Mystery/Crime
Beneath the Abbey Wall
In 1950s Scotland, memories of the war are being edged out by the new “invasions” of television and rock and…
The Confidant
Editors' choice
A beautiful, intricate book, The Confidant is held together with delicate threads and secrets. I scarcely know how to review…
Witch Hammer
The third book in M.L. Trow’s Kit Marlowe series finds the young playwright joining up with a group of actors…
Target Lancer
The novel opens with Nathan Heller, Chicago native, private investigator and owner of the A-1 Detective Agency, providing security for…
The Reichsbank Robbery
This visually evocative novel, set towards the end of the Second World War, tells of Sturmbannführer (Major) Friedrich Schonewille, an…
The Ripper Secret
Jerusalem, 1870. In an illegal excavation, Charles Warren locates and removes a priceless artefact from its ancient hiding place. Years…
The Emperor’s Conspiracy
Born to a life of hardship in the Rookeries of Regency London, Charlotte Raven makes a miraculous escape when she…
Deadly Inheritance
Deadly Inheritance is to be the first in a crime series featuring the resolute American, Ursula Grandison. Ursula comes to…
The Sign of the Weeping Virgin
Editors' choice
If you love Italian history mixed with mystery, then The Sign of the Weeping Virgin is perfect! Author Alana White…
The Annals of Sherlock Holmes
This is Paul Gilbert’s third book of Sherlock Holmes pastiche, consisting of three long short stories (or novellas as he…
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