Maria Testa, better known to Brunetti as the nun who once cared for his mother, turns up at the Commissario's door. Maria has left her nursing convent after the suspicious deaths of five patients. Is she creating fears to justify abandoning her vocation, or is there a more sinister scenario?

Dark, intense and utterly compelling, 'Black Dog' was an extraordinary first novel from a writer who has rapidly become the most promising crime author to emerge in the genre in years.

During a blistering summer, drought has depleted Thornfield Reservoir, uncovering the remains of a small village called Hobb's End - hidden from view for over 40 years. For a curious young boy this resurfaced hamlet has become a magical playground - until he unearths a human skeleton.

Two social workers, investigating reports of child abuse, appear at Brenda's door. They take her daughter Gemma away for tests. They fail to return Gemma the following day. At the same time, Banks is investigating a murder. Gradually, the leads in the two cases converge, guiding Banks to one of the terrifying criminals.

A death in the family-from-hell bring Detectives Fry and Cooper to a remote and unfriendly rural community in their fourth psychological thriller.

Jack Reacher is six foot five and dangerous, adrift in the hellish heat of Texas, and looking for a lift through the vast empty landscape. A pretty young woman is alone. Her husband's in jail. When he comes out, he's going to kill her. Her family's hostile, she can't trust the cops, and lawyers won't help. Reacher is her last option.