1867: Nicola Douglas attends a lecture given by Miss Maria Rye the founder of the Female Middle Clas..

In the autumn of 1944 George Starling prepares to exact revenge on the person he hates most in the w..

1943: The newly formed Homicide division of the Victoria Police has been struggling to counter littl..

After the death of leading haematologist Professor Anstruther antiquarian book dealer Anthony Sparro..

Newly estranged from his girlfriend Lindy Hey Inspector Domenic Jejeune returns to Southern Ontario ..

Strange things are going on in Black Dog Wood near the village of Nasely. There are rumours that it?..

Fleur Stanthorpe an Australian arrives in Whitby to live out a dream after surviving cancer. She pla..

Thea is tired of having to entertain Drew's children during the summer holidays so she accepts a com..

1894. Mr Simeon Crosby a retired executioner comes to Wigan with his wife and brother to give a talk..

Following a mysterious explosion the offices of Excelsior Joinery Company are no more; the three dir..

In a gloomy flat off Islington High Street Chief Inspector Brett Nightingale and Sergeant Beddoes fi..

When orphan Theodosia?s only remaining family lock her out of their seasonal celebrations she thinks..

*As seen on the new BBC TWO TV book club Between the Covers*Longlisted for the HWA Debut Crown Award..

A FINALIST for the?Booker Prize the?National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize the?VCU/Cabell F..

November 1983: Three hundred feet beneath the Atlantic submarine Lieutenant Bill Guth and his fellow..