Michael Connelly
The Brass Verdict

When lawyer Mickey Hailer gets the news that his old colleague Jerry Vincent has died, leaving him his entire caseload, it is a chance to put his stalled career back on track. A high profile case is coming up that promises big fees and an even bigger place in the media spotlight. The only problem is that Vincent was shot at close range in his office garage. And Harry Bosch is convinced the killer must be one of Vincent's clients. So Mickey is faced with the biggest challenge of his career: how to successfully defend a client who might just be planning to murder him.

H. R. F. Keating
Rules, Regs and Rotten Eggs

Detective Superintendent Harriet Martens wants to resign after the new Assistant Chief Constable at the head of the CID makes her feel inferior in her job. However, those thoughts are interrupted when the pro-hunting politician Robert Roughouse suspiciously collapses during one of his vehement speeches at an anti-hunting demonstration. Suspecting an attempted murder, and seeing an opportunity to prove her worth to the ACC, Detective Martens takes charge.

'Keating writes crime ftction that refuses to pander and consistently entertains' ­ Publishers Weekly

Miranda and David move out of London into a beautiful country house with a magical garden. But Miranda insists on tottering across the wet lawn in kitten heels, David is never there, and the children won't tear themselves away from the telly. Then an enigmatic Frenchman arrives. With the wisdom of nature he slowly begins to heal the past and the present. But who is he? His secret lies in the deepest recesses of the garden, for a garden, like love itself, can restore the human spirit, not just season after season, but generation after generation.

'Santa Montefiore doesn't put a foot wrong' - Daily Mirror