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England 1819. Thomas Shield, a master at a school just outside London, is tutor to a young American boy and the child’s sensitive best friend, Charles Frant. Helplessly drawn to Frant’s beautiful, unhappy mother, Shield becomes entwined in their family’s affairs. When a brutal murder takes place in London’s seedy backstreets, all clues lead to the Frant family, and Shield is tangled in a web of lies, money, sex and death that threatens to tear his new life apart. Soon, it emerges that at the heart of these macabre events lies the strange American boy. 

The Wild Ruins, a new Hemlock Press book, full description to follow when available...

London, 1960. When Celia and Gregory Ringrose buy their first home on the edge of Hampstead Heath they feel like they've won the lottery. The only catch is that their house comes with a sitting tenant: a lodger they can't get rid of. Thankfully Blythe Morris seems nice. Normal. Older than them, she keeps herself to herself, and causes no trouble.

‘The master of historical crime fiction’ LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON Don't miss the gripping new historical thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Ashes of London, perfect for fans of CJ Sansom, Robert Harris and Hilary Mantel England, 1688 King James II finally has an heir –...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Goddess of Warsaw comes a suspenseful novel of art, deception, and revenge, a dual-time line story of a contemporary hired killer out to avenge the horrors of World War II. When a paintbrush proves more lethal than a pistol . . . The Shadow...

Es ist Spätsommer 1984, und die Kleinstadt Waterville in Maine steht kurz vor dem Zusammenbruch. Ein Streik in der Papierfabrik dauert schon seit einem Jahr an, hat Nachbarn gegeneinander aufgebracht und alle mittellos zurückgelassen. Die Männer sind gebrochen und erschöpft, aber die Frauen sind nach wie vor bereit, alles zu tun, um Arbeitsplätze zu retten und ihr Viertel zurückzuerobern - mit Babs Dionne, der lokalen Gewerkschaftsvorsitzenden, an der Spitze. Als sie vor fünfzehn Jahren blutüberströmt aus dem Wald zurückkam, hat sie der Gewalt eigentlich abgeschworen.

Thomas Finbow is sent to London by Lady Margaret on a sensitive mission - to seek out and persuade her husband - his master - Sir Robert to give up his foolish infatuation with Lady Imogen - a notorious woman of the Court. But once there, Thomas is thrown into a much graver situation - the body of a young woman is found washed up beside the Thames, terribly mutilated, and soon Thomas becomes caught up in a bizarre series of events including the theft of a corpse, and even his own imprisonment.

A dangerous mission is underway in Occupied Rome, right under the noses of the Gestapo. The acclaimed wartime thriller from the award-winning and internationally bestselling author of My Father's House. May 1944. Rome is still ruled by the Gestapo, but the Allies are closing in. As tensions rise...

Rebel’s Gambit, a new Hemlock Press book, full description to follow when available...

An exciting reissue of Rupert Holmes’s sophomore mystery novel, Swing—hailed as “imaginative, smart, and impressively elaborate” (The New York Times)—irresistibly repackaged in the vein of his breakout bestseller, Murder Your Employer. Jazz saxophonist and arranger Ray Sherwood...

Barbarossa und Heinrich der Löwe, ein Reich vor dem Zerbrechen und ein unvergesslicher Held: Berengar ist ein brillanter Stratege und ein junger hitzköpfiger Kämpfer an der Seite der mächtigsten Männer des Reiches - und auf einer persönlichen Mission, die ebenso gefährlich ist wie seine Schlachten. Die faszinierende Erfolgsserie ist perfekter Hörstoff für Fans von Bernard Cornwell und Daniel Wolf. Italien, 1159. Das Reich ist ein Pulverfass. An der Seite von Kaiser Barbarossa und Heinrich dem Löwen zieht Berengar, Hitzkopf und Stratege zugleich, gegen die rebellierenden lombardischen Städte.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon comes a supernatural historical thriller, perfect for fans of The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. When Maria Bertram is summoned to Czechoslovakia for a secret mission against the Allies, she has absolutely no idea what the Germans have...

England, 1193 Will Bowman has finally returned home to England to claim both land and title as reward for his noble service in the name of the crown. Arriving in Northumberland as the new baron of Scyldemoor, Will finds a half-ruined castle on a windswept hilltop, which he must now turn into a...

A gripping installment in John J. Gobbell's acclaimed Ingram family saga, blending authentic military detail with pulse-pounding international intrigue. For readers who lived through Todd Ingram's battles, Across the Black Water is the story of the trials his grandson faces when the next war...

In postwar Moscow, Soviet secretary Olga Simonova is instructed to destroy a painting from Mexico by Diego Rivera’s wife, Frida Kahlo. Her boss condemns the surrealist depiction of a woman’s suffering as bourgeois and anti-Soviet. Once a painter herself, Olga has experienced devastating losses and oppression by the Soviet regime, and she identifies with the anguish in Kahlo’s self-portrait. She secretly resolves to rescue the painting, even though her decision could cost her dearly.

The brand new absolutely gripping and heartbreaking World War II historical novel from master storyteller Marius Gabriel...

Brought to you by Penguin. Nick Harkaway's bestselling take on George Smiley is back, and this time the iconic spy is on the trail of a traitor right at the top of American intelligence… It's 1965, and the world lives on a knife edge. After the nuclear standoff in Cuba, and with Vietnam even...

Brought to you by Penguin. Inspector Frank Grasby returns in a gripping new murder mystery, from the bestselling author of Murder at Holly House. As the snow falls, the hunt for a killer begins... Frank Grasby’s father, the Reverend Cyril Grasby, is getting married at Rowntree Hall on...

“William Boyd once again brings to the spy novel his particular storytelling genius. The result is brilliant fun.”—Mick Herron “One of my favorite authors—he never disappoints.”—Kate Atkinson From the internationally bestselling author, the third literary thriller starring beloved...

A nun’s corpse leads beloved amateur sleuth Flavia de Luce to uncover decades-old secrets in this charming novel in the New York Times bestselling series. “I love the Flavia de Luce novels! Flavia is the best female detective I’ve ever read, full of realism, self-confidence, and emotion...