Collection: Reading Sets

Once a Para in the elite SAS, now an Edinburgh policeman, John Rebus spends his time evading his memories, & right now ignoring a series of crank letters. As murders occur under his nose, he realises he can no longer ignore the killer's presence.

Claire Randall, a wartime nurse is transported back to the dangers of life in Jacobite Scotland, leaving behind her husband and finding herself in a state of desire for a courageous renegade.

The tenants of 28 Barbary Lane have fled their cosy nest for adventures far afield. Mary Ann Singleton finds love at sea with a forgetful stranger, Mona Ramsey discovers her doppelgñger in a desert whorehouse, and Michael Tolliver bumps into his favourite gynaecologist in a Mexican bar. Meanwhil...

When Michael Rowland saves his younger brother Joshua from the clutches of his stepfather, he runs for his life with his brother in his arms. From his hiding place he sees the man who has made their lives a misery taken away in the trunk of a stranger's car, never to be seen again. Doctor Dani No...

1792. A tyrannical government is determined to make England a mighty commercial empire. In France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his rise to power, and with dissent rife, France's neighbours are on high alert. Unprecedented industrial change sweeps the land, making the lives of the workers in Kingbri...

Scotland in the 90's has a copy-cat serial killer, nick-named "Johnny Bible" by the media. Rebus, investigating the murder of an oilman, travels north - pursued by a TV crew - and runs into the "Johnny Bible" media circus head on.

Dr Hilary Joyner is neither well liked nor well respected among his academic peers. However, he believes his next project will bring him the recognition he deserves. He's working to uncover the truth behind the 'buried treasure story', a local Sussex legend involving two invaluable golden statues...

An American citizen is found dead in his locked cabin on the Orient Express. He has been stabbed several times. Detective Poirot comes up with not one, but two solutions to the crime, in this, Christie's most famous of stories.

In a house decorated with horror movie posters, a young woman's body is found. She lies on her bed, two bloodied objects clutched in her palm. Detective Jane Rizzoli and Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles are called to the murder scene, but even faced with this gruesome sight they are unable to ide...

It is spring, and the semi-preserved body of a young Jewish woman is discovered buried in the Maine woods. It is clear that she gave birth shortly before her death. But there is no sign of a baby. Private detective Charlie Parker is engaged by the lawyer Moxie Castin to shadow the police investig...