Judith Cutler

When a colleague becomes seriously ill, Chief Superintendent Frances Harman delays her retirement to oversee an investigation into a recent spate of "happy slappings"....

Sophie Rivers has left behind the stresses of teaching at an inner-city college in Birmingham for a while and has just started seeing the delectable Mike Lowden....

Sophie Rivers can't wait to settle into married life now that Mike is back from touring Pakistan and Sri Lanka with the England cricket team....

Chief Superintendent Frances Harman has been assigned to investigate the case of a woman beaten into a coma....

England, 1810. A young parson's first night in one village brings excitement of the wrong kind....

Detective Chief Superintendent Fran Harman is preparing for her forthcoming wedding to Assistant Chief Constable Mark Turner....

Newly appointed as land agent to the youthful Lord Croft, Matthew Rowsley finds plenty to keep him busy as he attends to his lordship's neglected country estate. But he's distracted from his tasks by the disappearance of a young housemaid....

For lecturer Sophie Rivers a writing course on the outskirts of Birmingham is a bit of a busman’s holiday. Still, creative inspiration might strike....

Newly retired, ex-chief superintendent Fran Harman and her partner, Mark, have volunteered to assist West Mercia police in reinvestigating an unsolved crime....

The last way antiques dealer Lina Townend wants to spend a summer’s afternoon is helping at a church fete....

When everything points to the shadowy dealings of people smugglers in the area, Jane Cowan has her work cut out....

When Josie Welford settles in the idyllic West Country village of Kings Duncombe, she honestly believes she can bury her past....

While Jane waits for renovations to be completed on her new permanent home, she remains in temporary accommodation under the watchful eye of her landlord, Brian Dawes, chair of the governors at Wrayford School....

Morning service in the quiet village church. Josie Welford, licensee of the White Hart, is daydreaming during Father Tim Martin’s sermon....

Tobias Campion, rector of Moreton St Jude, is delighted to welcome Lady Chase as his parishioner. Although charming and generous-spirited, she harbours a secret sorrow....

1861, Victorian England. When Matthew and Harriet Rowsley are invited to a party at Clunston Park by Matthew's cousin, Colonel Barrington Rowsley, Harriet is nervous....

On a freezing winter's night, the residents of Thorncroft House are roused from their beds by an unexpected visitor....

It's a busy weekend for Lina: she wins a dance competition, annoys a valuable client and has to play gooseberry when Griff, her business partner, meets an old flame....

Sophie Rivers is rightly proud of her cousin Andy, a famous rock’n’roll star. Andy has just renounced the excesses of the music business....

Sophie Rivers has left the turmoil of her inner-city college to take an MEd course at the University of the West Midlands....