A case of matricide Jeffry P. Lindsay Orion Books FF Paperback 2008

A case of matricide Jeffry P. Lindsay Orion Books FF Paperback 2008In the unremarkable French town of Saint Louis, a mysterious stranger stalks the streets; an elderly woman believes her son is planning to do away with her; a prominent manufacturer drops dead. Between visits to the town's hostelries, Chief Inspector Georges Gorski ponders the connections, if any, between these events, while all the time grappling with his own domestic and existential demons.

They can't hang me

Pagan revelry and morris dancing in the middle of a very cold winter set the scene for one of Ngaio Marsh's most fascinating murder mysteries

Although it means leaving behind the community of disciples who have followed him on his travels and assembled at his raves and gatherings

The newspaper refers to the dead body only as Victim 2117 - the two thousand

Stuck in time and entrenched in elusive traditions

What really happened on the night of Ashley's disappearance

The children

A Calamity of Souls is the gripping historical courtroom drama from the multimillion copy number one bestselling author

It's a brutal crime at the time of year when there should be goodwill to all

Because she might be next

They Can't Hang Me was adapted for the screen as The Witness Vanishes (1939)

A harrowing crime scene