M.C. Beaton
Agatha Raisin & The Potted Gardener

When Agatha returns home after a sojourn in the capital, she finds a new woman ensconced in the affections of her attractive bachelor neighbour James Lacey. The newcomer, Mary Fortune, is superior to Agatha in every way, especially when it comes to gardening. With Carsely Open Day approaching, Agatha longs for some fascinating crime to remind James of her genius for investigation and distract him from Mary. Soon a series of assaults on the finest gardens is followed by murder when Mary herself is discovered buried upside down in a terracotta pot. Agatha seizes the moment, and immediately starts yanking up village secrets by their roots and digging the dirt.

'Beaton has a winner in the irrepressible, romance-hungry Agatha'

M.C. Beaton
Death Of A Village

The aromas of wild thyme and Highland heather waft through Lochdubh, home to M.C. Becton's eccentric policeman, Hamish Macbeth. Yet what the irascible constable smells in his latest case is the acrid scent of fear, as an entire town is entrapped in something dark and deadly. Yet as he deftly investigates the summer's high crimes and misdemeanors, he attracts the attention of his superiors. They feel a promotion and transfer will give him a larger playing field than Lochdubh, but that's the last thing Macbeth wants. Now the laconic lawman needs a clever way to quash the move without losing his job entirely.

`All Macbeth's talents are on display as he performs a heroic rescue, outwits crooks and meets violence with violence. Beaton fans mill rejoice'

Catrin Collier
Beggars & Choosers

In Pontypridd and the Rhondda in 1905 coal is king, and the families who sunk the first collieries are rich. None is wealthier or more generous than Harry Watkin Jones. Sali Watkin Jones is about to marry her childhood sweetheart, Mansel, a successful businessman. But four traumatic years later, Sali is a penniless outcast struggling to support herself and her son. Working for a family of colliers, she finds warmth and love, but soon unrest and violence come to the valleys. Caught up in the conflict Sali finds herself denying her roots, her class and sacrificing her son's future for the sake of the people she loves. A

'Another typically enjoyable novel from the pen of Wales' answer to Catherine Cookson'.