British Crime

Two skeletons are discovered in the grounds of St Mary's Choir School. This was not a centuries-old Christian burial. They are wearing modern-day clothes, and there is evidence of foul play. Consecrated land has been sadistically violated. 

Detective Inspector Gilbert Markham is a rising talent of the Bromgrove police force. He is on the trail of the murderer when another life is brutally claimed. Who is the savage killer lurking in this innocent place? 

It’s the case Detective Alec Farnham can’t forget. He was the one who found his friend and mentor, DI Lou Catterick, collapsed in a deserted alleyway, her shirt drenched in blood. He was too late. With her dying breath, Lou utters a single word. Ghost. A year on, the investigation has stalled. The trail is cold. The killer still walks free. But Alec refuses to let go. He knows one thing for certain: Lou would never have given up on him. If he can only work out what she was trying to tell him, he knows he’d have the key to cracking the case.

When overwhelmed stay-at-home mom Alexis finds herself at odds with her husband after she’s charged with a DUI, she is given one chance to get her family back: complete AA and admit her faults. The problem is, she’s never had a drinking problem and has no idea what caused the blackout that led to her arrest. Still, she’s committed to working through the program, if that’s what it takes to be reunited with her two young children. But when she connects with a new friend, Farrah, she’s empowered to take a closer look at her husband’s role in her downfall.

“M.G. Cole is a brilliant new addition to the echelon of British crimewriters.” Peter James "Dark, grim, tense. A compelling new voice." PAUL FINCH, author of the Detective Mark Heckenburg novels. Books 1-9 - plus a prequel novelette - of the thrilling DCI Garrick crime series. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Holy crap what a way to end a book! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Couldn’t put it down! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you want to get in at the beginning of a good series, this is the one! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I can't wait to read the next in the series ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A refreshing change. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Will keep you ...

A dead man on the beach. A detective with everything to prove. And a secret that won't stay buried. When a man’s body washes up on the North Yorkshire coast with a gunshot wound to the chest, DCI Tom Raven is handed the case. The only clue to the victim’s identity? A ring engraved with two names. Raven hasn’t set foot in Scarborough for over thirty years. Now he’s back – leading a murder investigation and facing ghosts from his past.

DCI Evan Warlow believes that murder is a cardinal sin. Even when the victim is a drug dealing, money-laundering criminal. But when a police officer is shot in the same incident at a tranquil beach near Tenby in South Pembrokeshire… Suddenly it’s personal. What appears, on the surface, to be a falling out between partners in crime soon spirals into an operation involving gang warfare and a great deal of money. But even Warlow is not prepared for what lurks beneath the surface of this most terrible of crimes.

Jane Austen fan Amelia Bennett sneaks away from a dull tour of an English country manor, only to run into a man more dashing than Mr. Darcy himself. About to lose his ancestral home to family debts, charming aristocrat Tom Calder invites his American guest to join him in drinking his way through the estate’s priceless wine collection. But when they wake in his bed the next morning, they’re convinced that in their drunken haze they witnessed a murder. Problem is, the body has vanished and no one believes them.

Marti Greenwood has just moved into a brand-new home after a bitter divorce from her husband Emery, and while she’s still not quite done with him - of course, some of her most cherished possessions are nowhere to be found once she unpacks her things - a fresh start in a beautiful LA neighborhood is exactly what she needs. But days after her arrival, Marti is attacked in her home. She's found shaken and beaten, and her neighbors who immediately call the police. She never saw the face of her attacker, and so there is little to go on as detectives open an investigation.

Exiled from Glasgow for exposing corruption, DI Sarah Lynch was sent to Fort William as punishment. The remote Scottish Highlands were meant to end her career. Instead, they became her purpose. From dark lochs to frozen peaks, from burning moorland to ancient forests, DI Sarah Lynch investigates murders that the powerful want buried. Each case transforms her—from bitter outsider to Highland protector, from exile to home. This complete six-book series includes over 180,000 words of atmospheric British crime fiction: 📖 THE DARK LOCH - A body in the water exposes illegal poaching and ...

A body in a freezer. A deal worth killing for. DCI David Garrick thought he’d seen everything. Then the bodies started piling up. When a corpse with a familiar face is discovered deep inside a commercial freezer, what looks like a straightforward case of greed quickly turns into something far more dangerous. A ruthless criminal network. A property deal hiding deadly secrets. And a killer who doesn’t follow any rules. As the investigation spirals, Garrick is pushed to breaking point. Sleepless nights with a newborn. A team beginning to fracture. And a case that’s slipping further out ...

