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A Case Of Noir

A Case Of Noir
  • Author(s): Paul D Brazill
  • Location(s): England, France, Poland, Spain
  • Genre(s): Noir
  • Era(s): 21st century

In snow smothered Warsaw, Luke Case, a boozy English hack with a dark secret, starts a dangerous affair with a gangster’s wife. Case escapes to the sweltering Spanish heat where he meets a colourful cast of characters, including a...

A Checkered Past

A Checkered Past
  • Author(s): Daniella Bernett
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A looted Nazi painting…A former IRA commander…The tie that binds is murder Emmeline Kirby is back in London determined to make a success of her new job as editorial director of investigative features at The Clarion. Three months have...

A Child Far From Home

A Child Far From Home
  • Author(s): Lizzie Page
  • Location(s): Somerset
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): WW2

England 1939. I desperately push my way through the crowded platform and try to find my darling daughter’s face in the fogged-up windows. As the train pulls away I frantically wave and force a smile. I’m sending her away...

A Christmas to Remember

A Christmas to Remember
  • Author(s): Anton Du Beke
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 1938

London, 1938. When fiercely independent chambermaid Nancy Nettleton first moved to London and the Buckingham hotel, the last thing on her mind was finding love, let alone falling for the debonair demonstration dancer Raymond de Guise. As the festive...

A Christmas with the Dodger

A Christmas with the Dodger
  • Author(s): Charlton Daines
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Victorian

Come share a Victorian Christmas with the Artful Dodger! Christmas 1899 is approaching and Reg Dawkins, adopted son of the infamous Artful Dodger, is facing a lifetime dilemma. The Turn of the Century is a time of new beginnings...

A Clattering Beneath the Woods

A Clattering Beneath the Woods
  • Author(s): Sally J Hubbard
  • Location(s): Cornwall, Devon
  • Genre(s): Children, Fantasy
  • Era(s): Present

Polly has enjoyed an idyllic life but now everything is changing. Her family is in danger of losing their home in the Tamar Valley and the beloved woodland which surrounds it. But then a very peculiar encounter introduces her...

A Cold Wind From Moscow

A Cold Wind From Moscow
  • Author(s): Rory Clements
  • Location(s): England, Moscow
  • Genre(s): Historical, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1940s

Winter, 1947. Britain’s secret services have been penetrated. The country is more vulnerable than ever – and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin knows it. He decides it is time to send his master of ‘Special Tasks’ to create extra chaos....

A Collection of Lies

A Collection of Lies
  • Author(s): Connie Berry
  • Location(s): Devon
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Present day

In USA Today bestselling author Connie Berry’s fifth Kate Hamilton mystery, American antiques dealer Kate Hamilton follows bloodstained clues to discover the truth about the murder of a modern-day Victorian gentleman. As Kate Hamilton and her new husband, DI...

A Cornish Affair

A Cornish Affair
  • Author(s): Jo Lambert
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Romance, Suspense
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Even in your hometown, you can feel like an outsider … In the close-knit community of Carrenporth in Cornwall everyone knows everyone else’s business. Luke Carrack is only too aware of this. He’s been away for two years but...

A Cornish Christmas

A Cornish Christmas
  • Author(s): Lily Graham
  • Location(s): Fowey
  • Genre(s): Humour, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Nestled in the Cornish village of Cloudsea, sits Sea Cottage – the perfect place for some Christmas magic … At last Ivy is looking forward to Christmas. She and her husband Stuart have moved to their perfect little cottage by the sea –...

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