The Bird YardRoly's Yard is an aviary tacked on to the back of a squat in Central Manchester and Roland Barnes is a killer. Or is he? Boy after boy has come to visit the finches he raises in his aviary and two of them have disappeared. One of them has been found dead. Detective Superindent Parker and psychological profiler Murray Hanson are closing in on Roly but will it be in time to save Roly's latest visitor Brogan Healey? >

Go from aww to awful

'The Reverend Richard Coles gives us a serpent in England's pastoral Eden - and whodunit fans can give praise and rejoice'

With detailed

happy and healthy

a year of courtroom speeches and a treason trial

Emerging from the north of England in the 1960s

Herby Lentil Salad with Parma Ham Crisps

engaging and hugely satisfying' Katie Fforde on The Apothecary's Daughter

"A fantastic quest novel that sits between Charlotte’s Web and War Horse

violent flashpoints for political rivals in the government

so Yuuya decides to risk transferring them to himself

It will undoubtedly attract a new generation of admirers