The Ink Black Heart - SIGNED 4th Estate Penelope uses all her cunning

Penelope uses all her cunning to keep the peace - but this is shattered with the arrival of Orestes

GOLD is about the limits of human endurance

An ex-villain has made contact because his wife has been kidnapped: he's sure it must be the corrupt policeman that he helped put away

'Champton joins St Mary Mead and Midsomer in the great atlas of fictional English villages where the crimes are as dastardly as the residents delightful'

The Ink Black Heart - SIGNED 4th Estate Penelope uses all her cunningWhen frantic, dishevelled Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn't know quite what to make of the situation. The co creator of a popular cartoon, The Ink Black Heart, Edie is being persecuted by a mysterious online figure who goes by the pseudonym of Anomie. Edie is desperate to uncover Anomie's true identity. Robin decides that the agency can't help with this and thinks nothing more of it