As Britain declares war on Germany, the indomitable Maisie Dobbs stumbles on the deaths of refugees who may have been more than ordinary people seeking sanctuary on English soil. Sunday September 3rd 1939. At the moment Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain broadcasts to the nation Britain’s declaration of war with Germany, a senior Secret Service agent […]

In the summer of 1942, the Nazis descend on the Czech village of Lidice in a savage act of revenge. The men are separated from the women, and their children are bused away. The Kobera family is scattered across occupied Czechoslovakia and the Nazi camp system. The matriarch, Tereza, clings to the hope that her […]

Explore the dark secrets of a Sussex coaching inn at the heart of a local smuggling ring. Secrets, suspicion and smuggling. An atmospheric historical mystery of midnight ambushes, local conspiracies and a seven-year struggle for the upper hand. Shoreham, Sussex, early nineteenth century. Thomas Blackwood is the respected landlord of the Lamb Inn, known for […]

A young Jurchen prince, disgusted by the lies and corruption of empire, abandons his title and privilege to live as a simple farmer on the vast Eurasian steppe. When he risks his life to save a desperate young nomad in trouble, he is pulled into the brutal, honor-bound world of the tribes, and discovers something […]

Germany, 1938. After witnessing a strange vision while leaving the synagogue, only a few days before Yom Kippur, a modern-day Israeli man travels back in time more than fifty years into the past. He finds himself in the aftermath of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, a turning point that marked the beginning of the […]

Betrayed. Enslaved. Forged in war. 93 B.C.E. As the Roman Republic teeters on the brink of civil war, Iberian tribes wage a desperate struggle against the relentless march of Roman legions. Caro, a young slave and hunter, survives on his wits on the whims of his master. But when a reckless act of defiance leads […]

The historical setting comes alive with well-chosen details and references…Dialogue and emotional states are also well rendered in the author’s crisp, vivid style…A nostalgic and hopeful holiday tale. Christmastime 1939 introduces the reader to the Christmastime Series. Set in Brooklyn, we meet the young widow Lillian Hapsey and her two sons, Tommy and Gabriel. Even […]

A royal conspiracy. Buried secrets from Imperial Russia. One man’s past may hold the key to the Crown’s survival. The Queen’s doctor vanishes overboard from the Royal Yacht Britannia. A white cat is slaughtered in an English country garden. A deadly secret from Czarist Russia reawakens. London. Worcestershire. Paris. Vienna. Twelve-year-old Jack Steele never forgot […]