Murder, blackmail, fraud - life in the idyllic English countryside isn't that idyllic after all, or so Chief Inspector Hilary Heart discovers when she's called in to investigate following an unexplained death. Although it's 1998 - a new century on the horizon - picture-perfect Dinglederry village has stayed firmly in the past, the only ripples caused by the arrival of a handful of newcomers. But with a trail that leads again and again to London, and a body count that continues to rise, the Chief Inspector begins to wonder how far those ripples spread. The deeper she digs, the more lies she...

When 15-year-old Ellie's parents move her from Australia to live in the Scottish castle they've been left by a relative, she knows she's in for a culture shock. Bad weather, next to no phone or TV reception and a dearth of entertainment are to be expected, but from the moment the plane arrives in Scotland, her life changes in ways she never imagined. Nothing in the remote highland village of Glenwillow is as it seems and it's not only the locals who are keeping secrets - her parents are hiding something, too. But when she falls for gorgeous and mysterious teenage groundsman, Flynn MacAlister,...