Baldwin Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock have been granted leave to go on pilgrimage. Together th..

1894. Mr Simeon Crosby a retired executioner comes to Wigan with his wife and brother to give a talk..

A link had been forged the day Claire saved the heir to the desert kingdom of Omarah from assassins...

After joining the Lovat Scouts at the outbreak of the Second World War Donald Angus Gillies is sent ..

1555. A priest has been stabbed to death in the village of St Botolph his body left to rot by the ro..

Following a mysterious explosion the offices of Excelsior Joinery Company are no more; the three dir..

Liverpool 1917. When Irish seaman Michael Gallagher docks in Liverpool after years of fighting with ..

1787. Captain Edward Brazier is wounded and in desperate need of medical attention but those from wh..

At the lush Villa Calypso on the French Riviera a dying billionaire launches a devious plan: at midn..

Halloween 1861. A special train with two carriages steams across the Lake District at night on its w..

When orphan Theodosia?s only remaining family lock her out of their seasonal celebrations she thinks..

The main aim of detective stories is to entertain but the best cast a light on human behaviour and d..

Hull 1930. A terrified woman runs through the dark rain-lashed streets pursued by a man desperate to..

In 1920's inner city Dublin Tenements Ivy Rose Murphy struggles to survive in the harsh poverty-stri..

1990 Blackpool. Thirty-three-year-old Helen Burnside is shocked when she learns that her beloved Gre..