Recently widowed Hannah Firth is still young enough to dream of a new life. When her spiteful daught..

Ellen Dawson is glad when the Great War ends but sad that Lady Bingram’s aides are to be disbanded..

The Great War opened up an exciting new career for Vi in London. But that was yesterday. Now the war..

In Western Australia the Blake sisters are together again despite what seemed like unsurmountable od..

London 1929. In the darkness before dawn a London railway porter discovers a man's body as he unload..

Simmy Brown had hoped that her autumn would be less frantic than usual to give her a chance to enjoy..

Italy 1933. Fresh from her exploits in Berlin British photographer Elena Standish is chosen for a se..

1935. At 36 Bella Porter is dependent on her abusive cousin Thomas acting as his unpaid servant. But..

A short story from British Library Crime Classic Deep Waters. This story recounts Sherlock Holmes’..

1895. Former Scotland Yard detective Daniel Wilson made famous from his days working the Jack the Ri..

When irascible farmer Guy Beardon meets a very dirty death in his own farmyard it seems like an acci..

Nina Cattermole had an unusual death: headbutted by a horse as she protested against the local hunt...

When the body of a herdsman is discovered in a farm building Detective Sergeant Den Cooper is more t..

Fifty-five-year-old Jim Lapsford makes an unusually healthy-looking corpse. Having spent his life ta..

With Peaceful Repose Cemetery Drew Slocombe is determined to revolutionise the entire death industry..