On a rainy April day, an old school friend of Theo's comes seeking help from the Milestone Agency. Simon Cordell has found himself accidentally involved in a romantic triangle, an awkward situation that turns to tragedy when one of the parties is found drowned in the Thames. Theo and Rose agree to try and clear Cordell from suspicion, but with flood waters threatening to engulf Oxford, the duo find that for once, they may be in over their heads.'Oxford Aqua' is the sixth novel in t...

Having been implicated in several burglaries, the notorious Bishop brothers fled the Oxfordshire countryside to disappear into the streets of Victorian London. They might have remained more or less forgotten in their home town, but twenty years on, two suspicious deaths and the discovery of a hidden jewel worth a small fortune bring them to the attention of the police again. Clock repairer Jacob Silver and his wife Sarah join forces with the police in a case that takes them from the Cotswo...

When Timothy Holt hailed a hansom cab in the center of Oxford, he had no idea it would be the last ride he ever took. Neither did Irene Appleby, who only learned of it when she was arrested for his murder. Hired to clear Irene's name, Milestone Agency operatives Rose Miles and Theodore Stone enlist the help of some old friends, take part in a dramatic crime scene reconstruction and discover that traveling by cab can be far more dangerous than they ever imagined.'Oxford Jade' is the...

A street party on a hot summer evening takes a deadly turn when one of the revellers dies, apparently from food poisoning. But there's more to the death than first meets the eye, and the five R&P Labs staff members find themselves drawn into a case of love, loathing and lemon meringue pie.'Halfbaked' is a short story of about 16,500 words. It also appears in the collection 'Four by Five' and introduced Zukie Merlino, who then insisted on being featured in her own full-length novels...

Three visitors check into the best hotel in a Cotswold market town, coming from far flung destinations and with no obvious connection to each other. But only two of them will leave it alive. As the links between the trio begin to emerge, clock repairer Jacob Silver and his wife Sarah find themselves untangling a web of secrets and lies to discover a solution that is much closer to home than imagined.

The Maximus Quartet of Oxford had been invited to provide an evening of cultural entertainment to the residents of a small Cotswold market town. It all went well until the interval, when the audience was shocked to learn that the second half of the performance would not take place, due to the unexpected death of one of the musicians. Motives appear, evidence disappears and accusations fly as clock repairer Jacob Silver and his wife Sarah join the town's police to discover why someone has d...

Finding a husband is the main occupation of many young ladies in 1803 Bath, and Alexandra Barton is no exception. But her situation is a little different. She is already engaged to someone, and he's waiting for her, more than 200 years in the future. Allie is determined to find her way back to him, but to do that, she must first negotiate the minefield of Georgian manners – and avoid being arrested for murder.'Otherwise Engaged' is the second book in the Time Traveller Trilogy, fol...

A young police constable is shot while walking through an Oxford park. A wealthy woman hires the Milestone Agency to find a valuable missing ring. The two events would seem to have absolutely nothing in common, but that's before Theo and Rose discover a unexpected connection, one that could have fatal consequences.'Oxford Copper' is the ninth novel in the Milestone Agency Victorian Mystery series.

A simple, lucrative project to grow ferns seems an attractive proposition for R&P Labs, but that's before Florida botanist Grayson Quayle travels 3,000 miles to attach himself to the lab, bringing with him a pile of unwelcome personal baggage.The R&P staff would like to see the last of Quayle, but it appears that they're not the only ones. When arsenic from a scientific project is put to an unscientific use, the scientists turned sleuths find themselves involved in another criminal...

Truth can be stranger than fiction, as Rose Miles and Theo Stone discover when the success of Theo's first published novel leads the Milestone Investigative Agency into a case involving a packing crate with unusual contents, a runaway girl terrified into silence and a businessman with a guilty secret.'Oxford Brass' is the second book in the Milestone Agency Victorian series.

Rose Miles was young, wealthy, recently widowed and bored out of her mind. Theodore Stone was trying to find a way to avoid joining the family business. When their paths crossed in dramatic fashion, it seemed logical for them to join forces -- and the Milestone Investigative Agency was the result.'Oxford Blue' is the first novel in the Milestone Agency Victorian Mysteries series

The anonymous letter suggesting a respectable factory owner had broken his marriage vows was just the start. Then other letters began arriving, all hinting at misbehavior or worse, each accompanied by a drawing of a rapidly emptying hourglass.Those receiving the letters all insist the accusations are false, but a suspicious death seems to indicate there may be more than a grain of truth to them. Clock repairer Jacob Silver and his wife Sarah join the police in their Cotswolds marke...