Dick Francis
Hot Money

Read by Tony Britton
Malcolm Pembroke never expected to make a million pounds without making enemies. Nor did he expect his wife to be murdered. Pembroke entrusts his safety to his son and discovers a new outlet: soon he’s playing the bloodstock market for incredible stakes. Not the safest bet for a man on the run from avaricious relatives. Particularly when one of them’s got a bomb.

Reginald Hill
Bones and Silence

Read by Brian Glover
Andy Dalziel witnessed a murder, but he was being sick at the time. Now he finds the case shrouded in uncertainty. Meanwhile Dalziel’s colleague, Peter Pascoe, has returned from a long convalescence uncertain about his job, his marriage or his motivations while having to act as a moderator to the strong-willed Dalziel.

P. D. James
Unnatural Causes

Read by Michael Jayston
Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh had been looking forward to a quiet holiday at his aunt’s cottage on one of the furthest-flung spots on the remote Suffolk coast. However, all hope of peace is soon shattered by murder. The mutilated body of a local crime writer floats ashore in a drifting dinghy and drags Adam Dalgliesh into a new and macabre investigation.

Ngaio Marsh
Swing, Brother, Swing

Read by James Saxon
Lord Pastern aimed his revolver and fired. The figure in the spotlight fell and what had been intended as a coup-de-théâtre had become murder. Could Inspector Alleyn believe that the eccentric peer had let hatred of his future son-in-law go too far? Or would the tangle of jealousies and blackmail among the party guests reveal another murderer?