Rebecca Yount

Sir Peregrine Lloyd, the Queen's private secretary, is discovered with a dagger in his stomach in the Wolsey Rooms of Hampton Court Palace. Before he dies he mutters, "More is the pity. The Mirror of Naples: Preserve it," to Sir Cedric Mallory, the curator of Hampton Court, who is on his early morning rounds before opening time. Detective Chief Inspector, Mick Chandra, and his partner, Detective Elizabeth Chang, are assigned to the case. It's a matter...

Determined to rebuild her life following a suicide attempt, beautiful young American concert pianist Jessica Beaumont retreats to a 17th century cottage near the village of Kenwick, in rural England. She is embroiled in the murder investigation of a secretive neighbor who was hacked to death in his manor house with his own kitchen cleaver. She soon becomes romantically entangled with one of the murder suspects, a handsome wealthy landowner. Hungry...

Who would want to murder Jo Eccleston – and why? Over the past few years, the celebrated BBC newscaster had acquired a fiercely loyal following with her on-site reports from Iraq and Afghanistan. She was fearless, brainy, beautiful, and in real life had abandoned many lovers in her wake. Brad Moody, chief constable of the Thames Police Force, hears of Jo's death on a television broadcast as he is having breakfast in a little café located in his...