A heartwarming tale about returning to work and finding an unexpected bonus. This story first appeared several years ago in The Lady magazine. 

Instead of his usual short story offering, today Alexander gifts you a new poem to celebrate the New Year. Best wishes for 2020 to one and all.

This could be a Christmas story. Stories told at this time of year, in the middle of winter, are meant to be a little bit scary. And sometimes the story happens to be true, as this one is. This story first appeared in the Daily Mail.

This story is published in the UK as part of a new book called Pianos & Flowers: Brief Encounters of the Romantic Kind, a collection of short stories inspired by photographs from the Sunday Times archive.

First appearing in the Berry Bros & Rudd newsletter in 2017, this story is a delightful tale of friendship, fortune, and wine.

A preview of the first chapter from the upcoming twentieth book in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series.

A little preview of the soon-to-be published The Peppermint Tea Chronicles, the thirteenth book in the 44 Scotland Street series.

The delightful and dramatic tale of a Gardening Club Summer cruise party. This story originally appeared in Good Housekeeping.

“Your job!” people said to Robert. “How do you get something like that?” Robert always smiled at the question. He was used to people asking him this, and he invariably gave the same answer. “It just came my way, as it happens. They offered it to me.” Which was perfectly true. He had never set […]

A sneak peek at the first chapter from the upcoming book, The Department of Sensitive Crimes (publishing April 2019)- the start of the new Detective Varg series.