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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Crime & mystery > Historical mysteries
'The best historical crime novel I will read this year' - The Times
From the pleasure palaces and gin-shops of Covent Garden to the
elegant townhouses of Mayfair, Laura Shepherd-Robinson's Daughters
of Night follows Caroline Corsham as she seeks justice for a
murdered woman whom London society would rather forget . . . 'This
is right up there with the best of C. J. Sansom and Andrew Taylor'
- Amanda Craig, author of The Golden Rule London, 1782. Desperate
for her politician husband to return home from France, Caroline
'Caro' Corsham is already in a state of anxiety when she finds a
well-dressed woman mortally wounded in the bowers of the Vauxhall
Pleasure Gardens. The Bow Street constables are swift to act, until
they discover that the deceased woman was a highly paid prostitute,
at which point they cease to care entirely. But Caro has motives of
her own for wanting to see justice done, and so sets out to solve
the crime herself. Enlisting the help of thieftaker Peregrine
Child, their inquiry delves into the hidden corners of Georgian
society, a world of artifice, deception and secret lives. But with
many gentlemen refusing to speak about their dealings with the dead
woman, and Caro's own reputation under threat, finding the killer
will be harder, and more treacherous, than she can know . . .
'Spectacularly brilliant . . . One of the most enjoyable and
enduring stories I have ever read' - James O'Brien, journalist,
author and LBC Presenter
Who really killed the princes in the tower? Was Richard III truly
the ogre of legend and Shakespeare's play. - a wicked uncle who
murdered his nephews to steal the crown of England? Inspector Alan
Grant is not so sure. Laid up in hospital with a broken leg, he
becomes obsessed with unravelling this most enduring of historical
mysteries. As he investigates with the help of an enthusiastic
young American scholar, he unearths long-buried intrigues and comes
to a startling conclusion.
"Your predecessor was sitting in that chair when he shot himself.
You can still see the blood stains on the wall behind you." Central
America, 1931. Hilary Manningham-Butler is settling into her new
job as passport control officer at the British legation in
Guatemala City. Her predecessor Giles Markham is dead, having
embezzled a large sum of money from the office's visa receipts and
then taken his own life. Freddie Reeves, a friend at the legation,
believes there is more to his death than suicide. The weekend
before he died, Markham spent some time at a remote coffee
plantation in the north central highlands. Freddie knows the owner
of the plantation and invites Hilary to accompany him there for the
weekend, in the hope that she might be able to discover the truth.
Hilary has no intention of getting involved, but when a house guest
dies in suspicious circumstances it soon becomes clear that she
will not be given the choice.
Turn a Blind Eye is the third instalment in the gripping story of
Detective Inspector William Warwick, by the master storyteller and
Sunday Times number one bestselling author of the Clifton
Chronicles. William Warwick, now a Detective Inspector, is tasked
with a dangerous new line of work, to go undercover and expose
crime of another kind: corruption at the heart of the Metropolitan
Police Force. His team is focused on following Detective Jerry
Summers, a young officer whose lifestyle appears to exceed his
income. But as a personal relationship develops with a member of
William's team, it threatens to compromise the whole investigation.
Meanwhile, a notorious drug baron goes on trial, with the
prosecution case led by William's father and sister. And William's
wife Beth, now a mother to twins, renews an old acquaintance who
appears to have turned over a new leaf, or has she? As the
undercover officers start to draw the threads together, William
realizes that the corruption may go deeper still, and more of his
colleagues than he first thought might be willing to turn a blind
eye. 'Peerless master of the page-turner' - Daily Mail
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"Buckley draws even the most minor characters with subtlety and
skill, making the dramatic conclusion that much more satisfying."
Publishers Weekly Starred Review February, 1577. Sir William Cecil
has a dangerous new mission for Ursula Blanchard. He has asked her
to visit Stonemoor House on the bleak Yorkshire moors, the home of
a group of recusant women led by Abbess Philippa Gould. In their
possession is an ancient book, and the Queen's advisor, Dr John
Dee, is eager to get hold of it. However, while the Abbess is
anxious to sell the book, others such as her half-sister Bella
believe it to be heretical and demand that it be burned. It is not
Sir William's first attempt to secure the book. His two previous
emissaries vanished without trace. What happened to them - and will
Ursula suffer the same fate?
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