July 1585. Desperate to escape Sir Francis Walsingham’s clutches and pursue his chosen career as a..

July 1586. Sir Francis Walsingham has despatched Kit Marlowe to the English College the school for e..

Maxwell's back as murder comes to sleepy Leighford. Are the two things connected? Well yes and no. T..

The end of civilisation as Peter Maxwell knows it is just around the corner. It comes in the form of..

Anthony Trollope finds the beautiful city of Barchester idyllic on visiting it for the first time. T..

When naval historian Dr Douglas Spalding is found dead in Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard the Major C..

When a former girlfriend shows up at his remote cottage with a disturbing story about the murder of ..

India 1922. In Panikhat 50 miles from Calcutta the wives of officers in the Bengal Greys have been d..

London Autumn 1916. When he slips out of a house in the early hours Simon Wilder is too preoccupied ..

Cambridge October 1933. Inside the old All Hallows Church on All Hallows' Eve Doctor Adelaide Hartes..

When Bobbie Cheldon falls in love with a pretty young dancer at the Frozen Fang night club he has ev..

Duchlan Castle is a gloomy place in the Scottish Highlands. Late one night the body of Mary Gregor s..

Seven Bengal tigers are the star attraction of Carey’s Circus. Their trainer is the fearless Anton..

When Douglas B. Douglas - leading light of the London theatre - premiers his new musical extravaganz..

George Furnace flight instructor at Baston Aero Club dies instantly when his plane crashes into the ..