Perfect for fans of Peter James, Ann Cleeves, and Faith Martin THE COMPLETE SERIES. TEN MURDERS. ONE UNFORGETTABLE DETECTIVE. SALISBURY'S DARKEST SECRETS. Detective Inspector Keith Tremayne is ageing, cynical, and refusing to retire. In the shadow of Salisbury Cathedral and ancient monuments, he investigates murders where history, ritual, and revenge collide. Alongside Sergeant Clare Yarwood, Tremayne confronts crimes that test not just his detective skills, but his failing health and determination to see justice done—no matter the cost. DEATH UNHOLY (Book 1) A man reduced to ash in a ...

SECOND EDITION — Completely Revised & Expanded for 2025 Dive into the Dark Heart of British True Crime – Now Sharper, Deeper, and More Unbelievable Than Ever In this fully updated Second Edition of 50 Bizarre True Crime Cases That Shocked Britain, acclaimed author Julian Maddox revisits the most chilling and twisted crimes in British history — now enhanced with new research, forensic updates, and re-edited case files for an even more gripping reading experience. From the psychological darkness of Dennis Nilsen and the ritual murder of Charles Walton to the unsolved mysteries of the ...

Who is willing to fully face up to their past? A group of teenagers promise to never tell. Ten years later one of them feels compelled to reveal their closely guarded secret. DI Fiona Williams is pursuing an unusual house burglar who takes personal trinkets while leaving valuable items behind when she is asked to review a case ruled as suicide. She's reluctant to choose between the cases, but there's a second unexplained suicide and she's forced to make a harder decision between making an arrest and saving a colleague. As she digs deeper into the deaths, seemingly unrelated current events ...

Community police officer Keya Varma faces her longest day when a solstice sunrise reveals a mysterious death at the Cotswold standing stones. Passionate and hard-working, Keya serves up lattes and law at her Waterwheel Cafe. But her dedication to her dual duties is tested when she and her fellow officers investigate the puzzling demise of a vibrant young woman. With no apparent cause of death, and the community united in grief, only Keya’s instinct insists on murder. When Keya is suddenly stricken and rushed to hospital, she refuses to give up the investigation. Can she discover what is ...

'The signs are unmistakable. The dog halts, his nose up – nostrils quivering. Every inch of him is poised. Moss has a scent.’ When a hand is found in Gallows Wood, PC Lucy Halliday and her specialist search dog Moss must find the rest of the body. What they uncover is a killer’s dumping...

STAND-ALONE MURDER MYSTERY, #7 IN THE SERIES. MEET MAVERICK BRITISH DETECTIVE DI SKELGILL... "MAD, BAD AND JUST A LITTLE BIT COZY." ONE WEEK AFTER THE DEATH of his 93-year-old twin brother, the reclusive Declan Thomas O’More is found murdered in his study at the ancestral family estate, rambling and isolated Crummock Hall. Suspicion immediately falls upon his five great nieces and nephews, who between them stand to inherit the considerable proceeds of their grandfather’s will - along with a valuable library of antiquarian books, a collection that is Declan’s lifetime work. And yet ...

A killer thought dead… is very much alive. DCI David Garrick’s worst nightmare returns when a brutal discovery in his own home signals the reappearance of a killer he believed was gone forever. But this isn’t revenge. It’s a game. As Garrick is forced onto a high-profile kidnapping case, the stakes couldn’t be higher. A young girl is missing. Time is running out. And every lead draws him deeper into a web of deception he can’t control. Because someone is watching. Planning. Manipulating every move. With the truth about his sister’s murder resurfacing and the pressure mounting ...

A murder in front of a crowd. A killer no one saw. When a man is brutally killed during a war reenactment in rural Kent, the line between performance and reality shatters in an instant. The victim lies dead in uniform. The crowd is still watching. And the killer has vanished without a trace. DCI David Garrick is called in to lead an investigation where everyone saw something—but no one saw enough. Because this wasn’t random. It was planned. Staged. Executed in plain sight. As Garrick and his team dig into the tight-knit world of re-enactors—where loyalty runs deep and grudges run ...

Meet maverick British detective DI Skelgill... "mad, bad and just a little bit cozy." WHEN A HIGH-FLYING ADMAN is stabbed to death on a company weekend in the English Lake District, local detective Daniel Skelgill finds himself wrenched from his rural Cumbrian comfort zone. As the investigation...

BRITISH KILLERS - VOLUME 1 This book tells the story of 9 crimes, and the events around them, which took place in the UK and captured the attention of the British media and public at the time. *The Hitman It was one of Scotland Yard's most shocking cases. Six brutal murders that only came to light during a routine robbery investigation. *The Towpath Murders In 1953, the Coronation was a time of joyous celebration for most Britons. But two teenage girls from south-west London never lived long enough to see Queen Elizabeth II crowned. *The New Forest Massacre It started as the robbery of the ...