A writer is murdered in his own house during his wife's absence- evidently by someone he knew. Several people seem to have visited his house that night - but he was supposed to have gone to Paris with his wife. Who knew he was alone? And who stood to gain by his death?

Peter and Jane have retired to Spain. Each year they look forward to a visit from their daughter, Clare. She was unable to come last year, but this year when they go to meet her at Alicante Airport....

The breakfast of Albert Campion, famous gentleman private detective of the 1930s, is slightly marred by The Times' deaths' column announcing the funeral of R.I. Peters, a tormentor of Campion's at school. Six months later, Peters's freshly-dead body turns up elsewhere...

A country house, a corpse - and the butler's not to blame. Gladys Mitchell's whodunit stars Mary Wimbush. and Leslie Phillips.

When young Malcolm Warren is summoned from London by his rich aunt Catherine to help sort out her financial affairs. he finds himself involved in a murder mystery. The corpse? Aunt Catherine. The suspects? At least three members of the household, including Aunt Catherines husband Hannibal and Malcolm himself.

A man turns up at 28 Nadine Gardens asking for a Mr. Shapiro to deliver a package to him. This creates an alarmed reaction. What was he doing at a "safe house" using an "out of date password?" He wasn't even "family". This is for you if you enjoy Cold War spy thrillers.

During the broadcast of a radio play, one of the cast is strangled in the studio. ... An actor is strangled during the live broadcast of a murder mystery play at the BBC's London HQ. Once it's off-air, the cast discover that the victim really is dead - and millions of listeners must have heard the crime being committed!

The last steam train from London to Cornwall carries a disparate group of travellers: a pair of newlyweds, a couple whose marriage is on the rocks and a lady with a parrot called Joey.

The last thing any of them needs is to be stranded on a Fal Vale's deserted railway station - which is the object of local superstition.

Peter Robinson, an ordinary fellow who falls in with Joe Benson, a bad sort, who convinces Peter, against the wishes of his wife Letty, that his beloved sail boat and knowledge of local waters means he could pick up some much needed money with a little side of smuggling.

David Adams refuses to act as Counsel for Defence in a bank robbery trial but is later obliged to do so by force....