Historical Crime & Mystery

SHARPE’S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now. Richard Sharpe returns to England to save the regiment. Major Sharpe’s men are in mortal danger – not from the French, but from the bureaucrats of Whitehall. Unless reinforcements can be brought from England, the regiment will be disbanded. Determined not to see his...

This is not a detective story, this is a story about the making of a detective... William Warwick has always wanted to be a detective, and decides, much to his father's dismay, that rather than become a barrister like his father, Sir Julian Warwick QC, and his sister Grace, he will join London's Metropolitan Police Force. After graduating from university,...

Hidden in Plain Sight is the second brilliant and captivating novel featuring William Warwick by the master storyteller and bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles, Jeffrey Archer. Do you want the good news or the bad? William Warwick has been promoted to Detective Sergeant, but his promotion has meant reassignment, along with the rest of his team, to the Drugs...

Inspired by true events, a thrilling Depression-era novel from the author of The Librarian of Burned Books about a woman’s quest to uncover a mystery surrounding a local librarian and the Boxcar Library—a converted mining train that brought books to isolated rural towns in Montana. When Works Progress Administration (WPA) editor Millie Lang finds herself on the wrong end of...

The gripping new Sunday Times bestselling novel. Welcome to Willow Close where everyone is a suspect . . . On the day Nina and Conrad Best move into their new home in picture-perfect Willow Close, a body is discovered. The residents gather around a police cordon - one of their neighbours has been brutally killed in the woods. As police...

SHARPE’S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now. A small British army is stranded when the French invade northern Portugal and Lieutenant Richard Sharpe meets the future Duke of Wellington. Sharpe is stranded behind enemy lines, but he has Patrick Harper, his riflemen, and the assistance of a young, idealistic Portuguese officer....

The Scorpion's Tail by bestselling authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child is a gripping novel that draws you into a world of buried secrets and thrilling discoveries. Set against the rugged landscapes of New Mexico, this must-read thriller sees archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson embark on a chilling investigation that will keep readers on the edge of...

Secrets of the Land by Kate Mahony tells the intriguing story of Imogen Maguire, who, in 2018, is bewildered when accosted in a Melbourne street by a mysterious stranger claiming her grandfather in New Zealand needs her help. But isn't her grandfather dead? A former journalist, Imogen decides to investigate and travels to Taranaki, where she discovers her grandfather is...

The third novel in a series of romantic mysteries featuring Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice as reluctant sleuths who become embroiled in intrigues surrounding their friends and family. After the intrigues and excitements of their time in the city, Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy retire to the peace and quiet of Pemberley as they await...

In the third instalment in the life of Detective William Warwick, following on from Hidden in Plain Sight, international bestseller Jeffrey Archer once again displays his mastery in the art of storytelling. Detective Sergeant William Warwick is tasked with a dangerous new line of work: to go undercover and expose corruption at the heart of the Metropolitan Police Force. His...

C. J. Sansom's books are arguably the best Tudor novels going - The Sunday Times Tombland is the seventh epic novel in C. J. Sansom's number one bestselling Shardlake series, perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory. England, 1549. Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is sliding into chaos. The economy is in collapse, inflation...

1791. The dressmaker, his lover and his lover's wife. A house full of secrets where danger lies behind every door. Matthew came from nothing. Now he is a skilled corset-maker adored by high society. But he must hide his true self from prying eyes, seeking love in the riotous underbelly of Georgian molly houses. If outed, he will face the...

A missing starlet. An unsolved mystery. Can Lily save Hollywood’s next big movie star? Lily Jones is thrilled to find herself in the 1950s. She misses her life from 2024 but has a blossoming romance with her musician friend Louis and her dream job working on a movie set. The lead actress, Kitty Fox, is a rising star, yet Lily...

Why should the devil have all the best tunes? The Salvation Army has come prancing and singing from the slums of London to the poorest quarters of Oxford, but along with its red hot gospel preaching and music hall songs, it brings a prohibition message which sparks immediate opposition and violence. An Army soldier, an ex-drunk, is brutally killed, and...

The Silent Ones by Anna McPartlin is a gripping tale that shakes Ireland to its core with the murder of an innocent. Garda Mary Shea is given the rare opportunity to engage in real police work as she embarks on a quest for answers. One cold January morning in 1980, a newborn baby's body is discovered nestled in the most...

