The Childerbridge Mystery is about a small English town divided by a mysterious disappearance and a suspected murder. The residents become embroiled in a complex web of lies, secrets, and betrayals as they try to uncover the truth and unmask the killer.

Mary Barton is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell about the struggles of a working-class family in Manchester. Mary Barton's father becomes embroiled in increasingly violent labour disputes, and Mary and her lover face the consequences of her father's actions. It also considers the changing face of the industrial north of England in the nineteenth century.

A burglar, determined to get into a house on Christmas Eve, is thwarted by an unexpected blizzard, which leads to a group of strangers uniting together to save the day.