When her fiancé dies exactly as described in one of her novels, mystery writer Harriet Vane becomes the prime suspect. Can Lord Peter Wimsey find the real poisoner in time to save her from the gallows? Impossible, it seems. The Crown's case is watertight. The police are adamant. The judge's summing-up is clear: Harriet Vane is guilty. But Lord Peter is determined to find her innocent - as determined as he is to make her his wife.

The stories of a young veterinarian making his way in the rugged English countryside?and of the people and animals he met along the way? In the rolling dales of Yorkshire, a simple, rural region of northern England, a young veterinarian from Sunderland joins a new practice. A stranger in a strange land, he must quickly learn the odd dialect and humorous ways of the locals, master outdated equipment, and do his best to mend, treat, and heal pets and...

Although Jessica and Ian Clarke have been married seven years, they insist the thrill and excitement haven't dimmed. At Jessica's urging, Ian has quit his advertising job to become a struggling writer, and she supports them with her successful San Francisco boutique.

Kinsey meets Bobby Callahan in the local gym. Callahan is a scarred young man struggling back to life after a car forced his Porsche over the edge of a canyon, battering his body and muddling his memory. All he remembers is that someone, for some reason, tried to kill him. Desperate for clues about his own past life and certain he is being stalked, he asks Kinsey to protect him. Kinsey can't resist the brave kid - and neither can the killers. Three...

Situated on a peaceful lake in the prettiest part of the north Georgia mountains, Sutherland seems like a nice town, warm and quiet. The kind of place where families know their neighbors and children can grow up safe. But this picture-perfect hamlet harbors a dark evil -- whispered rumors of greed, incest, and savagery. Buried deep within the lake's waters are hideous secrets, unspeakable horrors that can turn hair white and drive a person mad. Wicked...

Woods's violent but involving thriller about a father's attempts to retrieve his kidnapped daughter from the clutches of a merciless drug kingpin is thankfully relieved by pleasant interludes at lavish South American hotels, often poolside, and by a little romance.

Detective Thomas Lynley and his partner are called in to investigate the murder of playwright Joy Sinclair at an isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands.

The divorced ex-cop, Kinsey Millhone, turns 33, is hired to bring a mother back from the desert, and makes a top slot on Tyrone Patty's hit list, all on the same day.

Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta investigates the murder of a reclusive author and discovers that forensic pathology is more than laboratory work when she becomes involved in a dangerous criminal investigation.