2008
Twelve
This book is described in the publicity as ‘genre breaking’ and the ‘first Napoleonic historical vampire novel’. I do not…
Twelve
Set in 1812, this book tells the story of Napoleon’s assault on Moscow. Russian city after Russian city has fallen…
The Winter Ground
The latest Dandy Gilver mystery is set in Perthshire in 1925/26 on the estate of Albert Wilson, a wealthy brickmaker…
South of the Border
Ireland 1942. Matt Duggan, fresh out of college, starts his first post as a teacher at the boys’ school…
Blood Money
Blood Money is set in America during the Wall Street crash of 1929. Joe Quinn is a young detective…
East of the Sun
The start of this novel, set in 1928, finds Viva Hollaway, a young woman in her mid-twenties, trying to…
A Quiet Flame
Editors' choice
Framed as a war criminal, ex-SS officer Bernie Gunther is forced to flee to Argentina with the likes of Adolph…
The Creator’s Map
For the first few chapters, this is a Da Vinci Code-style thriller. Rival groups of unscrupulous men from sinister organisations…
The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite
Born to a cabaret singer but orphaned in scandalous circumstances, Lilly is alone in the world. She is brought up…
To Play the Fox: A Novel of Fighter Pilots in World War Two
The fighter pilots in question are an urbane Englishman, a licentious American, and a cynical German. We follow their wayward…
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