Murderers, burglars, gangsters, thieves and kidnappers. People doing horrible things to each other and trying to get away with it. Why can't we just be nice to each other?
	Down the rabbit hole by Peter Abrahams (2005) First book in the Echo Falls series
	Black cats and butlers by Janine Beacham (2017) First book in the Rose Raventhorpe investigates series
	The hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1902) Third book in the Sherlock Holmes series Can be read & loved without having read any previous books in this series
	Dear Scarlett by Fleur Hitchcock (2013)
	Mondays are murder by Tanya Landman (2009) First book in the Poppy Fields mystery series
	Smart by Kim Slater (2014)
	Murder most unladylike by Robin Stevens (2014) First book in the Wells and Wong mystery series
	Three times lucky by Sheila Turnage (2012) First book in the Mo and Dale mysteries series
	Montmorency by Eleanor Updale (2003) First book in the Montmorency series
	Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce (2004)
	Saving Sophia by Fleur Hitchcock (2014)
	The Thornthwaite inheritance by Gareth P. Jones (2009) First book in the Thornthwaite series
	The impossible clue by Sarah Rubin (2016) First book in the Alice Jones series
	Harry and the wrinklies by Alan Temperley (1997) First book in the Harry series
	The clockwork sparrow by Katherine Woodfine (2015) First book in The Sinclair's mysteries series