The next John Hay historical thriller from award-winning political journalist Burt Solomon, this time focused on one of America's most controversial presidents: Andrew Johnson. Andrew Johnson was called The Great Commoner, appealing to the masses, loathing the establishment and anyone he deemed elitist. Once Johnson made an enemy, you became his enemy for life. He saw insults where none were...

The Times Bestseller 'A masterpiece' - Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal 'Exceptional - a tense, thrilling investigation, with a decidedly feminist slant' - Daily Mail Inspired by a real-life murder trial, Kate Foster's The Maiden is a remarkable story with a feminist revisionist twist, giving a voice to women otherwise silenced by history. Winner of the Bloody Scotland...

Home is where the horror is… Jilted thriller writer Lady Violet Thorn has withdrawn to the Suffolk market town of Montford with two servants and her leading character, the adventuress Ruby Gibson, for company. Violet’s peace is disturbed when a stranger asks her for help, claiming that a friend is being kept prisoner in her own home. Her visitor seems...

It is 1914, and the storm clouds of war are building on the horizon. In Sydney, Josiah Steele is the new head of the family and grappling with his two very different sons - David, upstanding, decent and heir to the family enterprises; and Benjamin, wayward, restless and a magnet for trouble. To give Ben some responsibility, Josiah sends him...

For fans of true crime and classic crime fiction, The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey is a gripping thriller featuring detective Alan Grant and a masterful exposé of the powerful connections between media, the establishment, and what people choose to believe. Based on a true story. Complete and unabridged, this book is part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series...

Sunday Times Bestseller - BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick - BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime The intoxicating story of one woman's dreams of freedom in Victorian England and the man whose obsession threatens to destroy them forever. 'A sharp, scary, gorgeously evocative tale of love, art and obsession' - Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train...

In the next Lady Emily Mystery, The Dark Heart of Florence, critically acclaimed author Tasha Alexander transports readers to the legendary city of Florence, where Lady Emily and Colin must solve a murder with clues leading back to the time of the Medici. In 1903, tensions between Britain and Germany are starting to loom over Europe, something that has not...

Danger, passion and bravery in nineteenth-century Australia, Europe and onto the battlefield of Kandahar. As the son of 'the Colonial', legendary Queen's Captain Ian Steele, Josiah Steele has big shoes to fill. Although his home in the colony of New South Wales is a world away, he dreams of one day travelling to England so he can study to be...

As the son of the Colonial, legendary Queen's Captain Ian Steele, Josiah Steele dreams of one day leaving his home in New South Wales to be a commissioned officer in the Scottish Regiment. After cutting his teeth in business on the rough and ready goldfields of Far North Queensland's Palmer River, he finally travels to England, where he makes surprising...

Literally out-Christies Agatha - Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal Storytelling at its very finest - My Weekly Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair is a stunning novel which reimagines the unexplained eleven-day disappearance of Agatha Christie that captivated the world. In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days. Only I know the truth of her disappearance. I'm no...

Jamaica, 1772. The wheel of justice is turning. The winds of change blow straight. On the island of Jamaica, people are going missing. Rumours have landed in England of fraud, foul play and even murder. Suspicious fingers are pointed at Scotsman, Doctor Lewis Hutchinson, but who is he and what does he know? Isaiah Ollenu, law clerk and aspiring esquire,...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory, The Burial Plot is an unstoppable thriller about murder, manipulation, and a young woman trying to wrestle power from the hands of a dangerous man. But he's always one step ahead... London, 1839. Where the cemeteries are full and land is worth more to house the dead than the living,...

I genuinely could not put this down - Stacey Halls, author of Mrs England A tour de force of a gothic thriller. I devoured it - Gillian McAllister, author of Wrong Place, Wrong Time Taut, propulsive, beautifully done - Susan Stokes-Chapman, author of Pandora From Elizabeth Macneal, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory, The Burial Plot is...

Los Angeles. Christmas, 1967. A city on fire as a killer strikes... A young nurse, Kerry Gaudet, travels to the City of Angels desperate to find her missing brother, fearing that something terrible has happened to him: a serial killer is terrorising the city, picking victims at random, and Kerry has precious few leads. Ida Young, recently retired private investigator,...

