Robert Barnard

Lydia Perceval's nephews come to live with her and are caught up in her single-mindedness devoid of compassion and self-knowledge.

Suspecting foul play in the death of his beloved aunt, Brussels lawyer Merlyn Docherty faces his family's animosity when he realizes that his late aunt had passed him off as dead to protect him from those who would claim his inheritance.

Can the truly rich get away with murder or is there always a price? Two days in May bring Colin Pinnocks career to a peak. His party wins a stunning election victory and he wins a new government office. What a pity that among the congratulations pouring in lurks one grubby card asking: Who do you think you are? Is this someone trying to put him down a peg, or is it someone holding damaging information? Come to think of it, could it just be that Colins...

"Robert Barnard, the internationally acclaimed Diamond Dagger-winning crime writer, dissects family bonds at their best and worst in this stunning novel of suspense. What an honor--to become trustee of an English stately home museum. Yorkshire Detective Inspector Charlie Peace's wife, Felicity, is initially thrilled when she's asked to join the board that oversees Walbrook Manor, an eighteenth-century mansion that's now part of a charitable trust....

Muckraker Cosmo Horrocks exploits the gossip about Father Pardoe and a young female parishoner. Nothing goes over better than a sex-and-the-church scandal--except perhaps murder.

Unable to forget a life-shattering moment from when she was an Australian schoolgirl, author Bettina Whitelaw works on her memoir and becomes increasingly disturbed when she realizes that someone she knows may be trying to kill her.

A Brontë Encyclopedia is an A- Z encyclopedia of the most notable literary family of the 19th century highlighting original literary insights and the significant people and places that influenced the Brontës' lives. • Comprises approximately 2,000 alphabetically arranged entries • Defines and describes the Brontës' fictional characters and settings • Incorporates original literary judgements and analyses of characters and motives • Includes...

Inspector Alan Grant searches for the identity of a man killed in the line at a theater and for the identity of the killer—whom no one saw.
A long line had formed for the standing-room-only section of the Woffington Theatre. London's favorite musical comedy of the past two years was finishing its run at the end of the week. Suddenly, the line began to move, forming a wedge before the open doors as hopeful theatergoers nudged their...

When the weather outside is frightful, curl up with New York Times–bestselling masters of holiday mystery Elizabeth Peters, Margaret Maron, and more! A New England college hosts a counterfeiting scrooge, an angelic chorister falls to earth, a tight-fisted patriarch realizes his days are numbered, and a politician presents his wife with an explosive gift. In Christmas Stalkings, bestselling mystery author Charlotte MacLeod gathers fellow partners...