Constable
Beloved Poison
London in 1846, and St. Saviour’s hospital is due for demolition and relocation, to allow the construction of a new…
Skin and Bone
1743 Preston is a quiet place, where the coroner can enjoy an afternoon at the bowling green – until a…
Operation Goodwood: A Mirabelle Bevan Mystery
Mirabelle Bevan, head of a debt-collecting agency in 1950s Brighton, enjoys a day out to see motor racing at Goodwood…
A Masterpiece of Corruption
As a huge fan of Tyler’s Ethelred and Elsie series, I was very happy to receive this to review and…
The Demon’s Blood
This is a factual history of the House of Plantagenet from 1147, when Empress Matilda’s son, Henry, landed in Dorset…
Quicksilver
Quicksilver follows the life and career of Jacques Coeur, a highly successful French merchant who lived during the reign of…
Ruddy Gore
It is not at all surprising that this novel has gone through several editions since 1995, when it was first…
The Scrivener
Editors' choice
The Scrivener is the third book in Robin Blake’s fantastic mystery series featuring Preston Coroner Titus Cragg and his good…
Superfluous Women
In 1927, Daisy Dalrymple goes to the countryside to recover from an illness. A school friend of hers is living…
Death Comes to the Ballet Russes
Theatrical murder onstage turns into the real thing as, after the performance, a young performer, Taneyev, is found dead backstage,…
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