Jasmina Svenne
The Balloonist
In the summer of 1914, Scottish ex-cavalry officer Willy Fraser is left feeling restless and rootless after the death of…
Time Passes Time
In London in 1963, mentally and physically fragile Theresa Crompton is injured during an apparently random mugging. Her handbag contains…
The Day without Yesterday
The last of Clark’s Sky’s Dark Labyrinth trilogy turns its focus on the progress of physics and astronomy in the…
Shades of Milk and Honey
At 28, Jane Ellsworth should be resigned to becoming an old maid. But she can’t help hoping that some gentleman…
Glamour in Glass
Newly married glamourists Jane and David Vincent have just completed their most prestigious commission yet for the Prince Regent. But…
A Case of Doubtful Death
The Life House, despite its name, is a waiting mortuary near Kensal Green Cemetery, in which corpses are left to…
Gloria
Editors' choice
Jamaica, 1938. Gloria Campbell is 16 when a violent deed forces her to flee to Kingston with her sister. There…
Queen’s Gambit
1543. With her second husband Lord Latymer scarcely cold in his grave, Katherine Parr is summoned back to court by…
The King’s Spy
Even in a quiet backwater like Romsey, pacifist bookseller and mathematician Thomas Hill cannot entirely avoid the lawlessness and disruption of…
Elizabeth I
From the threat of the First Armada to the queen’s deathbed, this novel sweeps through the reign of Elizabeth and…
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