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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

One of Spain’s biggest scandals is about to be unearthed…

A missing girl is found in a Spanish landfill, brutally murdered. The case is quickly dismissed – she was a known drug user with prior convictions and a history of running off.

But journalist Danny Sanchez knows there more to it. He saw the crime scene pictures, and that was no ordinary...

An ex-Marine is forced to confront his troubled past…

Manchester, England, 1998

When Byron Mason’s estranged nephew, Philip, rings him out of the blue in desperate need of help, he knows he must put his personal feelings aside to protect his family.

A teenage boy has been murdered, and Philip is one of the suspects. Worse than that, the dead...

Dickens has gone from private investigator to prime suspect…

London, 1850

Charles Dickens is in Manchester, performing at the Queen’s Theatre with his acting group. But his career on the stage is cut short when a man is shot dead – on set.

With Dickens himself caught with the gun in his hands, he is immediately arrested. Along with the...

If the killer’s been caught, why are people still turning up dead…?

When Danny Sanchez, a hard-bitten journalist working in Spain, is sent to cover the demolition of the home of an expat couple, he lands a much bigger – and more grisly – story than he bargained for.

During the demolition, a corpse is discovered, dangling in the depths of the...

How do you solve a murder when you are one of the suspects…

1664, London

Life should be good for Major Thankful Russell and his new bride, Thomazine. Russell, middle-aged and battle-scarred, isn’t everyone’s idea of the perfect husband for an eligible young woman but the moment Thomazine set eyes on her childhood hero, she knew they were destined...

Two headstrong young women are fighting for their independence…

1861, Northern England

Jessie Davenport, a young mill worker, and Honora Darwen, an orphan determined to follow in her father’s medical footsteps, strike up a friendship in the busy industrial town of Gorbydale.

With whispers of war on the horizon and discontent spreading in the...

You can’t outrun murder…

When Lucy Lewis landed herself a reporting job on an idyllic Thai island, she thought she’d found paradise.

But one day her dream turns into a nightmare… A bomb goes off outside her hostel and there is more than one fatality.

Although the local paper she works for is mainly a tourist guide, the phone is soon ringing off...

A brutal murder in Victorian London forces a famous writer to solve the mystery…

London, 1849

Charles Dickens has set up Urania Cottage as a sanctuary for fallen women. But he is shocked when the matron’s assistant – Patience Brooke – is found hanging outside the property, covered in blood.

Desperate to protect the reputation of the Home and...

Boys are going missing from London’s slums…

London, 1849

When a boy is found drowned in the River Thames at Hungerford Stairs, novelist Charles Dickens and Superintendent Jones of Bow Street are mystified to discover that the child is not the missing youngster for whom they have been searching.

As Dickens and Jones delve deeper into London’s...

Jack the Ripper is stalking the streets of London. Can anyone stop the serial killer before more women are murdered? 

London, 1888

Whitechapel is full of the noise of August Bank Holiday celebrations. Everyone is in high spirits until a woman – Martha Turner – is discovered brutally murdered.

Her friend, Esther, a lowly seamstress turned female sleuth, is...

Though I’m far away, my thoughts and love are always with you. Take good care of yourself for me, and I’ll do the same for you...

In 1944, James William Hendrickson, Jr. , a young munitions worker, received the devastating news that his fighter-pilot brother, Bill, had been shot down over Germany and taken as a prisoner-of-war. Unable to sit idly by...