A short story from British Library Crime Classic Deep Waters. James Pattinson was best known for his novels of adventure on the high seas and this short story follows his maritime...

A short story from British Library Crime Classic Deep Waters. Four amateur yachtsman are toasting the completion of a trip from Falmouth to Spain in adverse weather conditions...

The main aim of detective stories is to entertain, but the best cast a light on human behaviour, and display both literary ambition and accomplishment. Even unpretentious...

Despite his passionate love for Ardfalloch, Iain has been driven to let his home and estate to Mr Hetherington Smith, a wealthy London businessman, and his kindly wife (who was,...

1787. Captain Edward Brazier is wounded and in desperate need of medical attention, but those from whom he could seek help have no idea where he is – although neither do his...

Thea is tired of having to entertain Drew's children during the summer holidays so she accepts a commission to watch over a house in Barnsley. On her first day there, she rescues...

Soundings and Choc Lit present the audiobook edition of Daughter of the House. Evelyn Pendragon is spirited but lonely and largely ignored by her parents, whose attentions are...

When Arlette Blaise sees a German plane fly over the family farm in 1940, she’s comforted by the fact that the occupying forces are far away in the north of the country. Surely...

A story from Night in the Front Line, a collection of Second World War short stories. Based on the author’s own family experiences, Mrs Miniver was the subject of a regular...

When Dot McCann, playing with her pals, decides to hide in Butcher Rathbone's almost empty dustbin, she overhears a conversation which could send one man to prison and the other...