Hodder & Stoughton
The Leopard Sword
Marcus Valerius Aquila returns in this the fourth of the Empire series. Continuing to use the pseudonym of Marcus Tribulus…
The Lost Wife
Lenka and Josef enjoy a pleasant, easy existence in beautiful, pre-WWII Prague until they are separated by the Nazi occupation.…
The Island House
When archaeologist Freya Dane’s absentee father dies, she inherits his dilapidated old home on Findnar, an island off the Scottish…
The Columbus Affair
This is a conspiracy thriller, a Quest that keeps closely to the rules of the genre, rules which Steve Berry…
The Year After | The Last Summer
Editors' choice
Occasionally the accidents of publishing bring out two books in the same season which neatly complement each other. The Last…
Master and God
More cloak-and-dagger than sword-and-sandals, Master and God follows Emperor Domitian’s Rome (AD 80-96) through the eyes of ‘a reluctant hero’,…
Brethren
Brethren is a new edition of Robyn Young’s best-seller first published in 2006, the first of her Brethren trilogy. The…
The Sword of Damascus
Jarrow in the Dark Ages. Also the cold and wet ages, a particularly wearing combination for Brother Aelric, aged 94.…
The Lost Wife
Editors' choice
I struggled with a review that would do this gorgeous book justice. Richman takes what could be a sorrowful story…
Conquest
The Battle of Trafalgar has been won, but even before Nelson’s body has been interred, Captain Thomas Kydd finds himself…
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