When Kate's beloved younger brother Nat joins a sinister yet fast-growing religious commune, she turns to celebrated atheist and author Dominic Hale for help. But freeing Nat from the cult's grasp soon proves a far greater challenge than either of them could rightly have expected. Because getting in is easy enough. It's getting out that's hard.

To the victor go the spoils…Historian Carmen Nero, in southern Italy to help a friend search for ancient riches, is caught up in the murderous schemes of the Calabrian Mafia.Cesco Rossi, a quick-witted conman on the run from a brutal group of neo-Nazis, is about to be confronted by his tragic past.Israeli Professor Zara Gold is on a mission to find Judaism's most sacred relic.For the tomb of Alaric I, the Visigoth king who sacked and looted Rome of its most ...

When Anna Warne and ex-detective Ben Elias are asked to investigate a spate of ugly threats and vicious attacks in a sleepy Wiltshire village, they have little idea where the case will lead. But the recent excavation of a nearby mosaic with a possible Arthurian connection suggests there may be more to it than first meets the eye.A hoard of immense significance is found, yet missing a vital piece. A man is murdered. As the stakes rise, so does the urgency, forcing Anna and Elias to ...

When the body of Dunstan Warne is found buried in one of his own fields, it triggers not only a murder investigation led by outcast detective Ben Elias, but also a race to find the prize Warne had dedicated his life to searching for – the fabulous crown jewels and priceless other treasure lost in the Wash by King John over eight hundred years before.As Warne’s niece Anna teams up with celebrated local TV reporter Oliver Merchant in an effort to solve the ancient mystery, they quick...

Above Naples, Vesuvius is heating up once again... An absolutely gripping thriller from bestseller Will AdamsArchaeologist Carmen Nero and former conman Cesco Rossi are in Herculaneum on the trail of the lost texts of Ancient Rome, possibly stored deep underground in the Villa of the Papyri.But when there is a terrible murder, they realise that powerful forces are interested in the excavations of the villa which threaten the foundations of the Church. With neo-Nazis on Ross...

Alerted to the illicit auction of a fabulous golden torque on the Dark Web, Anna Warne and Ben Elias vow to do all they can to stop the sale before it’s too late.But as their quest leads them from the possible site of Boudica’s last battle to the ancient heartlands of the Iceni tribe, it also takes them back into the territory of one of Elias’s more vindictive and dangerous old enemies, while also threatening to make them some lethal new ones.And it isn’t long before the pa...

A thirteen hundred year old poem…A lost Anglo-Saxon funeral ship…The tragic death of a beautiful young woman…When Anna Warne and Ben Elias are invited to spend a bank holiday weekend at one of Suffolk’s statelier private homes, they believe it is to give a talk on their recent discovery of King John’s lost crown jewels. But their host Hector Brook has a different and far more perilous task in mind for them – to help...

A breathtaking thriller which weaves history and religion with action, adventure and apocalypse…Luke Hayward is adrift. Blacklisted out of academia, he is in no position to refuse when a client asks for his expert help in recovering some lost Isaac Newton papers.But a chance discovery in a dusty attic plunges Luke into a race to uncover the truth behind some seemingly random scribblings - a race which pits Luke against a fundamentalist madman with dangerously powerful frien...

The city of Coventry has a rich and varied history. It has been one of the most important cities in England since the Middle Ages, when it first grew rich on the cloth trade and silk spinning. In the industrial age, Coventry became known for watchmaking and the skilled workforce later made the city a centre for bicycle, car and aircraft manufacturing. It was targeted for aerial bombardment in the Second World War and in a massive air raid on 14 November 1940 much of the historical centre o...

Famous as the birthplace of William Shakespeare, the Warwickshire market town of Stratford-upon-Avon has attracted visitors to its streets and ancient buildings for centuries. Its status as a market town in the medieval period is in evidence in the fifteenth-century stone-built Clopton Bridge over the River Avon and the Holy Trinity Church, as is the wealth of the later Elizabethan and Georgian buildings. Today visitors come to see Shakespeare’s birthplace and the buildings associated with...

Lying in the heart of England, Northamptonshire is a county filled with historical places of interest, fascinating towns, and villages set in a beautiful landscape. In 50 Gems of Northamptonshire local author and historian Will Adams explores fifty unmissable gems that make this county special. Northamptonshire has remarkable examples of Saxon churches, such as at Earls Barton; glorious country houses, such as Castle Ashby; and fascinating historical connections, not least at the ancestral...

Spiral Mirror is a science fiction thriller and passionate love story based on tapes recorded by a college professor, Karl Grayland, while trapped at the foot of Mt. St. Helens in 1980 as it is about to erupt. This event brings him into the jaws of death for the love of two women: Laura Russell, a young attorney who on their journey to Seattle reveals to Karl that she is pregnant with his child; and Ariel, a sprite of a girl whom they rescue along the way only to be lured by her to Mt. St....