The year is 1855, and on the LNWR train to London, a criminal is being escorted to his appointment with the hangman. But the wily Jeremy Oxley, con-man, thief and murderer, has one last ace up his sleeve: a beautiful and ruthless accomplice...
Colonel Aubrey Tarleton is a man respected by his neighbors in the small Yorkshire village of South Otterington as much for his heroic feats in the army as for his social position. So the community is left stunned when Tarleton, deliberately,...
On the eve of a vital CIA assignment, an agent's hesitation leads him to the brink of disaster His grandfather was a lawman too. That's how Charles O'Farrell rationalizes his work. He keeps a picture of his ancestor by his bed, a faded sepia...
Charlie Muffin, most devious of spies, has lived through the Cold War, outlasted the Soviet Union, circumvented the most lethal schemes of the late KGB, and survived a love affair with former KGB agent Natalia Fedova. Is it time to put him out to...
Trapped at a desk job, Charlie Muffin uncovers a deadly KGB plot Charlie Muffin is too good to be working a desk. His rumpled clothes, worn-down visage, and ceaseless drinking may not make him look like a secret agent, but though the Secret...
A full agent again, Charlie Muffin must thwart an assassination attempt that could turn the tides of the Cold War It may be the most sensational defection of all time. The Russian agent comes straight from KGB headquarters, and he is no desk...
Back at work for the British Secret Service, Charlie accepts an assignment in Japan that just might be his last Charlie Muffin was once the toughest agent in the British Secret Service. He wasn't strong, fast, or charming, but he knew how to...
Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair Isles to introduce his fiancee, Fran, to his parents. It's a community where everyone knows each other, and strangers, while welcomed, are still...