Read the full tale of the highwayman Captain Coke, the thief-taker Pitman and the actress Sarah Chalker as they fight the evil Fifth Monarchists – fanatics, killers, fundamentalists – through two of the greatest cataclysms in England’s history: The Great Plague and Great Fire of London!It begins with PLAGUE…Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel from the Canadian Crime Writers Association.On a dark road out...

You should never fall in love with a flyer. You should only be in love with flight.That’s the rule that Roxy Loewen – aviatrix, and protégé of the great Amelia Earhart – always lives by. Until she falls hard for fellow pilot Jocco Zomack and he leads her into a whole heap of trouble. From African skies to a cellar in Madrid, from the Berlin Olympics to the last flight of the Hindenburg, from gun running to the heist of the century, Roxy is just one step ahead of the Nazis ...

Diana Gabaldon calls Jack Absolute:'An Absolute delight! One of the most appealing military gentlemen ever to wear a sword.'Herein read about the extraordinary circmstances of Jack's birth. Of his mother's peril in the London theatre and of his father's solo cavalry charge in Germany that earned him the title 'Mad Jamie'.'C.C. Humphreys has created the finest series of historical novels since Patrick O'Brian.' Good Book Guide UK

BY BESTSELLING AUTHOR C.C. HUMPHREYS, AND INSPIRED BY HIS PARENTS' TRUE STORY, A DAZZLING NOVEL ABOUT A SPY AND A PILOT WHO FALL IN LOVE BUT ARE WRENCHED APART DURING WORLD WAR TWO, AND MUST FIND THEIR WAY BACK TO EACH OTHER.When Billy Coke steps onto the streets of London one December evening in 1940, he has no idea he is stepping to his fate. As Hitler's bombers come close to burning the city down, Billy meets the woman who will change the course of his life: Ilse Magnusson, a mu...

Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel from the Canadian Crime Writers Association.On a dark road outside London, a highwayman stumbles upon slaughter...As plague grips the city, can the uneasy alliance of a thief, a thief-taker and an actress catch a serial killer?'A rich and addictive read, ideal for fans of historical fiction.' Publisher's Weekly‘With Kings and cripples, rats and rotters, highwaymen and loos...

1666.The Great Plague, that killed 100,000 citizens, has passed. Londoners celebrate survival in different ways. Some with praising God. Many, including the Merry Monarch and his court, with sin. They drink. They gamble. They indulge in carnal delights.While others…666 is the number of the Beast, this the year foretold when Christ will return. To slay the Devil. To bring the New Jerusalem. A gang of fanatics – the Saints - choose to hasten ...

In this issueTake a spacewalk into the unknown with American Space Force by cover artist Tais Teng and feature story 'Above it All' by Robert J Sawyer. Dare we look below?In the next Fairmount Manor mystery by Mel Anastasiou, Stella Ryman shows us how to receive the kindness of strangers, while in a new chapter of The Shepherdess by JM Landels, Toinette needs to accept the help of ...

JACK'S BACK!For all you followers of Jack Absolute (The 007 of the 1770's) it's been a long wait. For those who've never read what the Good Book Guide UK called, 'the finest series of historical novels since Patrick O' Brian', this is a good place to begin... at the very beginning!'Concerning the circumstances of his birth, including his mother’s resistance to lechery, his father’s solo cavalry charge on the battlefield of Dettingen, and sundry other matters.'...

You should never fall in love with a flyer. You should only be in love with flight.That's the rule that Roxy Loewen—aviatrix, and protégé of the great Amelia Earhart—always lives by. Until she falls hard for fellow pilot Jocco Zomack and he leads her into a whole heap of trouble. From African skies to a hot cellar in Madrid, from the Berlin Olympics to the last flight of the Hindenburg, from gun running to the heist of the century, Roxy is just one step ahead of the Nazis—and one l...

Introducing the unforgettable Jack Absolute...FREE PREVIEW! From acclaimed author C.C. Humphreys comes this thrilling excerpt from Jack Absolute, the first in "the finest series of historical novels since Patrick O'Brian" (Good Book Guide UK). This edition also features audio clips from the author.It's 1777 and London is starry-eyed over Captain Jack Absolute, the dashing, swashbuckling rogue in Richard Sheridan's comedy The Rivals. This news comes as a shock to the real Ja...

From the scaffold of the Globe theatre to a menace in Whitehall, this is a gripping tale of corruption, rebellion and love.London is on the brink of revolution...But John Lawley - England's finest swordsman - just wants to be left alone to win back the heart of the woman he loves. And to design the fight scenes for the magnificent new Globe theatre. But in order to remain free to help his old friend Will Shakespeare finish the play...

Author of the books that inspired True Blood on HBO and Midnight, Texas on NBC"A first-rate mystery with special character…as convincing as it is surprising in its final resolution."—Washington Post Book World"Harris writes neatly and with assurance, and she avoids the goo that makes many equivalent books so sticky."—The New York Times Book ReviewNewspaper reporter C...