Ian Rutledge returns to his job at Scotland Yard after five years on the battlefield, keeping secret the fact that he is still suffering from shell shock, and almost immediately is sent to investigate the case of a murdered military officer in which the chief suspect is a much-decorated war hero.

Chief Inspector Wexford, distracted by the possibility of flooding after weeks of rain, is not overly alarmed when he receives word that two local teens have gone missing along with their adult babysitter, but his concerns heighten when the sitter is found dead, and suspicions center on a nearby religious cult.

A satirical look at Victorian manners recounting the experiences of two finishing school graduates, Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley.

Neville, at age forty one, faces personal and professional ruin as his obsession with society's darling, Dido, becomes a web of deceit and threatens the picture-perfect world he has created.

Presents a story of childhood fantasy, African religion, nightmares, pop mythology, and the intense inner world of identical twins Georgia and Bessi Hunter.

Detective Sergeant Diane Fry investigates a brutal murder that may be linked to the dissapearance of a young girl that happened two years earlier, and soon finds herself involved in a twisted web of lies, betrayal, and violence.