A short story from British Library Crime Classic Deep Waters. When a man is found dead on his yacht on the Thimble River, an inlet off the Solent, series detective David...
Ascent
'Bonington was a fabulous and very creative climber. He brought Britain back to being a leading nation of climbers'
I Had to Go Sick
A story from Night in the Front Line, a collection of Second World War short stories. I Had to Go Sick tackles army bureaucracy as we follow an unnamed narrator through the army...
The Secret of High Eldersham
Samuel Whitehead, landlord of the Rose and Crown, is a stranger in the lonely East Anglian village of High Eldersham. And when the newcomer is stabbed to death in his pub, it...
Choked Off
The villagers of Stoney Cross are busily preparing for their first Arts Festival and enlist the help of a local radio presenter. But the delight soon turns to dismay when the...
Blind Man's Hood
A short story from British Library Crime Classic The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories. Inspired by the unsolved Peasenhall murder case of 1902, Blind Man’s Hood shows...
Twixt the Cup and the Lip
A short story from British Library Crime Classic The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories. When the Russian Royal Family Jewels are put on display at Orbin’s department store...
The Death Grip
A story from The Prisoner’s Defence, a collection of First World War short stories. When Hugh Latimer is shot in the head during combat, he is not expected to survive. But he...
Date with the Executioner
1817. Dawn breaks on a summer’s day in Chalk Farm, London, and the scene is set for a duel between a lady’s two ardent admirers. Paul Skillen has been teaching Mark Bowerman...
Death Makes a Prophet
“Small hostilities were growing; vague jealousies were gaining strength; and far off, wasn't there a nebulous hint of approaching tragedy in the air?” Welworth Garden City in...
