While Banks is on holiday, Det. Insp. Annie Cabbot is called to the woods outside Eastvale, where a hanged manśoon identified as Mark Hardcastle, the local theater's set designerís discovered in a tree. What looks like a simple suicide takes an unexpected turn when the badly beaten body of Hardcastle's boyfriend, Laurence Silber, is found in Silber's posh home. Banks, who returns to assist in the investigation, uncovers Silber's past life as a spy...

An illustrated guide to incorporating water features in the garden, offering ten designs for large and small gardens; presenting instructions on building and installing pools, ponds, waterfalls, and fountains; and including a catalog of over 150 aquatic and moisture-loving plants.

Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks investigates the brutal murder of a teenage girl found strangled with the strap of her school satchel, who just happened to be the daughter of a powerful microelectronics financier--a man with access to high-level classified information.

Following a long-awaited reunion with his children, Police Commander Paul Fein is thrown into a bizarre, sex triangle murder case involving a high profile businessman, his seductive widow, and the Commander's wild and sexy daughter.

Stephen Tompkinson returns as Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks in three more gripping crime stories.

Mitch Parker seems like the perfect guy - an ideal husband, a friendly neighbor, good at his job. But Parker has a dark and terrible secret...

Freaks: A tale of love, deception, and retribution set among troupe of carnival sideshow performers, shunned by society because of their physical deformities. The unknown: An unrequited infatuation leads a circus knife-thrower on the run from the law into a troubled state, but when the circus owner discovers the desperate man's secret identity, things become markedly worse. The mystic: A confederacy of unsavory characters conspire to cheat an heiress...