The Architect of MurderMajor Alec Marshall VC, newly back in London, is enlisted to make inquiries into the will of the late Cecil John Rhodes, the wealthiest man in the British Empire. That same night one of the witnesses to the will, Eric Lowenstein, is found beaten to death in a seedy boarding house, where he was lodging under a false name. As London prepares for King Edward VII's coronation, Marshall discovers that Lowenstein harboured a deadly secret concerning not

As the paths of communication breakdown the president of the United States and leaders from around the world face an appalling choice: Should they allow the loss of thousands to save the lives of many more

DCI David Brock

No idea who his attacker is

It is raining the day her life changes for ever

When custody of her precious daughter is awarded to this evil stranger

Tina Humber is 40 and living in the States when a moment of panic about her 10 year-old daughter triggers the memory of her childhood friend

' SARAH PEARSE

Sawney is determined to hunt the babe down

the folly isn't mine

he engages Thorndyke to try to find the blackmailers and bring all the issues to light

Can he really orchestrate a cover-up of a cover-up

but many in the Red Church ministry do not believe she has earned it