A vivid evocation of a comic acting troupe in Elizabethan London - but when one of their actors is murdered, the humour turns distinctly sour.

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Ethelred and Elsie embark upon a hunt for two golden statues, along with academic, Dr Hilary Joyner. When Joyner is found dead, the pair must avoid all distractions to solve the mystery.

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'Engrossing and wonderfully atmospheric' - Booklist Starred Review

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American widower, Gordon Tilson, befriends a young woman online. After sending her thousands of dollars, he goes to Ghana to surprise her but then he disappears. Gordon's son Derek, turns to a PI agency with a new detective determined to prove her worth.

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American widower, Gordon Tilson, befriends a young Ghanaian woman online. After sending her thousands of dollars, he goes to Ghana to surprise her but then he disappears. Gordon's son Derek, turns to a PI agency with a new detective determined to prove her worth.

Chief of the Intelligence Department Sir Leonard Wallace - bearing always the hall mark of coolness and wit - is up to his earlobes in trouble. Summoned by the Viceroy of India, he makes a rapid flight to India to investigate the mysterious death of British officer Major Elliot and the theft of some very important dispatches.

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1940. After a bombing in Cambridge, D I Eden Brooke finds the body of Nora Wylde, two fingers on her left hand severed. When Nora's granddaughter goes missing, Brooke's suspicions are aroused.

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Who could enact such a deadly design, lurking behind the scenes As book holder and stage manager of theatrical company Lord Westfield's Men, Nicholas Bracewell is accustomed to solving problems.

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New 17th century sweeping historical fiction - first adult novel by very successful children's author (writing as Cindy Jefferies).

A father. A son. A desperate search.

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Marston is the author of the bestselling Railway Detective series

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Simmy Brown had hoped for a quiet autumn in her new home in Patterdale. But when a lodger is poisoned at her parents' B&B, peace is destroyed and the investigation begins.

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Philip Kazan returns to the gripping background of fifteenth century Italy, where many of his most successful books were based.

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When a family feud shatters the peace of the sixteenth century Tuscan countryside, a girl is left to wander the forest alone. Years later, in Florence, a former soldier investigating a murder is led on a journey into his past.

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When a family feud shatters the peace of the sixteenth century Tuscan countryside, a girl is left to wander the forest alone. In Florence, a former soldier investigating a murder is led on a journey into his past. With only an almost-forgotten saint to guide them, the two hide in plain sight, praying to find that which they have lost: themselves.

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Armistice Day 1940. A young man, Terry Watson, has been found in a back-yard Anderson shelter, battered about the head, and with two white poppies in his pocket and it will take all Jago and his assistant DC Craddock skills to uncover the truth behind the pacifist's brutal death.

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A keen sense of Manchester in the early twentieth century, from working-class communities to more well-to-do suburbs, subtle characterisation and gripping plot

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Rosie's only inheritance from her reclusive mother is a book of Russian fairy tales, but there is another story lurking between the lines.

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'She was called Kukolka,' he says. Little doll.
It's an unwelcome reminder of Mum's porcelain prisoners back in London. Of all the things we could have brought with us from Russia - and we weren't able to bring very much - she chose them.

The Powder of Death tells the story of how gunpowder found its way to the west.

Westfield's Men are out of work. When their widowed patron chooses a Danish bride and plans a wedding in Elsinore, the troupe is invited to perform, as guests of King Christian IV. But the play they select will prove a disastrous choice. Westfield's Men soon find themselves embroiled in political intrigue and religious dissension.

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Freda is one of the UK's biggest selling saga authors and has a huge following of devoted fans eager to read her new books

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Reissue of a long-unavailable favourite of Marston fans

One play, two murders and a grievous miscarriage of justice.