Robert Hale
Inspector Abberline and the Gods of Rome
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Inspector Abberline will be a familiar figure, as he was the detective who tried to find the infamous Jack the Ripper. There are ...Read Review
The Dead Queen’s Garden
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This is the third in Slade’s Charlotte Richmond Investigates series, set in Hampshire, England, in 1858. Her previous books have been praised by ...Read Review
Teardrops in the Moon
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The novel opens on 28th June 1914, the day Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo, in Devon where a middle-class family are celebrating Rose ...Read Review
The Great Fraud on the Bank of England
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This is an account of a particularly effective scam perpetrated against the Bank of England in 1873 by a group of American hustlers. As ...Read Review
Valerie’s Russia
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Valerie is invited to Tsarskoe Selo in 1914 to help the young Romanovs speak more English. She is impressed by Grigorii Rasputin, especially when ...Read Review
Beyond Reason
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This is an extraordinary book, set in a remote part of early 19th century Lowland Scotland. What is most extraordinary is the cliché...Read Review
The Pershore Poisoners
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This is the sixth in Kerry Tombs’ Inspector Ravenscroft series. Inspector Ravenscroft is an ex-London detective who currently lives and works in the ...Read Review
Leaves Before the Storm
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This beautifully written novel makes a change from the increasing number being published with an eye to the interest in both World Wars ...Read Review
A Time for Peace
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In one of the best starts I’ve read, Rose bumps into a sad and drunken airman while on her way to help ...Read Review
The Lambs
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Dublin, September 1914. Nineteen-year-old Kevin Flynn hates his job, which he finds dull and boring. Along with a group of his friends, and desperate ...Read Review
