Crime

This work, edited by Mike Ashley, contains 23 tales of mystery and murder from the age of jazz, the talkies and prohibition.

Having endured the amateur theatre company's attempt at Chekhov, God only knew how they would cope with Shakespeare! But before Charles Paris can escape to the nearest bar, the leading lady turns up dead. Brett is the author of So Much Blood.

Mike Pannett has just taken up a new posting in rural North Yorkshire. It's quite a change from the Met, where he dealt with riots on the streets, drug gangs in Battersea and gun crime in Croydon. His first year is described here and as well as a memoir the book is a celebration of North Yorkshir...