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Private investigator George Rudge emerges from the Sixties into the age of high-speed travel and great change in British society. Caseloads of high-stakes terrorism, arson, and murder fill George's days while he attempts to maintain some semblance of family life in this sixth book...

The whole town turns out to watch the first train journey when the bridge at Silver Falls is completed. The atmosphere is joyous, but the day turns sour when Kane Cresswell and his bandit gang arrive. They raid the train and, in the ensuing...

In 1715, a Spanish treasure fleet vanishes off the Florida coast, swallowed by a storm.Three centuries later, salvage diver Jack Moreno and his crew discover the remains of one of those lost ships-and a clue to something even more extraordinary. An ancient journal hints...

The measurement was true. The model was false. And 847 people died to hide it. When unemployed surveyor Frank Pledger replicates a Victorian experiment and confirms six miles of canal water show zero curvature, he expects ridicule. Instead, he triggers a lethal response from...

Atlantis never disappeared. It was hidden Beneath the forbidden sands of Namibia, something has remained buried for a very long time.And now it has been brought to light.When explorer Frederick van Elsen discovers a mysterious metal plate in a restricted zone, he has no...

Twisted Roots is a sweeping historical crime drama that charts the harrowing journey of Cesare Romano, a young exile from the war-torn hills of Italy, as he carves a path through the shadows of New York's criminal underworld. After avenging a brutal assault on...

The Lazarus DoctrineBy Daniel PartonA buried doctrine. A forgotten war. And a truth too dangerous to stay hidden.When Serbian historian Mila Petrovic is summoned to inspect a Cold War bunker unearthed on the outskirts of Pristina, she uncovers more than relics - she stumbles...

The Coming-of-Age & Cultural Focus Rani's life begins on a journey, a one-month-old baby carried from the turmoil of Partition-era Lahore to the vibrant, multicultural streets of Singapore. Growing up in a bustling flat in Little India, her world is a rich tapestry of...

Bannerman & Robacheaux's The Witches' Retribution isn't just a reversal of Salem, it's a post-mortem of righteousness itself. It asks: What if the witches won... and it still wasn't enough?The prose is incantatory, the structure is ritualistic, and the ending orchards grown from ash,...

In the quiet town of Black Hollow, a sudden disappearance stirs old secrets among its residents. Edmund Graves, a meticulous archivist, and Lillian Ashcroft, a daring investigative journalist, join forces with Tobias Blackthorn, a reclusive scholar, to unravel cryptic clues scattered through forgotten records...

THE TITANIC SECRET - A Conspiracy Beneath the WavesLondon, present day.A forgotten manuscript surfaces in a dusty archive - Memoirs of Jonathan Blake, a former White Star Line clerk. What he reveals shatters everything we thought we knew about the Titanic.From the docks of...

Author: Scott ConnorISBN-13: 9798307998458Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/30/2025Pages: 162Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.41d

In the shadow of their infamous father's legacy, Latos and Zana emerge from centuries ofdarkness to forge their own bloody path through the modern world. Together and apart, the twins encounter vampire hunters, rival supernatural beings, and theirown internal conflicts as they decide whether...

Flanders, June 1938, and as the threat of another war in Europe grows ever stronger, Rijkswacht Kapitein Walter Mertens is fighting his own battles. The Great War veteran, struggling with depression, and a growing reliance on alcohol, is transferred from Bruges to Ostend for...

Based on the horrific true story of the Uvalde, Texas school shooting where police surrounded the scene but refused to enter, this story takes a fictional spin asking a very hard-hitting and philosophical question: as a parent, how far would you go to keep...

Before dawn breaks over the frozen Snake River Valley, Nathaniel Tate Walker sets out through the storm, driven by love and the promise he made to return home by Christmas.But as snow closes in and old enemies resurface, the journey becomes more than a...

Eight hundred years ago, a king's greed drowned in the marshes of The Wash...But legends never stay buried. In the year 1216, King John of England-villain of the Robin Hood tales-lost his crown jewels and a kingdom's fortune to the treacherous tides. History records...

Eight hundred years ago, a king's greed drowned in the marshes of The Wash...But legends never stay buried.In the year 1216, King John of England-villain of the Robin Hood tales-lost his crown jewels and a kingdom's fortune to the treacherous tides. History records the...

He remembers the cold. The ash. The blood. But not why it never ends. Eirikr returns to his village-but something is wrong. The people smile with hollow eyes. The days never change. And a raven watches from the trees.As his memories splinter and the...

In the shadow of the old South, two brothers-one white, one Black-dare to build a dream the world tells them is impossible. Frankie Hylton, heir to a crumbling plantation, and Sam, the half-brother born of slavery, open a hotel where everyone is welcome. Hylton's...

A daring criminal terrorizes train passengers on the Paris-Mulhouse railway line in mid-19th century France. Among his victims are a Russian professor of medicine and a high-ranking Parisian judge. One tenacious police commissioner, Élie Singer, won't stop until he discovers the man's true identity,...

In a travesty of justice, bounty hunter Brodie Latimer's sister Lucinda is found guilty of murder. Thwarted, when a witness is killed, but convinced of her innocence, he vows to find the real killer and, as more of Hamilton's leading figures die in mysterious...

When hired gun Isaac Newman killed Sheriff MacLean he didn't stay a free man for long. U.S. Marshal Lincoln Hawk arrested him and took him back to Rocky Bar to face justice.Lincoln hopes that a trial will take down the man who hired him,...

After the tragic and mysterious death of her husband, Claire Evans escapes to a secluded lake house hoping for peace. But the calm surface hides dark secrets.Across the lake lives a seemingly perfect couple, Daniel and Sophie Walker. When Sophie disappears one night, Claire...

