Marilyn Sherlock
The Girl from Simon’s Bay
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Simon’s Town is on the coast of South Africa and dominated by the Royal Navy port. In 1937, the dockyard…
The Mask of Command
We are back in the 4th century for this tale about the closing years of the Roman Empire, which has…
The Soldier, the Gaoler, the Spy and Her Lover
In 1647, the English Civil War is over (for the moment), and King Charles I is now Cromwell’s prisoner, having…
The Second Blast of the Trumpet
John Knox, the 16th-century Protestant religious reformer, is the subject of this book, the second in a trilogy about his…
The Hoarse Oaths of Fife
This book is divided into two halves. It begins in 1965, with two teenage boys going to Scotland to work…
The Royal Ghost
This is an intriguing book set in Victorian times. It is well worth reading the historical notes at the end…
Duty and Deception
In 1903 Emmeline Pankhurst set up the Women’s Suffrage Movement to campaign for votes for women, and their stories are…
1588: A Calendar of Crime
This title is described as a novel in five books, consisting of five short stories featuring Shirley McKay’s characters from…
The Plague Charmer
Porlock Weir, Exmoor, 1361. The story takes place thirteen years after the Great Plague, and there are rumours that it…
Treason
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The story begins in the Azores in 1591. It then moves into the 17th century and, with the death of…
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