Alma Rosales is back and trouble is hot on her heels in this thrilling, queer historical novel from the critically acclaimed author of The Best Bad Things. Washington Territory, 1888. With contacts on the docks and in the railroad and a buyer's market funneling product their way, ex-detective Alma Rosales and her opium-smuggling crew are making a fortune. They spend...

An outstanding historical novel for fans of The Essex Serpent and Piranesi, Ray Celestin's Palace of Shadows can lay claim to having at its centre the most Gothic House of them all... "I'm not asking you to build something impossible. I'm asking you to build something that contains all the strangeness and confusion that you can muster." Samuel Etherstone, a...

Soon to be featured on Zoe Ball's Radio 2 Book Club. Exquisite - Will Dean, author of Dark Pines This is a book that will stay with you - Ann Cleeves, bestselling author of the Vera series Compelling, twisty and wonderfully suspenseful - Claire Fuller, author of Unsettled Ground It is 1923 and a country is in mourning. Thousands of...

The Sunday Times No.1 Bestseller From number one bestseller and author of The Clifton Chronicles, Jeffrey Archer, Nothing Ventured is the thrilling first novel in the William Warwick series. This is not a detective story. This is a story about a detective. William Warwick is eight when he decides to join the police force. Resolute in the face of his...

Now a major HBO series from J.J. Abrams, Misha Green and Jordan Peele (Director of Get Out) A chimerical blend of magic, power, hope, and freedom that stretches across time, touching diverse members of two black families, Matt Ruff's Lovecraft Country is a devastating kaleidoscopic portrait of racism - the terrifying specter that continues to haunt us today. Chicago, 1954....

Chinatown meets the Coen brothers in 1930s Omaha in this atmospheric noir by a native Nebraskan. Omaha, 1930. PI Jim Beely's life wasn't a peach to begin with. And now there's a dead guy in his backseat. The last thing he needs to deal with is a cop—much less the notoriously crooked Frank Tvrdik. But where a square-dealing lawman would...

For whatever we lose, it is our self we find in the sea. The best swashbuckler of the year ... There are echoes of Horatio Hornblower in Nightingale’s introspection and doubts. The gay love story is beautifully written and the evocation of life on board the Scylla is equally good – The Times An extraordinary work, absolutely breathtaking ... it...

C. J. Sansom's books are arguably the best Tudor novels going' - The Sunday Times Lamentation is the sixth breathtaking historical novel in C. J. Sansom's number one bestselling Shardlake series, perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory. England, 1546. King Henry VIII is dying. Meanwhile, his Protestant and Catholic councillors are engaged in a final and decisive...

New York, 1908: The days are getting longer—and warmer—in Manhattan. Molly Murphy Sullivan doesn't want to leave her home in the city, but typhoid is back, and she's expecting. So she heads north with the children to summer with her mother-in-law in Westchester County. Molly tells herself it won't be so bad; after all, the countryside is pretty, and she's...

Isolation can be hard on a person. It can be hard on the mind, especially when the bush closes in on you in the darkness of night. In the tin fields of Far North Queensland, Sarah, a fly-in-fly-out geologist, is working alone at a remote mine site. She spends her time in a sort of limbo, never quite fitting into...

C. J. Sansom's books are arguably the best Tudor novels going - The Sunday Times Heartstone is the fifth spellbinding mystery in C. J. Sansom's number one bestselling Shardlake series, perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory. England, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong, and a massive French fleet is...

Estella's Revenge is a gripping tale of one of literature's most enigmatic figures, penned with stunning originality by Barbara Havelocke. You know Miss Havisham. The world's most famous jilted bride. This is her daughter’s story. Raised in the darkness of Satis House where the clocks never tick, the beautiful Estella is bred to hate men and to keep her heart...

Winner of The Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of the Year 2021 Shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2021 and longlisted for the HWA Debut Crown 2021 'Astounding. Tense, absorbing and dripping with gallus Glasgow humour, this book is absolutely wonderful' - Abir Mukherjee, bestselling author of the Wyndham & Banerjee series 'Peaky Blinders meets...

