The Valley of the Fox (1980) was the final entry in Joseph Hone’s quartet of ‘Peter Marlow’ spy novels, all now reissued as Faber Finds.
Marlow believes he is done with the insane world of espionage, having found a haven in the Cotswolds...
The body had been drained of blood…
In a remote area of the Transylvanian Alps, an U.N.C.L.E. agent had been killed in mysterious circumstances. The man's footprints in the snow led up to the base of the tree where he had been killed, but here...
A young woman and her nineteen-month-old daughter are last seen alive at a child's clothing store. A troubled young man's obsession with the currently popular vampire culture's larger-than-life charisma becomes the center of a police investigation....
His name was Roy Sands, and he had everything to look forward to. He was getting out of the service and coming home to marry his beautiful Fiancee. He had his debts paid, money in the bank, and a happy new life ahead of him. Then he...
Lying at the bottom of his apartment stairs, a postman is found dead.
At first glance, his death appears to be a simple fall, a straightforward accident and the perfect case for Detective Chief Superintendent Konrad Simonsen to return to after a...
From the present day. . . Applecote Manor captivates Jessie with dreams of hazy summers in the Cotswolds, the perfect place to bring up her children. But the house has an unsettling history and strange rumours surround the estate. . . to the...
Georgia Fenchurch sells antique books in Victorian London, and helps secret Archivist Society investigators led by crippled recluse Sir Broderick. Frantic Edith Carter claims notorious handsome Duke of Blackford abducted neighbor Nicholas Drake -...