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In this new series from Paul Charles, formerly retired policeman Brendy McCusker is forced to return to work following his wife's flight to America with their nest-egg. On his firs ...

A lone building on a small island off Ireland's Donegal coast, St Ernan's is politely known as a "retirement home" for priests. The exiled residents are guilty of such serious offe ...

On the night of 5/6 June 1944, D-Day, a Lockheed Hudson dropped a small group of parachutists into the mountainous Morvan area of central France. Their mission was to operate as an ...

"Some twenty-five years after its conclusion, yet with its echoes resonating once more in contemporary East-West relations, the rigors and detail of many aspects of the Cold War ar ...

Welcome to What's Tha Playing At Nah?, the fourth volume of Martyn Johnson's acclaimed series of stories about policing during the 1960s and 1970s. Whether 'on the beat' or 'as CID ...

The image of the witch - crook-nosed, unpleasant of disposition and with a penchant for harming her neighbours - is well established in the popular imagination. For hundreds of yea ...

“The trial which terminated yesterday…revealed one of the strangest and most horrible stories possibly ever told in a court of justice.” (Morning Post).When the news broke in 1871 ...

In this chilling history of the bodysnatching trade, the stories of Britain's lesser known Resurrection Men are told. Here are the stories of the men who robbed graves during the w ...

We most often think of the Victorian female offender in her most archetypal and stereotypical roles; the polite lady shoplifter, stowing all manner of valuables beneath her volumin ...

Between the beginning of the First World War in the summer of 1914 and the armistice in 1918, 51 men were executed in Britain. The great majority, over 80%, were hanged for murder, ...

The first policewomen were established during the Great War, but with no powers of arrest; the first women lawyers did not practise until the early twentieth century, and despite t ...

The exceptional exploits, courage and leadership of British SOE Agent Trotobas have long been recognised in France but not in his own country despite being recommended for the Vict ...

Civil disorder, violent crime and terrorism were all considerably worse during the Victorian period than they are today, though ironically many regard this era of British history a ...

Sue Wilkes reveals the shadowy world of Britain's spies, rebels and secret societies from the late 1780s until 1820. Drawing on contemporary literature and official records, Wilkes ...

Från Sönderlandets öar fem, kommer ingen levande hem.   Det har gått ett år sedan Nora Wagners närmaste kollega sköts till döds. Både hon själv och hennes kollegor anser att hon bo ...

Kriminalinspektör Amanda Junisson vid Sundsvallspolisen längtar efter att bilda familj. Hennes pojkvän har precis friat, men mitt i glädjeruset finns en oro som gnager. Tankarna sk ...

"I wanted to run after him, but remembered that it is ridiculous to run after one's wife's lover in one's socks; and I did not wish to be ridiculous but terrible."A man travelling ...

Bertram and his three friends have formed a small gang of thieves called The Ravens. He lives alone with his mom, who works as a waitress. He doesn´t remember his father much, as t ...

Maria Wern har drabbats av en tragedi. Hennes man Björn är förlamad från nacken och nedåt och Maria sköter om honom i hemmet. När ett lik hittas i vattnet nedanför Högklint tvingas ...

När städerskan väl har vant sig vid ljuset i den lilla gymnastikhallen möter hon en syn hon aldrig kommer att kunna gömma. I handbollsmålets ribba hänger ett lik. Stelt och livlöst ...

Ett lik har hittats i den lilla byn Lunde i Kramfors. Huvudet flöt omkring med likstela ögon i brunnens grunda vatten när de två pojkarna upptäckte det. Ledtrådarna är få och det e ...

I hissen märkt med siffran tretton hittas en styckad kropp. Mitt bland patienter och folk i ständig rörelse på Södersjukhuset. Mordutredarna Hjalmar Lund och Laleh Forss sätts på f ...

Ron Williamson var på väg att bli den lilla stadens stora sporthjälte. Men drömmen om att bli basebollproffs går om intet. Williamsons liv präglas av nederlag, droger och kvinnor.N ...

”Har ni sett pojken, överste Lindbergh?” Barnsköterskan kom inrusande i arbetsrummet där den svenskättade flygaren och folkhjälten Charles Lindbergh satt. Nu var hans 18 månader ga ...

Andra delen i mysdeckarserien "af Hjo" där mystik, spänning och relationer varvas om vartannat.Anlagda bränder är ett ovanligt inslag i vardagen i västgötska Hjo. Men nu har det pl ...