Richard Signy
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A ten part detective series from the BBC about an oddball couple of private detectives named Luella Shakespeare and Frank Hathaway. Investigating crime in Stratford-upon-Avon, the duo quickly discover all is not as peaceful as it seems in this little theatre town. --
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In the early hours of November 8, 1974, the 7th Earl of Lucan disappeared without a trace. What investigators subsequently found shocked the public: the body of his children's nanny, Sandra, bludgeoned to death in the basement. These two exciting dramas explore the crime and its aftermath." --
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
With a new team firmly in place, DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall, Love Actually) is finally settled on the beautiful island of Saint Marie. Feeling as though something is still missing from his life, Goodman enlists DS Florence Cassell (Josephine Jobert, Summer Crush) to help him crack the complexities of the dating world.
A British cop is out of his element after he is sent to the tiny island of Sainte Marie to solve a murder case.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Sam is now Professor Ryan, teaching pathology at London University. But still available for consultation on unusual cases which demand her highly developed professional skills and tenacity. A helicopter crash, a gangland killing and a cinema fire also occupy Sam's attention." --
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Stonemason Andrew Knightley is pushed under a London Underground train during the morning rush hour. DI Max Arnold and his partner, DS Priya Shamsie, together build a picture of a lonely, devout, and troubled man who believed a spirit was leaving him vengeful Biblical messages. But the killer is flesh and blood, and a more earthly explanation may be found in the truth of Knightley's life.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
At first glance, Oliver Cowie-devoted family man, respected educator, all-round good guy-seems an unlikely murder victim, until he's found in a pool of blood, bludgeoned to death in his study. But scratch the surface and it turns out there's no shortage of suspects, ranging from his own wife to feuding colleagues, a vengeful ex-pupil, disgruntled parents, and a rather too-familiar family cleaner.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Annette Burgess, CEO of a boutique travel website, is murdered in her hotel room while on an outdoor team-building getaway with her colleagues. With everyone in the small group of employees seeming to have no obvious alibis or motives, Humphrey and the team are forced to dig a little deeper.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A well-liked security guard is found stabbed to death, leaving behind his terminally ill wife. Could this pillar of the community have been killed in a drug deal gone wrong, as the evidence initially suggests? Max and Priya discover that the victim had an unsavory past filled with violence, racism, and hooliganism, and that his death is the latest tragedy in a decades-old cycle of violence.
Author
Language
English
Description
Awkward teen, Hamish, is plagued with a recurring dream in which he sees the body of a murdered woman but always wakes up before he can learn anything more. He can't quite work it out, but he's pretty sure it's a premonition - he's terrified he's going to do something awful, and he needs Frank and Lu to tail him over the weekend and keep him out of trouble.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Robyn Romano, social media sensation and wife of restaurateur Julia Romano, is reported missing. As the race to find Robyn alive pivots to a murder investigation, Max gets a taste of the combustible Romano clan, whose longstanding tensions and disagreements over the running of their eponymous Chelsea eatery may reveal how Robyn Romano met her fate.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When a tourist returning to the island claims to alibi the convicted killer of the Saint Marie Times' former editor seven years ago, DI Jack Mooney must revisit the case files and ensure that justice is delivered in his first murder investigation on the island.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A young backpacker is found dead from a gunshot wound in her hostel bathroom. It seems like a suicide - but Humphrey can't work out why anyone would bring a wash bag into a room where they planned to kill themselves. Suspicion falls on the only people near the hostel at the time of the gunshot. The investigation leads Humphrey to discover an old crush from London is on the island - and that life at the hostel is even murkier than anyone wants him...