When sixteen-year-old Hannah Sheraton is arrested for the murder of her stepgrandfather, the chief justice of the California Supreme court, her distraught mother turns to her old college roommate, Josie Baylor-Bates, for help. Josie, once a hot-shot criminal defense attorney, left the fast track behind for a small practice in Hermosa Beach, California. But Hannah Sheraton intrigues her and, when the girl is charged as an adult, Josie cannot turn her back. But the deeper she digs the more Josie realizes that politics, the law and family relationships create a combustible and dangerous situation. When the horrible truth is uncovered it can save Hannah Sheraton or destroy them both."This story was inspired by a case my husband handled. As a superior court judge he had to sentence a minor to life in prison. It made me wonder how I felt about minors arrested for violent crimes. Are they most vulnerable among us - capable or horrible violence, perceived as adults and yet emotionally still children?" Rebecca Forster "An enthralling read, with colorful, well-developed characters and the unique atmosphere of the California beach communities." Nancy Taylor Rosenberg"Blending complex psychological character portraits with spot-on accurage courtroom drmaa, Forster's riveting legal thriller keeps the plot twists coming until the last, satisfying page." - Alafair Burke

Can DI Brian Brandon uncover the truth before a devious killer slips through his fingers?Everyone loved Carl Wiley. So who killed him during a party on a tidal island off Strathburgh’s shore, then set the crime scene on fire to cover their tracks?As the investigation progresses, Brian realises there’s more to Carl than meets the eye... and the longer his suspect list grows. Did Carl underestimate how far he could test his best pal Gaz’s loyalty? Did he push the wrong party guest over the edge? Or has Strathburgh’s most charming liar finally reaped what he’s sown?With the killer already several steps ahead, Brian is running out of time.Perfect for fans of JD Kirk, Ian Rankin, Helen Fields, and Val McDermid, this is the gripping, fast-paced second instalment in the dark, gritty Scottish crime series featuring DI Brian Brandon of the city of Strathburgh's Major Investigations Team.

The murder victim's wife was blindWorld War II. During the attacks on Berlin in the winter of 1943-44, wave after wave of British bombers swept over northern Europe and dropped their lethal loads on the German capital. A fair percentage of the bombers would fail to return from these 'ops', and RAF planners calculated the life expectancy of the airmen in weeks rather than months.Therefore it did not seem strange when a Lancaster named D-Daisy landed at its base in England after a bombing run, and a member of the crew was found dead.However, one person soon came to the conclusion that this man had been murdered. And the person who discovered this happened to be blind since birth. Her name was Daisy and she was the victim’s wife. She was very blonde and very pretty; also very young. That's why no one would listen to her.So she had to find the killer on her own“Using the carefully plotted twists and turns of the murder mystery, throwing in a highly unconventional blind sleuth with her very own take on the world, Nick Aaron lifts the genre to a more thoughtful level.” — The Weekly BannerThis 62k novel is a stand-alone Blind Sleuth MysteryThe concept of this series is simple: the sleuth is a blind woman, and she solves a mystery in each novel. All these stand-alone mysteries taken together form an overview of the half-century between World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall, and narrate the life story of Daisy Hayes. It is not necessary to read the books in any particular order, but most readers just love sticking to the correct chronology:1943: D for Daisy1946: First Spring in Paris1952: Honeymoon in Rio1956: Cockett’s Last Cock-up1960: Murder on the High Sea1964: The Desiderata Stone1967: Blind Angel of Wrath1972: Berlin Fall1984: The Nightlife of the Blind1986: Daisy’s Pushkin Duel1989: Daisy and Bernard1992: The Desiderata GoldAD 67: The Desiderata RiddleAD 76: Desiderata's Lost Cause1990s: Back to Africa1990s: The Icarus CaseAD 79: August in Pompeii1990s: The Murder Convention1990s: The Empty Grave ChroniclesAn unusual sleuth Daisy Hayes was born in London in 1922. Her father was a bank manager, hoping for a son, but he had to settle for a blind daughter.Now what do you do when your child is blind since birth and you have the means to do all that is necessary to help her? You hire a private tutor to stimulate her verbal abilities in the first years of her life, because you realize how vital language will become for her. Then you send her to an exclusive school where everything is done to develop the minds and resourcefulness of blind girls. There they teach them all these fancy techniques of spatial orientation and mind mapping. And before you know it, your darling daughter has become a smart female detective who just seems to draw murder mysteries like a magnet…In combination with this unusual sleuth, Nick Aaron enlists the techniques of the page turner to create an enjoyable reading experience: well-written prose, clever plots, and surprising characters. Unputdownable.

A new Scottish crime novel featuring a trainee detective with a secret she can't keep hidden…Erin Aitkin joined Tulliallan Police College for a fresh start, free from the horrors of her childhood. But when a fellow recruit is murdered, she must risk exposure to track down the killer.Erin’s job isn’t made any easier by being forced to work with DCI Villeneuve, the truculent head of the detective course. Villeneuve may think that Erin is a prize tit, but she is determined to use Erin’s position as an insider to spy on her fellow students.When every one of your suspects is a fellow detective, the investigation becomes even more difficult. As Erin’s carefully constructed new life falls apart around her, she must find the killer before she gets kicked off the course, or worse still, becomes the next victim.

A #1 international bestseller: This “exquisite novel of mesmerizing depth” launched the acclaimed Wallander Mysteries and BBC series starring Kenneth Branagh (Los Angeles Times).   Early one morning, a small-town farmer discovers that his neighbors have been victims of a brutal attack during the night: An old man has been bludgeoned to death, and his tortured wife lies dying before the farmer’s eyes. The only clue is the single word she utters before she dies: “foreign.”   In charge of the investigation is Inspector Kurt Wallander, a local detective whose personal life is in a shambles. His family is falling apart, he’s gaining weight, and he drinks too much and sleeps too little. Tenacious and levelheaded in his sleuthing, he and his colleagues must contend with a wave of violent xenophobia as they search for the killers.   Winner of the Sweden’s Best Mystery Award and the first installment in the series that inspired the PBS program Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh, Faceless Killers is a razor-sharp, stylishly dark police procedural with searing social commentary that reaches beyond its genre to produce “a superior novel—and a harbinger of great things to come” (Booklist).

Edward Winston leads a quiet, happy existence in the slow-paced Deep South . . . until his wife goes missing and his peaceful life flies off the rails. As his world collapses around him, Edward’s frantic search for his missing spouse hits a dead end when he is thwarted by the local sheriff’s unwillingness to confront the prime suspect. Cut off at every turn by corruption and inaction, Edward is forced to seek help from a shadowy source buried deep in his past. As law enforcement names him a person of interest in his wife’s disappearance, Edward uncovers a connection between his missing spouse and a secret that the city’s power elite will do anything to keep hidden. Revenge, murder, and betrayal surround Edward as he seeks to find his wife, clear his name, and get Out of Tupelo alive.