Murder in Piccadilly: A Classic Mystery from the Genre's Golden Age by Charles Kingston
Fiction
Nightmare in Clapham
To Clapham in the 1960s, when mental illness was treated very differently.
Our affair ended when eventually I tired of Jim’s reluctance to say that he loved me. I fell victim instead, if victim is the right word, to something I now know is called the ‘proximity effect’. Proximity in this case was an engineering student on the second floor...
The Wrecking Storm, by Michael Ward
Time is running out.
Michael Ward proves, once again, his knowledge and love of Stuart London. After setting the tone with Rags of Time, The Wrecking Storm, his latest effort and second in the Thomas Tallant series, raises the bar and drives the reader through the streets of an already...
Indomitable, by Matthew Willis
The final in the trilogy set during Operation Pedestal
Indomitable is the third title in Matthew Willis’ Fortress of Malta series and follows on from the events of the previous two books, Harpoon and Bastion. This time the protagonist of the series, Clydesdale, returns to Malta in Operation Pedestal, a vital convoy...
The Lion in Winter: Ben Kane interviewed by J.A.Ironside
Ben Kane is interviewed by J.A.Ironside about his writing and his new series, set during the Crusades.
Lionheart is the first novel in a new medieval set series that follows the life and achievements of Richard, Coeur de Lion. Beginning in 1179, the book tackles Richard's life before the crusades against a backdrop of political intrigue and family in-fighting....
Thurkill’s Battle, by Paul Bernardi
Justice is vengeance.
In Paul Bernardi’s Thurkill's Battle, the second instalment of The Huscarl Chronicles series, Thurkill finds himself sworn into the service of Wessex’s last prince. Where Thurkill’s Revenge left a boy, we come back to our hero as a man. The opening brings us into the...
The Honey and the Sting, by EC Fremantle
The bond between three sisters is put to the test.
In this lyrically written, highly anticipated novel, E C Fremantle cements her place as one of Britain’s foremost writers of historical fiction. She is to be especially commended for her exploration of periods which are not well covered (her Jacobean The Poison Bed...
A Burning Sea, by Theodore Brun
The latest in the Wanderer Chronicles.
A Burning Sea is the third instalment of Theodore Brun’s Wanderer Chronicles. Up until now the series, set in the eighth century, has been a Viking Saga. In this latest book the troubled hero, Erlan Aurvandil, turns his back on the dark pagan forests of Scandinavia...
Trio, by William Boyd
The latest story from the great novelist.
Intelligent, accessible, and entertaining – William Boyd’s Trio was always going to be one of the novels of the year. Boyd is often rightly lauded for his craftsmanship, in relation to the structure and style of his works, but not enough credit is given to him for his...
Deliverance, by John Pilkington
Let there be Justice.
Deliverance is the final instalment of John Pilkington’s gripping trilogy, which returns to 17th century England and the life of the now-retired Justice Robert Belstrang. Despite Belstrang’s plans for quiet, the world seems to have other ideas, and what follows...