1917. The Lotus Hotel offers sanctuary for its exclusively female clientele attracting the cream of ..

October 1381. Brother Athelstan is summoned to the church of St Benet?s in Queenhithe to investigate..

1894. Mr Simeon Crosby a retired executioner comes to Wigan with his wife and brother to give a talk..

Halloween 1861. A special train with two carriages steams across the Lake District at night on its w..

On their return home from their pilgrimage Baldwin and Simon's ship is attacked off the coast of the..

After their gruelling journeys to Galicia and Scilly Baldwin and Simon are at last back on the Engli..

Newly appointed as land agent to the youthful Lord Croft Matthew Rowsley finds plenty to keep him bu..

Adelaide 1931: Telephone switchboard operator Frances? life is difficult as sole provider for her mo..

While attending a lavish masked ball in Venice retired Scotland Yard detective Jasper has a shock wh..

September 1940. As the Blitz takes its nightly toll on London and Hitler prepares his invasion fleet..

Who saw him die? I said the fly with my little eye. I saw him die. An astonishingly beautiful settin..

London 1881. Lily Raynor owner of the World's End Investigation Bureau is growing increasingly worri..

June 1144. When the naked corpse of an unknown man is discovered and the Prince of Powys?s messenger..

Mary Dutton is accused of killing her husband by poison. The police see it as an open-and-shut case ..

While watching the opera at La Fenice Nancy Tremayne is shocked to see a woman fall to her death. Bu..