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Welcome to a culinary journey that will take you through the rich and diverse flavors of British cuisine. This cookbook is a celebration of the time-honored traditions, the cherished regional specialties, and the cultural influences that have shaped the vibrant tapestry of British food. Within these pages, you will discover an array of recipes that showcase the essence of traditional English cooking, from the comforting classics that have stood the test of time to the innovative creations that reflect the dynamic and evolving nature of the culinary landscape. From hearty breakfasts to ...

Time to discover a brilliantly twisty mystery series. A tradesman is set alight in his vehicle on an isolated road. His daughter is missing. And time is running out. “I was on the edge of my seat and couldn’t read fast enough.” “Totally riveting.” “Superb murder mystery and police procedural.” DI Fiona Williams is a driven detective juggling work with a family crisis and growing suspicions about her new boss. Her plan to take a break is shattered when she comes across a burning van while driving home late after visiting her father in hospital. It’s too late to help the ...

A stand-alone mystery featuring DCI Peter Hatherall.Vivien Morse, a young social worker is discovered battered to death in Silver Lady Woods. Everyone assumes she was attacked by her estranged husband until her supervisor disappears. The connection appears to be Vivien’s last client. A damaged and disturbed girl who believes a bundle of rags is her lost baby and never leaves the family farm while she awaits the return of her lover. The matter is confused by the arrival of a stranger to the area clearly searching for something or someone and an escaped convict with connections to the area....

The Cosy Village Murder Mysteries: Books 1-4 By R. George Welcome to Thimblebury-on-Wig, where the tea is strong, the scones are warm, and the murders are politely baffling. In this beautifully written and brilliantly dry-witted series, former librarian Miss Charlotte Booketh quietly unravels murder, scandal, and secrets in an English village that’s too small for comfort and too proud for gossip, officially, anyway. Now, for the first time, enjoy all four full-length mysteries in one delightful collection: Book 1: Scone Today, Death Tomorrow When the formidable Lady Arabella Scone dies ...

A stand-alone mystery featuring DCI Peter Hatherall. Malicious pranks or a deadly obsession? Everyone knew the significance of the noose left hanging in the tree outside James Palmer's home. A young man hung himself from the tree two years earlier. Someone is determined this time the guilty ones will pay. DCI Hatherall must unmask a master of disguise before everyone connected to the suicide is slaughtered.

Eleven new investigations. Eleven moments where certainty fails. A Deptford film crew records something they were never meant to see. A well-dressed widow insists her late husband's visitor was not the man he claimed to be. A circus aerialist vanishes mid-performance, leaving only a rope and a mystery. A Kent hop farmer asks Holmes to investigate his estate manager — and Holmes finds himself, for once, outplayed. From a railway concourse in the rain to the backstreets of Pimlico, from the docks at Harwich to a river foreshore at Rotherhithe, Dr. Watson chronicles cases in which Holmes is ...

A stand-alone murder mystery featuring DCI Peter Hatherall. A young mother brutally stabbed in a busy park in front of her son. A paperboy shot in an isolated farmhouse twenty-four years previously. DI Fiona Williams is baffled when her senior officer, DCI Peter Hatherall makes a connection between the two cases. As details of Hatherall's involvement in the old case emerge, her loyalty is tested to breaking point and she starts to question his decisions. When the murdered woman's son goes missing the time for hesitating is over.

She should say no. She’s not a detective after all. But how can she? When Felicity Philips receives a panicked call from an old friend, there simply isn’t a way that she can turn him down. Edward, the jeweller to the crown, is in deep trouble and he cannot tell the police. His terrible truth must be kept secret. But what is his motivation for calling Felicity? Does he really believe she is the only one who can help? Or are his motivations more personal and dark than he is letting on? With her usual cast of supporting misfits, Felicity is going to see what she can do … … but when she...

A comprehensive boxed set of classic detective fiction featuring four of literature's greatest sleuths. The complete Sherlock Holmes collection by Arthur Conan Doyle, from "A Study in Scarlet" to "His Last Bow." Hercule Poirot stories by Agatha Christie, including "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" and "The Murder on the Links." G.K. Chesterton's complete Father Brown collection, from "The Innocence" to "The Scandal." And Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey novels, including "Whose Body?" and "Clouds of Witness." The greatest mysteries in one collection.

In a tranquil Kentish village, Dr Sandys and his wife are preparing for Christmas with their guest, Liane 'Lee' Crauford. Festivities start badly when their party is spoiled by an enigmatic widow new to the village, and the atmosphere hits rock bottom when the pompous local nobleman and ceramic-collector Sir Henry Metcalfe unexpectedly dies. Sensing potential villains among Metcalfe's circle, Lee teams up with Detective-Inspector Hugh Gordon to discover the killer playing merry hell with her holiday in this lost vintage mystery, republished for the first time since 1952.

