Set during the Second World War, the story combines historical details about the challenges of putting on ballet performances in London during the war, with a fictional tale where magic and reality intermingle during a production of Casse Noisette.
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The Last Restaurant in Paris – Extract
Lily Graham
What Remains
In this mysterious tale of intrigue, we are taken into the world of pathology and ancient Egypt.
Elizabeth Buchan
Appointment in Tehran
The US Embassy is under threat, but surely it is secure?
James Stejskal
The Roman
A Caesar’s Spies story
Exit Ghost
Drama, subterfuge and murder make happy bedfellows in this story from Shakespearean Southwark.
Philip Gooden
Nightmare in Clapham
To Clapham in the 1960s, when mental illness was treated very differently.
Katherine Mezzacappa
The Prisoner
A short story that led to the Earls of Mercia series
A Meeting of Equals
The short story that gave M.J.Porter the characters of Coelwulf and Pybba from her novel, The Last King.
The Christmas Murders
London, Christmas in 1892, and Detective Inspector George Bowman investigates bloody murder.
Richard James