Monsieur Poirot here pits his mind against fiendishly clever murderers, thieves and kidnappers. Unmasking murderers....The Cornish Mystery.
Foiling kidnappers..........The Kidnapped Prime Minister
Catching Thieves............The Adventure of 'The Western Star'

Introducing the Larkins, a family with a deserved place in popular mythology.
Here tey come, in the first of their hilarious rural adventures, crashing their way through the English countryside in the wake of Pop, the quick-eyed, golden-hearted junk dealer, and Ma, with a mouth full of crisps and a laugh like jelly.

The clandestine delivery out of the Soviet Union of a literary masterpiece and the brutal murder of the courier sent Paul Christopher on a search for the security break. But he finds, as well, some startling truths about the motives of agents, the methods they use - and the damage they do. Set at the height of the Cold War this is an extraordinary novel that reveals more about the realities of the intelligence community than you would want to know.

Only Tania can help her friend Madelaine who is not able to rest despite being dead these last 300 years. But what does Madelaine mean by 'look in my cup'? When Tania glances inside the silver cup is empty. Is there more than one way to look in a cup? Ghosts, messages, revenge - there's more than one king of haunting.

Something is wrong with Cheshunt. Nathanial feels it the moment he arrives. It is not the model neighbourhood it appears to be - strange things happen, despite the curfew. And soon Nathanial learns that his presence is no accident. As the dark calls its own, so does the light draw its champions, and Nathanial finds he must confront phantoms from his own past in his battle to stop the Gathering and its creator....

When times are slow in the antiques, divvies have to make ends in unusual ways. Such is Lovejoy's fate driving for Gazza Gaunt's disreputable assignation service. But when one of his customres, the beautiful Fiona, discovers his eye for the genuine article, he finds himself the toast of a rich set whose vices and interest in danger extend way beyond a casual tryst in the back of Lovejoy's van. Advising the rich on valuables is never easy, but when he discovers that this set's previous advisors have ended up in hospital or worse, Lovejoy decides to flee with horse mad Almira to France. Little does he realise that Almira is part of the plot, and that France is the centre of the biggest antiques scam in history.

The murder is in America, yet the call goes out to English police superintendent Richard Jury. This is only the first unique aspect of a case that would try the keen talent of Scotland Yard's sleuth. Accompanied by his aristocratic friend, Melrose Plant and by Sergeant Wiggins, Jury arrives in Baltimore, Maryland, home of zealous Orioles fans, mouth-watering crabs, and Edgar Allan Poe.

Damon Courtenay died on the morning of April Fool's Day. In this tribute to his son, Bryce Courtenay lays bare the suffering behind this young man's life. Damon's story is one of lifelong struggle, his love for Celeste, the compassion of family and a fight to the end for integrity.

The Siegfried Plan.........In a bleak airport lounge, a bored diplomat believes a frightened girl's fantastic story.....In a Whitehall office, worried politicians talk of terrorism and anarchy.....In a German castle, an old woman plans a new world.....

A man. A woman. The heat of an Iowa summer. And the passion of a brief encounter that will last a lifetime.