It took three tortured days in 1876 for Charles Bravo to die from the poison that burned its way through his body. The subsequent investigation revealed many people with a grudge against the young barrister. The dramatic inquest was covered in sensational detail by the press, but no one was convicted of his murder. Over a century later James Ruddick draws on new evidence to solve one of the most ... More >

Captain Daniel Rawson is a soldier, spy, linguist and ladies’ man. Whether he is extracting valuable intelligence from the wife of a French general or leading his men in a Forlorn Hope, Rawson is a man on whom the Duke of Marlborough can always rely. Seething with intrigue and packed with swashbuckling heroics, the novel follows the Confederate army on the long, perilous trek across Europe to meet... More >

Two men return from war to the McAllan cotton farm in the Mississippi Delta in 1946. One is Jamie McAllan: charming, handsome, and sensitive to the plight of his sister-in-law Laura who hates rural living. The other war hero is Ronsel Jackson, the eldest son of the black sharecroppers who live on the McAllan farm, who finds he still has to fight the bigotry of his own countrymen. It is the unlikel... More >

Life is good for 35-year-old lawyer Jack Hilliard. He has it all: a wonderful wife, two gorgeous children and a job he loves. And he looks set to make the top spot at the DA’s office. Then one night an innocent flirtation with old friend and colleague, Jenny Dodson, develops into something he can’t control. Soon all he held dear is in jeopardy. But when Jenny is charged with a crime which rocks St... More >

As the Wars of the Roses draw slowly to a close, England is a place of turmoil. Edward IV is on the throne but his position is unstable and he finds himself challenged by a man who would become Henry VII. But Isabel, a silkweaver to the court and mistress to Richard III, can cut through the turmoil with her clever ways and her pretty smile. Her sister Jane is mistress to Edward IV. Could they hold... More >

When author, Theo Samarajeeva returns to his native Sri Lanka after his wife’s death, he hopes to escape his gnawing loss. But as he sinks into life in his beautiful, war-torn land, he also finds himself slipping into friendship with an artistic young girl, Nulani – a friendship that gradually blossoms into love. But all too soon, the violence which has cast an ominous shadow over their love story... More >

On this day of ill omen, plague makes its entrance. Within weeks, swathes of England will be darkened by death’s shadow. While panic and suspicion flood the land, a small band of travellers comes together to outrun the breakdown in law and order. But when one of their number is found hanging from a tree, the chilling discovery confirms that something more sinister than plague is in their midst. An... More >

Tom Fletcher has left the police force, and it’s cold outside. Working as a P.I. in Cambridge, he is dragged back into his own troubled family history by an enigmatic message from his missing father. Tom’s inquiries begin to spiral into ever darker conspiracies. How is an American company involved in an officially-suppressed story from World War II? Where is the US Air Force base that seems to be ... More >

Britain, 1045 – The Normans are waiting to wrest the English throne away from the Anglo-Saxon barons. King Edward the Confessor does his Machiavellian best to aid them. Everything centres on the succession. Earl Lovric of Mercia and his wife, Godiva, are drawn into the machinations at Court. When Edward makes their son a pawn in his power play, Godiva’s maternal instincts rise to the fore, and int... More >

In 1913 an orphan girl is delivered to The Hall of Eternal Splendour, seemingly destined to live out her life as a prostitute in its smoky backrooms. Yet one day hope appears in the unlikely form of a customs inspector, a modest man who will take Pan Yuliang as his concubine and introduce her to a glamorous new life in 1920s’ Shanghai: a life of love and of art. But, as Pan begins to realise her t... More >

Wentworth is today a crumbling and forgotten palace in Yorkshire. Yet just 100 years ago is was the ancestral pile of the Fitzwilliams – an aristocratic clan whose home and life were fuelled by coal mining. This is the story of their spectacular decline: of inheritance fights; rumours of a changeling and of lunacy; philandering earls; illicit love; war heroism; a tragic connection to the Kennedys;... More >

Balram Halwai is the White Tiger – the smartest boy in his village. Too poor to finish school, he has to work in a teashop until the day a rich man hires him as a chauffeur, and takes him to live in Delhi. The city is a revelation. Balram becomes aware of immense wealth all around him, and realises the only way he can become part of it is by murdering his master. The White Tiger presents a raw and... More >

