Allison & Busby

The Rose Garden

by Susanna Kearsley

When Eva’s film star sister Katrina dies, she leaves California and returns to Cornwall, where they spent their childhood summers, to scatter Katrina’s ashes and in doing so return her to the place where...

The Pillars of Rome

by Jack Ludlow

With barbarians at the gate and enemies within, two men must fight for the soul of the Republic and the greatest empire in the world.

A cave hacked out by rock, lit by flickering torches…two young boys appeal...

An Ill Wind

by David Donachie

1793. John Pearce and his Pelicans are homeward bound, determined to put the treacherous Captain Ralph Barclay in the dock. But first they must evacuate Toulon where the Republican Army and the threat of the...

Next 100 Years, The: A Forecast for the 21st Century

by George Friedman

The New York Times BestsellerIf you think you know where the world is headed, think again Mexico making a bid for global supremacy?Poland becoming America's closest ally?World War III taking place in space?...

Muddy Boots and Silk Stockings

by Julia Stoneham

England, 1943. The country is at war

With so many men away fighting, it is the women left behind who must keep the country going, and when Alice Todd is abandoned by her husband, she must find a means to provide...

The Gods of War

by Jack Ludlow

Three fearless men are drawn into the endless battles of ancient Rome's Fiery War, fighting for power, for victory, for survival - and above all, for honour.

Brennos, the barbarian leader of the Celtic tribes,...

Deadly Friends

by Stuart Pawson

When Dr Clive Jordan’s dazzling career is brought to an abrupt end by a bullet, his colleagues are devastated – especially the female ones. Meanwhile Charlie has another case on his hands that is proving...

Laughing Boy

by Stuart Pawson

Laura Heeley was just an average mother of two, but at the age of thirty-eight her life was swiftly taken from her, stabbed in the back on her way home from bingo. Colinette Jones was a popular, attractive and...

The Picasso Scam

by Stuart Pawson

DI Charlie Priest is the kind of officer who likes to get on with the job, though his unorthodox ways have held him at inspector level for a record-breaking length of time; however Priest does get results.

When...

The Rosetta Key

by William Dietrich

Surviving murderous thieves, a nerve-racking sea voyage, and the deadly sands of Egypt with Napoleon’s army, adventurer Ethan Gage solved a five-thousand-year-old riddle with the help of a mysterious medallion....

Sophia's Secret

by Susanna Kearsley

When bestselling author Carrie McClelland visits the windswept ruins of Slains Castle, she is enchanted by the stark and beautiful Scottish landscape. The area is strangely familiar to her but she puts aside...

By the Mast Divided

by David Donachie

London 1793: Young firebrand John Pearce is illegally press-ganged from the refuge of the Pelican tavern to a brutal life aboard HMS Brilliant, a frigate on its way to war. In his first few days Pearce discovers...

A Dirty Death

Den Cooper #1

by Rebecca Tope

When irascible farmer Guy Beardon meets a very dirty death in his own farmyard, at first it seems like an accident. But when two more deaths occur foul play seems certain…

Alice's Girls

by Julia Stoneham

1945 and the war is drawing to a close

For three years, the land girls at Post Stone Farm have worked together, defying Hitler in their own way. They have witnessed love and loss, found their independence, and...

The Sword of Revenge

by Jack Ludlow

With all the fire and passion of the ancient Romans, The Sword of Revenge follows in the epic footsteps of top ten bestseller The Pillars of Rome.

Rome has lost its greatest warrior - for Aulus, the doom-laden...

The Secret Journals of Sherlock Holmes

by June Thomson

SECRETS, SUSPENSE, AND CONSPIRACY. LONDON THROUGH THE EYES OF THE GREAT SHERLOCK HOLMES

As Dr Watson’s secret manuscripts are revealed to the public, a multitude of previously unseen cases come to light. An...

Some by Fire

by Stuart Pawson

DI Charlie Priest was a newly promoted sergeant on the Leeds force when he was called to the scene of a tragic fire. Twenty years on, a new lead emerges and he has the chance to reopen the investigation – but...

Death of a Friend

Den Cooper #2

by Rebecca Tope

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING COTSWOLD MYSTERIES SERIES

Nina Cattermole had an unusual death: head-butted by a horse as she protested against the local Devon hunt. The official verdict? It was a freak accident....

Dark Undertakings

Drew Slocombe #1

by Rebecca Tope

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING COTSWOLD MYSTERIES SERIES

Fifty-five-year-old Jim Lapsford makes an unusually healthy-looking corpse. A life-long devotee of vitamin pills and herbal remedies, it seems almost...

The Girl at the Farmhouse Gate

by Julia Stoneham

Spring 1944 and Europe is in the grip of war.

For Alice Todd, it is the start of her second year as warden of the Land Army hostel in the Devonshire countryside and a time of change as she recovers from her broken...