Severn House

A cursed statue . . . A haunted house . . . A seemingly supernatural death . . . The unexpected arrival of a friend from his past plunges musician, sleuth and free man of color Benjamin January into...

1881. Girls are going missing from Shardlowes School, and private detective Lily Raynor, owner of the World's End Investigation Bureau, is hired to investigate. Disguised as a nurse, she joins the...

1840. Liberty Lane is in Cheltenham, where she's been hired by a local magistrate to establish the guilt or innocence of young Jack Picton, who stands accused of killing governess Mary Marsh. Liberty...

'the latest in the Hawkenlye series... may be Clare's best yet' - Kirkus Starred Review The new novel in the popular Hawkenlye series Autumn 1196. A secretive stranger arrives at New Winnowlands,...

Lydia Wienewski's dream has finally come true as her caf? selling delicious Polish-American fare is now open and her fortunes are looking up. Even her old nemesis and tutor, Madame Delphine, has made...

British secret agent Anthony Brooke wants to expose a gang guilty of blackmail and murder. Then the gang plots a kidnap and Anthony races to find Milly before they do. But she is in German-occupied...

It's all-out war in this witty satire on academic life. Two universities in the same city each aim to destroy the other and take over one another's buildings, students and, above all, bank balance...

A body is discovered at Maxstead Court School for Girls and DI Reardon investigates. He finds the school a hotbed of scandalous secrets and schoolgirl cruelty. As he pursues his enquiries, it is...

Alice awakes with no idea where she is and why there appear to be mercenaries tracking her down. She is found and aided by Este, a pathfinder making a living in the quake-ravaged Los Angeles...

Nurse Florence Shaw is baffled when a quiet patient dies in an apparent suicide pact with her husband. Can she uncover the truth behind this mysterious woman? Richard and Christine Clay have been...

Sissy Sawyer, an unredeemed hippy, has an uncanny ability to read the future - and the lives of those she holds dear may soon depend on it . . . One afternoon, shadows started to flicker along the...

1581. When Ursula Blanchard's 9-year-old son is snatched away while out riding, she must agree to undertake an impossibly difficult and dangerous mission if she is ever to see him again. Can she rely...

Is nowhere safe in York? As the plague wreaks havoc on the city, Owen Archer must solve a puzzle involving scandal, theft and murder sweeping through a local hospital.York, 1369. As pestilence rages...

When a mangled car is pulled from the San Joaquin River, containing bloodstains, and a gun, the sense of safety is shattered in Tessa's hometown. Tessa thinks she saw a girl on the riverbank - but...

Investigative writer Valentina Garnier travels to Kunashir Island in Russia's easternmost province at the request of CIA director Agnes Pendalon. Once there, Val is transfixed by a magical rowan tree...

The strangled body of teenager Diane Thorburn is found buried in the salt store in a Cheshire village. Chief Inspector Woodend is called to investigate and his enquiry turns up the death of another...

Thief-taker Simon Westow uncovers an evil lurking in the underbelly of Leeds in this page-turning historical mystery, perfect for fans of Anne Perry and Charles Finch. Leeds, October 1824...

The discovery of two graves digs up past crimes and a dangerous killer trying to erase their tracks in this fast-paced K-9 thriller series set in Chicago. Another day another find for dog trainer...

Rudolf Hess was the most closely guarded prisoner in the world. Forty-five years after his capture in Scotland he was still in Spandau Prison. The fear is that the stability of Western Europe may be...

The Colonel is pleased when his old friend Geoffrey Cheetham invites him up to the village of Buckby for the weekend, to coincide with a RAF reunion event. His fellow guests at the Cheethams' B&B...

Two planets. Seven spells. One battle for survival. Adrian Capstan's dream of going to Mars and becoming a wizard is about to come true when he travels to the red planet armed with seven ancient...

17-year-old Linda Corbet is missing and Jennie Redhead is hired to investigate. The only clue she has is a fragment of a 17th century poem she finds in Linda's room. But from that one clue Jennie's...

Mysticism, angels, evil spirits: Harvard Professor Cal Donovan investigates a scrying stone linked to the death of his parents.Algosh, Iraq, 1989. During an archaeological excavation Hiram Donovan...

London, 1388. When the mythical Stone of Destiny disappears from the throne of England, the populace takes it as a sign that rebellion is near. Desperate, Richard calls in Crispin Guest to find the...

The sins of the past break through to the present in this chilling tale of supernatural suspense. - When Benedict Doyle finds himself the owner of his great-grandfather's North London house, it stirs...

Two rival queens. An infamous playwright. And a deadly plot for the crown. London, 1600. With no legitimate heir to Queen Elizabeth's throne, and no clear successor with her modern vision of a...

When a human skeleton is discovered on the boundary of a twenty-year-old property development, it's up to Detective Chief Superintendent Lambert and Detective Sergeant Hook to dig around in the past...

Maggie Lawson is the smart, capable dean of a college, but even the most confident mother has a weakness - her child. When Maggie can't reach her son Aiden, she starts to panic. As dark events...

What if you're the only one who believes your son is missing? Get hooked by this chilling, twisty psychological novel of suspense, perfect for fans of Lisa Gardner, Laura Dave and Gillian Flynn!...

In the latest Hawkenlye mystery, desperate men commit terrible crimes, but vengeance is on its way . . . Winter, 1211.Former abbess Helewise moves back to her cell near Hawkenlye Abbey to help the...