Marina Oliver
Sovereign
Editors' choice
To overawe the rebellious north, Henry VIII makes a grand Progress to York. Travelling ahead are lawyer Matthew Shardlake and…
The Plains Of Promise
It’s 1850, and a group of pioneers, led by English curate Tom Barrett, travels to North Australia to found a…
Dancing Till Midnight
Orphaned Grace is brought up by her bigoted and devious Aunt Emily. When Barry Swan falls for her she…
The Last Days of Newgate
This is the first of a proposed series featuring Pyke, sometimes crook, sometimes Bow Street Runner. It is 1829.…
Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead
The Queen, ‘The Perfect One’, vanishes just before the festival at their new city to celebrate the new religion…
For What It’s Worth
Chas works as a cabbie so as to be near his widowed mother. He’s shy and always willing to help…
Company of Spears
This is the eighth Matthew Hervey military adventure, set in 1827. After a considerable time in the Hounslow Barracks, from…
Out of the Blue
Florence, who has recently lost both her husband and her son, finds a strange young man dressed rather oddly sleeping…
Friends and Families
Josie and Georgina live in the same street, but while Georgina is the only child of William, a rich builder,…
The Countess and the Miner
The peasant girl Irena is sent to Scotland for an arranged marriage to a miner employed by Lord Eveson, the…
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