Dr James Earle and his wife live in comfortable seclusion near the Hog's Back a ridge in the North D..

It is a cold January morning and Shetland lies buried beneath a deep layer of snow. Trudging home Fr..

In the seeming tranquility of Regency Square in Cheltenham live the diverse inhabitants of its ten h..

Someone is scraping the scum off the streets of Galway and they want Jack Taylor to get involved. A ..

On a foggy night in Hampstead London a party has gathered in an artist's studio to weather the warti..

George Surridge director of the Birmington Zoo is a man with many worries: his marriage is collapsin..

Thomas Chaloner is relieved to be summoned back to London. He will be glad to be home to be reunited..

The captain of the Newhaven to Dieppe steamer spots a small pleasure yacht lying motionless in the w..

Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner could be forgiven for thinking that someone is out to get him. Wi..

News of the murder first came to Inspector Stephen Ramsay early on Monday morning. They found the st..

When an Edinburgh car showroom is torched leaving a charred body among the burnt-out luxury cars Dep..

It's the summer of love in late 1960s England. Astronauts are preparing to land on the moon the war ..

Although she hadn't known Leonard Mallett very well Carole Seddon feels duty bound to attend her fel..

December 1940. Christmas is coming but the season of goodwill is overshadowed by the death and destr..

Libby Sarjeant is deep into rehearsals for the annual pantomime when a body is found in a doorway tw..