A time-served Edinburgh hard man, Pearce is still recovering from the recent loss of his mother in a stabbing incident in a post office robbery. He's invited by the dysfunctional Baxter family to protect their pregnant 16-year-old daughter from Wallace, her 26-year-old husband, a man with a penchant for killing family pets. Having found out that the baby's not his, Wallace has sworn vengeance. Pearce declines the job: he's no babysitter. But when...

Wolf Hadda's life has been a fairytale. From humble origins as a Cumbrian woodcutter's son, he has risen to become a successful entrepreneur, happily married to the girl of his dreams. A knock on the door one morning ends it all. Universally reviled, thrown into prison, abandoned by friends & family, Wolf retreats into silence.

She was a woman, so they thought she'd be easy to kill ... Kaz Phelps is on the run - from the past, from the legacy of her criminal family, from the haunting memories of her murdered lover. The police want her back in jail and her enemies want her dead. While standing by the grave of her gangster brother, Kaz realises she only has one option. To fight back. Nicci Armstrong was one of the Met's best detectives until personal tragedy forced her to...

Ten years ago, Jo Martin was released from prison after serving twelve years of a life sentence. She is now out on license - and she isn?t Jo anymore. Given a new identity by the courts, and with a different appearance, a ready-made history and even a change of age, Jo can pretend to be anyone . . . Cookie Mackenzie, is not only Ned Reid?s lover, but she also works for him. She supplies the girls - and boys - for Ned?s clients. There?s always some...

It?s summertime in Scotland: the sun is shining, the sky is blue and people are dying? It?s summertime in the Granite City: the sun is shining, the sky is blue and people are dying? It starts with Rosie Williams, a prostitute, stripped naked and beaten to death down by the docks - the heart of Aberdeen?s red light district. For DS Logan McRae it?s a bad start to another bad day. Rosie won?t be the only one making an unscheduled trip to the morgue....

Fifty-four hours ago, Sami Macbeth was released from prison. Thirty-six hours ago, he slept with the woman of his dreams at the Savoy. One hour ago, his train blew up. Now he's carrying a rucksack through London's West End, and has turned himself into the most wanted terrorist in the country. Sami is not a master criminal. He's not even a minor one. He's not a jewel thief, or a safe-cracker, or an explosives expert. Sami plays guitar and wants to...

Twenty years ago, Cyrus Haven's family was murdered. Only he and his brother survived. Cyrus: because he hid. Elias: because he was the killer. Now Elias is being released from a secure psychiatric hospital, and Cyrus, a forensic psychologist, must decide if he can forgive the man who destroyed his childhood. As he prepares for the homecoming, Cyrus is called to a crime scene in Nottingham. A man is dead, and his daughter Maya is missing. Then a second...

1885 - ex-convict Emma Grady has returned to her hometown of Blackburn and been reunited with her lover Marlow. Now married, with a beautiful home, loving husband and wonderful son, she is still haunted by the past, unable to forget the cruelty of her uncle Caleb Crowther, who ignored her desperate pleas to save her and her tragic first-born. A feared local justice, Crowther curses his niece?s return and sets out to destroy her anew, whilst also hounding...