Everyone's watching. Someone's killing. A reality TV show. A two million pound prize. A contestant who'll kill to win. Ex-DCI Luke Sackville thought he'd seen it all-until he's called to investigate 'Shadow Chasers', a ratings juggernaut where contestants chase historical mysteries for the ultimate reward. Luke sends two of the Ethics Team undercover as contestants. While they struggle with cryptic clues, dramatic eliminations and the horrors of communal living, whispers of cheating escalate to murder and Luke realizes someone isn't playing by the rules.

The latest in the USA Today bestselling CSI Reilly Steel series. A summer celebration. Two victims. And the perfect cover-up... When the body of a teenage boy is found beaten to death in his own bedroom, and a girl attending a party at his house reports an attempted assault, the police believe both incidents are related. But when a sweep of the crime scene throws up some truly puzzling forensic evidence, CSI Reilly Steel wonders if those initial suspicions are correct. And as the investigation deepens, and her GFU team begins to delve into the online lives of both teenage victims, even more...

The crime is buried. The city is built on top of it. Holmes works downward. A ledger found in a condemned Shoreditch tenement — sealed behind a bricked wall with the body of the man who compiled it. A baby farmer's ledger records twenty-seven names over thirteen years — each in a neat hand, each death certified by the same doctor. An engineer who certified the Tay Bridge specifications as sound, traced to Canada three years after the disaster. Dr. Watson chronicles eleven investigations into what Victorian London has buried — the culverted river, the sealed ward, the demolished ...

Sherlock Holmes is sent to America to negotiate on behalf of Mycroft while a serial killer has Scotland Yard in a twist. The clock is ticking, and only Holmes can piece together the clues to stop the killing spree. With an ocean span away, Holmes's return is critical. He must make it back, but is there enough time?

Eleven new investigations. Eleven moral reckonings. A cartographer dies at his desk, pen in hand, drawing a map of no recognisable place. A celebrated tenor contrives to die on stage at the Royal Opera House. Mysterious photographs appear overnight in a locked darkroom. Chalk marks on Whitechapel walls conceal a message no one was meant to read. A mathematician vanishes from his rooms at Cambridge, leaving his shoes, his coat, and an unfinished proof. From the gaslit streets of London to the flat silence of the Fens, from a cathedral tower at midnight to the tunnels beneath Kennington, Dr. ...

Bubble, bubble, toil, and murder... When a woman is found dead near her village in Norfolk, the verdict is suicide. Not everyone agrees. Detective James Simpson is ordered to investigate and he brings Agatha Aston, a young woman high of intellect and low in patience, Betty Stevens and a lovelorn hound called Talleyrand, with him. They stumble across a tale of murder that stretches back two centuries. Part occult story, part murder mystery - this creepy tale is steeped in witchcraft and strange rural festivals where everything is not as it seems. The second Agatha Aston murder mystery is ...

“Watson, there is not a moment to lose. If you care to join the chase, pack your bag at once!” Likewise, enthusiasts of the greatest detective will not want to miss this opportunity to join Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson in a whirlwind of exciting new adventures… A daring thief penetrates the defenses of the Tower of London in search of a secret treasure. A profligate young actor is accused of murdering his exemplary sibling. From the safe of a prominent London banker, a priceless heirloom is stolen. Upon a high cliff, a ghostly assassin commits an impossible murder. A kingpin of ...

A stand-alone mystery featuring DCI Peter Hatherall. The police are baffled by the discovery of a stranger shot in the forehead and left in a disused barn on land belonging to a local racehorse trainer. When people connected to Elmsgrove Racing Stables start turning up dead, the race is on to uncover how the stranger is connected to the area and who is behind the murders. The racing community is about to learn their deadliest enemy may be someone close. The quiet drinker in the corner of the pub may be a serial killer. And the crazy drunk may be the key to unlocking the mystery. A classic ...

Six weeks. Just forty-two short days. That’s all it takes to rip the heart out of a city and change the lives of those who live there. Forever. One such life belongs to Ryan Jarrod. In the early hours of a wet winter’s morning on Tyneside, Ryan Jarrod approaches the end of his second shift as a Special Constable when he stumbles across the body of a savagely beaten Teddy McGuffie, a down-at-heel taxi driver. On the same night, an explosion rips through the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne’s student community. Casualties are high; the city brought to a standstill. And the University blast ...

A single mother is brutally murdered in her garden. DI Fiona Williams interprets the crime scene differently from her colleagues but fears her history of failed relationships taints her judgment. The wrong decision will change the lives of three children forever. In a male-dominated department, with mounting evidence pointing in the other direction, will she find the courage to trust her instincts and narrow the investigation? An intriguing mystery that blurs the distinction between the villain and the victim.