Hodder & Stoughton
The Wicked Cometh
This is a beautiful book, inside and out. For once you can judge a book by its cover, in this…
Onslaught
This is the second volume of Riches’ new series, The Centurions, following his successful Empire series comprising nine novels. In…
100 Nasty Women of History
Donald Trump calling Hillary Clinton “nasty” seems to have been the genesis for this compilation by satirist Hannah Jewell, and…
City of Masks
This is the third novel in Sykes’ Somershill Manor series, but can be read as a standalone. Set in 1358…
The Third Nero
September, AD 89. Rome is in turmoil. Emperor Domitian is on the throne and becoming more and more paranoid. Rumours…
City of Masks
In this mystery set in the 1350s, Oswald de Lacy, Lord Somershill endures a brutal interrogation and receives a menacing…
Flame in the Mist
Mariko, the daughter of a renowned samurai family in medieval Japan, is totally unlike any of her female counterparts, having…
Dandy Gilver and a Spot of Toil and Trouble
I enjoy the Dandy Gilver crime series, and this latest offering from McPherson is, as ever, a pleasure to read.…
Persephone
1807: Napoleon has turned his attention to Portugal. Sir Thomas Kydd is ordered to Lisbon to assist in the evacuation…
Crimson and Bone
1853. Annie Stride, a penniless prostitute, plans to kill herself by throwing herself into the Thames from Waterloo Bridge. Her…
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