These Spectred Isles

Oh, the joy of curling up on a winter’s afternoon to immerse oneself in a compelling crime novel or TV drama featuring victims and sleuths. The story will be set in a picturesque, seemingly safe place

by Ross Montgomery(£16.99, HB, Penguin) Cornwall, 1910. Convinced that Halley’s comet will bring about the apocalypse, the pompous Viscount of Tithe Hall seals his home off from the outside world – on

Mary Pargeter was starting to feel her age. When did she first attend the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Greenwood House? A quarter of a century, and she was retired even then. Had she loc

’Twas the night before Christmas, and a sadistic killer had a twisted tale to tell...

‘ Knives Out meets Thursday Murder Club ’