WW2
Roses for Rebecca
At the end of the Second World War, Rebecca Lawson is orphaned and homeless. She goes to live and work…
My Enemy’s Cradle
Cyrla, child of a Polish Jewish father and a Dutch mother, is sent to live with her late mother’s…
An Expert in Murder
This is the first in a projected murder mystery series featuring the author Josephine Tey. There are now many…
Pavel and I
Set in Berlin during the deadly cold Christmas season of 1946, this is a story of intrigue and murder,…
The Seventh Well
Editors' choice
The Seventh Well was originally published in East Germany in 1971, but not until its reissue in 2006 did…
Stratton’s War
This is the first of a planned series of crime novels set in 1940s London. DI Ted Stratton is…
The Tears of Autumn
For Biff and Rosemary Banks, newly wed, their honeymoon in Italy is an adventure, one only improved by the…
Lambrusco
Lucia Fantini, legendary singer and widow of Aldo, whose village restaurant was her personal stage, secretly helps her son’s…
Never Surrender
Of all the iconic images of the Second World War, none is more etched in the public mind than the…
Coward on the Beach
Dick Coward might be a coward by name but not by nature. He is a bona fide hero; unfortunately, no…
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