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The Reichsbank Robbery

By Colin Roderick Fulton - Published 2013

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeThriller

This visually evocative novel, set towards the end of the Second World War, tells of Sturmbannführer (Major) Friedrich Schonewille, an accountant working ...Read Review

The Plum Rains and Other Stories

By John Givens - Published 2012

Genres:

LiteraryShort Stories

It was a pleasure to read this collection of informative and entertaining short stories set at the end of the 17th century. The ...Read Review

Christened with Crosses

By Eduard Kochergin - Published 2012

Genres:

Nonfiction

Eduard Odynyets was born prematurely after his father was arrested for spying. Christened by his Catholic mother, Bronya, in 1939, Eduard and his older ...Read Review

Hullo Russia, Goodbye England

By Derek Robinson - Published 2012

Genres:

AdventureMilitary

“You’ve got to be demented to want to fly,” Flight Lieutenant Silk of 409 Squadron Royal Air Force tells Air Commodore Bletchley in 1943, ...Read Review

The Liberation of Celia Kahn

By J .David Simons - Published 2011

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Glasgow, 1915. Celia Kahn behaves more like a mother than a daughter to her Jewish family, caring for her gambling and drink addicted Uncle ...Read Review

Slash and Burn

By Colin Cotterill - Published 2011

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This Doctor Siri Paiboun mystery opens in 1968 when Boyd Bowry, son of a U.S. senator, is presumed dead after the helicopter he ...Read Review

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows

By Alan Bradley - Published 2011

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This historical crime novel set in the early 1950s sees the return of the irrepressible Flavia de Luce, who once again is at ...Read Review

Hold on to Hope

By Jean Fullerton - Published 2012

Genres:

Romance

This tightly crafted romantic mystery set in the East End of London convincingly conveys the concerns, conditions, social conventions and clothing of the ...Read Review

Knot of Stone

By Nicolaas Vergunst - Published 2011

Genres:

Thriller

In 1510 the first murder in South Africa’s history was committed. Francisco d’Almeida, disgraced ex-Viceroy of Portuguese India, was returning to Lisbon ...Read Review

The Traitor’s Emblem

By Juan Gómez-Jurado - Published 2011

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This story, based on fact, opens in 1940 with the captain of a patrol boat in the Straits of Gibraltar being given a gold ...Read Review