Edward Marston
Date with the Executioner
1816. The book opens with a duel at dawn at Chalk Farm in London. At the last moment, the duel…
The Enemy Within
During the Great War, in London, a dangerous arsonist manages to escape from Pentonville prison, and Inspector Marmion, the arresting…
Signal for Vengeance
1860, Wimborne, Dorset. When Rebecca Tullidge, downtrodden wife of a railway signalman, creeps out one night to visit her railway…
Steps to the Gallows
In 1816 London, Leonidas Paige, the writer of a satirical newspaper, hires a bodyguard – he has reason to think…
Dance of Death
Set in 1916, this is the fifth title in the Home Front Detective Series. Dancer Simon Wilder leaves his house,…
Timetable of Death
When the body of Vivian Quayle is discovered in an open grave in the Spondon village church, everyone is shocked.…
Shadow of the Hangman
London, 1815. The Napoleonic wars are over but Britain, although victorious, is reeling from civil unrest. The Home Secretary, Lord…
Deeds of Darkness
Deeds of Darkness is the fifth novel in the Home Front series by Edward Marston, and continues the detecting journey…
A Ticket to Oblivion
1858. Inspector Colbeck’s latest case involves the disappearance of a young lady, Imogen Burnhope, and her maid, travelling on a…
Five Dead Canaries
1916. In the third of Marston’s Home Front Detective series, six young female ‘canaries’ from a munitions factory supplying the…
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