Diamond Crime

12 03, 2026

The Bones Beneath the Brambles

2026-03-12T14:17:18+00:00

by Colin Bostock-Smith When the bones of a young woman are dug up in a farmhouse garden, P.C. Derek Martin discovers a link between her death and pre-War English fascism. He is, however, distracted not just by the chance of a promotion to CID, which would uproot him and his [...]

The Bones Beneath the Brambles2026-03-12T14:17:18+00:00
11 11, 2025

The Man who Walked with Goats

2025-11-11T10:54:48+00:00

by Colin Bostock-Smith It’s the New Year and 1953 brings a whole new set of crimes to the Devon village of North Tawe for PC Derek Martin to solve. A gang of beatniks led by a strikingly attractive young woman who demands to be known as Aphrodite Wonder Girl, takes [...]

The Man who Walked with Goats2025-11-11T10:54:48+00:00
28 10, 2025

The Lake Llwydiarth Killer Llofrudd Llyn Llwydiarth

2025-10-31T11:14:55+00:00

by Sion Hughes A few weeks before the outbreak of the Second World War, the peace of the rural village of Penmynydd in Anglesey is shattered by the disappearance of a local woman. A finger of suspicion turns to one of the local men but D.I. John believes that [...]

The Lake Llwydiarth Killer Llofrudd Llyn Llwydiarth2025-10-31T11:14:55+00:00
10 06, 2025

An Unkind Harvest

2025-06-10T11:08:41+01:00

by Colin Bostock-Smith It’s August 1952 and in the West Devon village of North Tawe, local PC, Derek Martin, worries about strange happenings. ‘Niggles’, he calls these worries, although the last niggle he had, led to a showdown with a shotgun wielding drug addict and now, ever worsening nightmares. It [...]

An Unkind Harvest2025-06-10T11:08:41+01:00
14 05, 2025

If We Were Guilty

2026-04-14T08:42:26+01:00

by Paul Durston PC Charlie Quinlan. Ace thief taker. Childhood abuse victim.Now her abusers are being killed.In her childhood, Charlie’s mind created alternate identities (‘alters’), to shield her from the abuse. But is it those alters, who are now killing the abusers? The police can only see one person – [...]

If We Were Guilty2026-04-14T08:42:26+01:00
12 03, 2025

Death by Intent

2025-03-12T16:59:25+00:00

by Jacqueline Harrett A woman’s decomposing body. A Church of ‘Forgotten Souls’. A dubious priest. DI Mandy Wilde has a new case on her hands. Was the death natural? Can she solve the mystery under the critical gaze of her ex-fiancé, DCI Lucas Manning? And who hated Barbara Vixen enough [...]

Death by Intent2025-03-12T16:59:25+00:00
5 02, 2025

Sting of the Nettle

2025-06-10T11:00:13+01:00

by Colin Bostock-Smith It’s 1952 and newly married PC Derek Martin despairs of ever finding a crime to solve in the sleepy Devon village to which he’s just been appointed. Reporting bicyclists for not having their lights on is hardly what he signed up for. His first big case shatters [...]

Sting of the Nettle2025-06-10T11:00:13+01:00
1 05, 2024

Detective in a Coma – Vigilante City

2024-05-09T17:50:12+01:00

by Jennifer Lee Thomson Everybody expects Douglas John MacDonald to be convicted for the rape and murder of schoolgirl Kylie Donovan. When he walks free there’s a public outcry. But someone is not content simply to leave it that way. MacDonald is found murdered – his pinkie removed just like [...]

Detective in a Coma – Vigilante City2024-05-09T17:50:12+01:00
11 12, 2023

With Grave Consequences

2023-12-12T16:54:16+00:00

by Jacqueline Harrett Cardiff based, Detective Inspector Mandy Wilde is tough as they come. Nearly 6ft tall, with wild, curly hair and an attitude to match it, she spends her days (and most nights) hunting down Cardiff’s criminals. All her spare time is devoted to bringing up her teenage niece, [...]

With Grave Consequences2023-12-12T16:54:16+00:00
11 12, 2023

If We Were One

2023-12-12T16:55:41+00:00

by Paul Durston PC Charlie Quinlan has faced down thieves, robbers, drug dealers, would be murderers - scrotes as they're known in the Met. But there's one person she has yet to face down. Herself. Or should she say herselves? With her friends from the children's home where they were [...]

If We Were One2023-12-12T16:55:41+00:00
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