Janet Williamson
The Liberation of Celia Kahn
Glasgow, 1915. Celia Kahn behaves more like a mother than a daughter to her Jewish family, caring for her gambling…
Slash and Burn
This Doctor Siri Paiboun mystery opens in 1968 when Boyd Bowry, son of a U.S. senator, is presumed dead after…
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
This historical crime novel set in the early 1950s sees the return of the irrepressible Flavia de Luce, who once…
Hold on to Hope
This tightly crafted romantic mystery set in the East End of London convincingly conveys the concerns, conditions, social conventions and…
Knot of Stone
In 1510 the first murder in South Africa’s history was committed. Francisco d’Almeida, disgraced ex-Viceroy of Portuguese India, was returning…
The Traitor’s Emblem
This story, based on fact, opens in 1940 with the captain of a patrol boat in the Straits of Gibraltar…
Vengeance Thwarted
Daniel Wilson leads his sick brother away from the battlefield against the Scots and goes in search of food, just…
Lord James
This outstanding, enthralling biography of James Hepburn, fourth earl of Bothwell, lieutenant of Borders and keeper of Hermitage Castle, has…
The War Room
Born in the 1980s, in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, the adopted home of his East Prussian baker father, Sam is the…
At Midnight in a Flaming Town
This collaborative story, inspired by written reports, documents and diaries, reveals the impact and consequences for both real and imaginary…
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