Kate's first case is the murder of a young nurse found dead in the grounds of a run down hospital. The police seem convinced it is a random killing but the victim's aunt employs Kate to find the killer. Working as a relief nurse at the same hospital Kate tries to uncover the truth but the death toll mounts and she barely survives the final climatic ending.

A severed arm is found in a black plastic bag on the Harrington farm. The same morning two students at the local College of Agriculture find another arm. Forensic investigations throw up some very surprising results. As the suspects increase and the death toll rises Connor and Fran work long hours together, their mutual loneliness a bond as Connor becomes increasingly attracted to Fran.

Released from prison after ten years for killing her lover Carole Ann Forbes is found lodgings in Fowchester by her prison visitor. When a man is found stabbed by the riverbank Carole Ann is naturally a suspect. O'Neill and Fran work together in uneasy harmony blighted by O'Neill's heavy drinking and Fran's increasing isolation from her colleagues who continue to ostracize her. O'Neill refuses to believe the beautiful Carole Ann is involved in the riverside murder and when he reads her trial notes he begins to doubt she was even guilty of the first. Carole Ann does not seem willing to help herself and her re-arrest seems imminent unless Connor and Fran can find the real killer in time…

When Denise Parks is suffocated by hair mousse in the hot box of a local hairdressers and beauty salon there are numerous suspects. No one liked Denise. But who, on a busy Saturday afternoon, could manage to kill and yet walk away unseen? When the gay partner of the owner is also killed what is the connection between the two victims and will Connor and Fran get together at last?

Set in the second World War, this exciting new novel tells the story of the characters from the nation's favourite Street through to the end of the war.

Experience your favourite characters as they cope with the daily difficulties and struggles that were synonymous with these times. Read how Ena Sharples, Martha Longhurst, Minnie Caldwell, Annie Walker, Elsie Tanner, Hilda & Stan Ogden, Len Fairclough and a very young Ken Barlow faced the harsh realities of these tough times with typical grit, determination and humour.

For anyone who remembers the original episodes, these characters come alive throughout the book and bring back images of how life really was in Weatherfield during those harsh times, 15 years or so before the original black and white series started in December 1960.

How did Hilda Crabtree meet Stan Ogden? What did Annie Walker have to hide while Jack was away? Did Elsie Tanner stay true to husband all this time? And why did Minnie Caldwell think she had mice in her loft?