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Deputy Chief Virginia West likes her boss, but when a number of visiting businessmen are murdered in her city by a maniac with a penchant for painting his victims bright orange, she objects to his

Twelve short stories, each underlining the remarkable versatility of the writer. Some will make you shift uneasily in your chair, others will give satisfaction.

The eleventh book in the Kay Scarpetta series involves the pathologist and Detective Pete Marino in a new case and a threat that could radically change the course of Scarpetta's career.

A tense drama of jealousy and murder centred on a group of archaeologists. Poirot is called in.

An invitation to a murder turns out to be in deadly earnest, not a practical joke.

The corpse was lying face down in an open grave... a baffling mystery for all but Hercule Poirot.

An intricately plotted mystery made all the more atmospheric by the shadowy presence of Mr Harley Quin.

Bound for the Riviera, detective Hercule Poirot has boarded Le Train Bleu, an elegant, leisurely means of travel, free of intrigue. Then he meets Ruth Kettering.

A serial killer is on the loose in Richmond, Virginia. Three women have died, brutalised and strangled in their own bedrooms.

Judy Hammer has accepted the challenge of Richmond, Virginia's police department to try and reverse the escalating crime statistics in the city.

The most popular detective story writer of all time here turns her hand to the subject of Christmas. The author's stories and poems capture the true meaning of Christmas.

Victoria Jones, a resourceful London typist, helps to thwart an attempt by an international network to split the civilised world into two factions.

The famous actress thought herself irresistable, but there was at least one "fan" who wanted her dead.

Kay Scarpetta's work as Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner has come to an end.

When the bodies of young courting couples start turning up in remote woodland areas, Dr Kay Scarpetta's task is made more difficult by the effects of the elements.