Narrated by Mozart in three periods of his life: as a child in London, as an angst-ridden youth in Paris, and as a man in sight of his own death in Leipzig. Charlatans and aristocrats abound... read more
Oh dear oh dear oh dear. A bookseller in a pool of blood outside his shop in Bristol. Sullivan has been bumping off different professions in his previous books so we suppose it was only a ma... read more
A flock set about investigating the murder of their shepherd... A re-issue of this funny, unusual mystery that finds much of its humour in the foibles of its humans.
A compulsive political thriller that takes us deep into the Kremlin and the psychology of authoritarianism: at its heart is Putin's chief spin-doctor, the still centre of a delirious propaga... read more
Two translators - a Russian girl and an Englishman - train for the Moscow marathon together so that they can talk - and then save the world, or at least some of it.
An artwork is found to contain human bone; a woman lives alone in a house that is cut off at high tide: this is a slow-burn, psychological thriller, told from multiple points of view, with a... read more
The daughter of the Dean of Westminster investigates the murder of an antiquarian, a theft and ghostly visions. There's an amiable parrot too, called Cuthbert.
The author picks locks for fun apparently - and it shows in this tight, playful mystery in which a dinner party game turns deadly - secrets are spilled and surely blood will follow?
A semi-rogue MI5 agent (female), a money launderer codenamed 'Hagfish', and a news website run by descendants of Bletchley codebreakers who have been hacking high-security government databas... read more
1938: a famous novelist dies, leaving his manuscript to his young typist with a cryptic dedication. Atmospheric spy story set between London and Vienna.
Two men go walking in the Dolomites, but not together; one falls to his death, the other reports the body. Is it coincidence that they knew each other in earlier years, and that one had betr... read more
An exuberant romp of a thriller: career-driven journalist Rika finds that the best way to secure an interview with a maybe-serial-killer is through her stomach, trying out the rich recipes t... read more