June 1554. Professional assassin Jack Blackjack has been despatched to the palace of Woodstock where..

The Honourable Catherine Elford - Kitty - is presented with an awful choice. Either she is cast off ..

December 1838. A storm is raging outside Kenilworth Hall. Inside Lord Kenilworth's wife is in agony ..

In the dying months of World War I Spanish flu suddenly overwhelmed the world killing between 50 and..

Lady Wainwright presides over the gothic gloom at Belting in mourning for her two sons lost in the S..

John Wilkins meets a beautiful irresistible girl and his world is turned upside down. Looking at his..

Through the double clamour of Big Ben and the shrill sound of the bell rang a revolver shot. A finan..

Ireland AD 671. Sister Fidelma has a mission and she is sworn by oath to reveal her purpose to no ot..

It's 1937 and for sisters Lizzie and Milly Travis there's nothing quite like the thrill of the funfa..

G. Kelly's pie and mash has been run by the same family in the Roman Road in Bow for nearly a hundre..

The Female Detective was published in 1864 and introduces the first professional female detective in..

Widely acknowledged as the first detective novel this story is narrated by insurance investigator Ra..

London 1945. The capital is shrouded in the darkness of the blackout and mystery abounds in the park..

'Any rag and bone!' Everyone recognises the cry of Meg Sutcliffe as she plies her trade along the ba..

“She's not worth more than tuppence that child!” Those are the words that haunt Sadie Linthorpe...