In 1461, through blood and battle, Edward IV has gained England’s throne. King by right and conquest – 18 years old and unstoppable. Cecily has piloted his rise to power and stands at his shoulder now, first to claim the title King’s Mother. But to win a throne is not to keep it, and war […]
The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst by Katie Lumsden
The trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst is not Mrs Montgomery Hurst – as young Miss Amelia Ashpoint well knows. The real trouble is the polite society of Wickenshire in 1841, with its inescapable gossip about the arrival of the new Mrs Hurst and – whisper it – her three children from a previous marriage. In […]
The Rush by Beth Lewis
Canada, 1898, and the Gold Rush is on in the frozen wilderness of the Yukon. Fortunes are made as quickly as they’re lost, and Dawson City has become a lawless settlement. In the middle of this, three women are trying to survive on the edge of civilisation. Journalist Kate has travelled hundreds of miles after […]
The Star of Ceylon by Clare Flynn
It’s Ceylon in 1906, and Stella Polegate steps off the ship in Colombo harbour, her heart beating with contradictory emotions. As her father’s unofficial research assistant, she’s thrilled to explore this island of ancient temples and verdant tea plantations — yet painfully aware that her brilliant mind will remain uncredited, her academic ambitions dismissed simply […]
The Barbed-Wire University by Midge Gillies
For most Allied prisoners of war, there were no heroic escapes through secret tunnels – the reality was a constant battle against boredom and brutality. Written when it was still just possible to find men alive who could tell their extraordinary tale, and republished now with a substantial afterword, Midge Gillies’s book casts a new […]
Conscript’s Call by Griff Hosker
England, 1940, and when 17-year-old John Sharratt’s life is shattered by a single, devastating bomb dropped by the Luftwaffe, he is thrust into a world of loss and longing. With his family gone and his heart heavy, John’s conscription into the army offers a refuge and a new beginning, even in the face of turmoil. […]
Encore For Murder by TA Belshaw
Amateur sleuth Amy Rowlings is pulled into one of her most puzzling cases yet. How can a man be murdered twice? When gang member Lonnie Firth turns up dead, again, Amy joins forces with Inspector Bodkin to untangle a web of deception, rival gangs, and dangerous alliances. From the seductive and deadly Bessie Dagger to […]
Secrets of the Bees by Jane Johnson
Time has forgotten this remote corner of West Cornwall, and left its many secrets undisturbed. Until now… Ezra Curnow has lived in the little cottage on the Trengrose estate all his life. He was born there, as was hisfather, and his grandfather before that. It is his own little Cornish paradise. Then the mistress of […]