Winner of The Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of the Year 2021 Shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2021 and longlisted for the HWA Debut Crown 2021. 'A mesmerizing debut. Early gangland Glasgow with the gloss razored off' - Peter James 'Peaky Blinders meets William McIlvanney in this rollocking riveting read' - Adrian McKinty, bestselling...

1952, Los Angeles. It is New Year's Eve and PI Aloysius Archer is dining with his friend and rising Hollywood actress Liberty Callahan when they're approached by Eleanor Lamb, a screenwriter who would like to hire him, as she suspects someone is trying to kill her. A visit to Lamb's Malibu residence leaves Archer knocked unconscious after he stumbles over...

The ship was doomed before it ever left port. His fate was sealed before he ever stepped on board. From R. L. Graham, Death on the Lusitania is an immersive WW1 historical novel set aboard the ill-fated ocean liner. 'Set on a doomed ocean liner, this engaging and well researched mystery is perfect for lovers of Agatha Christie and Dorothy...

Readers are loving it: 'Absolutely riveting reading' - Five Star Review 'This book was definitely a page turner, I read it in one sitting' - Five Star Review 'I would absolutely recommend this book, it was brilliant' - Five Star Review 'An instant classic' Daily Mail The ship was doomed before it ever left port. His fate was sealed before...

C. J. Sansom's books are arguably the best Tudor novels going - The Sunday Times Winner of the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, Dark Fire is the second thrilling book in C. J. Sansom's number one bestselling Shardlake series, perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory. England, 1540. Out of favour with Thomas Cromwell, Matthew Shardlake is intent...

Cast a Cold Eye by Robbie Morrison is a dark historical crime novel and the sequel to Edge of the Grave, which won the Bloody Scotland Scottish Crime Debut 2021 award and was shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger. Glasgow 1933 Murder is nothing new in the Depression-era city, especially to war veterans Inspector Jimmy Dreghorn and his partner 'Bonnie'...

Carnival of Lies by D. V. Bishop takes place in Renaissance Italy during the winter of 1539. When Cesare Aldo learns of a conspiracy to assassinate Duke Cosimo de' Medici, he is hired to protect the ruler of Florence. The deadly attack leads to bodies, bloodshed, and something far more dangerous. The instigators obtain a secret journal of Cosimo's thoughts...

As hunger grips the Warsaw ghetto, is a cannibal loose on the streets? January 1943. Warsaw. City of the dead. In the ghetto, the last fifty thousand Jews await their fate, but, unlike those who preceded them to the death camps, these Jews are prepared to fight. Jan Kalisz, Kripo investigator and Resistance double-agent, has promised to supply them with...

Jackson's hero is the natural heir to Bernie Gunther Andrew Taylor, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Ashes of London One of the UK's finest crime writers Ben Kane, Sunday Times bestselling author of Napoleon's Spy A remarkable crime debut Maxim Jakubowksi, Crime Time As the Nazis roll into Warsaw, a serial killer is unleashed. September 1939. A city ruled...

With mystery, intrigue, and hints of romance, international bestselling author Julia Kelly is known for, Evelyne Redfern returns in Betrayal at Blackthorn Park. Freshly graduated from a rigorous training program in all things spy craft, former typist Evelyne Redfern is eager for her first assignment as a field agent helping Britain win the war. However, when she learns her first...

From Julia Kelly, internationally bestselling author of The Last Dance of the Debutante, comes the first in the mysterious and immersive Evelyne Redfern series, A Traitor in Whitehall. "Kelly spins an Agatha Christie-esque mystery . . . thoroughly delightful and well-researched." - Susan Elia MacNeal 1940, England: Evelyne Redfern, known as "The Parisian Orphan" as a child, is working on...

London, 1716. Revenge is a dish best served ice-cold... An immersive, action-packed thriller with intrigue in the air and threats around every corner The Herald Great fun ... the language is colourful and the action never stops’ Laura Shepherd-Robinson The city is caught in the vice-like grip of a savage winter. Even the Thames has frozen over. But for Jonas...

In fear for his life, American millionaire Daniel Cartwright changes his will, appointing his old friend Rowland Sinclair as his executor. Soon murder proves that fear well founded. When Rowland receives word of Cartwright’s death, he sets out immediately for Boston, Massachusetts, to bury his friend and honour his last wishes. He is met with the outrage and anguish of...

