Marilyn Sherlock
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
Editors' choice
The story begins in the Azores in 1591. It then moves into the 17th century and, with the death of…
The English Girl
Joan Seabrook is a young archaeologist who dreams of visiting Arabia and is particularly interested in exploring the desert fort…
The Last Legionnaire
In the first book in the series Jack Lark began his Army career in Aldershot Barracks as an orderly to…
The Demon’s Blood
This is a factual history of the House of Plantagenet from 1147, when Empress Matilda’s son, Henry, landed in Dorset…
The Furies of Rome
AD 58. Nero is Emperor of Rome and ruling a terrified empire. No one is safe, not even his wife,…
The Colours of Love
The story begins in 1923. A ship has been driven onto rocks and the survivors taken to an inn. Two…
The Lost Soldier
The story begins in Dorset in 1921. Eight ash trees have been planted on a village green to commemorate eight…
Daisy’s Long Road Home: Daisy’s War: Book 3
This, the third book in a trilogy, takes place in 1948. WWII has ended and Daisy Driscoll is working in…
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