Obeying her fathers deathbed wish, Sarah returns to live at the family mansion on Exmoor in Devon. She faces hostility, it being believed that her sister Felicity had eloped with the coachmans son after stealing jewellery. Desperate to clear her sisters name, Sarah finds that only her second-cousin Jerome is sympathetic. Jerome's wife is a permanent invalid, but Sarah cannot help loving him. Gothic Romance by Nancy Buckingham; originally published by Hawthorn Books

When Kerry Lyndon’s employer, Monica, decides to marry an American, she provides Kerry with a job as assistant to famous actress Adeline Harcourt at Villa Stella d’Oro in Sicily. But characters Kerry met in Rome keep turning up at the guest villa, especially Philip Rainsby, with whom she’d spent a magical evening. There was something decidedly suspicious about everyone, and then there was a murder… Romantic Suspense/Gothic by Nancy Buckingham; originally published by Robert Hale [UK]

Gail Fleming leaves her job in New York and rushes home to England when she hears the shocking news that her invalid aunts husband, the famous Czech writer Alexis Karel, has disappeared. Then Alexis is spotted in Europe together with her aunts glamorous nurse. This totally destroys Alexiss credibility as a dedicated anti-communist. Only Gail still believes in him and determines to find Alexis for an explanation. Gothic Romance by Nancy Buckingham; originally published by Dell

Blissfully happy, newly married Carol Briers is shattered when her husband Clive goes missing without a trace. Finding a receipt with the name C Ashley and an address, she sets out in desperate hope to talk to this man. Instead she finds Clive’s brother, Paul Ashley, and learns shocking things about her husband’s criminal activities. Paul helps her to trace Clive, which leads to great danger. Contemporary Romantic Suspense/Gothic by Nancy Buckingham; originally published by Ace

Detective Chief Inspector Kate Maddox, off-duty and watching a Polo match, is vexed when expected to help when local celebrity Sir Noah Kimberley hasn’t turned up to present the trophies. A missing husband isn’t a police matter! But her reluctant enquiries turn into a complex double-murder investigation. Meanwhile, her friendship with newspaper proprietor Richard Gower grows to romance. British Mystery by Nancy Buckingham writing as Erica Quest; originally published by Doubleday for the Crime...

Riding on the Yorkshire moors, Emma meets a handsome stranger. Later, she is horrified to learn he is the man convicted of murdering her father 13 years ago, Matthew Sutcliffe, and back from transportation to Australia. Now wealthy, having found gold, he still protests his innocence. Emma finds herself believing him, but who then is the killer? Historical Romantic Suspense/Gothic by Nancy Buckingham; originally published by Eyre Methuen [UK]

In Madeira, motherless Marianna lives a carefree childhood. Her closest friend is Jacinto, the intelligent son of her father’s vineyard manager. But at 16, she is married off to an older man by her feckless father. In England, William Penfold turns out to be ruthless and abusive. Much later Jacinto follows her and they inevitably become lovers. But it will be years before they can be together… Historical Romantic Saga by Nancy Buckingham; originally published by Eyre Methuen [UK]

Dulcie Royce inherited property from her father, whom she had believed died when she was a child. There was the manor house in the Cotswolds, with a scientific lab attached. But both Max Tyler and Dr. Ian Hamilton seemed to want her to sell up and return to her acting career. Something was dreadfully wrong at Malverton, and she was determined to find out what it was. Romantic Suspense/Gothic by Nancy Buckingham; originally published by Robert Hale

Inheriting a small antique shop from her uncle, Tess Pennicott moves to Brighton to run it herself. She soon encounters her first love, Ben Wyland, but cannot believe he still feels the same way about her. Finding a photograph of porcelain, taken in the shop, Ben recognises it as a famous piece of Sèvres and hugely valuable, but it is missing. Tracing this lead takes Tess to Prague and into grave danger. British Mystery/Romantic Suspense by Nancy Buckingham writing as Erica Quest; original...

Arriving for work at the Design Studio in the Coach House of Haslop Hall in the Cotswolds, Tracy Yorke finds her boss murdered. The police investigation shows that many people might have had cause to kill Oliver Medway — including Tim Baxter whom Tracy has started to love. She can trust nobody, and finds her life in grave danger. British Mystery by Nancy Buckingham writing as Erica Quest; originally published by Doubleday for the Crime Club

Following her cousins suicide, Lucy Calvert is looking after Margos young son Jamie. But the boys father demands his return to the family home in Scotland.

Detective Chief Inspector Kate Maddox arrives at her posting in the Cotswolds to be met by male hostility. She immediately has to solve the death of a wealthy local woman not an accident, but murder. The car involved is found to belong to newspaper editor, Richard Gower. Kate, finding herself attracted to Richard, works hard to prove him innocent. British Mystery by Nancy Buckingham writing as Erica Quest; originally published as Death Walk by Doubleday for the Crime Club