Infuriated by the interference of Special Branch in one of his murder investigations, Ralph Arnott resigns from the force and turns the case over to Sergeant Judy Pullen, but he is soon helping her solve the case anyway

Sleight of Hand

Armstrong, Vivien

Literature & Fiction

St Martins Pr

... but then, no one expects working for a dentist to be a barrel of laughs.
Mimsie Crane never manages to keep a job for long, and between periods of temping she works for a dodgy builder called Steve Epps, who offers the nearest thing to regular employment.
However, when she arrives one Monday to discover her current boss tied to his dentist's chair -- wearing little more than a clump of daffodils -- and the surgery vandalised, Steve Epps is the only man she can think of to turn to. Suddenly, Mimsie is pitchforked into a bizarre manhunt in which a stalker is apparently targeting all the dentist's staff. Then, one of her co-workers is strangled and Mimsie finds herself in real danger ...

Dead in the Water

Severn House

Caught in a fire at a location hosting a sale of exclusive designer clothes, Annie Gordon accidentally picks up someone else's handbag in the confusion, and she becomes the target of the bag's real owner, who will do anything to recover it.

Fool's Gold

Believing that her boss did not committ suicide, Zoe Templeman decides to uncover the truth behind his death, as she also deals with mounting personal problems.

Smile Now, Die Later

Contemporary

Description When Tansy Robotham called in to see hairdresser Sandy Prentice that autumn afternoon, the last thing she expected to find was her friend's long-dead body lying in the middle of the conservatory. Shocked and terrified by the evidence of decay, and by the horrific way Sandy had been killed, Tansy ran from the house screaming for help. So, for the recently transferred DCI Roger Hayes, this is the beginning of a lengthy investigation - not quite the welcome he had expected from the quiet little village of Newton Greys, but the perfect opportunity to prove himself. First though, he must discover the real story behind Sandy's busy working and social lives, and finding her diary seems like just the breakthrough he needs. Soon DCI Hayes realizes that all is not quite as it seems in the peaceful Oxfordshire village, and finding the murderer is far from easy.

The No Birds Singing

Fay Browne, a middle-aged solicitor from the small village of Renham, witnesses a woman's apparent suicide in front of a train and becomes deeply involved with the inquest, convinced that the woman didn't jump but was in fact pushed. Subsequent disastrous events lead Fay to suspect her husband for the first time in their marriage, while also beginning to doubt her own sanity.

Bird of Prey (DCI Hayes Series)

A Detective Inspector Hayes mystery Stella, Kate and Victoria are three schoolgirl friends, unexpectedly reunited after many years. Despite losing touch, their lives have become intertwined in a way none of them could have imagined. Detective Inspector Hayes finds himself with a string of incidents to investigate, as a tale of two cities, London and Paris not to mention a country cottage begins to unwind . . .

Murder Between Friends

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

A Detective Chief Inspector Roger Hayes Mystery.When the body of Lulu Starewski, an elderly eccentric antique dealer, is found in her home in an Oxfordshire village by her friend Tessa Cox, Detective Chief Inspector Roger Hayes is soon on the scene. A specialist in Russian Icons, Lulu owned a gallery in London, which its manager, Raoul Musset, seems destined to inherit, along with her London flat. That is, until an arson attack destroys the gallery.As Roger Hayes probes the case, a tangled network of shadowy Russian contacts emerges. Why should there have been a business connection between Lulu and Tessa Cox's car-dealer husband, Tony? Who tried to kidnap Alexei, his son from his former marriage? And who is the too-good-to-be-true Rory Smythe, who claims close connections with Lulu?

The Payoff (Chief Inspector Roger Hayes)

A Detective Chief Inspector Roger Hayes mystery Hayes wakes up in hospital having been stabbed and knocked unconscious while trying to save an elegant lady from some muggers. While convalescing in the Isle of Man, he meets the woman's brother, the owner of an exclusive spa hotel. But things aren?t quite as idyllic as they first appear on the island. There have been a series of attacks, and Hayes is pretty soon caught up in uncovering the motives and the perpetrators . . .

Blue Murder (Severn House Large Print)