Having escaped from yet another scandal, libidinous lawyer Leo Davies has at last decided to settle down. He’s going to sell his Belgravia pad and buy a family home for…

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1796. The long-awaited return of the Bucephalas to the safety of the Cinque Ports is interrupted by a disastrous engagement in the Channel. The looming shape of a merchantman becalmed…

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Behind the calm exterior of the elite barristers’ chambers at 5 Caper Court rumour and uncertainty are rife. Cameron Renshaw, head of chambers, is dying; there’s a move afoot to…

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The first four books in the #1 Bestselling Morganville Vampire Series Welcome to Morganville. Just don’t stay out after dark… Morganville is a small town filled with unusual characters –…

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Caffy’s a tough but vulnerable young woman, feisty as they come. She works for Paula’s Pots, an all-women team of decorators. When one day she sees through a window what…

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A short story from Jamie Ford, the New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet.   Recommend This:…

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For Lord Westfield’s men, sometimes murder takes centre stage…The reign of Elizabeth I has seen a flowering of English theatre. The esteemed theatrical company called Lord Westfield’s Men have enjoyed…

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A thrilling collection of the first three books in the Weather Warden series including Ill Wind, Heat Stroke and Chill Factor. Some Weather Wardens control fire, others control earth, water,…

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Detective Inspector Charlie Priest’s day hasn’t got off to a good start. Late for work for the first time in twenty years, thanks to a sloe gin hangover, he’s faced…

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With the country in the grip of economic malaise, Maisie Dobbs is relieved to accept an apparently straightforward assignment to investigate a potential land purchase. Her inquiries take her to…

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Cambridge, 1888. Dr Geoffrey Akers, Fellow in Pure Mathematics at St John’s College, has been found dead, struck down by a violent blow to the head. What could provoke such…

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In shock as they came down from the house in the hills, Meldrum pressed his hands together to hide their trembling from his detective sergeant. What motive could account for…

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London 1899.  Gertrude Melrose is preparing for a New Year party when her brother enters her room.  She knows he wants money from her and refuses at once.  She loves…

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Detectives Sloan and Crosby are at a loss as to why Jack Haines’s greenhouse has been broken into; some expensive orchids have been destroyed but nothing seems to be missing….

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Pleasure is the highest good: the group who called themselves the Cyrenaics embraced the hedonistic principle until the death of one of their members from an overdose. Sobered, the group…

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Two years have passed for Livia and her sisters and  finally all seems well for them. Livia is set to marry Jack and her sisters are, for the moment, settled…

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Monsieur Pamplemousse finds himself in deep water when an unfortunate collision with a Mother Superior is caught on camera by the French tabloids. To avoid media attention, he is sent…

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Christmas Eve, 1931. On the way to see a client, Maisie Dobbs witnesses a man committing suicide on a busy London street. The following day, the Prime Minister’s office receives…

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Charlie Priest was a newly promoted sergeant on the Leeds force when he was called to the scene of a tragic fire, deliberately set. Now a DI in nearby Heckley,…

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There’s a fine line between fact and fiction… Following the publication of his latest crime novel, Barclay Curle receives a letter from a woman accusing him of writing about the…

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Laura Ackroyd, the journalist girlfriend of DCI Michael Thackerary, becomes drawn into the plight of Jenny Holden and her daughter Anna when she writes an article about domestic abuse. Suffering…

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