Geoffrey Harfield
City of Devils
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Set in wintry 1887 Turin, this blockbuster follows James Murray, a young Scottish doctor in training with eminent, medico-crime expert, Cesare Lombroso. It is ...Read Review
A World Between Us
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In a story of young loves lost in the Spanish Civil War, Felicity and Nat meet at Mosley’s 1936 Black Shirt march in ...Read Review
Poacher’s Moon
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This is a fine Victorian novel with action, intrigue, big houses and hardworking Yorkshire folk. It starts predictably with a brutal landlord and ...Read Review
The Stationmaster’s Farewell
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If you like a Victorian detective whodunit set in a railway background, largely around Exeter (UK) St David’s GWR train station, then ...Read Review
Icelight
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This book is a cracking political thriller. Set in 1946 blitzed London, Icelight has fast action, resilient characters and sparkling period feeling. The hero, ...Read Review
For the Love of Catherine
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Crossing on the Titanic to see her sister on the New York stage, a young mother, Mair (the heroine of the story); her ...Read Review
Cross My Heart
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Venice, 1585. Confined to a convent for the six years since her mother’s death, 16-year-old Laura lives for her memories of her happy ...Read Review
Mr Micawber Down Under
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A brilliant, fast, enjoyable read, this shows the ever optimistic Wilkins Micawber and family under hard times in Australia, in the Melbourne mud ...Read Review
Off the Rails
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Set in York, England, from 1830, this book is mainly a true account of George Hudson, the most remarkable rogue of the Victorian railway ...Read Review
Sea of Troubles
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We have, in the first pages, a host of people of varying social position with confusing names, firmly in the writer’s mind ...Read Review