Julia Pennefather has spent her life longing for the security of a home and family. Ellen Fugill knows the price of loyalty in a world where servants are expected to see everything and say nothing. And talented Ada Ashley arrives concealing a secret past that makes her painfully vulnerable. When disaster strikes, the women do […]
No Saints Only Killers by Luke Deckard
In 1922, American ex-pat Logan Bishop is a war-damaged, morphine-dependent private investigator. When his estranged father, Reverend Daniel Bishop, arrives in London from Chicago, Logan refuses to see him — until his father is brutally attacked. Before slipping into a coma, Daniel leaves Logan with a desperate plea: find Greta Matas, a woman tied to […]
The Art of Occupation by Chris Lloyd
In the city of light, some deals are only made in the shadows. When a corrupt art dealer is killed, Detective Eddie Giral descends into an underground world of stolen paintings, forged identities, and whispered deals with Nazi occupiers. As Eddie discovers links to a wealthy Jewish family’s missing collection, the trail leads him to […]
The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
London in 1749, and Hannah Cole’s world shatters with her husband’s brutal murder. Her confectionery shop, the Punchbowl and Pineapple, teeters on the brink of ruin. Just as she uncovers a hidden fortune — money her husband secretly possessed — a new nightmare begins. Magistrate Henry Fielding, the renowned author, suspects illicit gains. To save […]
Festival Days by Julie Anderson
It’s May, 1951, and celebration is in the air with the Festival of Britain. For the first time in years the mood is one of hope rather than hurt. For Detective Constable Faye Smith, London is not as safe as it seems. The criminal underworld is gaining strength, enjoying a lively existence below the surface. […]
Ship of Thieves by Douglas Skelton
Jonas Flynt’s stepmother, Mercy, has been abducted from Edinburgh and carried back to the West Indies by her former owner. Gideon Flynt his father, has followed in hot pursuit, but Cassie, Jonas’s first love, knows he is not the man he once was and appeals to Flynt for help. Naturally, he agrees. Against Colonel Nathaniel […]
A Schooling in Murder by Andrew Taylor
It’s May, 1945, and in the last days of World War II, Monkshill Park School for Girls stands far apart from the violence in Europe. Yet a woman has been murdered in its grounds. Annabel Warnock, a teacher with a secretive past, has disappeared. The teachers and girls whisper that she’s run away, but in […]
Blood Vengeance by Douglas Jackson
Christmas Day, 1943. In Arisaig, in western Scotland, the body of beautiful, well-connected Polish SOE agent Krystina Kowolska is found in the gardens of the country house where she’s been preparing for a vital mission to France. The question is, was she already dead when she was hanged? Two days later, resistance double agent, Investigator […]