Tow degrees west is the line of longitude that runs through the heart of England from the North Sea to the English Channel. From the wind-tossed moors of Northumberland to the grimy streets of the Black Country, this long, straight cross-section reveals the essence of England- an England adapting to rapid change. In the extraordinary summer that saw devolution votes for Scotland and Wales, Nicholas Crane found fishermen, shepherds, miners and car-workers at the end of an epoch; villagers struggling for a sense of community; hunters and shooters clinging to their rural rights; and one of the world's greatest canal systems coming back to life.

Millie Cameron is furious when she finds herself obliged to sort through the belongings of her aunt Flo, who has died recently. Young, pretty, and confident, she wants nothing to do with a dull spinster aunt. But when she arrives at Flo's basement flat, Millie's interest is awakened. And, as dusk begins to fall and she sorts through her aunt's collection of photographs, letters and newspaper cuttings, she finds herself embarking on a lourney to a past which includes a lost lover and a secret child. Picking through the tangled web of Flo's life, Millie makes the startling discovery that all the threads lead to herself...

When Inspector Zen receives the order he has been dreading all his professional life- a posting to Sicily- he will need all his cunning and skill to survive in a world where unwritten rules are enforced with ruthless violence, one false step can prove fatal, and the truth must be paid in blood. The gruesome discovery of a decomposed corpse in a railway wagon marks the beginning of Zen's most difficult and dangerous case. Set against the backdrop of the ancient city of Catania, in the shadow of Mt. Etna, Blood Rain reveals Aurelio Zen at his most desperate and driven.