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...

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...

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...

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.

...

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...

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...

Lady Fan is back to full health but can she solve the trickiest case yet…?

1791, England

Lord Francis and Lady Ottilia Fanshawe are on their way home when their coach comes to a sudden stop.

A woman is standing in the middle of the road — covered in blood. The woman refuses to speak but on further investigation they find the body of a man...

Sir Cecil Beaton (1904 –1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, painter, diarist and Academy Award–winning stage and costume designer. 

For almost as long as he could write, Cecil Beaton kept his diaries. They accumulated year after year, and from a formidable pile of notebooks he extracted enough to fill six volumes. 

This first volume...

Two young people compete in the game of love…

1814, Bath

“I promise you, she’s the most delightful creature, with a quirky sense of humour very like your own. As for the other qualities you mention – birth, breeding, experience of managing a household of consequence – she has them all, with amiability and common sense besides!”

So Henrietta...

Slonský is back … and on a diet…

Josef Slonský is preparing to take up his promotion as Captain when a spanner is thrown in the works.

He has to pass a medical, and a lifetime’s supply of beer and sausage is not helping his chances of passing. Faced with a strict diet and exercise regime, Slonský is even less amenable than usual.

But, his...

When a man is tired of London he is tired of life…

The history of London is bound up with the infamous river that flows through its centre.

The Thames has witnessed the rise and fall of an Empire. The births and deaths of bloodthirsty rulers. And the rapid evolution of a thriving metropolis. It is both the giver of life to the city and the...

Emma will prove more than a match for the most daring men in all England…

1804, Dorset, England

From her drab, unpromising post as governess, Emma Harcourt is catapulted into a daring scheme of espionage.

She becomes an actress posing as the wife of Rupert Wynford, a perfect stranger. And as Napoleon prepares to invade the English coast...

All Ruth Robinson ever wanted was the man of her dreams. But she lost the man, and got a baby instead… 

Six months ago, Ruth Robinson had a regular job, a monthly salary and a comfortable flat to go home to. 

After quitting her job ready to go travelling, a momentary lapse of judgement put a major spanner in the works…

Now Ruth has a baby on the way and no...

Every family has its secrets…

London, 1902

Wealthy painter and man-about-town Nicholas Carradine is haunted by his past. His family fell apart when his adored half-sister Odette was killed in a train accident.

Distraught and unable to cope, his much-loved step-mother died of a fever soon after. Nicholas has never got over this childhood...

The war may be over, but the battles of the heart are still raging…

1815, Yorkshire

Recently orphaned, Parthena arrives in the North Yorkshire town of Gorebeck to take up a post as a governess.

But when she arrives she realises the family has moved away, and she has no money and no where to go. Cold and alone, she chances upon Jerome Fender – a...

The US is under siege

Washington DC, 2004

The US is still reeling from the events of 9/11 when a plane goes down over New Orleans.

Initially dismissed as a technical fault, the FBI soon realise the explosion was more likely down to a bomb.

Counter-terrorism agent Josette Horvath leads the investigation, trying to decide whether it is linked to...

No one had expected Ernest to die, least of all Ernest…

Ernest Bentley was a pillar of the community. But when he suddenly dies of a heart attack his wife Annie refuses to have the words ‘beloved husband’ added to his gravestone. Worried about how she will cope on her own after the bereavement the local vicar, Andrew, starts to visit her.

Before she knows...