MJ Trow's fictional detectives, Grand and Batchelor, are asked to investigate the apparent murder of Charles Dickens in a new, traditional historical mystery.

When an elderly relative is all that stands between you and a fortune, quite clearly that obstacle needs to be removed...

The Warrielaws all hated each other - but did they hate enough to murder for a fabulous jewel?

The murder took place onstage in the middle of the opening night performance before a huge crowd - yet nobody saw what happened or who did it.

Superintendent Alleyn of Scotland Yard finds his former teacher could be the target of a desperate killer.

Someone stabbed Lady Mary Gregor - but no weapon was in the locked room, where her body was found.

Who murdered Mrs. Miller as she sat in the dentist's chair?

Sergeant Cluff's superior may find his subordinate's behavior exasperating - but Sergeant Cluff knows his town and his people and where to dig for the truth.

A young doctor accidentally finds a dead body - but the body disappears, and the doctor becomes the target of a determined killer. It's up to his former teacher and friend, Dr. Thorndyke, to uncover the truth.

The killer left his mark - a metal disk in the shape of the letter "Z." Who was the killer, who were his victims, and what was the meaning of that Z?