Marilyn Sherlock
The Merchant’s Mark
Augie Morrison had ordered a quantity of books from the Low Countries, planning on keeping some for himself, giving some…
It is ten years since the Black Death reaped its harvest at Cambridge. Now, in the stifling summer of 1357,…
A Place Beyond Courage
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John FitzGilbert is King’s Marshal to Henry I. His duties are many, including responsibility for the good administration of the…
Centurion
The story opens on the banks of the River Euphrates, where a Roman cohort is building a fort to protect…
Murder’s Immortal Mask
Rome, 314 AD. Constantine is now the emperor, having defeated Maxentius at the battle of Milvian Bridge in the year…
The Rough Collier
When the peat cutters up on the moor find a buried body another mystery begins for Gil Cunningham. The locals…
The Hartlepool Monkey
The legend of the Hartlepool Monkey is well known in the North East of England in that in the early…
The Second Lady Southvale
Washington, July 4th, 1811. Britain is at war with France, America insists on continuing to trade with France, the result…
A Vigil of Spies
The time is September 1373 and the Archbishop of York, John Thoresby, is dying in his palace at Bishopsthorpe. Princess…
Godiva
England, 1045. Edward the Confessor is on the throne, and the Normans are circling. Everywhere there is rumour, subterfuge and…
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