Mary Sharratt
The Haunting Of Houses
Inspired by Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, this unusual novel tells the story of Aspen Stewart, Heathcliff’s daughter, born of a…
The Lydgate Widow
Young Adele’s father fills her head with tales of the enigmatic Lydgate Widow, whose abandoned house dominates the Lancashire village.…
This Time Of Dying
Editors' choice
This most unusual first novel chronicles the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic in London. The story opens with flu-stricken Dr. Wey…
The Meaning of Night: A Confession
Michael Cox’s debut novel is a darkly atmospheric and very gothic tale of wrath, nemesis, and self-destruction: a 600-…
A Woman of Cairo
Set in Cairo in 1919-1953, this book paints a portrait of Egypt in the days when it was a British…
Rifling Paradise
Charles Redbourne, middle-aged dilettante, leaves his English country estate in disgrace after his callous treatment of a discarded male love…
Dark Assassin
While on boat patrol with the Thames River Police, Inspector William Monk watches helplessly as Mary Havilland falls to her…
The Crystal Cave
Merlin is one of the most enigmatic figures in British lore. Was he a god, a man, or was Merlin…
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