After losing his wife and young daughter in a plane crash, US journalist Fletcher Carson joins the flagging war effort in Vietnam, where he plans to die. But when he rescues a critically wounded Labrador, whom he names Jack, and helps nurse him back to life, Fletcher slowly regains the will to live. But the ceasefire brings with it news that no dogs serving with the US will be transported home. Bu... More >

When the managing director of Wainwright Enterprises dies everyone is amazed to find he was far richer than they supposed, and that he’s left his estate to his nephew Alex and his wife Sally. She uncovers accounting irregularities within the company, but resists involving the police – until the firm’s accountant is murdered. But DCI Andrew Fenwick’s investigation reveals a web of corruption reachi... More >

In 1945, a small-time Dutch art dealer was arrested for selling a forgery of a priceless national treasure – a painting by Vermeer – to Hitler’s right-hand man. The charge was treason; the only possible sentence death. And yet Han van Meegeren languished in his dank prison cell, incapable of uttering the words that would set him free: ‘I am a forger.’ This riveting account of greed, hubris, excess... More >

A man without a tribe was at great risk, so the young boy abandoned with his siblings on the harsh Mongolian plains had to struggle to avoid death. He survived both starvation and hostile attacks by learning remarkable leadership skills and gathering a group of outsiders like himself. Hunted and alone, he dreamed of uniting the tribes into one house, one nation. He became a great warrior. He would... More >

Nearing her 100th birthday, Roseanne McNulty faces an uncertain future as the Roscommon Regional Mental hospital where she’s spent most of her adult life prepares for closure. Over the weeks leading up to this upheaval, she talks often with her psychiatrist Dr Grene, and their relationship intensifies and complicates. Told through their respective journals, the story that emerges is at once shocki... More >

Jin Li is on the run. She has been ‘disposing of’ valuable information from top city corporations for years, and now the people she has stolen from are out for revenge. Elsewhere, Tom Reilly is treating a pair of potential investors to a Yankees game when he receives a threatening letter. On the other side of town, mysterious Ray Grant, Jin Li’s former lover, is tracked down by her ruthless brothe... More >

London, the 1880s. A young girl grows up in a household marked by death, her father distant, her mother in perpetual mourning for the child she lost. Desperate to coax her mother back to health, Constance Langton takes her to a séance. But that seance has tragic consequences. Left alone, her only legacy is a mysterious bequest that will blight her life. That bequest comes in two parts: a house, an... More >

Jane Rochford was sister-in-law to Anne Boleyn and Lady of the Bedchamber to Catherine Howard, whom she followed to the scaffold in 1542. Hers is a life of extraordinary drama as a witness to and participant in the greatest events of Henry’s reign. Her supposed part in both Anne Boleyn’s and Catherine Howard’s downfall has led to her being reviled through centuries. In this fascinating biography, ... More >

Georgina Grey’s family history is closely bound up in Calvary Gaol’s dark and terrible past. It’s there that her great-grandfather was involved in a bizarre experiment that changed the course of his life. Intrigued to learn that he left his money to psychic research, Georgina travels to Thornbeck to help wind up the unusual legacy. There she meets TV presenter Chad Ingram who is fascinated by Calv... More >

In the shadow of Diane Fallon’s new forensic lab in Georgia, a land survey crew has discovered three bodies hanging in an isolated patch of woods. The sensational case has aroused the interest of the media, unnerved the locals – and inspired a gruesome game between the killer and Diane. It begins with taunting e-mails and chilling phone calls. Where it leads is a dangerously personal investigation... More >

When Laura Thyme goes to Baffington to visit her cousin’s recently-ordained son, she witnesses a sudden death. A year later Rosemary and Laura return to help with an ambitious Medieval Fayre, organised by the local celebrity, Franklin Danvers. Their task is to refurbish the neglected churchyard, but on their first morning they discover a body, pierced through the heart by an arrow. Unfortunately, ... More >

Every summer throughout her childhood, Florence would return to her family home on the west coast of France, where she would be joined by her exotic, hopelessly glamorous cousins. Life here, under the benevolent eye of her grandmother Mimi, was a heady existence of illicit drinking, stolen kisses and the bittersweet pains of first love. But now Florence is living completely alone with her new baby... More >