Hector Percy appears to have it all. He shares his magnificent home, Glebe Hall, with his beloved wife Esme and son Jack, alongside their two closest friends and their daughter. But beneath the veneer of entitlement, Hector lives in fear of those who might snatch away his inheritance. Esme suspects he's right, they'd created the perfect existence but now the arrangement is crumbling. If that happens their blissful life at Glebe Hall would be o...
Abergarry, Scotland
1998
The art world is shaken by the brutal and very public murder of a dealer, who'd unknowingly sold a forged painting. By contrast, the death of a woman strangled in her own home, in the same year, barely causes a ripple and remains unsolved.
2019
An acquaintance of the murdered woman is spotted near the crime scene, years after being declared dead himself. The woman's daughter, Hazel Douglas suspects him of being i...
Death stalks Mexton
When a spate of poisonings hits the town of Mexton, DC Mel Cotton and her colleagues are left perplexed. All the deaths seem to be ingeniously planned and the police cannot see anything obvious to connect the victims.
Is a vigilante at work?
Jenny Pike, reporter for the Mexton Messenger, seems to think there's a link and she's not afraid to publish her controversial theories. All the victims seem to have got away with har...
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An unwilling hero
Inspector George Zammit, of the Maltese Pulizija likes a quiet life, keeping his head down and avoiding trouble. But when he investigates a body floating in the waters of Valletta's Grand Harbour, he soon finds himself entangled in an international criminal plot which leads him on a perilous adventure.
A powerful crime family
Natasha Bonnici is part of a sophisticated Italian crime family whose attentions turn to the oil r...
When Verity Hudson goes missing, Peddyr Quirk - with assistance from his effervescent wife Connie - investigates a strange new case which unfolds in an unsavoury part of town. It soon becomes apparent that they are not the only ones looking for Verity.
A freelance researcher is searching for her birth mother.
An influential man of power and money is desperate to find his estranged sister.
A local politician is determined to expose a hidd...
Every mother's worst nightmare
It was only for a couple of minutes, while dropping Noah off at nursery. Little did Melanie realise that leaving her sleeping son in the car would end up being the biggest regret of her life.
A teenage challenge turns sour
For teenager Woody, stealing cars with his new friend helps alleviate the tedium of a life of poverty and boredom. This isn't what he wants to do with his life but for now, he feels accepted....
For better, for worse
Wildlife vet Holly's life seems blissful: husband Dylan is the man of her dreams, she has a rewarding career and a lovely home. And yet, a tiny niggle is growing daily. Dylan is becoming increasingly remote - but why? Holly is determined to mend the fissure in their relationship. But a shocking discovery changes everything...
Family ties
Then there's Dylan's family: his wayward twin Seth and their widowed mother Elaine, ...
Eighteen-year-old Darcy Woodard appears to have it all - intelligence, good looks and artistic gifts. His teachers adore him, as does former policewoman Steph Grant, who is now the receptionist at Darcy's college. But beneath the surface, all is not as it seems. Darcy is convinced he doesn't fit in and he tries to ignore their online taunts.
There's Darcy's dysfunctional mother Esther who is trapped in a literary time warp.
Then there's his s...
It's autumn in Abergarry.
The nights lengthen, the weather turns and the atmosphere darkens as the community is rocked by a brutal roadside murder: a loan shark's 'bag man', Craig Lumsden, is found bludgeoned to death in his car in the early hours of the morning. The season for murder.
The case seems simple enough, and the fingers quickly point to the most obvious suspect. But things are rarely as simple as they seem...A murder that's too clo...
DC Mel Cotton is back with a new case to solve, the murder of Duncan Bennett, an unassuming worker at a local confectionary warehouse. As Mel's team investigate, one key question remains... who would want 'boring' Duncan dead?
And the case soon becomes far more complex and dangerous than expected, threatening to overwhelm Mexton's small police force. With terrorists, a paedophile network and a hitman in town, Mel and her colleagues face thei...
Then, with his wrist trembling under the pressure, he carved the names of two men into the paper, ripping the surface...
Jack...
The Seventh Wave organised crime gang is long defeated, its members dead or jailed. Their London-wide campaign of terror a fading memory.
Jason...
Or is it? An old foe is released from his maximum-security prison cell, with dreams of revenge and a score to settle.
...You. Just. Watch."
He calls himself 'Th...
