During the first season of bombing many of my papers were burned, including the pages of my diary describing the spring and early summer of 1940.

What remained of those papers is an intimate, honest, and heartfelt exposition of the beginning of the Second World War in London told through the eyes of esteemed writer, Hector Bolitho.

With at least 3,000 possible offences, many of a very minor nature, it was a good or a very lucky driver, who survived without breaching one of them.

With a new sergeant keeping all the constables around Aidensfield in order, PC Nick is focused on putting his best foot forward. But between a reckless cyclist and a traffic-stopping newcomer, making a good...

That will give you over three weeks to settle your affairs, say your prayers, and eat a hearty Christmas dinner. I shall kill you, most probably, on Boxing Day.

In the lead up to Christmas, Fergus O’Brien, World War One flying ace turned introspective recluse, suspects someone is out for his blood. Having received three threatening letters promising his...

Only an idiot believes that he can write the truth about himself.

Here Lies is an insightful look inside the life and work of one of our greatest thriller writers. In this Edgar Award winning autobiography, Ambler applies his deft touch to his own story: his South London childhood, his...

He seemed as if he might be interesting. People with no morals often are, and someone who makes no pretence of having any always is.

A convert to the recent fad of ‘spiritualism’, James Warrenton purchases the old, and purportedly haunted, Amberhurst Place. A cantankerous, yet easily amused, old man, he has far too many nephews, and far too much time.

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“Marriage,” said Miss Tillingdon, “is a very doubtful blessing. At least for a woman.”

Helen Telfair has sworn never to marry. She turns down countless proposals, but only one she regrets. She is haunted by her connection to the dashing Charles Scroope and her missed opportunity at love.

When her dreams of an independent life are dashed by tragedy and...

She couldn’t rid herself of the eerie feeling that once destiny took a hand in your affairs, there was little you could do to stop it.

Kate is a simple country girl: living in Somerset, in the 1920s, in a house with her parents. Left jilted on her wedding day, Kate may not be innocent as she seems.

Travelling alone on her ‘honeymoon’, Kate just wants to pick...

“I trust this man. He may not look like much, but his intentions are as honourable as hell.”

In this final instalment of Lyall’s Honour Series, Ranklin and O’Gilroy are faced with their most secret assignment yet.

A French-American anarchist is being held in the Brixton jail, and while the explosive nature of his crimes have him on trial, it’s the secrets he...

A collection of witty, at times absurd, but always entertaining short stories from one of the most esteemed writers of Classic Crime.

Spanning Inspector Appleby’s cases from his youth to his time as an respected detective of Scotland Yard, these twenty-three short mysteries are sure to delight fans of Innes’ literary comic crime.

Told by the fireside over...

“Ambler is, quite simply, the best.” —The New Yorker

Syria, 1970. Michael Howell has kept his family’s Middle Eastern business going through a decade of takeovers, war, and revolution, but he’s about to meet his deadliest challenge yet. 

Howell is working late with his office manager and mistress, Teresa, when the pair discover men working overtime—producing...

Castrevenford school is preparing for Speech Day and English professor and amateur sleuth Gervase Fen is called upon to present the prizes. However, the night before the big day, strange events take place that leave two members of staff dead. The Headmaster turns to Professor Fen to investigate the murders.

While disentangling the facts of the case, Mr Fen...

Besides, if you were one half evil, wouldn’t you want to know about the other half?

In the scorching summer of 1976, Robyn spends her days swimming at the Lido and tagging after her brother. It’s the perfect holiday – except for the crying women her mum keeps bringing home.

As the heatwave boils on, tensions in the town begin to simmer. Everyone is gossiping...

Angry old woman with house seeks companion, with some money.

Left homeless upon her mother’s death, Helen Westley’s outlook is bleak. Having left her job to care for her ailing mother, Helen will soon have no income, no house, and no purpose in life.

That is until she spots a job advert for a live-in carer of an elderly woman. Leaving her lonely life behind...

The Witch Ways are back.

The second installment of Helen Slavin's captivating Witch Ways series is out September 6, 2018.

“You’re the Ways. The Gamekeepers. You must know.”

But the problem is they don’t. After being thrust into a life of magic, Anna, Charlie, and Emz have lost their way. They don’t know where they’re supposed to be, what they’re supposed to be...

Inspector Littlejohn is back on August 2, 2018.

With one woman murdered and a man on the run, can Littlejohn dredge through years of family secrets and wartime betrayal before anyone else gets hurt?

When Madame Garnier arrives at the casino on the Isle of Man, everyone is interested. She knows all the tricks, bets on all the right numbers, and is enjoying a...

ir John Appleby is already annoyed at being dragged to a private viewing of a young artist’s work. But when he finds out the exhibition is for Gavin Limbert, his suspicions are peaked. Limbert was recently found shot dead in his apartment. When his most famous piece is stolen during the show, Appleby finds himself embroiled in the dark and dangerous world...

“You call me the little Queen,” she told her uncle the King of the Belgians; “my body is little, but my heart is not.”

Edith Sitwell’s endearing portrait of the young Victoria chronicles her unlikely ascension to the throne: spanning the succession crisis of King George III, her enduring love and marriage to Prince Albert, and her strength and power in a...

What if the one thing that kept you together was breaking you apart?

All Linda wants to do is sleep. She won’t look at her husband. She can’t stand her daughter. And she doesn’t want to have this baby. Having this baby means moving on, and she just wants to go back to before. Before their family was torn apart, before the blame was placed.

Alienated by...

Twelve years. Three jailbreaks. One fight for justice. 

To some he’s a thief, to others he’s a champion, to most he’s Alfred ‘Houdini’ Hinds, the most prolific jailbreaker in British history. Convicted for a high stakes jewellery robbery to which he pled his innocence, Hinds was sentenced to 12 years in prison in 1953. 

Contempt of Court is the...

It was just like Morrison to be a nuisance even when he was dead.

Ford, the harried Secretary of the Whitehall Club, is desperate to please even the most disagreeable members to just be left in peace. So, it is a huge inconvenience for Ford when one of the club’s most vexatious members is found possibly poisoned and most definitely dead. It will be...