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Some truths can't be left buried. The second world war may be over, but for Leslie Cadmore the scars remain. His beloved dog died, there's a rift between him and his lover Patrick, and his father inexplicably abandoned the family for life in a monastery. Fate's been cruel. A chance meeting with Patrick's sister stirs old memories, and Leslie starts to dig into both his father's motives and long-unanswered questions around the death of Ferg...

Alasdair Hamilton and Toby Bowe are the darlings of post-war British cinema, playing Holmes and Watson onscreen and off. When they're called on to portray their fellow amateur detectives--Orlando Coppersmith and Jonty Stewart--not only do they find distinct challenges in depicting real people, they also become embroiled in solving a century-old murder. How did a body lie undiscovered so long in the Stewart family vaults, who's been covering up...

They may be locked down but this case isn't.Lockdown is stressful enough for Chief Inspector Robin Bright. Then a murder makes this strange time even stranger. In one of Kinechester's most upmarket areas, the body of Ellen, a brilliant but enigmatic recluse, has lain undiscovered for days. Pinning down the time-and date-of death will be difficult, but finding a killer during unprecedented times could prove impossible.Adam Matthew's focus on hi...

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Murder doesn't care if you're a newlywed.Detective Chief Inspector Robin Bright and Deputy Headteacher Adam Matthews have just tied the knot, and all they want to do is sink into blissful domesticity. Unfortunately, there's no chance of that when a chilling murder at a rugby ground takes Robin miles away to help his old boss solve it.The mystery seems impossible to crack. Everyone with a motive has an alibi, and those without alibis don't have...

Detective Chief Inspector Robin Bright and his partner, deputy headteacher Adam Matthews, have just consigned their summer holiday to the photo album. It's time to get back to the daily grind, and the biggest problem they're expecting to face: their wedding plans. Then fate strikes-literally-with a bang. Someone letting loose shots on the common, a murder designed to look like a suicide, and the return of a teacher who made Robin's childhood h...

Things are looking up for Adam Matthews and Robin Bright-their relationship is blossoming, and they've both been promoted. But Robin's a policeman, and that means murder is never far from the scene. When a body turns up in a shallow grave at a Roman villa dig site-a body that repeatedly defies identification-Robin finds himself caught up in a world of petty rivalries and deadly threats. The case seems to want to drag Adam in, as well, and thei...

Michael Gray returned from World War One injured, but at least he returned. Others were not so fortunate, including his first and greatest love, Thomas Carter-Clemence, with whom Michael had parted bitterly before the conflict began. Broch, the Carter-Clemence home in Porthkennack, was an integral part of pre-war holidays for the Grays, the two families drawn together in the wake of their sons' friendship. Returning to the once-beloved Cornish...

Morgan Capell's life is falling apart by small degrees-his father's dead, his boyfriend dumped him, and his mother's in the grip of dementia. His state of mind isn't helped by his all-too-real recurring nightmare of the wreck of the Troilus, a two-hundred-year-old ship he's been dreaming about since his teenage years. The story of the Troilus is interwoven with the Capell family history. When amateur historian Dominic Watson inveigles himself ...

Tea and sympathy have never been so deadly. Schoolteacher Adam Matthews just wants to help select a new headteacher and go home. The governors at Lindenshaw St. Crispin's have already failed miserably at finding the right candidate, so it's make or break this second time round. But when one of the applicants is found strangled in the school, what should have been a straightforward decision turns as tempestuous as a flash flood in their small E...

England, 1909In the innocent pre-war days, an invitation to stay at the stately country home of a family friend means a new case for amateur sleuths Jonty Stewart and Orlando Coppersmith. In fact, with two apparently unrelated suicides to investigate there, a double chase is on.But things never run smoothly for the Cambridge fellows. In an era when their love dare not speak its name, the risk of discovery and disgrace is ever present. How, for...

Inspector Robin Bright is enjoying a quiet Saturday with his lover, Adam Matthews, when murder strikes in nearby Abbotston, and he's called in to investigate. He hopes for a quick resolution, but as the case builds, he's drawn into a tangled web of crimes, new and old, that threatens to ensnare him and destroy his fledgling relationship. Adam is enjoying his final term teaching at Lindenshaw School, and is also delighted to be settling down wi...