christmas cake, there are twelve festive recipes from Yuletides past and present.

The Queen of Crime Val McDermid is a master of the dark and sinister story, and these powers are demonstrated in full force in Christmas is Murder, a festive collection of chilling tales. From an irresponsible baron whose body is discovered beneath a silver birch tree, to an author who is haunted by the spiteful presence of a jealous writing partner, the characters McDermid conjures are enigmatic and dangerous, never above suspicion. Follow Tony Hill and Carol Jordan as they track a deadly killer who is preparing to strike on Christmas Day, and lose yourself in a festive exclusive - a recently unearthed case for a classic detective duo, set as the lights are going out across Europe.

James Murray, a young Scottish doctor fascinated by the workings of the criminal mind, travels to Turin to study with the world-renowned criminologist, Cesare Lombroso. But the discovery of a horrifically mutilated body in the nearby Piazza Statuto, and a note that appears to implicate the celebrated criminologist himself, changes everything.

Six archaeologists on a summer dig in Greenland hear that a killer plague has swept the planet. As the Arctic winter approaches they write letters to their loved ones, not knowing if they are dead or alive. These letters chart their descent into panic and superstition and highlight the fragility of the human condition.

Dorothea Truelove is young, wealthy and beautiful. When Dorothea's charitable work leads her to Oakgate Prison, she finds herself drawn to Ruth Butterham, a teenage seamstress - and self-confessed murderess - who nurses a dark and uncanny secret. As Ruth reveals her disturbing past to Dorothea, a new layer of doubt is cast... Can Ruth be trusted? Is she mad, or a murderer?

This exciting title is packed with detectives, mystery and murder. Whodunnits and mysteries from classic authors are cast with previously unpublished stories by exciting budding contemporary crime writers.

New, contemporary and notable writers featured are: Tara Campbell, Jennifer Dornan-Fish, James Dorr, Marcelle Dubé, H.L. Fullerton, Jennifer Gifford, Nathan Hystad, John A. Karr, Kin S. Law, Josh Pachter, Tony Pi, Conor Powers-Smith, Stephen D. Rogers, Steve Shrott, Annette Siketa, Dan Stout, Brian Trent, Cameron Trost, Sylvia Spruck Wrigley and Ruth Nestvold. These appear alongside classic stories by authors such as Ernest Bramah, G.K. Chesterton, Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens, Anna Katharine Green, and Jack London.

This exciting title is packed with detectives, mystery and murder. Whodunnits and mysteries from classic authors are cast with previously unpublished stories by exciting budding contemporary crime writers.

New, contemporary and notable writers featured are: Tara Campbell, Jennifer Dornan-Fish, James Dorr, Marcelle Dubé, H.L. Fullerton, Jennifer Gifford, Nathan Hystad, John A. Karr, Kin S. Law, Josh Pachter, Tony Pi, Conor Powers-Smith, Stephen D. Rogers, Steve Shrott, Annette Siketa, Dan Stout, Brian Trent, Cameron Trost, Sylvia Spruck Wrigley and Ruth Nestvold. These appear alongside classic stories by authors such as Ernest Bramah, G.K. Chesterton, Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens, Anna Katharine Green, and Jack London.