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The thrills being with THE DEAD OF NIGHT, as DS Townsend arrives in Buckinghamshire after relocating from Merseyside with his family. Thrust into the Thames Valley Police's Specialist Crime Unit, he finds himself investigating the murder of a young woman. But when a second body is found, Townsend and the SCU realise they are hunting a serial killer.

They've taken your daughter. How far will you go to get her back? For Danny Pearson and his team, the answer is simple: across four countries and through hell itself. The call comes from Fergus—Danny's old SAS brother. His daughter Kirsty has been taken by a Slovenian trafficking gang. She's gone. The clock is ticking. And every hour that passes takes her further from reach. But they picked the wrong girl. And they sure as hell picked the wrong father. Danny, Fergus and Chaz don't wait for authorities or negotiators. They go. Immediately. No hesitation. No backup plan.

Fourteen-year-old Alice Mason doesn’t know she's magical, but that changes on a school trip to the British Museum. Standing before the Blood Stone, she discovers she’s related to the legendary wizardess, Morgan Le Fay, and is destined to be the most powerful witch in 1500 years. Attacked by the mysterious Black Hunters, Alice is targeted by the wicked Grand Wizard Valerius Mallagan, a descendant of the most evil wizard in history: Merlin.

The explosive series begins with The Night Shift, where ex-sniper Sam Pope leads his own investigation into a bombing at the London Marathon, setting himself on a collision course with some of the most dangerous criminals in London.

Sam Pope finds peace in No Way Back, stepping away from the fight after what happened in South Carolina. But when something horrendous happens to someone he cares about, Sam finds the call of justice to strong to resist.

Humour, mystery, and a time leap back to the 1970s. Could you relive your life and change the past? However, history always repeats … or does it?… Jason Apsley is about to find out.

Detective Constable Tom Kessler has spent his career hunting drug dealers, liars, and violent men. But nothing prepares him for John Falstead, a ruthless crime boss who threatens Tom’s wife and children after a surveillance job goes catastrophically wrong. When Tom realises he can’t protect his family through the system, he turns to the last man anyone would expect: Pete Johnson, a sharpwitted cocaine dealer with a talent for survival and a grudge of his own. Tom should arrest him. Instead, he warns him. And in that single decision, an unlikely alliance is born.

When two police officers are murdered at the exact same time in different parts of London, Sam begins his own investigation as BLOOD MONEY sees Sam square off against corruption and greed at the highest level. In PUBLIC ENEMY, powerful people in Sam's crosshairs stage a public execution to turn the country against the vigilante. With no one willing to help, and an elite mercenary team on his tail, Sam must fight for his innocence.

Sam Pope had given up. The loss of his military career to a life-threating injury had been followed by the senseless killing of his son, Jamie. The trauma had cost him everything. His wife. His sense of purpose. Getting back on his feet in an administrative role in the Metropolitan Police, Sam soon realises he isn't the only one who has been let down by the justice system. A young girl, Daisy Phillips, met a grizzly end at the hands of the notorious O'Riordan brothers, and had nobody to fight for her.

Years ago, DS Jack Townsend spent a year undercover in the Bell View Gang in his home town of Toxteth. One morning, he was pulled from the operation, and as far as the gang and their ruthless leader, Liam Mercer, were concerned, he was soon lost in the UK prison system. Until now....

When you’re blessed with many friends, it leaves you vulnerable to blackmail…as Alison is about to discover. Terry and Deana, the most unlikely guardian angels, return for their fifth hilarious assignment. The pressure is on…one woman’s liberty is at stake, and one man’s happiness is hanging by a thread…time is running out.

Five months through his new life 42 years in the past, Jason's world in 1977 is simply perfect. After taking his second chance he's now no longer the miserable, opinionated bugger of his previous existence in 2019. Can life get any better? But will that one fateful day turn his new awesome life upside down? Jason's traveling companion on the day he died in 2019 appears on his doorstep in 1977. How could this happen?

Two women catch a train and leave Bristol years apart, their destination and fate the same. Both are murdered. DCI Meredith and the cold case review team investigate. But Hodge has left the team and Meredith. With Meredith’s personal life in freefall, the team questions whether he will be around to see the case through, and if their department can survive.

Fight for someone. Alex Stone saved Sam's life. On a cold, rainy night in Rome, Alex had arrived just as Sam was about to be executed. With his life in the balance, she had gone on the run with him, nursed him back to health, and gave him a chance to fight back. A chance he took to bring down Wallace, Blackridge, and the truth behind Project Hailstorm. But Sam had made Alex a promise. The US government had used her family as leverage to control her, and as Sam had headed home to fight his battle, so had Alex.

Terry and Deana, the most unlikely guardian angels, face their third and undeniably most challenging mission when their past returns to haunt them. If they are to atone, they must successfully help Virginia … a woman neither has met but, unbeknown to them, was intrinsically entwined in their lives.… the ghostly duo are in for a shock.

The camping gang are back together and someone’s getting married, in a big house, with lots of guests and lots of chaos. Interfering mothers, a nervous breakdown, miniature meals, revolting guests in both senses of the word, a curry run with a difference, and sleeping in the great outdoors.

Sam’s fight continues in Too Far Gone, as he goes head to head with General Wallace, in a bid to bring down Blackridge and finally discover the truth of Project Hailstorm. The Final Mile sees Sam fighting for survival inside an off the books, maximum security prison where both the convicts and the guards have him in their crosshairs. And lastly, Man of My Word finds Sam in South Carolina, fighting to keep his promise to Alex Stone, whose desperation to find her family has landed in an escalating drug war.

After three years undercover in some of the most dangerous gangs in the UK, DS Jack Townsend, along with his wife and young daughter, relocate to a pleasant village in Buckinghamshire. A promise of a fresh start, a chance to reconnect, and the opportunity to join the Thames Valley Police's Specialist Crimes Unit (SCU). Headed up by DI Isabella King, the SCU is handed its first case when the body of a woman is found in the woods of Wycombe Rye, the victim of a brutal stabbing.

When a man who died eighteen years ago mysteriously appears on his doorstep, Jason knows his past has finally caught up with him. Forty years have elapsed since Jason Apsley grabbed his second chance when time-travelling back to 1976. Apart from those time-travelling calamitous events of a few decades ago, his second life has been pretty good ... until now.

The Woodsman pub and campsite is under new management, with new staff and improved facilities. The old gang, plus some additional characters, return by invitation to check it out, and the adventures begin: retaliating against marauding motorbikes in the middle of the night, enduring a bike tour to hell and back, watching Tel and Sophie jumping from a plane and witnessing Tel having some sort of nervous breakdown, fighting against the tyranny of Liv’s father and soon-to-be ex-husband, and almost losing a vastly expensive ring.