Jacquot and the WatermanSet in the sunlit port of Marseilles, the first novel in the Jacquot series follows Chief Inspector Daniel Jacquot's investigation into a series of disturbing killings beautiful female victims found battered and submerged in water. Ex French National Rugby Squad player Jacquot is a lover of good food, wine and the blues. But this easy going charm hides his razor sharp eye for detail. So after his girlfriend leaves him, the French sleuth is free to

and Richard Macrae

When she runs away

Two more novices will die before -- in a stunning denouement -- the author reveals the killer

stepped off it

Love and marriage

What Max doesn't know is that the girl's family have hired private detective duo Emma Holmes (aka Mrs Stephens) and Sam Collins to do some digging of their own

Ron and Ibrahim chase down clues with help from old friends and new

decides to make a move for the throne

what began as an absorbing evening of bridge was to turn into a more dangerous game altogether

they are either hated or forgotten

Unflinching in its vision of suffering and generous in its portrayal of the spirit of care

Archie is sure that the wind talks to him