By Death Divided by Patricia Hall

Laura Ackroyd, the journalist girl-friend of DCI Michael Thackeray becomes drawn into the plight of Julie Holden and her daughter Anna when she writes an article about domestic abuse. Julie flees to a women's refuge after a violent attack by her husband - but her dreams of safety are shattered when Anna goes missing.....

Death In Hellfire by Deryn Lake

John Rawlings is intrigued when he is asked to investigate an infamous club suspected of some shady activities. Illustrious members of the British aristocracy and the disreputable Sir Francis Dashwood are believed to be involved. In disguise and accompanied by his old companion Samuel Swann, John befriends Dashwood and gets invited to his opulent home - and to attend a meeting of the Hellfire club. Debauchery seems to be a motive of the meetings but is there a more sinister element to these weekends ?

Pretty Dead Things by Barbara Nadel

Inspector Cetin Ikmen investigates when Emine Aksu the flamboyant wife of an Istanbul style guru goes missing. Emine never really left behind her hippie lifestyle and her husband suspects she was visiting an old friend when she disappeared. Meanwhile, Inspector Mehmet Suleyman is called to the old banking district of Karakoy when the skeleton of a woman was discovered in a large plant container. Could the two bizarre incidents be linked ?

A Vigil of Spies by Candace Robb

It is September 1373 and one of the most powerful men in the country John Thoresby, the Archbishop of York lies dying. Thoresby's master of the guards, Owen Archer is determined his master's last days will be peaceful, but Thoresby agrees to a visit from Joan, Princess of Wales. Things go disastrously wrong when a member of the royal party is murdered. Then only days later a messenger carrying urgent letters for Thoresby is found hanging in the woods. Owen must race against time to find the murderer.....