Author: Joan Lock

The collision of the Princess Alice pleasure steamer with the Tyne collier, Bywell Castle, in the Thames in September 1878 resulted in Britain's wo...

It is a beautiful warm August day in 1880: perfect weather for the annual Metropolitan Police Annual Fete held at Alexandra Palace. Inspector Best ...

The explosion was heard twenty miles away. It killed boatmen and wrecked the exotic villa of Lawrence Alma-Tadema, the fashionable St Johns Wood ar...

A gripping and satisfying murder mystery with an unguessable final twist - Mystery Women[A] gripping Victorian mystery - Publishers WeeklyAsking an...

Here, now fully updated for the twenty-first century, is the complex and fascinating history of the formation of the British Women Police. Full of ...

Joan Lock's warm and nostalgic account of her three years of training as a young student nurse in the early 1950s. Perfect for fans of CALL THE MID...