20th Century
Margot
Margie Franklin prefers to live a quiet and solitary life. She works as a secretary in a Philadelphia law firm…
The Keeper of Hands (A Viennese Mystery)
In 1901 in Vienna, Advokat Karl Werthen is a lawyer specializing in wills and trusts, but supplements his income through…
Song of the Mokihana
In this South Sea adventure novel set during World War I, a Chinese-owned sailing vessel is captured by a mixed…
Fear Week
Adrian Thorby is an ordinary schoolboy: daydreaming in class, evading bullies, squabbling with his sisters, and pondering the mysteries of…
Running with Crows
The story opens in 1921, as Constable William Mitchell sits in Mountjoy Gaol in Dublin reflecting on the events of…
The Assassin’s Mark
Spain is in the grip of Civil War, the year is 1938 and the war is not over, but General…
Unsinkable
Set on board the Titanic, Unsinkable is a mystery that follows Arthur Beck, former Scotland Yard member looking to start…
The Prince
The first in a planned series, The Tinieblas Trilogy, The Prince is based on Machiavelli’s treatise with the same title.…
Shrapnel
William Wharton died in 2008, but the memoir he wrote about his experiences in World War II will live forever.…
Countess Dracula
In 1971 a ramshackle bus with driver and courier takes a small party of tourists on an excursion, viewing the…
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