A woman lies dead, shot and bleeding. Behind her body stands a large old manor house, her house, and now her son’s. She ran the rural estate as a minor fiefdom, all had to subjugate themselves to her will, or they were put out of their homes and ejected from the community. Lady Compton was …
Mr G R Travis – a poet and book binder – has lived and worked above a popular village bookshop for many years. His story is tragic, his murder even more so. The police are convinced the book shop owner is the culprit; the elderly and erudite, Ezekiel Melnyk. Adeline Fanshaw is less convinced, indeed …
A picturesque Cotswolds village at Christmas 1922, a man found face down floating in the lake. He was known to take a risk, an insurance salesman; debonair, charming and sweet-talking.His clients were all ladies of a certain age, but nothing was as it seemed; he was playing a game, he pushed his luck, he put …
Spring 1918. The Great War is at a crucial stage, the Germans are making one last push into France. Major Lennox and his batman Greggs set off to report to their new HQ but the enemy is never far away and disaster strikes. They are sent crashing to the ground behind enemy lines, where life, …
It’s 1920 and Christmas is coming. Major Lennox finds a body on his doorstep – why on his doorstep? Was it to do with the Countess? Was it about the ruby necklace? Lennox must go to Melrose Court home to his uncle, Lord Melrose, to uncover the mystery. But then the murders start and it …
Who killed Sir Crispin Gibbons? A wedding invitation and news of mischief that could be murder, takes Lennox to The Earl of Bloxford’s country pile. He soon finds himself in a world of purloined artworks, forgeries and a priceless Bloxford Beauty. But who are the Bloxford Beauties? And why are they the focal point around …
Set on an island in a lonely loch, Braeburn Castle is accessible only by boat. The castle has been slowly mouldering into the cold waters for centuries, but someone tries to remedy the decay. And then strange events begin. A skeleton is unearthed during renovations, awakening memories of an ancient curse. There is a golden …
A 1920s Murder Mystery – Death in the desert with intrigue, adventure and a dog of distinction. There’s a damsel in distress and accusations of attempted murder flying around, but it’s not in the comfortable confines of the English countryside, it’s in the very distant city of Damascus. Lennox must go and investigate, although he’s …
A scoundrel lies dying, he makes his confession; his sins were legion, his deeds despicable, and he wants to atone for his scandalous life. He bequeaths an invaluable gift to Monks Hood Abbey, an ancient Monastery set in a lonely corner of the Yorkshire moors. But sin throws a long shadow and corruption crawls in …
A suspicious accident, a dead man’s gun and a lost tomb. Strange events disturb the peace of Lanscombe Park, the magnificent country seat of Lord Godolphin Sinclair. Adventurer, gold prospector and arms dealer, Sinclair has spent a lifetime amassing a fortune with ruthless determination. He’s a man frightened of nothing, until he receives a package …
Ladies’ man, dandy, charming rogue, thief. Montague Morgan has a buccaneering reputation, and he doesn’t give a damn – until he falls in love. He has a plan, he needs money and he knows how to get it. He and his lover conspire to escape to exotic lands with stolen gold. But the gold belongs …
Major Heathcliff Lennox is called in, along with ex Detective Inspector Swift, to help the police investigate a macabre death. The dead man is Lord De Ruyter, a man inextricably linked to the notorious Birdcage Murders. Nothing is as it appears, witnesses to De Ruyter’s murder are not the strangers they purport to be, everyone …
A medieval moated Manor, and a series of strange deaths. Scotland Yard take an interest, and decide Lennox and Swift can investigate, but nothing is as simple as it looks and the bright days of Spring take a sinister turn. Barton-Regis is without an heir, the last Lord died, leaving 6 illegitimate off-spring. Only one …
A man shot through the heart with an arrow – the victim a rich outsider who has moved into Ashton Hall in the village of Ashton Steeple…Which is Lennox’s own village, and curtains are twitching as he and Swift try to hunt down the killer. Persi, Lennox’s new wife, is keen to help, so is …
A dazzling ball in a rooftop ballroom in one of the most prestigious mansions in the country.Dancing, music, champagne, ravishing ball gowns, priceless jewellery…and murder. Jack Dutton died in the dark. Why? Who hated him enough to kill him? Why had he made a list of gemstones and their prices? What was he guilty of? …
Twelve Saints, who are not true saints at all. They are the great and the good, although none are entirely great, nor good – indeed one is a murderer. Temple House near Bath is built upon an old Roman Temple, the house bequeathed many centuries before to a secret order of old aristocracy. The ‘Saints’ …
Book 13 in the Heathcliff Lennox seriesA duel at dawn. One man dead, the other gravely injured. What drove them to fight on a bitterly cold morning remains a mystery. For years, Lady Bancroft’s Valentine’s Ball at Bancroft Hall had been a glittering gathering of high society’s most eligible men and women. Countless happy couples …