Hannah Howe

Battling the elements — the coldest British winter in centuries - and coming to terms with the death of her fiancé in a motor racing accident, enquiry agent Leigh Mansfield finds herself embroiled in a studio of secrets, a murder mystery, and the reason for secret agent John Argent's involvement.

John Ball was a middle-aged businessman with problems, and those problems compelled him to run away from Nicola, his devoted wife of 20 years....

As Mimi examined her wireless, a figure emerged through the darkness. In his mid-30s, he possessed broad shoulders and a muscular frame while a proud nose and a neatly trimmed moustache dominated his handsome features....

Eve’s War is a series of 12 novellas. Each book contains approximately 20,000 words and a complete story. Kindly note that the price throughout the series will be set at the minimum level and that Eve’s story arc will be concluded at the end of the series....

In Roots, Heini is home in Wales nursing her sick mother while Naomi is attending launch parties for her latest novel....

Hired by multimillionaire Jeremy Loudon, my task was simple - find his missing briefcase. Loudon claimed that his briefcase held 10,000 pounds, his winnings from a poker game. However, as the trail unravelled and led to Europe my suspicions deepened....

In her heyday, the critics regarded Dana Devlin as the most beautiful actress in movies. They also regarded her as shallow, lacking emotion. That was strange because Dana Devlin’s life had been a rollercoaster of emotions, with divorces and nervous breakdowns to the fore. ...

Snow in August, the story of a village and its secrets, a tale of longing and regret, and the realization on my part that you should always cherish the people you love....

As a child, I’d run away from home. As a teenager, I’d travelled the world, living on my wits. As a journalist, I’d witnessed atrocities inflicted in the name of fascism. As a member of the Resistance, I’d eyeballed fear and stared it down....

The man in my office held a dark secret, a secret to kill for. That man was Tony Ryland, husband of local madam, Maria de Costa. Unfortunately for me, truth and justice, Tony Ryland was dead....

Someone had posted a dead rat through Jana Jakubowska’s letterbox and scrawled obscene graffiti on her garden wall. Harmless pranks or something more sinister? Her boyfriend Tom Renwick hired me to find out....

The war is over and Ann’s community is preparing for the VE Day celebrations. However, not everyone is in a celebratory mood. Ann’s husband, Emrys, has returned from France, a shadow of the man who left to serve his country. What happened in France?....

March 1945. After six bloody, tear-stained years, the war was nearly over. However, for the German prisoners of war incarcerated in Island Farm Camp 198, the end could not arrive soon enough, so they decided to escape....

With her husband, Emrys, still missing in action, Ann Morgan faces the prospect of spending her first wedding anniversary, and Christmas, alone. However, a phone call from Alistair Blythe sets Ann on a trail that leads to murder, encounters with black market spivs, and threats to her life....

A young banker returned home after riding his horse to dine with his wife, Grace, and her companion, Mrs Quinn. Immediately after retiring to his room, he was seized with symptoms of irritant poisoning, and despite every effort made on his behalf, he succumbed to its effects....

With her husband away on a top secret mission, Ann Morgan prepares for another secretarial day at Trevor Bowman's detective agency. However, this day will be unlike any other....

When the biggest villain in the country makes you an offer you can't refuse, what should you do? In my case, I decided to accept that offer....

Most of the people I encounter are hiding a secret and many of them are adept at telling lies. However, how do you learn the truth about someone who's no longer with us....

Some people will stop at nothing in their pursuit of wealth and power. Indeed, the greedy will often resort to murder....

"Christ! Who shot her?" "Don't know." "What a mess." I was alive. But with a snowstorm gripping the city and with an unknown assassin closing in, I faced the most dangerous moment of my life....