The greatest writer who ever lived… turns spy. London, 1592. 28-year-old William Shakespeare is the rising man of English theatre. But plague has hit the capital, and the playhouses are to be shut. Livelihoods, and lives, are at stake. Lady Celia Vernon is one of the first to perish but did she really die of plague? Her cousin, the Earl...

Knives Out meets The Binding in this historical romp full of magic, queer romance and adventure. A Restless Truth by Freya Marske is the thrilling follow-up to A Marvellous Light. 'It's the lesbian locked-room murder mystery of my dreams. Beyond delightful!' - Alix E. Harrow, author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January Maud Blyth has always longed for adventure....

Introducing Jonas Flynt. Gambler. Thief. Killer. Man of honour. Longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize 2023 'Fast, furious and with a glint of gallows humour, this is high-octane historical fiction' Daily Mail 'Swashbuckling action against a vivid historical backdrop. I loved this book' Ian Rankin ‘High adventure meets espionage thriller as Jonas Flynt battles the tide of history and the deadly...

All the Tears in China transports readers to Shanghai in 1935, a 20th century Babylon, an expatriate playground where fortunes are made and lost, where East and West collide, and the stakes include life itself. Into this cultural melting pot, Rowland Sinclair arrives from Sydney to represent his brother at international wool negotiations. The black sheep of the family, Rowland...

Shanghai in 1935 is a 20th century Babylon, an expatriate playground where fortunes are made and lost, where East and West collide, and the stakes include life itself. Into this cultural melting pot, Rowland Sinclair arrives from Sydney to represent his brother at international wool negotiations. The black sheep of the family, Rowland is under strict instructions to commit to...

Bridgerton meets Agatha Christie in Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord, a dazzling first entry in a captivating new Regency-era mystery series with a feminist spin from Celeste Connally. London, 1815. Lady Petra Forsyth, daughter of the Earl of Holbrook, has made a shocking proclamation. After losing her beloved fiancé in an accident three years earlier, she announces...

Amongst the scholars, secrets and soporifics of Victorian Oxford, the truth can be a bitter pill to swallow… Jesus College, Oxford, 1881. An undergraduate is found dead at his lodgings and the medical examination reveals some shocking findings. When the young man’s guardian blames the college for his death and threatens a scandal, Basil Rice, a Jesus College fellow with...

A palace servant trained in herbal medicine finds herself at the heart of imperial intrigue in this enthralling period mystery! The Apothecary Diaries 10 (Light Novel) sees Maomao trying to focus on her work after returning to the western capital. However, she has to deal with both the quack doctor and the smart-mouthed young physician Tianyu. Meanwhile, Jinshi's status as...

An electrifying tale of female rage and resistance that gives voice to the tragic and remarkable story of a young Roman noblewoman, Beatrice Cenci. Rome, 1599. A young noblewoman accused of murder, awaits execution. Imprisoned in the Corte Savella, she has captured the hearts and sympathy of all Rome... This is the true and tragic tale of Beatrice Cenci. History...

Jane Austen returns to solve an intriguing new mystery, in the latest instalment of the MISS AUSTEN INVESTIGATES series. Jane Austen is preparing for the summer season. As guests of their wealthy relatives Mr and Mrs Leigh-Perrot, Jane and her sister Cassandra will be holidaying in Bath Spa—the world-famous health resort, and more importantly, the epicentre of the marriage mart....

From the author of Murder at Midwinter and Murder at Maybridge Castle comes the cozy new murder mystery for fans of The Christmas Clue and A Lively Midwinter Murder. The perfect cozy mystery to curl up with this Christmas. A luxury party sets sail on New Year's Day. But festivities will take a deadly turn... New Year's Day 1938. The...

December, 1923. Ruby Vaughn is looking forward to a quiet, relaxing trip to Oxford in the week before Christmas with her octogenarian housemate and colleague, Mr Owen. Far away from the arcane, unusual—and occasionally illegal—books that seem to always get her into trouble. The most she expects to do is attend a handful of his antiquarian society meetings. But when...

