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When Audrey Marshall sends her daughter Emily to the religious boarding school where she herself was educated a generation before, memories return—memories of a culture of child sexual abuse presided over by a highly-regarded priest. Audrey turns to barrister Ben Schroeder in search of justice for Emily and herself. But there are powerful men involved, men determined to protect themselves at all costs. . .

It is 1964 and Ben Schroeder, first introduced in A Higher Duty, is building his career at the Bar; juggling the demands of different challenging cases, while trying to allow a little romance into his life.

April 1971. When DI Webb and DS Raymond respond to a 999 call at Harpur Mews in Bloomsbury, a horrific scene awaits them. Susan Lang is lying on the ground, bleeding to death. Her husband Henry is sitting nearby, holding a large blood-stained knife. In shock, Henry claims to have no memory of the events that led to his wife's death, leaving his barrister, Ben Schroeder, little with which to defend a potential murder charge.

When Arianwen Hughes is arrested driving with a home-made bomb near Caernarfon Castle, her case seems hopeless. Her brother Caradog, her husband Trevor, and their friend Dafydd are implicated in the plot, the evidence against them damning.

A clever, accomplished Cambridge graduate with a good job and an attentive lover, Imogen Lester seems to have the world at her feet. But when her parents are murdered abroad while working for the Diplomatic Service, she is suddenly thrown headlong into a murky world of espionage and organised crime. When she is charged with drug trafficking, even Ben Schroeder's skills may not be enough to save her—unless a shadowy figure from Ben's past can survive long enough to unmask a web of graft and corruption...

1965. The British Establishment is reeling after a series of defections and acts of treachery by high- ranking intelligence officers. When Francis Hollander, an American academic, accuses Sir James Digby QC, a baronet and leader of the Bar, of being a Soviet spy, Digby retains Ben Schroeder and his head of Chambers to represent him. At first, it seems to be a simple case of libel, but as evidence starts to emerge of Digby's association with the Cambridge spies, and as MI6 becomes involved, Ben can no longer be sure that he can save Digby from prosecution and ruin.

I denna actionladdade thrillerkomedi återvänder det omaka detektivparet Kevin Karlsson och Raymond Schröder och återigen är ingenting som man tror. Farten är hög, bilarna står på två hjul i kurvorna och chaufförerna är pratsugna och misstänkt välklädda. Men vem kan säga nej till att hoppa in i en blänkande silvergrå Jaguar Sovereign? Strax har Kevin och Schröder den europeiska maffiaorganisationen BEDA i hälarna och tvingas att rycka in för att rädda undan det teknologiska vidundret Monasterboice (eller "Los Manickos") ur deras händer.

Als eines Morgens zwei Agenten des MI5 vor der Tür der 85-jährigen Joan Stanley stehen, weiß sie, dass der Tag der Abrechnung gekommen ist. Vor über sechzig Jahren studierte sie Physik an der renommierten Universität Cambridge. Für die aus traditionellem Elternhaus stammende Joan ein beeindruckender Ort mit seinen Freigeistern und Idealisten. Bald verband sie eine tiefe Freundschaft mit ihren russischen Kommilitonen Sonya und Leo. Eine Freundschaft, die Joan später, als sie in einer streng geheimen Einrichtung der britischen Regierung arbeitete, vor eine schicksalhafte Entscheidung stellte.

Da Alice og Leo flytter ind i et nyistandsat hus i The Circle, et indhegnet kvarter med eksklusive huse, er det svaret på alle deres drømme. Men alting er ikke, som det ser ud... Efterhånden som Alice lærer sine naboer at kende, opdager hun en frygtelig og uhyggelig hemmelighed om sit nye hjem og begynder at føle en stærk forbindelse med Nina, den terapeut, der tidligere boede der. Alice bliver besat af at prøve at afdække, hvad der skete to år tidligere. Men ingen har lyst til at tale om det. Hendes naboer har hemmeligheder, og det hele er ikke så perfekt, som det ser ud...