July 1556. Jack Blackjack spends the night at a Devon tavern agrees to a game of dice - and ends up ..

One of the Claridge's kitchen porters is found dead - strangled. He was a recent employee who claime..

17th May 1899. Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone on the site of a new museum being built in S..

Persimmon 'Simmy' Brown's wedding day to Christopher Henderson has arrived on a glorious summer's da..

It is the summer of 1934 when MI6 receives intelligence that two German scientists have made a break..

Dublin November 1856. George Little the chief cashier of the Broadstone railway terminus is found de..

At a costume party with the dubious theme of 'famous murderers and their victims' the know-it-all am..

An honest policeman Sergeant Wigan escorts a drunk man home one night to keep him out of trouble and..

The Surrays and their five children form a prolific writing machine with scores of treatises reviews..

More than 50 years ago Peter Lovesey published a short story in an anthology. That short story caugh..

Ireland AD 672. The abbey of Muman at Imleach Iubhair is being renovated when its guests' hostel bur..

1796. John Pearce is stuck with a difficult mission a crew of Quota Men forced to enlist in the Roya..

John Pearce discovers that Madrid plans to desert the British-led coalition and join the enemy. In c..

His native Scotland stands on the cusp of a new era of international expansion under its charismatic..

Located off the coast of South Australia Kangaroo Island lies surrounded by violent seas harbouring ..