Published By: Hera BooksPages: 320Released On: 13/11/2025 London, 1835. To high society, Estella is the perfect lady. But her fair face hides dark secrets – what has she done with her husband? And will her past crimes come back to haunt her? Desperate to escape her troubled life, she visits her friend, Lady Taykall. ButContinue reading “Estella’s Fury – Barbara Havelocke”
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The Murder at World’s End – Ross Montgomery
Published By: VikingPages: 368Released On: 30/10/2025 Cornwall, 1910. On a remote tidal island, the Viscount of Tithe Hall is absorbed in feverish preparations for the apocalypse that he believes will accompany the passing of Halley’s Comet. The Hall must be sealed from top to bottom – every window, chimney and keyhole closed off before night falls.Continue reading “The Murder at World’s End – Ross Montgomery”
The Porcelain Menagerie – Jillian Forsberg
Published By: History Through FictionPages: 258Released On: 21/10/2025 In a world where ambition is as fragile as porcelain, two lives are shaped by a king’s dangerous obsessions. In 18th-century Dresden, the dangerous whims of King Augustus the Strong shape the court and the lives of those held captive, both people and animals. Johann Kändler, aContinue reading “The Porcelain Menagerie – Jillian Forsberg”
The Last Witch – C.J Cooke
Published By: HarperCollinsPages: 384Released On 09/10/2025 Will she be damned by flame… or cursed by magic? Innsbruck 1485 Helena should be doing what every other wealthy young wife is doing: keeping her husband’s house, bearing his children. But when their footman is found dead, Helena is accused of killing him. Worse, she is accused ofContinue reading “The Last Witch – C.J Cooke”
The Waterfall – Gareth Rubin
Published By: Simon & SchusterPages: 528Released On: 25/09/2025 We begin with the last testament of William Shakespeare as he investigates the real-life murder mystery of his friend, playwright Christopher Marlowe. The second story is a 19th-century Gothic tale about the discovery of Shakespeare’s manuscript, set in an isolated former Priory, now a clinic for thoseContinue reading “The Waterfall – Gareth Rubin”
Revolting – Terry Deary
Published By: BantamPages: 256Released On: 25/09/2025 It is a truth universally acknowledged that the rich and powerful always look after their own and the working people are always revolting. But every now and again, a new group actually manages to seize power, and it changes history. Horrible Histories author Terry Deary takes readers on a hilariousContinue reading “Revolting – Terry Deary”
Six Weeks by the Sea – Paula Byrne
Published By: William CollinsPages: 240Released On: 28/08/2025 Summer 1801. Sidmouth, England. The Austen Family descends upon a fashionable Georgian seaside resort in Devonshire for a six-week holiday. Jane’s brother, Frank, is on leave from the Royal Navy, and dearly wishes to unite his sister with his friend Captain Peter Parker. But another holidaymaker, a handsomeContinue reading “Six Weeks by the Sea – Paula Byrne”
The Art of a Lie – Laura Shepherd-Robinson
Published By: MantlePages: 320Released On: 10/07/2025 That’s the trouble with stories, especially the ones you write for yourself. Sometimes you think they’ve ended, when they’ve barely begun . . . London, 1749. Following the murder of her husband in what looks like a violent street robbery, Hannah Cole is struggling to keep her head above water.Continue reading “The Art of a Lie – Laura Shepherd-Robinson”
Fulvia – Kaarina Parker
Published By: Manilla PressPages: 288Released On: 15/07/2025 She was a woman who took no interest in spinning or housekeeping. She wanted to rule a ruler and command a commander — Plutarch Fulvia is the daughter of a wealthy but unimportant Roman family. Raised in the countryside, she longs for a life of intrigue and influence.Continue reading “Fulvia – Kaarina Parker”
The Tarot Reader of Versailles – Anya Bergman
Published By: ManillaPages: 400Released On: 19/06/2025 Two women. An extraordinary power. In a time of revolution, betrayal could lie in the turn of a card . . . It is the early days of the French Revolution and, on the streets of Paris, terror reigns. Marie Anne Adelaide Lenormand is a young woman with an extraordinary powerContinue reading “The Tarot Reader of Versailles – Anya Bergman”
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