Ragnar Lothbrok is dead, and King Horik of the Danes is hunting down those he believes are plotting against him. Ulf Bear-Slayer Bjornson, unaware of Ragnar’s death, prepares to go raiding with the legendary jarl. But when he returns to Jelling, he finds himself caught in a trap and barely escapes. Now hunted by the […]
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Treaty of Blood by Michael Jecks
1359, Northern France. With the ink still drying on the Treaty of Bretigny, an agreement most believed to be nothing more than a stalemate between King Edward III of England and John II of France, the country is left riddled with both English and France armies – exhausted, adrift and directionless. An atmosphere ripe for […]
Before the Mountain Falls by Luisa A Jones
In 1939, Norma knows what the world does to women in her position. Pregnant, unmarried… abandoned. And when the man who promised to marry her is arrested for murder, she has only one option left: run. A borrowed wedding ring. A fake name. A one-way ticket to Wales. Mrs Finch never existed before that train […]
The Boleyn Curse by Alexandra Walsh
The court of young King Henry VIII seethes with secrets and scandals, but every ambition has its price. Elizabeth Boleyn, loyal wife to Thomas Boleyn and devoted mother to Anne, Mary and George, believes she can navigate the shifting tides of court life. But when she catches the eye of the lascivious king, Elizabeth is […]
Soldier’s Stand by Griff Hosker
In the blistering heat of the North African desert, the air crackles with tension as the unrelenting Desert Fox, Erwin Rommel, closes in on the beleaguered forces of the Allied troops. Private John ‘Hawkeye’ Sharratt, a battle-sharpened soldier weathered by loss but fuelled by an indomitable spirit, finds himself once again hunkered down with his […]
Murder at the Tower by NR Daws
An excitable and clumsy Reverend Weaver is leading a church service at the Tower of London. It’s meant to be a special honour, but when one of the ladies in the congregation drops dead from poison, the Reverend finds himself under arrest as the number one suspect. After all, the murdered lady in question was […]
Brighter Skies in the Dales by Betty Firth
December 1942. The tide of war has turned at last, with an Allied victory looking increasingly certain, but all is not well for the residents of Silverdale. Newlyweds Bobby and Charlie find themselves back in civilian life after Charlie is given a medical discharge from the RAF. But the village of Silverdale has been forever […]
The Midnight Carousel by Fiza Saeed McLynn
Paris, 1914, and Detective Laurent Bisset has reluctantly closed a most puzzling case. Fairgoers have been vanishing while riding a dazzling carousel. The only man who could be responsible is behind bars – but Laurent cannot explain what happened to those missing. Chicago, 1920, and Maisie Marlowe acquires a beautiful, antique carousel, and sets up […]