Joe Sixsmith is going west. But only as far as Wales where they keep a welcome on the hillside and the Boyling Corner Choir has been invited to take part in the Llanffugiol Choral Festival. Trouble is, no one seems to have heard of Llanffugiol, and all they find on the hillside is a burning house with a mysterious woman trapped inside . . .

Undercover cop Grace Flint is the best in the business. Ice-cool under pressure, seemingly fearless, driven by a need to put herself into the most dangerous situations. Until an operation to trap big-time money-launderer Frank Harling goes wrong, and for the first time Grace is completely at the mercy of a violent criminal. And mercy is not a word in his vocabulary.

Ruth Dudley Edwards
The Saint Valentine's Day Murders

Robert Amiss, still in the Civil Service is seconded to the wasteland of the newly privatised British Conservation Corporation. He is soon rocked by the malice and envy he finds amongst the filing cabinets but the pettiness and practical jokes soon lead to murder . . .