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November, 1471. The newly-widowed Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond, is alone, without protectors. The discovery of the body of an unexpected visitor, found murdered in a locked room in her London townhouse, heralds the start of a series of increasingly menacing incidents which threaten Margaret and her household. Is there an enemy within?

It's been four years since four-year-old Johnny Clearwater disappeared without trace one afternoon. On the night a new TV documentary series revisiting the case is broadcast, detectives Anderson and Costello are called to investigate the murder of a female police officer, and a link is discovered between the dead woman and the missing young boy .

1399, London. The prioress at St. Frideswide wants to hire Crispin Guest, Tracker of London, to investigate murders at the priory. Two of Prioress Drueta's nuns have been killed in a way that signifies two of the Seven Deadly Sins, and she's at her wits end. Meanwhile, trouble is brewing when the exiled Henry Bolingbroke returns to England's shores.

As literary caterer Tish Tarragon goes lock up at St. Jude's Episcopal Church hall after a fundraising dinner, she takes a tumble in the graveyard . . . over a dead body. Retired Sheriff Gadsden Carney has been murdered - and his murder looks suspiciously similar to a case that rocked Hobson Glen twenty-five years ago.

Eco-obsessed ex-cop Charlie Waldo doesn't want to live in LA, and he doesn't want to work as PI. But to his dismay, when his PI girlfriend Lorena needs help with a client, he finds himself doing both. At least he's a fan of Judge Ida Mudge - but the controversial TV star is hiding something, and Waldo might not live long enough to find out what.

Elizabeth Brown's world has fallen apart and she's thinking about her newly ex-fiance. Until she locks eyes with a teenage girl while waiting for the train doors to open, and a bundle is thrust into her arms as she leaves the subway. A baby, wrapped in a dirty coat. Elizabeth phones the number she finds in the coat pocket. Then wishes she hadn't .

Widowed mom Bella Jordan has a lot on her plate: young son Max and their two kitties, a budding relationship, a guesthouse to run . not to mention this month's book club pick to read. But when she begins to have suspicions about one of her new guests - visiting relatives of a friend - she's determined to get to the bottom of it . whatever it takes.

A man lies dead on his kitchen floor, his body punctured by multiple stab wounds. Beside him sits his silent, traumatised wife. DCI David Vogel reckons he's seen it all before - an abused wife snaps after years of suffering within a deeply tormented marriage - but he comes to realize that nothing about this case is as straightforward as it seems.

Leeds, June 1913. Deputy Chief Constable Tom Harper is overseeing a national suffragist pilgrimage due in Leeds. Then Davey Mullen, an American gangster, returns from New York to his city of birth and seemingly triggers a series of chilling events. Is Davey responsible for the sudden surge in crime, violence and murder on Leeds's streets?

To keep their family mansion standing tall on the coast of Maine, the Calhouns have hired architect Sloan O'Riley to perform long-needed repairs. Amanda Calhoun is responsible for overseeing Sloan's work, and while he's easy on the eyes, Amanda finds Sloan's easy-going attitude infuriating. But his irresistible smile just might change her mind .

1920s. Cork, Ireland. Constantly accosted by ambitious, would-be politicians invited by the bishop, the Reverend Mother is finding the week-long sojourn at a convent anything but peaceful. Then a body is discovered in the cemetery, blown to pieces by a makeshift bomb. Was one of the candidates so desperate to win the election they turned to murder?

January 5, 1930. On a winter morning, a man dumps a body on Bournemouth beach. The dead woman is Faun Moran, a wildchild in her twenties who was supposedly killed in a car crash the previous autumn. So who was the young woman in the car, and where has Faun Moran been all this time? DCI Henry Johnstone returns to work to solve this baffling mystery.

In this scorching crime hook-up, number one bestseller Ian Rankin and Scottish crime-writing legend William McIlvanney join forces for the first ever case of DI Laidlaw, Glasgow's original gritty detective

A searing and subversive collection of limericks covering topics from race to toxic masculinity, fully illustrated throughout

A timeless gift edition of the greatest poetic works from Scotland's literary past, present and future. Edited by award-winning poets Kathleen Jamie, Don Paterson and Peter Mackay

A fantastical retelling of the Japanese myth of Izanami and Izanagi from the internationally bestselling author of Out

Six weeks after a battered body is found in the grounds of a Cotswold village cricket club, a second body is discovered in the nearby tithe barn. Could there be a serial killer on the loose? When evidence leads DCI Dan O'Reilly to visit the Black Dog pub, owner Alex Duggins and her partner Tony are once again drawn into a police investigation.

May, 1375. Owen Archer returns from London to find York in chaos. A new physician has arrived, whipping up fear and suspicion against Magda Digby, the wise woman who has helped and healed the people of York for many years. Magda's troubles deepen when she discovers a body in the river near her home - and finds herself under suspicion of murder.

July, 1556. En route to France and escape from Queen Mary's men, Jack Blackjack spends the night at a Devon tavern, agrees to a game of dice - and ends up accused of murder. Alone and friendless in a lawless land of cut-throats, outlaws and thieves, Jack knows that the only way to clear his name - and save his skin - is to unmask the real killer.

DCI Monika Paniatowski has never forgotten her first, difficult encounter with Whitebridge businessman Jordan Gough. Nor, she thinks, has he. So when he claims he's been receiving death threats and only she can help, she thinks he's up to something - and makes a terrible mistake .

January, 1400. The bowman strikes at night, slaying one of King Henry's loyal garrison men before vanishing into the dark. Was the murder personal? Or is it the start of an uprising against England's self-crowned king? Friar and reluctant spy Brother Chandler is ordered to investigate, before the spark of rebellion can set the country alight.