Jill discovers a concealed box - inside it is a baby's skeleton, seemingly entombed early in the 19th century. Detective Inspector Thornhill and Jill gradually reach the conclusion that the baby's death is more recent than it seems. And the hunt for...
England, 1921. Three years after her husband, Alex, disappeared, shot down over Germany, Jo Manders still mourns his loss. Working as a paid companion to Alex's wealthy, condescending aunt, Dottie Forsyth, Jo travels to the family's estate in the...
Maisie Dobbs - one of the most complex and admirable characters in contemporary fiction (Richmond Times Dispatch) - faces danger and intrigue on the home front during World War II.
During the months following Britain's declaration of war on Germany,...
Two monks at the monastery of Andechs experiment with cutting-edge technology, including a method of deflecting the lightning that has previously set the monastery ablaze.
When one of the monks disappears and his lab is destroyed, foul play is...
Stephen Attebrook, a crippled knight facing poverty and ruin, seems condemned to a quiet life when he takes a position as deputy coroner in the small town of Ludlow.
But instead, he plunges into a web of murder and intrigue.
A death Attebrook rules...