Lancashire 1895. Abigail Dawson has lived in fear of her father for thirty years. But when after upr..

December 1940. With the Luftwaffe pounding the city nightly Londoners seek refuge in underground sta..

London April 1882. When cool-headed Phyllida visits the World's End Investigation Bureau to offer a ..

March 1605. Country doctor and former ship surgeon Gabriel Taverner is ready for his next adventure...

Winter 1946. One cold dark night as a devastated London shivers through the transition to post-war l..

It is late August 1940 and British Intelligence agent Hope Stapleford is desperate to join the Speci..

Cambridge UK 1947. Martin Friedrich a German philosopher is cycling through an intersection on his w..

Salonica Greece 1976. Hellenic Gendarme Major Mikhail Remis is a man in demand. A dark soul with a f..

In 1360 the Great Bridge over the River Cam is close to collapse. As arguments rage over raising the..

1969. A job in the Prison Service is not for everyone. But for Nell Lewis helping prisoners is somet..

Sunday morning and the body of Reverend Villiers has been found propped up on the vigil seat in the ..

Adelaide 1931: Telephone switchboard operator Frances’ life is difficult as sole provider for her ..

Bombay 1951. A political rally ends in tragedy when India's first female police detective Persis Wad..

1939. War has been declared and spymaster Fitzroy wastes no time in preparing his goddaughter Hope f..

Christmas Eve 1938. The Westbury family and assorted friends have gathered for another legendary cel..