A story of love, bravery, culture, and the  fight against injustice, Paris Savages brings a little-known part of history to blazing life. 

Fraser Island, Australia, 1882. The population of the Badtjala people is in sharp decline following a run of brutal massacres. When German scientist Louis Müller offers to sail three Badtjala people – Bonny, Jurano and...

Zari Zoon, a young and vivacious girl from Kashmir, is looking forward to a bright future when the raging conflict in the region reaches her family home. In the space of a single evening Zari suffers immeasurable tragedy, and the next thing she knows she’s alone and on a plane to America. Her distant family relatives, the Nabis, offer her a temporary home...

A stunning memoir taking the reader across continents, decades, the love and trials of family, with the restorative pleasure of swimming accompanying the author throughout her journey.

Lenka Janiurek’s story really begins after the death of her mother when she was a small child, and speaks of the men who came to define her life; she is the daughter of a...

September, 1810. British raids across the Straits of Messina attempting to disrupt preparations for the French invasion of the island have been repulsed with heavy casualties. George Warne, a bright young officer, suspects treachery. Back in Messina, ordered to investigate, Warne uncovers a shadowy underworld of spies, traitors and informers where nothing...

The first novel in a new gritty crime series set in late nineteenth century Scotland.

1898. Juan Camerón’s father is killed while working as a  photographer amidst the chaos of war in Cuba, but his last  pictures reveal a sinister truth to his final moments… 

Juan travels to Scotland to grieve with family and immerses himself in the study of photography...

On the brink of a breakdown, two years after the death of his fiancée, Jim Hawkes quits his high-powered job in the City to rent a cottage in the Devonshire countryside seeking some well-needed rest. But Slyford St James is far from the peaceful haven Jim was hoping for.

Almost immediately he is plagued by strange occurrences: a combination lock that...

January, 1144. Undersheriff Hugh Bradecote does not want his betrothed travelling on a pilgrimage to the shrine of St Edgyth. The Archbishop of Canterbury’s envoy and his entourage of monks seem perfect as escorts, until they are captured by a renegade who kills for pleasure.

Against a backdrop of a hard winter and frozen River Severn, Bradecote and...

Seeking a quiet spot to write his memoirs, Laurent de Rodergues secludes himself in Saint-Chartier, a village in the heart of France. Yet his tranquil life is soon disturbed by Carlos, an eccentric millionaire determined to give the town's medieval chateau a costly and controversial makeover. When the chateau is unveiled after months of anticipation, the...

When a blood-soaked man is discovered with the word Baal-Berith scored into his flesh, the bewildered police call  on expert Professor Matt Hunter to assist. Before long, a gruesome discovery is made and Hunter is drawn into a frenzied murder investigation. 

With a fury of media interest in the case, and the emerging link to a documentary on demonic...

DI Owen Sheen vowed never to return to Belfast, but he needs answers about his brother’s death. He is on loan from London’s Met to the Police Service of Northern Ireland, although before he can dig into the past, he must babysit DC Aoife McCusker on her first murder investigation.

As the case slides into chaos, can Sheen put his personal agenda aside? And...

A parent’s worst fear is realised when seven-year-old Libby Hallforth goes missing at a funfair. There are no witnesses, no leads, no trace. Her mother says she only took her eye off her for a second and her father has a quick temper. What might have been happening behind closed doors?

Months later, after the trail for Libby has gone cold, DI Jake Porter and...

London, 1926. Deploring social injustice, Lady Deborah Claremont opens a staff agency, concealing the fact that she is a member of the aristocracy. But Deborah has become accustomed to keeping secrets. It began eight years ago in 1918 when her dashing French lieutenant was tragically killed.

Amid an undercurrent of social unrest and with the...

You create the fantasy. They control your mind.

Cassie worked at Imagen, the tech giant behind the cutting-edge virtual reality experience Make-Believe™, and she got to know the product well. Too well.

Now Cassie has been blocked from her escape from the real world, and legally gagged by the company. Her dream job now seems to be part of a larger...

Gordon Tilson is a lonely American widower who befriends a young Ghanaian woman online. When her sister is injured in a car accident, he sends her thousands of dollars to cover the hospital bill and, impulsively, runs off to Ghana to surprise his new love.

Both Gordon and his money immediately disappear … Fearing for his father’s life, his son Derek...

I should first relate that the year 1624 saw my birth, on the 23rd of a cold February day. My mother told me that I arrived much before my time, to a landscape covered with deep snow, and more falling from the sky.

Thomas Chayne has always struggled against the weight of expectation as heir to his family estate, never managing to impress his...

Hallowe’en, 1861. A special train steams across the Lake District at night on its way to a place notorious for its record of supernatural incidents. The mood is boisterous on board as the passengers fortify themselves with alcohol in preparation for the frights ahead. When the train stops suddenly in front of a raging fire, the leader of the group...

‘You keep grumbling about not having any freedom, Evie, but you will find that as a married woman you have a great deal more freedom than you do as a spinster.’

‘Your sister is right; a happily married woman, with a rich husband, is the most fortunate of creatures,’ said Mrs Stanhope.

1862, Isle of Wight. Growing up in the small seaside town of Cowes...

Murder is a messy business, especially for the person who has to clear up afterwards: in this case, me. I didn’t commit the murder, you understand, I just found it. Him, I found him: poor Old Nick lying on the hearthrug, his skull smashed in and a lot of what should have been inside it spattered across the tiles of his fireplace ...

Juno Browne is a...

1908, Manchester. Mary Maitland is an attractive and intelligent young woman determined to strike out on her own and earn a living. Finding work at a women’s employment agency, her creative talent is soon noticed and Mary begins writing articles for newspapers and magazines.

But Mary’s independence and progressive mind are troublesome traits when...

CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON.

Jess Brightwell and his friends have achieved the impossible: masterminded an uprising against the Great Library, and toppled its corrupt regime. But while the battle is won, the war is far from over.

A new Archivist must be crowned, one capable of weathering the political storm. With the Library reeling from the coup, foreign...