Allison & Busby
Young Bess
Princess Elizabeth’s early life is tainted by the death of her mother and the political intrigues that typified the Tudor…
The Riddle of the River
1898. Cambridge. In this, the fifth of the Vanessa Weatherburn mysteries, a beautiful young girl is discovered floating in the…
The Painted Lady
London, 1670s. To aid their seduction of the beautiful Araminta, four of London’s most dissolute rakes have set up The…
The Excursion Train
This second novel in the Detective Inspector Colbeck mysteries is now in reprint with a splendidly eye-catching new cover. Robert…
The Railway Detective
The first novel in the Detective Inspector Colbeck Mysteries has a handsome new cover in honour of its reprint. 1851:…
The King’s Women
1403. The middle of the Hundred Years War. The wolves are circling France. We follow the fortunes of the Dauphin…
Dangerous Pursuits
Editors' choice
The second book in the Rose McQuinn mystery series is a thoroughly enjoyable introduction to the world of Edinburgh’s first…
Death and the Cornish Fiddler
Editors' choice
When newly widowed John Rawlings and his daughter Rose are invited to accompany Elizabeth di Lorenzi to Helstone for…
The Parliament House
Christopher Redmayne is feeling pleased with himself; his latest architectural project is finished and its merchant owner, Francis Polegate, is…
Gates of Paradise
Editors' choice
In 1800 the poet, William Blake, and his wife, Catherine, move from London to the tiny rural community of Felpham,…
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