Amethyst and Topaz Plantagenet are two very different sisters. They are grand-nieces of Richard III, who lost his life and kingdom to Henry Tudor, future father of Henry VIII. Amethyst is the love of Henry VIII’s life, but each...

CHRIS FLETCHER IS A MAN WITH SECRETS . . . One woman dead. Nineteen years ago, policeman Chris Fletcher’s lover was found dead in an abandoned house. One woman missing. Now, his loyal wife has disappeared without a trace....

A celebration of the Gothic gloom in a powerful and evocative theme throughout the nineteenth literary century. Gordon Pym, Alice in Wonderland and Jules Verne as a universal view of travelling. This novel pays tribute to Edgar Allan Poe...

A brand new collection of remarkable travel tales from ‘Silver Travellers’. Dervla Murphy travelling in Cuba at the age of 74, Matthew Parris swimming the Thames at 60, and Colin Thubron climbing the last stronghold of the Assassins in...

The military is in control. Tight control. Media is censored, movement restricted. There are re-education camps for trouble makers, repatriation camps for non-nationals. Jake, Brian and Suze, three idealistic young journalists, are used to hiding as they try to...

John Ruskin – born 200 years ago, in February 1819 – was the greatest critic of his age: a critic not only of art and architecture but of society and life. But his writings – on beauty and truth,...

A small seaside community begins to turn on itself when calamity strikes Social worker Carrie Riccioni is recovering from a heart attack, in a holiday home by the sea in Norfolk. Allowed only light walking on the beach to...

Working on highly sensitive diplomatic affairs, Darcy Prescott is a natural target for terrorist kidnappers. But when she’s mysteriously plucked off a street in Manila one sultry night, Darcy’s disappearance isn’t what it seems… The moment Special Forces soldier...

Anhua Gao’s parents were hailed as revolutionary heroes. In her early years she knew love and support and grew up in a privileged world. But when they both tragically died, all she was left with was her parent’s fading...

Imagine a tiny island far out in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Scotland. On some days, you can hardly see where the sea ends and the land begins, everything merged in a blue-grey mist of sea...