Historical mysteries

The queen of the Victorian mystery, New York Times bestseller Anne Perry returns with the 32nd novel in the Inspector Pitt series MURDER ON THE SER...

Who should rule Russia? In an era of oligarchs and growing Russian wealth, the issue is not irrelevant. Equally, in the late nineteenth century, fu...

Set in Italy in 1866, A Christmas Escape is Anne Perry's 13th festive Victorian novella.December, 1866. Charles Latterly, Hester Monk's brother, tr...

Truth is rarely pure and never simple Selchester Castle in 1953 sits quiet and near-empty, its corridors echoing with glories of the past. Or so ...

Once again, Gregory brings to bear her extraordinary ability to paint a period picture of London in all its grimness and grittiness. Hats off to th...

The strangest detective story in the history of music inspired by a true incident.A world spiralling towards war. A composer descending into madne...

Shortlisted for the Bram Stoker Award for the Best Novel of 2020.'Beautifully written, thoroughly absorbing and totally terrifying.' said C.J. Tudo...

Tokyo, JapanUmiko Wada has had enough excitement in life. With an overbearing mother and her husband recently murdered, she just wants to keep her ...

February 1574 and London is in a fervour of paranoia, superstition and rumour. Mob violence is commonplace. A whispered word is all it takes to con...

Wild, beautiful and spellbinding, this is the compelling wartime story of freedom and love on the windswept islands of Orkney'Powerful . . . Lea wr...

'Intricately plotted, rip-roaring World War Two adventure - proper heroes, proper villains, royal intrigue and grounded in real history' IAN RANKIN...

A story of class and corruption, sex and the Sixties, for fans of A Very English Scandal and The Trial of Christine Keeler ...

Creepy and compelling HARRIET TYCE Brilliant filled with tension and twists SARAH PINBOROUGH ...