How did a fishmonger's son from Tyneside, growing up in the 1950s with a Geordie accent, become the person who recorded over 900 audiobooks and received an MBE from the queen in...
Honeymoon with Death
After a whirlwind romance and dream wedding, the new Mrs Ramsforth is whisked away to an idyllic Greek island by her adoring husband. But as soon as they arrive at their luxurious...
Death Has Deep Roots
At the Central Criminal Court, an eager crowd awaits the trial of Victoria Lamartine, an active participant in the Resistance during the war. She is now employed at the Family...
Death in Captivity
A man is found dead in an escape tunnel in an Italian prisoner-of-war camp. Did he die in an accidental collapse – or was this murder? Captain Henry “Cuckoo” Goyles, master...
Points of Danger
East Anglia, 1861. Alone in a first-class carriage, the Swarbricks are robbed at gunpoint. But when the universally-admired Swarbrick fights back, the train robber takes more than...
Shroud of Evil
DI Horton of Portsmouth CID is assigned the case of a missing person: Jasper Kenton, a private investigator. Kenton’s partner seems reluctant to help them, and Horton concludes...
The Wall
A story from Night in the Front Line, a collection of Second World War short stories. The Wall vividly captures the horror and reality of the Blitz with a first-hand recollection...
The Black Mountains
The Hall family live under the brooding shadow of the Black Mountains, in the mining town of Hillsbridge. Charlotte, James and their seven children are independent spirits, united...
Murder In A Nunnery
In the fictional Harrington Convent, one of its more challenging inhabitants, Baroness Sliema, is found murdered. Chief Inspector Pearson of Scotland Yard is called to solve the...
The Motive
A short story from British Library Crime Classic The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories. “It’s not a scientific mind you need in the legal profession,” he insisted;...