WINNER OF THE PINCKLEY PRIZE FOR BEST DEBUT NOVEL ‘Masterfully weaves two stories in a seamless, vivid narrative’ - LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS ‘A starkly beautiful piece of American noir’ - TARIQ ASHKANANI Minnesota, 1971. Nineteen-year-old Renee 'Cash' Blackbear spends her days playing pool, drinking beer and driving trucks for the local wheat farmers. Bounced around foster homes like...

A brilliant new whodunnit, perfect for fans of M.C. Beaton and Richard Osman! A night of tricks, treats, and murder… When an old school acquaintance calls on auctioneer Felicia Grant for help, she finds herself at a glittering bash at the exclusive yet mysterious Aquitaine club. What starts as an enchanting evening of feasting and spooky traditions soon turns deadly....

A manuscript sealed inside a Vatican tomb for six centuries. A restorer who doesn't believe in things she can't touch. And a text that was never meant to be found. Elena Marchetti works with her hands and thinks in measurements. When she uncovers a grimoire hidden inside a Vatican tomb, she expects a historical find. What she gets is something...

A daring rogue pilot. A shattered world still reeling from war. A hunt that uncovers more than anyone bargained for. From the Caribbean skies to the depths of an uncharted island, this six-book epic collection throws you into a high-stakes game of survival, secrets, and shifting loyalties. When a mysterious ace pilot begins sabotaging global trade routes, a volunteer air...

A quiet lodger, a secret vice, and a fortune-seeker who will stop at nothing. When a neighbour's lodger is found dead, Vita Carew, a sharp-witted science student, is the first on the scene. The police pronounce it an accident, a fatal fall, but Vita remains unconvinced. Her access to the post-mortem reveals the truth: Albert Flett was murdered. As Vita...

A vicious master, a cruel injustice, and a long-held secret... After travelling to the notoriously haunted Crowswood Castle to recover from illness, Cambridge student Vita Carew finds herself at the centre of a ghostly unsolved mystery. As renovations on the ancient castle near completion, old secrets emerge, and Vita must decipher the meaning of a hidden message in an old...

January 1941. When Detective Inspector John Jago is called to a terraced house in London's Bloomsbury district, he finds the body of a woman who has been attacked and left to die—her crime, it seems, being kindness to strangers. Rosemary Webster had taken in victims of the devastating Blitz and refugees from wartorn Europe, giving them refuge in her own...

A dazzling diva, a glittering society dinner, and a killer with a terrible grudge... In Edwardian England, bookish and bespectacled Vita Carew longs to be left to her scientific studies. But she can't avoid the event of the season, a gala at Pemberton Hall. This glamorous concert and sumptuous dinner will mark the Pemberton household's triumphant return to society after...

A mysterious victim, a heartless doctor, and an assistant whose loyalty extends to murder. After falling behind during her first year studying science, Vita Carew plans a studious Christmas vacation in Cambridge. However, when an injured man with no memory is discovered and brought to her local hospital, she can't help but be lured away from her books by an...

A professor's dismissal, a boxer's death, and a widow's secrets. Can Vita Carew solve the mystery? In 1903 England, Vita Carew's dreams of studying at Cambridge are shattered by a dismissive professor. But Vita's intellect proves invaluable after her brother and a visiting American boxer take part in an ultimately lethal boxing match. Vita's brother is gravely injured and the...

Celebrity socialite Alice Roosevelt is taking London by storm in 1905 when her letter containing sensitive details of upcoming peace talks between Japan and Russia is stolen. The case pulls Holmes from retirement, and with Alice’s help, the letter is retrieved. After returning to the U.S., Alice goes missing. At Teddy Roosevelt’s request, Holmes and Watson travel to New York...

Four years after bringing the infamous child-killer known as the ‘Nursery Butcher’ to justice – and still haunted by the brutal vengeance exacted by the psychopath’s ruthless allies – Cockney private eye George Harley is finally back in business, operating a new detective agency in the heart of London’s Soho. Harley and his new assistant Bunty are presented with their...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNOW 'Banville is one of my favourite writers alive.' REBECCA F. KUANG 'More than a touch of genius.' THE TIMES 'A pleasure to read' IRISH TIMES On the east coast of Ireland, one of the country's most prominent citizens takes his business partner's son out sailing and, while out at sea, shoots himself dead. This...