Hodder & Stoughton
The Curse of Babylon
This is another adventure of Brother Aelric, a monk in England who was once the Lord Aelric, a senior official…
Caribbee: A Kydd Sea Adventure
During the Napoleonic Wars, Captain Thomas Kydd, aboard HMS L’Aurore, is assigned to the Caribbean and the Leeward Islands station.…
The Ides of April
As a fan of the Marcus Didius Falco series, I jumped at the opportunity to review this first installment in…
The King’s Deception
Steve Berry is described on the back cover of this book as ‘the conspiracist’s conspiracist’. Indeed he is. The inside…
Paris
Editors' choice
Rutherfurd, an author known for his multigenerational epics set in some of the world’s most storied locales, tackles the City…
The Orpheus Descent
At first sight this is a conspiracy novel of a type familiar over the last ten years. An archaeologist/researcher-of-some-sort discovers…
Empire: The Wolf’s Gold
The Wolf’s Gold is the latest instalment in Anthony Riches’ highly successful Empire series that follows the soldier-hero, Marcus Aquila,…
The Storyteller
Sage Singer thinks she doesn’t have much to live for after losing both parents and becoming disfigured in a car…
The Place of Dead Kings
In 1855, Britain has been conquered by a magical Indian empire. Only a few small bands of rebels hold out…
Betrayal
Editors' choice
‘The repossession of Buenos Aires has been stained with such deliberate acts of treachery and perfidy as are not to…
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