This collection includes:

The Bridesmaid: A beautiful stone statue and her living double lead Philip into a nightmare of obsession and murder.

Going Wrong: Besotted with his childhood sweetheart, Leonora, psychopathic Guy Curran will do anything to make her his.

King Solomon’s Carpet: London’s Underground links a group of misfit housemates and is the catalyst for a devastating crime in this compelling tale, written under the pseudonym Barbara Vine.

People Don’t Do Such Things: A suburban couple befriend a charismatic novelist, but their relationship soon slips into sinister territory.

The Fever Tree: On safari in South Africa, Ford and Tricia find the tensions in their marriage exacerbated by the unforgiving wilderness.

The Dreadful Day of Judgment: Clearing up an abandoned cemetery, John, Gilly and Marlon’s personal demons come to the fore.

Thornapple: Poison enthusiast James becomes captivated by the ruthless Meribel on a visit to her wealthy aunt.

Among the casts of these seven suspenseful adaptations are Jamie Glover, Mark Strong, Reece Shearsmith, Paul Rhys, Danny Sapani and Juliet Aubrey.

Duration: 7 hours approx.

The twenty-fourth book in the bestselling Detective Chief Inspector Wexford series, from the author of classic detective fiction and gripping psychological thrillers including End in Tears and Thirteen Steps Down.

The impossible has happened. Chief Inspector Reg Wexford has retired from the crime force. He and his wife, Dora, now divide their time between Kingsmarkham and a coachhouse in Hampstead, belonging to their actress daughter, Sheila.

Wexford takes great pleasure in his books, but, for all the benefits of a more relaxed lifestyle, he misses being the hand of the law.

But a chance meeting in a London street, with someone he had known briefly as a very young police constable, changes everything. Tom Ede is now a Detective Superintendent, and is very keen to recruit Wexford as an adviser on a mysterious murder case.

The bodies of two women and a man have been discovered in the old coal hole of an attractive house in St John’s Wood. None of the corpses carry identification. But the man’s jacket pockets contain a string of pearls, a diamond and a sapphire necklace as well as other jewellery valued in the region of £40,000.

To Wexford, this is definitely a case worth coming out of retirement for. He is intrigued and excited by the challenge, but unaware that this new investigative role will bring him into extreme physical danger…

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EVEN THE DEAD HAVE SOMETHING TO HIDE…

The discovery of Elizabeth Nightingale’s broken body in the woods near her home could not have come as a bigger shock.

Called in to investigate, Chief Inspector Wexford quickly determines that the Nightingales were considered the perfect couple – wealthy, attractive and without an enemy in the world.

However, someone must have been alone with Elizabeth that night in the woods. Someone who hated – or perhaps loved – her enough to beat her to death.

The case seems straightforward. But Wexford soon learns that beneath the placid surface of the Nightingales’ lives lie undercurrents and secrets no one ever suspected…

‘One of her masterpieces’ — Telegraph
‘A classic’ – The Times
‘Quite possibly the best crime book I have ever read’ — ***** Reader review
‘One hell of a book’ — ***** Reader review
‘An altogether engrossing book’ — ***** Reader review
‘A compelling and addictive read’ — ***** Reader review
‘An absolute classic – can only be described in superlatives’ — ***** Reader review

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‘Eunice Parchman killed the Coverdale family because she could not read or write.’

Eunice, the Coverdales’ housekeeper, guns down four of her employers in the space of fifteen minutes one Valentine’s Day. None of them suspected anything. Her motive remained hidden.

As the police investigate, Eunice schemes to escape the blame – desperate to preserve the terrible secret of her illiteracy.

But Eunice’s blindness to a crucial aspect of the world throws her plans into jeopardy…