In 1583, Giordano Bruno was a principal agent of Francis Walsingham, but his time as a novice monk in a monastery in Naples, events took place that shaped the man who he would become. In the summer of 1556, Bruno is involved in a dead girl found in the grounds of the monastery. In the autumn […]

Nick Caldwell, a journalist, is heading home to his wife and baby daughter for Christmas when the worst snowstorm in English history descends and strands him in the middle of nowhere. Struggling through the endless white, he stumbles across Mistletoe Manor where the eight guests and two staff have settled in for the long haul. […]

Jobbing actor, some-time dog sitter and amateur sleuth Gwinny Tuffel is heading to an audition in Bath, with a director who she has a history with – and, after the first rehearsal, not much of a future, it seems. Still, it gives her a chance to meet up with Roy Singleton, a man she came […]

Cass Lynch lives in her boat in the harbour of Brae, the oil capital of the Shetland Islands. As she begins to dread her upcoming stay on the mainland, necessary to gain the sailing qualifications that she needs, people are coming to the islands that are going to spell more trouble for her. When one […]

Cornwall, 1910. The country is in something of a panic due to the return of Halley’s Comet and the predictions of some astronomers that the planet Earth’s rotation will send it directly through the tail of the comet, a tail full of deadly cyanogen gases… Tithe Hall stands on an outcrop, cut off from the […]

Oh, woe is me! My worst reading month for an age, mostly due to some irritating back pain that’s been plaguing me for the past week or two. Irritating is the right word – it’s just been annoying that sitting still has been at times a problem. Especially for a reader like me. For some […]

One week. That was the entire length of Pippa Evans’ teaching career at Penbryn Hall, a prestigious private school for girls. On the first day that she arrived, she recognised a figure from her past. One week later, Pippa was found, the victim of an overdose. Going undercover as Pippa’s replacement, investigator Mallory Dawson is […]

January 1941, London, and Detective Inspector John Jago is one of those remaining at Scotland Yard to police the streets during the blitz. A time when the country should be banding together is still seen as an opportunity for some to take advantage of the chaos for personal gain – and for murder. Rosemary Webster […]

Brooke Parkin is facing one of her worst fears – not just school in general, but starting a new school in the run up to Christmas. Thankfully, the school has a positive Learning Support department, and the other children in the Neurokind Club, along with an understanding form tutor, and she starts to believe that […]

“Pay attention, 007…” For decades, Major Boothroyd – Q – had been head of the research and development arm of MI6 – Q Branch – arming their agents for their missions to put the world to rights, no matter what method they used. In particular, arming the Double 0 agents. In particular, agent 007. You […]