Vivien Cringle
Blood on the Line
Set in Victorian England, the eighth in Edward Marston’s Railway Detective series opens with the wily Jeremy Oxley – conman,…
Butterfly’s Shadow
This novel is a rich, engrossing blend of love, deceit and two diverse countries and cultures. Although woven around two…
The Admiral’s Game
This is the fifth in the series of novels about John Pearce, a naval officer by default rather than proper…
After the Fire a Still Small Voice
Though they are disparate main characters, Frank and Leon are a complex blend of traits and similar desires as each…
The Gathering Storm
Set in 1791 at the height of British naval supremacy, this is a roller coaster of a nautical yarn liberally…
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