All is not as it seems…

1322, Yorkshire, England

Sir Richard Lee, Sergeant-at-Law, has been sent to Sandal Castle by King Edward II to preside over the court of the Manor of Wakefield.

On the way, he is threatened with his life when he comes across the outlaw Robin Hood.

The Hood lets Sir Richard pass, but before long a man is found murdered –...

Sparks fly in the city of love…

1954, Paris, France

Caroline May is studying art in Paris, thanks to a generous gift from her aunt.

But now the money has run out and Caroline must get a job or leave the city she has fallen in love with.

Her flatmate, Fanny, implores her boyfriend Georges to help Caroline. Georges knows only one man who can...

Three missing girls. Only one body. Where are the others?

1671, Delft

Three young girls have been abducted from their homes.

The body of one has been found in a shallow grave. The other two are still missing.

The murder has shocked everyone is the peaceful city of Delft and the mayor is desperate to catch the perpetrator before panic can spread...

Not every corpse put in a pit has died of the plague…

Engand, 1349

The Black Death is tearing through the country and those not yet afflicted are living in fear.

Martin Collyer wakes up in his family's charcoaling hut in the Forest of Dean to find his father dead on the bed beside him, half-sewn into his shroud. As Martin’s most recent memory is of...

Forget what you think you know…

After dealing with the most harrowing case of her career, Detective Inspector Jemima Huxley was pushed to breaking point.

And now another brutal murder case has struck the local community.

A family of five were attacked in their own home. Four are dead – repeatedly stabbed in a frenzied attack – and the fifth, a...

Can love set Gerda free from her past?

Israel, 1960s

Following the breakdown of her marriage and the tragic death of her young son, Gerda Shaffer has exiled herself to one of the poorest areas of Israel.

Struggling to find a purpose in life, she has fallen into a desperate cycle of drink and depression.

Her only friend is Kofi, an itinerant Arab...

A fascinating World War One history that charts the first use of chemical weapons in modern warfare. Perfect for readers of Max Hastings, Martin Middlebrook and Tim Cook.

By 1915, the Western Front had descended into deadlock.

Near the town of Ypres, soldiers from Canada, Britain, India, France, Belgium, the French Colonies and Germany sat in long...

Fascinated by the expeditions of Sir Francis Drake and Captain James Cook?

Then you’ll love this account of the Centurion’s circumnavigation of the globe, one of the greatest accomplishments in the history of maritime exploration and naval warfare.

In 1740, George Anson and his fleet set off to harass Spanish commerce in the Pacific and attack towns...

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Hunter Kerr’s first case is more deadly than he could have ever imagined…

Barnwell, Yorkshire, 1991

Fresh out of police training school, Hunter Kerr is immediately thrown into a world of unimaginable terror.

With the murder of his girlfriend troubling his conscience, Hunter joined the police force to help find her killer.

Posted to his...

One woman’s secret war against the Nazis. One man’s war against himself…

1940, Jersey

When Nazi forces occupy Jersey in the English Channel Islands, Céline Huber, who is married to a German, must decide where her loyalty lies.

Love for her island, and fear for her Jewish friend Rachel, soon propel her into a dangerous double life.

Meanwhile...

Three violent crimes, but are they connected?

Detective Sergeant Hunter Kerr and his team are still reeling from the fallout of the ‘Dearne Valley Demon’ serial killer case. Hunter’s partner, DC Grace Marshall is plagued with ongoing panic attacks. But now she finds herself in charge of another major incident.

A young woman’s badly beaten body has been...

Has an innocent celebration gone wrong or is there a killer poisoning the islanders…? West Uist, Scotland While out on her morning run, Sergeant Morag Driscoll stumbles upon a teenager in serious distress. Catriona McDonald is screaming hysterically and claims she has gone blind. And her friend, Jamie, is in an unresponsive state… With one...

A deadly crime has been dragged to the surface…

London, 1965

Charles Holborne, maverick barrister, will never fit in at the Bar; he is too working-class, too Jewish and too dangerous. But that makes him the perfect outsider to prosecute a shocking murder case which has already made its way to the press.

By chance, a body was found, dumped in...

Who is Eden running from…?

England, 1795

Kept woman Rachel Lovett is forced onto the streets when her benefactor loses all his money. Forced into stealing jewellery to survive, Rachel finds herself running from a thief taker – and must do all she can to keep her neck from the hangman’s noose. She is forced to join a brothel and soon finds...

Can Adrienne reverse her family’s misfortune? 

When her gambling father dies, young Adrienne Castle must find a way to support her family. In desperation, she visits a gaming house in disguise, intent on winning back some of her father’s lost fortune using her skill at cards.

But when her brother falls ill and her luck runs out, Adrienne is forced...

At each turning-point in her life, Maggie heard the warning bells chime…

Scotland, 1950s

Depressed by her rural upbringing, Maggie Robertson dreams of leading the glamorous life of an actress in London.

However, her father expects her to stay at home and learn to take care of the family. When Maggie secretly gets a place at the Royal Academy of...

A British journalist is caught up in a deadly fight between French spies and North African nationalists…

1963

British journalist Neil Ingleby is taking time out from his hectic London lifestyle on the idyllic Greek islands. But when he runs into Dutch sailor Pieter Van Loon and French spy Charles Pol, he fin

ds himself sucked into a world of...