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Lady Ruth, engaged to marry a dull man in order to get away from her cruel brother and obtain her inheritance, is captured by brigands. Rescued, she falls in love with her rescuer.

A powerful tale of three couples who face decisions about having children that will test, in unexpected ways, the ties that bind them as lovers, partners and friends.

Light-hearted crime caper centres on the search for a lost Modigliani painting, created while the artist was high on hashish.

When Jack discovers his wife's body, he decides to frame himself for her murder and confesses to the police. He hires Mary DiNunzio, an inexperienced associate at a Philly law firm.

Sweeping tale of romantic suspense set in Montana. Jack Mercy died leaving a ranch worth $20 million and now his daughters have gathered to hear the reading of the will.

Set in the dawn of the 18th century in England, East Africa and Arabia, Monsoon takes over where Birds of Prey left off and follows the lives of the three sons of Hal Courteney.

One long hot summer in the 1880s, Bram Stoker escaped to Whitby from the pressures of theatre life in London.

It was one of the greatest human experiments ever undertaken: to populate an unknown land with the criminal, the unloved and the unwanted of English society.

Headteacher Peter Logan will leave no stone unturned in improving his Cheltenham school.

Arthur Dent hadn't had a day as bad as this since the Earth had been blown up. Depressed and alone, Arthur finally settles on the small planet Lamuella and becomes a sandwich maker.

Twenty-three years ago Helen Jones disappeared on her way to school. She was twelve years old. No trace of her was ever found.

Marty Stillwater finds life and family threatened by a psychotic killer professing to be the real Marty Stillwater, who embarks on a campaign to eliminate Marty.

Written by a parent, for other parents who are searching for answers about youth suicide.

As the Masonic Lodge Ladies' Night comes to a close and the guests drift away, a man is found in the car park, garotted at his steering wheel.

Short stories that conjure up mysteries and wonders in a physical world, treading a delicate, magical line between the natural and the supernatural, between openness and fear.