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Literature & Fiction
A boy is lost and then found again. As the long Napoleonic conflict seems to be coming to an end, Jack Preston, who works in a newspaper office in Brighton, is whisked away from his old life by a mysterious stranger. He... See More
Historical Fiction
The French Heir is the second in a series of historical novels set in Sussex in the years around the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Sebastian Preston knows little of his true background. He has grown up with the Prestons, a... See More
Mystery
This collection includes the title novella, A Little Too Fond of Cake, and a handful of short stories of various lengths and genres. A Little Too Fond of Cake, a dark comedy of novella length (in 13 chapters), tells the... See More
Mystery
This is the twelfth novel in the Pitkirtly Mystery series, set in a small town in West Fife - quite close to Culross but definitely not as picturesque. Christopher is aghast when Mr Miller from the Council tells him he has... See More
Romance
From an unexpected twist on a classic Christmas tale and a soldier returning home from war to a pair of girls waiting for an unlikely Christmas wish to come true and a creepy evening in a museum, fill your briefest moments... See More
Mystery
Can people learn to leave the past behind them, and move on? Flora has tried hard to do this but her wartime past as a secret agent just won't let go of her. The spymaster she knew then seems to be pulling the strings again... See More
Mystery
Frozen in Crime is the fifth novel in the Pitkirtly mystery series. As Christmas approaches, deep snow cloaks the little town of Pitkirtly, an armed robbery takes place and Jemima's husband Dave disappears. Amaryllis... See More
Literature & Fiction
The Heir to Nothing is the third in the 'Brighton Heirs' series of Regency novels by Cecilia Peartree. It tells the story of Anthony Devereaux, cast out by his father and recruited as a ferryman to take government agents... See More
Mystery
This is the fifteenth book in the Pitkirtly Mystery series, set in a small town in Scotland that isn't really Culross on the coast of Fife, although it does share some of the same features. Little does Jock McLean realise... See More
Thrillers
This is the 6th book in the 'Adventurous Quests' series of thriller novels set in the world of the 1950s, when people hadn't quite recovered from the war and were on the brink of being plunged into a cold war stand-off with... See More
Mystery
This is the 16th book in the Pitkirtly Mystery series. A stolen wheelbarrow gets Stewie into trouble through no fault of his own, and before long he is in danger of losing his job and his place at college. Meanwhile, someone... See More
Mystery
This is the 17th novel in the Pitkirtly Mystery series. Penelope Johnstone can't help feeling a bit sorry for herself as she spends a significant birthday alone at home. But while she is still wondering why her son Zak and... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
This is the 18th novel in the Pitkirtly Mystery series, set in a small town on the coast of Fife, Scotland. A series of unexpected and apparently random incidents takes place in and around Pitkirtly. Rosie investigates a... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
This is the 19th in the Pitkirtly Mysteries, a series of novels set in a small fictitious town on the coast of Fife in Scotland. When Mollie goes to work one morning, she doesn't expect to receive a visit from the police... See More
Literature & Fiction
This is a new collection of five short stories, of which three are set in Pitkirtly, home of the Pitkirtly Mysteries, and two are freestanding stories. In 'Christmas Lights', there are various theories in the local pub, the... See More
Mystery
This is the 20th novel in the Pitkirtly Mysteries series. Maisie Sue's wedding is disrupted by shadows from the past, while Christopher fights against the inexorable intrusion of the future into his working life, and once... See More
Thrillers
This is the 5th novel in the 'Quest' series of mystery / thrillers set in the world of the 1950s. 'A Quest in Berlin' plunges Andrew and Clemency into peril as they arrive in a city that still bears the scars of war and is... See More
Literature & Fiction
The Unwilling Heir is the fourth in the 'Brighton Heirs' series of Regency novels by Cecilia Peartree. It tells the story of Frederick Comberton, who makes an ill-fated bid for freedom, loses his memory and is cared for by... See More
Mystery
This is the 21st novel in the Pitkirtly Mysteries series, set in the present day in a fictitious small town on the Fife coast, not far from Culross but definitely not based on any real place. When they find evidence of... See More
Romance
The Heiress is Not at Home is the first in a planned series entitled 'Misplaced Heiresses' which is linked to Cecilia Peartree's 'Brighton Heirs' series via some of the characters, but which may be read on its own.Juliet... See More
Mystery
When the stuffed capybara that was intended to form the centrepiece of a new display goes missing, Max Falconer and his colleagues follow its trail from the museum to a conservation studio in East Lothian and then to the... See More
Historical Fiction
Elizabeth (Lizzie), the young widow of the treacherous Viscount Wyld, vanishes with her baby daughter before John Claybourn, a Home Office agent, can finish questioning her about her possible involvement in her husband's... See More
Mystery
This is the 24th book in the Pitkirtly Mystery series. Clementine Fairfax, previously encountered in 'The Identity Illusion', returns to Pitkirtly under cover to investigate a computer crime which has been traced to... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
This is the 25th in the Pitkirtly Mysteries series of quirky mystery novels set in Scotland. It's early autumn and Dave and Jemima are heading for Loch Rannoch, in Highland Perthshire, not to view the autumn colours but to... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
This is the 26th novel in the Pitkirtly Mysteries series. When a music festival takes over the town, most people predict some kind of trouble, but the presence of Amaryllis's former colleague Green makes this seem even more... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
This is the eighth novel in the Pitkirtly Mystery series. Through a random combination of circumstances, Jock McLean and Amaryllis find themselves playing Santa Claus and his elf respectively at Pitkirtly Christmas Market, a... See More
Mystery
Christopher thinks he has his life under control until the mysterious Amaryllis arrives in the little town, spreading chaos and confusion in her wake. Suddenly he isn't sure about anything any more. Will he learn to relax... See More
Mystery
Can anyone ever really change? Christopher and Amaryllis ask themselves this question when a young man they already know as a troublemaker knocks at the door of their holiday caravan one wet day. Their attempt to answer it... See More
Romance
Isabelle doesn't expect a summer job in the south of France to turn into a nightmare. But even before she encounters the mysterious Nathan Freelander at the wheel of a boat on the Canal du Midi, she is already fighting for... See More
Mystery
Death at the Happiness Club is the 4th in a series of quirky mysteries set in a small town in Scotland. When the Happiness Club comes to town, Maisie Sue sees it as an opportunity to rediscover romance, Jock McLean regards... See More