Category Archives: Travel Guides
Whiskey When We`re Dry
“A thunderclap of originality, here is a fresh voice and fresh take on one of the oldest stories we tell about ourselves as Americans and Westerners. It`s riveting in all the right ways a damn good read that stayed with me long after closing the covers” Timothy Egan, author of `The Worst Hard Time`A gritty
The Big Bow Mystery
East End landlady Mrs Drabdump is alarmed when she cannot rouse her lodger Arthur Constant. She summons the assistance of her neighbour, retired Scotland Yard detective George Grodman. He breaks down the door, only to find the man lying dead on his bed, with a deep cut to his throat. No-one could have got in
Death at Dartmoor
Lord Charles Sheridan and his wife, Kate, visit Dartmoor prison. Charles plans to implement a fingerprinting program and arrange a meeting with one of its most infamous inmates, Samuel Spencer, who admitted to killing his wife. He`s convinced that Spencer is innocent and he believes he has evidence to prove it. But Spencer continues to
Death at Glamis Castle
Charles and Kate are summoned to Scotland on a mysterious errand for the Crown. They will be staying at Glamis Castle, a place haunted by shadows and dark secrets. They learn that Prince Eddy, who had been heir to the throne until his supposed death in 1892, is still alive, ten years later. Only now
Death at Hyde Park
Queen Victoria is dead, long live King Edward! Kate and Charles Sheridan are attending the new king`s coronation ceremony when an anarchist blows himself up in Hyde Park with a bomb that was obviously meant for the Royals. Now, it`s up to Kate and Charles to discover who is threatening the crown, and how a
The Last Weynfeldt
Adrian Weynfeldt is an art expert in an international auction house, a bachelor in his mid-fifties living in a grand Zurich apartment filled with costly paintings and antiques. Always correct and well-mannered, he`s given up on love until one night entirely out of character for him Weynfeldt decides to take home a ravishing but unaccountable
Walden Of Bermondsey
When Charlie Walden took on the job of Resident Judge of the Bermondsey Crown Court, he was hoping for a quiet life. But he soon finds himself struggling to keep the peace between three feisty fellow judges who have very different views about how to do their job. And as if that`s not enough, there`s
A Friend Is A Gift You Give Yourself
“It`s the women who make this novel such a great read. They are glorious and mad, vulnerable, so human, and very, very funny” Roddy DoyleThelma and Louise meets Goodfellas when an unlikely trio of women in New York find themselves banding together to escape the clutches of violent figures from their pasts.After Brooklyn mob widow
Ten Year Stretch
The twenty brand new crime stories in this book have been specially commissioned to celebrate the tenth anniversary of CrimeFest, described by the Guardian as “one of the 50 best festivals in the world.” Contributors come from around the world and include the legendary Maj Sjowall who, together with partner Per Wahloo, was the originator
The Language Of Secrets: A Esa Khattak and Rachel Getty Mystery (Book 2)
Detective Esa Khattak heads up Canada`s Community Policing Section, which handles minority-sensitive cases across all levels of law enforcement. For months, INSET has been investigating a local terrorist cell which is planning an attack on New Year`s Day but their undercover informant, Mohsin Dar, has been murdered. Khattak can`t let Mohsin`s murder slide, so he
The State of Africa
Africa is forever on our TV screens, but the bad-news stories (famine, genocide, corruption) massively outweigh the good (South Africa). Ever since the process of de-colonialisation began in the mid-1950s, and arguably before, the continent has appeared to be stuck in a process of irreversible decline. Constant war, improper use of natural resources and misappropriation
The Dovekeepers
The lives of four sensuous, bold and remarkable women intersect in the year 70 AD, in the desperate days of the siege of Masada, when supplies are dwindling and the Romans are drawing near. All are dovekeepers, and all are keepers of secrets – about who they are, where they come from, who fathered them,
For You Are A Kenyan Child
Imagine you live in a small Kenyan village, where the sun rises over tall trees filled with doves. When the rooster crows, it`s time to wake up and after greeting Mama `Hodi`, you step into her hut for some porridge. Your task today is to watch over grandfather`s cows. But while they are grazing you
The Long Shadow: The Great War and the Twentieth Century
In Britain we have lost touch with the Great War. Our overriding sense now is of a meaningless, futile bloodbath in the mud of Flanders — of young men whose lives were cut off in their prime for no evident purpose. But by reducing the conflict to personal tragedies, however moving, we have lost the
Great Snortle Hunt
On a hill bumpy-steepy, there`s a house scary-creepy, And it`s said that a Snortle lives there, Now nobody`s been, so nobody`s seen, But Mouse whispers, “Come, if you dare!” Have you seen a Snortle? Would you want to? If you`re brave enough, join Mouse and his friends as they go on a night-time Snortle hunt.
The King`s Curse
The riveting story of Margaret Pole, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, and was one of the few surviving members of the Plantagenet dynasty after the Wars of the Roses. Plantagenet, once carried proudly by Margaret like a crown upon her head, is now, at the end of the 15th century, the most dangerous name
Scary Monsters and Super Creeps: In Search of the World`s Most Hideous Beasts
Dom Joly sets off round the world again, but this time he`s not looking to holiday in a danger zone – he`s monster hunting. Ever since he was given a copy of Arthur C. Clarke`s Mysterious World for his ninth birthday Dom has been obsessed with the world of cryptozoology (monster hunting), and in Scary
