Jack Frost is a non-nonsense detective whose unorthodox methods fuel the tension between him and his superiors. While Frost's rude behavior may label him boorish among his peers, the people of Denton know they can count on him when trouble arises.

"One of Britannia's ships is manned by a crew of delinquents trying to build new lives, but their old lives figure in this cunning mystery.

"After 25 years in the force, Detective Inspector Henry Crabbe has lost his appetite for the job. He plans to take early retirement and open his dream restaurant, Pie in the Sky. But his accountant wife, Margaret, doesn't think the numbers add up. And his boss, ACC Fisher needs him around to handle those delicate cases at which he excels. Although craving retirement, Crabbe discovers that crime solving can be just as hard to resist as his signature...

"After 25 years in the force, Detective Inspector Henry Crabbe has lost his appetite for the job. He plans to take early retirement and open his dream restaurant, Pie in the Sky. But his accountant wife, Margaret, doesn't think the numbers add up. And his boss, ACC Fisher needs him around to handle those delicate cases at which he excels. Although craving retirement, Crabbe discovers that crime solving can be just as hard to resist as his signature...

After a daring diamond heist, all fingers point to crime boss Jimmy Vincent, released from prison on the very day of the robbery. When teenagers find the two-week-old corpse of Dominic Sylvester, everyone in the Willesden constabulary dismisses it as the lonely death of a reclusive old man - everyone, that is, except Davies. Bunny Hopper is half of the almost-famous comedy team Bunny & Jules, dies onstage in a bingo hall, the apparent victim of poison....

An unstoppable force of nature in a hat and sensible shoes, Hetty decides to try tracking down the long-lost son of her best friend's husband. A taste of success encourages her to go looking for missing persons as a professional sleuth.

Midsomer Holm provides a picturesque setting for the halfway house operated by Barnaby's friend and former colleagues, Gina and Jack Colby. But a brutal murder spoils the village's tranquility, leading Barnaby and Jones to dig into one of its long-buried scandals.

Appearances can be deceiving and never more so than in the case of Miss Marple, Agatha Christie's spinsters sleuth. She may look like a sweet old lady, but her demure hat and sensible tweeds conceal a superior intelligence and steely resolve. And although her eyes twinkle, they don't miss a clue.

Lynley is reinstated, and he, Havers, and their colleague Detective Constable Winston Nkata are trying to catch a crime boss. But when their star witness is found shot dead at Havers' childhood holiday retreat, she becomes convinced that cracking a twenty-year-od unsloved murder involving a local child will provide answers to both murders.