Corruption is at the core of the English justice system…

London, 1963

Barrister Charles Holborne may have just escaped the hangman by proving he was framed for murder, but his life is now in ruins. His wife is dead, his high-flying career has morphed into criminal notoriety, and bankruptcy threatens.

So it seems too good to be true when...

Is a child killer on the loose in Prague…?

When the body of a young girl washes up on the banks of the River Vltava, the Czech police are troubled. Brutally murdered and with evidence of sexual abuse, it i

s not the sort of crime they are used to investigating. But the strangest thing is that the girl hasn’t been reported missing.

As a...

Can a free-spirited tomboy learn to fit in with respectable society…?

1799, Suffolk

When her father dies in battle, seventeen-year-old Isolde Cavanagh is forced to rely on the protection of an old family friend.

But when she arrives at the imposing estate of Bawdsey Grange it seems her would-be guardian has died. And his son Richard de...

A deadly game of cat and mouse — but who has the upper hand?

Eastern Europe, 1964

Three men and a woman are seated in a train carriage travelling from Istanbul to Vienna.

As they cross the Bulgarian border, a fourth man enters and joins them. That man ends up dead.

The other passengers get to work transforming a British agent into a...

The birth of a new dynasty is on the horizon...

England, 1469-1509

The Wars of the Roses are raging and England is in turmoil with the ongoing power-struggle between the houses of York and Lancaster.

As the throne is wrested between Henry VI of Lancaster and Edward IV of York, young Henry Tudor grows up in exile.

A powerful threat to one...

1895, London

Taking risqué photographs is the only way Julia McAllister can retain her independence as a young widow in London. But one by one, her models are dying — and now she is being framed for their murders.

The relentless Inspector Collingwood is on the case and Julia knows he’s watching her every move. With young women still dying, and...

How do you move forward when you are haunted by the horrors of the past?

London, 1975

With her marriage at breaking point and worrying she is failing in her relationships with her teenage sons, Sue McClusky is at a crossroads.

So when Mariolain, an old friend of Sue’s, suggests the whole family come to stay with her in The Netherlands, Sue...

Can love overcome all obstacles…?

1940, France

As the RMS Lancastria starts to sink off the coast of France with devastating consequences, Private Ifor Griffiths makes peace with the memories of his past.

Fighting for survival, and well aware he could be close to death, Ifor is haunted by the one person who has a hold on his heart…

Faced...

What secrets lie hidden in the Medieval college of Kineton and Dacre…?

Salster, England, 1385

Master mason Simon of Kineton is building his magnum opus: a great college to rival any in England. But the Bishop of Salster, hostile to free education, is determined to sabotage Simon’s project.

When rumours spread that the mason's son is cursed...

Sometimes the hardest person to save is yourself…

Marie Johnson fell in love with The Smugglers pub when she first moved to Dorset with her husband, Stephen.

But when Stephen’s wandering eye caused the breakdown of their marriage, and the costs of running the pub started to mount, Marie felt her dreams crashing down around her.

With local...

The Allies have won the war but have they unwittingly released a new horror into post-war Germany…?

August 1945,

Germany Scotland Yard’s Detective Silas Payne has been seconded to the Military Government in Germany to run a police training school as part of the denazification policy.

When two corpses are found in a house requisitioned by the...

Guilty until proven innocent…

London, 1960

Barrister Charles Holborne is not popular.

A Jewish East Ender with a rough past, he is ostracised by his anti-Semitic and class-conscious colleagues who don’t want him in their prestigious Establishment profession.

And the bitterness Charles feels at work is spilling over into his personal life, putting...

Was Elizabeth I really the last Tudor princess…?

Nonsuch Palace, England, 1586

Elizabeth I has been queen for 28 years. She has survived hundreds of plots against her but now she faces the revelation of a secret she thought would remain hidden forever…

Elizabeth is not the last of the Tudor line — there are two more legitimate heirs to her crown...

Jack the Ripper’s murderous spree is finally over in London, but has it started again in New York…?

New York, 1891

A prostitute is found brutally murdered – her body slashed and some of her organs removed. Immediately fear starts to spread.

The victim bears the same hallmarks as Jack the Ripper's recent killing spree in England. Finley...

What secrets were covered up at the court of Henry VIII …?

Whitehall Palace, England, 1539

When Catherine Howard arrives at the court of King Henry VIII to be a maid of honour in the household of the new queen, Anne of Cleves, she has no idea of the fate that awaits her. Catching the king’s fancy, she finds herself caught up in her uncle’s...

A peaceful country retreat has become the scene of relentless terror…

Sussex, 1872 .

Mina Scarletti is invited to ancient Hollow House to investigate reports of ghostly occurrences. The current occupants – newlyweds Mr Honeyacre and his wife, Kitty – have been plagued by unexplained noises and strange visions since moving into the property.

...

Alfie is on the wrong side of the law…

Alfie is at Covent Garden Theatre when he witnesses actor Harry Booth being poisoned. Alfie runs backstage to help, but it’s too late. Harry is dead. And now Alfie was the last person seen with the body.

With Alfie now a chief murder suspect, his brother Sammy and cousins Jack and Tom must band together...

Alfie must unravel another sinister plot in St Giles…

London, 1858 .

Alfie and the four young boys in his care have decided to better themselves and learn to read at St Giles Ragged School.

But disaster strikes when the school burns to the ground and idealistic teacher Mr Elmore perishes

in the flames. Alfie and his gang are certain that...

Alfie and his gang find themselves embroiled in a murder case.

Can they stop the ‘Monmouth Street Strangler’ before another murder is committed?

London, 1858 .

Young orphan Alfie is doing everything in his power to keep a roof over the heads of his rag-tag family. His brother Sammy, cousins Jack and Tom and faithful dog Mutsy all rely on him for...

Three girls, three deaths — but what connects them…?

London, 1850

Lavinia Gray vanishes on the eve of her wedding and is found drowned.

Evie Finch dies of septicaemia in a filthy lodging house.

Annie Deverall, a fifteen-year-old milliner’s apprentice is on remand in Newgate, accused of murdering the Doctor Lancelot Plume.

Three young...