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This novel finds Charlie on the verge of retirement when a manpower shortage thrusts him back onto the mean streets of Nottingham to solve a pair of baffling murders.

Alison loves her husband and their three children. But the emptiness she feels is tied to her decision to run away with Marc, her best friend's man. On the verge of divorce, Catherine loves her children as well, yet still pines for Marc, the love of her life. Alison and Catherine have kept their distance for 15 years, but now that Alison is moving back home, things will come to a head--for better or worse.

A controversial artist is murdered and displayed as part of her own outrageous installation. No suspects, no motive, no evidence--it's business as usual for the Peculiar Crimes Unit's partners. Arthur Bryant and John May. But this time there's a witness who says the killer was a cape-clad highwayman atop a black stallion.

Peel away the layers of Priestley's complex drama to appreciate this powerful warning play, wrapped up in the genre of a gripping detective story, to truly understand that "We don't live alone. We are members of one body".

At 14 years old, Tony began an affair with a married woman that ended when the jilted husband, a devout Roman Catholic, sent Tony to a Benedictine abbey. There, Tony met the remarkably kind and compassionate Father Joe. For the next four decades, Father Joe's guidance never faltered, even as Tony failed in marriage, fought substance abuse, and struggled to find meaning.

Twelve-year-old Steven is determined to put an end to his family's misery and find the remains of his uncle, who was believed to be murdered as a child by a local pedophile. Steven spends his days digging for clues around his grandmother's home, but when his search fails to unearth anything new, he reaches out to the only person with answers--the accused murderer now serving life in prison.

Falling in Love Again is set amongst the castles and woodlands of 18th-century England. Born into wealthy family, heiress Mallory Edwards honorably marries John Barron to fulfill a family obligation. Although he seems charming at first, she soon discovers that he is a beast of a man. Abandoned on her wedding night, she survives by her wit and resourcefulness until her errant husband's debts became too much for her to overcome. Facing debtor's prison, Mallory won't rest until she finds John and nullifies their marriage. But he may not be the villain she believes him to be.

Holden's portrayal is a racy, incident-packed account of Shakespeare as husband, father, actor, poet and Stratford lad who found subsequent immortality via the stage of Elizabethan London.

When his father is arrested as a debtor in 1849 London, fourteen-year-old John Huffman must take on unexpected responsibilities, from asking a distant relative for help to determining why people are spying on him and his family.

A biographer asks Scotland yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and Sergeant Gemma Jones to help her prove that a talented poet did not commit suicide, but was murdered. They discover startling news that leads them into an engrossing history of poetry and scandal, found secrets and lost innocence.