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The fifth mystery in the acclaimed and bestselling Adam Dalgliesh series by “the reigning mistress of murder”(Time), P.D. James, is now available on CD. Just recovered from a grave illness, Commander Adam Dalgliesh is called to the bedside of an elderly priest. When Dalgliesh arrives, Father...

Blackmail, espionage and a mass murderer from his past await Bernie Gunther at the French Riviera. The French Riviera, 1956. A world-weary Bernie Gunther is working under a false name as a hotel concierge. His attempts to keep his nose clean go horribly awry when a wartime acquaintance sucks him...

An outstanding piece of literary noir and the first in a PI series set in 1930s Birmingham. An FT Best Summer Thriller 2023 'Creates an atmosphere of mounting menace' The Times 'Conjures up a backdrop so vivid you can taste the smoke in the air' Val McDermid, author of 1989 BIRMINGHAM, 1933...

A dark and atmospheric 1930s-set historical crime novel, starring private detective William Garrett. 'Marlow has a poetic eye . . . But it's her mix of detective story and Gothic ghosts, ancient folk legends and lingering wartime trauma, that lift the book' Financial Times, Best new thrillers...