1866: Kitty McKenzie's path has taken her from the slums of York to the inhospitable bush of colonia..

Thirty-something jeweller Emma Hamilton returns to her childhood home town of Tingara a charming his..

Beginning with the return to Venice of an old and sick man determined to confront his past and accom..

Edward Brazier is enlisted by Prime Minister William Pitt to assist his investigation into smuggling..

The Second World War sparked the writing of hundreds of short stories by servicemen and women as wel..

We begin with a body. Andrew Crowther a wealthy retired manufacturer is found dead in his seat on th..

George Surridge director of the Birmington Zoo is a man with many worries: his marriage is collapsin..

An only child 15-year-old Angeline Stewart is heartbroken when her beloved parents are killed in a c..

In the seeming tranquility of Regency Square in Cheltenham live the diverse inhabitants of its ten h..

England is at war but nothing can ruin Esther Wynford's happiness at marrying Monty Grant. Their sho..

1787. Captain Edward Brazier is on a mission: recently paid off from his frigate and comfortably off..

The Reverend Dodd vicar of the quiet Cornish village of Boscawen spends his evenings reading detecti..

A short story from British Library Crime Classic The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories. Car tro..

?Small hostilities were growing; vague jealousies were gaining strength; and far off wasn't there a ..

When a counterfeit currency racket comes to light on the French Riviera Detective Inspector Meredith..