Charlotte Wightwick
Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton
Originally published in 1944, the Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton follows the career of Barbara Skelton, a…
The Women of Baker Street: A Mrs Hudson and Mary Watson Investigation
The Women of Baker Street is an entertaining historical thriller set in Victorian London. It is based on the Arthur…
The Lunar Cats
This is a novel about the fight between good and evil, of well-meaning retired librarians and adorable demon kittens. Alec…
The Autumn Throne
Editors' choice
The Autumn Throne is the third and final instalment of Elizabeth Chadwick’s Eleanor of Aquitaine trilogy. Eleanor – or Alienor…
Sweetest Scoundrel
Prim and proper Eve Dinwoody doesn’t let her fears stand in the way of her role as her half-brother’s business…
The Lion’s Embrace
Harriet Montagu’s archaeologist father has been kidnapped in the Barbary States. Only Lucas Saintclair, a rude and uncouth local guide,…
City of Wisdom and Blood / Heretic Dawn
City of Wisdom and Blood and Heretic Dawn are books two and three of Robert Merle’s Fortunes of France series,…
Us Conductors
Sean Michaels’ debut novel has already won Canada’s 2014 Scotiabank Giller prize and deservedly so. It is a fictionalised account…
A Wicked Way to Win an Earl
Delia Somerset only wants her sister Lily to be happy when she agrees to attend a house party – that…
The Celts: Search for a Civilisation
This book sets out to cover a huge amount of ground, both literally and figuratively. Roberts describes a wide swathe…
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