Allison & Busby
The Girl from Simon’s Bay
Editors' choice
Simon’s Town is on the coast of South Africa and dominated by the Royal Navy port. In 1937, the dockyard…
In This Grave Hour: A Maisie Dobbs Novel
It is September 1939, and private investigator Maisie Dobbs is back in business in her old office at Fitzroy Square.…
Swimming Home
MacColl gives us a thoroughly enjoyable read in this book describing the changing circumstances of 15-year-old Catherine Quick in 1925.…
Puritan
This follow-up to the outstanding Birthright continues the intriguing story of Mercia Blakewood. Having arrived in America and discovered the…
Elementary Murder: A Lancashire Detective Mystery
1894, Wigan in Lancashire. Miss Dorothea Gladstone applies for a teaching post at George Street Elementary School, a post for…
The Farmer’s Daughter
Set in June 1944 in an East Anglian farming community, this novel describes the struggles of Jean to keep the…
The Enemy Within
During the Great War, in London, a dangerous arsonist manages to escape from Pentonville prison, and Inspector Marmion, the arresting…
We Were the Lucky Ones
This debut novel recounts not only one but multiple harrowing tales of unlikely survival. It’s also an amazing piece of…
A Treacherous Coast
Our hero, John Pearce, is in the tradition of Sharpe and many other 19th-century military heroes: he has risen from…
Songs of Spring
Reprinted in paperback from its original publication in 2000, Songs of Spring is the final volume in the Seasons of War quartet. The time…
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