Robert Hale
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts
Sherlock Holmes has fallen into depression and is abusing his cocaine habit. When Dr Watson insists that Holmes take a…
Poacher’s Moon
This is a fine Victorian novel with action, intrigue, big houses and hardworking Yorkshire folk. It starts predictably with a…
Running Against the Tide
It is 1800, and Ginny Marcombe is the son her father, Josiah, never had. She works with him in his…
A Crown of Despair
I was rather surprised to find myself enjoying this novel, as it is written in the first-person present tense, with…
The Toll of the Sea
Joby Lancer is the only survivor from the terrible shipwreck which claims the lives of over 400 men, women and…
Murder in Montague Place
This is the first adult novel by Martyn Beardsley, a prolific children’s author. Set in the Victorian world of the…
Criminal River: The History of the Thames River Police
This book covers the history of the Thames River Police from 1798 to the present with background information on prison…
The Shadow of Treason
This is a brisk little thriller set in the last months of WW2, during the V2 (rocket) attack on London…
Shadows in the Sky
Verity and Clemency are sisters, daughters of a senior naval officer, who are respectively 17 and 18 at the outbreak…
McFeeley’s Rebellion
Colm McFeeley comes from Ireland to undertake spying missions for King James’s army, facing Monmouth’s invading troops. To estimate numbers…
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