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

IT was two days until Christmas and the afternoon sky was blue and crisp as Lydia’s car pulled up in front of the magnificent Bristol Hotel. Why was it called the Bristol? she wondered. It was nowhere

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

9 DECEMBER

THIRTY YEARS SINCE A GANGLAND TRIPLE MURDER, NAGGING QUESTIONS REMAIN OVER WHETHER THE WRONG MEN WERE JAILED

Each month ex-cop Nicky Alan teams up with her spirit guides to investigate an unsolved mystery. Here, she delves into what really happened when Queen of Crime Agatha Christie went missing for 11 days