Binney: 33 books

“It wasn’t me,” protested Jason Handel, not for the first time but never so desperately as he protested now. Acquitted of Mary Matthews’ murder at his trial at the Old Bailey, it appeared that at least one member of Mary’s family did not believe him and was determined to take revenge, with...

Born on All Fools’ Day 1865, Edith Gwendolyn Barrington grew into a beautiful woman, and yet she was haughty and unapproachable. She seemed to have little interest in men until, suddenly, everything changed. Three husbands in three years all died suddenly. Surely no woman could be so unlucky? The...

Do ghosts exist? And can they commit murder?In telephone call to New Scotland Yard, a man calling himself Julian Kane claimed responsibility for the serial killings of a High Court Judge and a stockbroker and his wife, whose deaths the police were currently investigating.The problem,...

Marcus Hallum found both when he died prematurely, but neither was expecting him. Clearly, someone had made a mistake and no one was yet ready for Marcus to shuffle off the mortal coil… and neither Heaven nor Hell was prepared to take the chance of accepting someone for all eternity who had not...

1958, and the Murder Squad at Scotland Yard have been called in to solve five killings in London and to re-open a murder case when the prime suspect is acquitted.As if that were not enough, someone has decided to emulate Jack the Ripper and create nothing less than carnage in the Whitechapel...