…unearthed by archaeologists seeking a saxon burial tomb, Philip Dryden knows he has a mystery to solve. First the man appears to have been shot in the head – and…

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A bite size, easily accessible history of protest from the 20th to beginning of the 21st century, covering everything from the Suffragettes to Je Suis Charlie. Comprehensive and easy to…

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London, December 2019. Two young boys, Habib and Loz, are trying their luck at selling knock-off pain remedies to pensioners. But they are troubled by an encounter with a potential…

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…make impossible choices – fighting for her love for India, for the man she yearns for, and for her childhood Indian friend, in the face of loyalty to her own…

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August 1895. When the Museum Detectives are asked to investigate a vandalised dinosaur skeleton at the Natural History Museum, there is evidence that the fossil-hunting mania of the notorious Bone…

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1916. As thousands of Brits are fighting on the Front Line, a new breed of fiercely independent and fiery-spirited women emerge to hold the Home Front together. Among this raucous…

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Mourning the loss of his late wife, Rita, former detective Nico Doyle moves to her home town of Gravigna in the wine region of Chianti. He isn’t sure if it’s…

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Spring 1940. With Britons facing what has become known as the Bore War – nothing much seems to have happened yet – Maisie Dobbs is asked to investigate the disappearance…

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…is about to become his co-star. He hates her, he fears her, and he’s convinced that she’s come to steal his very soul. Dark clouds are massing around town –…

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THE TRUTH WILL NOT REMAIN BURIED IN BELFAST   A boy’s body is found in bogland: a case as cold as the earth that has hidden it for so long…

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PLEASE NOTE THIS BOOK WAS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS DIRECT HIT “This is A-grade crime fiction set during British history’s most dramatic era … thoughtful, tense, tight – and totally recommended.”…

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Roger Norton Vane is dead. Twenty years ago he went for a walk in the Thai jungle with his partner, Tim MacDonald, and never returned. After years of wild speculation,…

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PLEASE NOTE THIS BOOK WAS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS FIFTH COLUMN “This is A-grade crime fiction set during British history’s most dramatic era … thoughtful, tense, tight – and totally recommended.”…

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May 1915. Kingdom Lock and his faithful side-kick, Siddhartha Singh are gunned down on the streets of Basra and suspicion falls on German spy, Wilhelm Wassmuss. Major Ross believes Wassmuss…

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…Scottish kingdom, Mary finds she has one loyal servant – James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, a ‘glorious, rash and hazardous young man’ known to all as the Galliard. In Bothwell’s…

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…takes up a bit of espionage – investigating a plot to kidnap the King – Robert soon realises that she is more than the perfect partner in crime. Caught in…

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Simmy Brown has a lot on her mind. Not just keeping her florist business afloat, her father’s failing health, the challenge of developing a long-term relationship with Christopher, but also…

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  Jed Cummings is no stranger to supernatural happenings, though he would wish otherwise. When he receives an ominous request from an old friend, he is unsettled.   Though he…

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…dead – recently murdered at the local flower festival.   Rosy’s old friends Cedric and Felix, the latter giving speeches and awarding prizes at the festival, saw Delia cry out…

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Disaster strikes at the Sapperton Tunnel in Gloucestershire when a goods train collides with an unusual blockage on the line: seven sheep penned onto the tracks. Specially requested to investigate…

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The original novel of the classic cult film starring Sir Michael Caine.   Doncaster train station, and Jack Carter is heading home for a funeral – his brother Frank’s. Frank…

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