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British crime fiction where characters become people and place is part of the story.Some people are just rotten to the core.Acting DCI Beatrice Stubbs is representing Scotland Yard at a police conference in Portugal. Her task is to investigate a rumour - a ghostwritten exposé of European intelligence agencies - and discover who is behind such a book.Hardly a dangerous assignment, so she invites family and friends for a holiday. Days at the conference and evenings at the villa should be the perfect work-life balance.Until one of her colleagues is murdered.An eclectic alliance of international detectives forms to find the assassin. But are they really on the same side?Meanwhile, tensions rise at the holiday villa. A clash of egos sours the atmosphere and when a five-year-old child disappears, their idyll turns hellish.From Lisbon streets to the quays of Porto, Parisian cafés to the green mountains of Gerês, Beatrice realises trust can be a fatal mistake.Each book works as a stand-alone novel.If you enjoy Donna Leon, Patricia Wentworth and Ann Cleeves, you'll love Bad Apples. "Murder at a crime conference, family fireworks and all the ingredients for a rollercoaster adventure" - Francis Guenette, author of The Crater Lake Series

British crime fiction where characters become people and place is part of the story.Judgement is in the eye of the beholder.Adrian Harvey, London wine merchant, has lost the Christmas spirit. Someone is stalking him, stealing his post and vandalising his shop. When the police question him after an anonymous tip-off, he's more than anxious. He's scared. And who is that nun?Long time neighbour and friend DI Beatrice Stubbs is dispatched to Germany to investigate a series of apparently related art thefts, so Adrian seizes the chance to flee the city. He follows her to Hamburg to do some Christmas shopping and visit his ex. Yet the stalker is still on his heels.While Beatrice is on the trail of a violent gang of mercenary thieves, Adrian runs from danger to the remote island of Sylt. But danger follows and Adrian has run too far.From the icy streets of Hamburg, to the canals of Amsterdam, and the snowswept beaches of Sylt, Beatrice and Adrian discover how a virtue taken to extremes can lead to deadly sin.Each book works as a stand-alone novel.If you enjoy Kathy Reichs, LJ Ross and Henning Mankell, you'll love Human Rites. "Enthralling! The menace of Du Maurier meets the darkness and intrigue of Nordic Noir. Keep the lights on and your wits about you." - Anne Stormont, author of Displacement"Human Rites has got it all: organised crime, Beatrice Stubbs, nuns, Stollen, wine, Adrian and Expressionist art, with the added delights of a German Christmas, gay men's choirs and a farty Husky. She's back and she's brilliant!" - The Crime Addict