Nothing is quite as it seems in Victorian high society– The Queen of Fives [ About The Queen of Fives ] They whisper her name in every corner of town.The lady with a hundred faces, a thousand lives.Five moves, five days – for such are the rules of her game. 1898. Quinn Le Blanc, London’s…
‘Will Eliza be able to keep her family safe at the edge of the world? And can her marriage survive all that the island throws at them?‘– The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife [ About The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife ] Life is hard in Ireland in 1867. Eliza Carthy moves with her lighthouse-keeper husband James and sons…
‘When instinct tells you no one can be trusted, who should you fear the most?‘– The Killing Sense [ About The Killing Sense ] Danger is closer than you think… Single Mum Kate Wilde has escaped an abusive marriage and hasn’t had a holiday in years, so when she wins a five-day trip to Paris…
‘The page-turning new mystery from Chris Hammer, the international bestselling author of Scrublands, The Times Crime Book of the Year 2023 Dead Man’s Creek and Crime Book of the Month (January 2024) Cover the Bones.‘– The Broken River [ About The Broken River ] A murder on the river bank.A secret worth its weight in gold. A body has been discovered on…
‘From the author of the beloved debut Boys Don’t Cry‘– May All Your Skies Be Blue [About May All Your Skies Be Blue] Summer, 1991. Dean: sun-stung and sticky with cool ice-pop juice, walks to the middle of The Green to get a good gawk at the new salon. And at the owner’s kid. Hands deep…
‘A gripping police thriller ‘– The Dark Hours [ About The Dark Hours ] 1994: When Gardaí Julia Harte and Adrian Clancy are called out to a sleepy housing estate in Cork to investigate a noise complaint, they are entirely unprepared for what they find. What happens next will haunt Julia for the rest of…
‘The three Dahlias face their next mystery at a castle in the Scottish Highlands which is cut off by the snow . .’– A Lively Midwinter Murder [ About A Lively Midwinter Murder ] FIRST COMES LOVE . . . THEN COMES MURDER A high society Christmas Eve wedding at a remote Scottish castle sounds…
‘Chilling truths are buried in this snow…‘– The Killer in the Cold [ About The Killer in the Cold ] When a body dressed in a Santa Claus suit appears in the snow just outside a small village in Cumbria, DCI James Walker is the first to appear on the scene. Almost a year has…
‘From the stark Yorkshire landscape to the dark underbelly of Jacobean London, Daniel Pursglove’s new mission sees him fall prey to a ruthless copycat killer…‘– Rivers of Treason [ About Rivers of Treason] London, 1607. As dawn breaks, Daniel Pursglove rides north, away from the watchful eye of the King and his spies. He returns,…
Shortlisted for Best Novel in the Irish Book AwardsLonglisted for the 2020 Walter Scott Prize for Historical FictionFrom the acclaimed author of Man Booker-longlisted History of the Rain ‘Harking back to a simpler time, This Is Happiness is a tender portrait of a community – its idiosyncrasies and traditions, its paradoxes and kindnesses, its failures and…