Eight DetectivesGrant McAllister, an author of crime fiction and professor of mathematics, once sat down and worked out the rules of murder. That was thirty years ago and now he's living a life of seclusion on a quiet Mediterranean island until Julia Hart, a sharp, ambitious editor, knocks on his door. His early work is being republished and together the two of them must revisit those old stories: an author, hiding from his past, and an editor, keen to understand it.

'Auntie's War' provides a vivid new perspective on the war

with a wife

His empire grows in the west and the Apocalypse looms

Which side would you be on

In Francis Rossi's explosive new memoir

documentary-maker Chris Atkins didn't spend much time thinking about prisons

armed only with the necklace

The text stems from a conversation between the soldier and the author

mental illness

This is the story of Jane

'Once We Were Sisters' is the story of Maxine and Sheila Kohler

Ada Byron is rich and clever