War doesn't just shape soldiers; it consumes them. For Alan Andrews, a soldier shaped by bloodshed, the battlefield has stripped away everything, and survival comes at a price. Each mission drags him deeper into the abyss, blurring the line between man and monster. A...

One decision can rewrite history. One man must decide if it should.When historian Julian Voss uncovers proof that the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was not inevitable but engineered across timelines, he is pulled into a covert experiment that should not exist.Time travel...

Jack and Alison hope to enjoy a quiet night out at the Empire Leicester Square, but murder, kidnapping and a German bombing raid spoil their evening. Alison is left injured and in a coma. Jack must find out who is trying to kill them...

Witches. Secrets. A legacy that refuses to die.In 1570s Wales, young Gwen Ferch Ellis only wanted a quiet life. Instead, she is accused of witchcraft by the Church and swept into a fate that will brand her name in history forever. Alongside four others-women...

The United State government has been shut down for 6 months because republicans and Democrats can't agree of a spending bill that will re-open the government. A secret organization comes up with a plan to force congress and the senate to vote yes on...

In the shadow of the rickhouses and under the twin spires of Churchill Downs, two rival Kentucky families build a whiskey empire on blood, barrels, and betrayal. From the late 1800s bourbon boom to the brutal dry years of Prohibition, the Reddings and the...

It is 1885 in Marylebone, London. Ava Loveday works with her widowed father in their struggling family funeral business. Her commitment to her father and her work consumes her daily life, leaving her without hope or opportunities for love or marriage. When a new,...

25 years of stuff and nonsense! The second thirty chapters of a trilogy. A vast selection of published and unpublished pieces from close to 200 books. Part two begins in 1961, with an Incident at Jodrell. As they follow Yuri Gagarin into space on...

December 1913. Since Great Britain's defeat at Waterloo, the island nation has existed as an 'arrondissemont' of France. Dowager Empress Eugénie the mother of Emperor Louis-Napoléon, is hosting a country party at her Hampshire home, Farnborough Hill House. Invitations to her Christmas gatherings are...

The moon god's calendar has been stolen. Without it, heaven loses track of time - and the empire loses its mind.Nin-Gal, High Priestess of Nanna, knows the gods are real. She has spoken with them. She has felt their presence in the sacred chambers...

Unearth the Secret That Could Shatter Nations... Before It Buries Her. The past is a carefully curated lie. And she just stumbled upon the proof. Eleanor Reed, a brilliant young archivist, believes history is a puzzle to be solved from the safety of dusty...

Unlock the most dangerous secret ever written. You are about to discover that everything you thought you knew about history is a carefully constructed lie.Imagine standing in the silent study of the man who shaped your life, the scent of old paper and blood...

The Liberty Men: A Novel of the American Revolution The greatest secret in American history is a truth they will kill to keep buried. Disgraced historian Liam O'Casey stumbles upon a coded journal from a Revolutionary War soldier, revealing the existence of a clandestine...

RED COAT: BOOK 3: The Apache KeyBy Brett Vogeler In the heart of the unforgiving American Southwest, a dying man's last breath pushes a legendary map into the hands of Jedediah Stone, a solitary mountain man known only as Red Coat. What begins as...

Three coffins. Four corpses. Buried secrets do not sleep forever... London, 1888. The city is choking on fog, fear, and whispers of murder. Inspector Morven Flint finds himself drawn into a series of killings as grim as they are grotesque. Each victim is connected...

In a world haunted by the memory of ancient kings and the cursed crowns they left behind, Kael, a reluctant heir to forgotten legacies, stands against a cycle of silence, fire, and control. With him are Lira, a flame-wielder whose voice once echoed with...

She was not born a monster. Medusa was a glare - a woman whose beauty made gods look away - until a crime in a temple turned worship into indictment. Instead of punishing the god who broke sanctity, the goddess punished the maiden: beauty...

Ariela Harrington knows her father Cadmion didn't commit suicide in the icy waters of Loch Ness and so, being an independent Victorian young lady of some means, she and her servant Sophy proceed to Scotland to discover the truth. There Ari meets Carlie Douglas,...

A World War II secret. A Cold War conspiracy. A thriller that rewrites history.1947: Former OSS operative Michael Garvey and MI6 agent Isabel Roth are drawn into a deadly hunt across war-torn Europe after the death of a captured Nazi cryptographer reveals whispers of...

"A gripping read...I couldn't put it down. The tensions between characters are so realistic." May 1943. A new weapon is being tested in a remote location on the West coast of Scotland. Lizzie with Alice as navigator has to fly an engineer, Dennis Thorney,...

A Shadow Protocol PrequelDecember 1944. Occupied Lyon. The war is ending, but the real battle has just begun.OSS operative Michael Garvey parachutes into France to extract a Nazi intelligence officer defecting with proof of the Shadow Network, a conspiracy to preserve German assets for...

In the treacherous waters off the Spanish Main, where fortune and doom sail side by side, a centuries-old mystery begins to surface in modern times. When Alan and Katrina Stuckey discover ancient coins during a casual beach excursion, their innocent hobby transforms into a...

The Hole Time ChroniclesDive into an electrifying journey through time in The Hole Time Chronicles, a spellbinding blend of science fiction, history, and self-discovery. Carlton Cavano, a brilliant physicist and reluctant hero, creates a groundbreaking time-travel device, "The Hole," which thrusts him into the...

CHAPTER ONE: 1970...(Taken from the book: All Soul's day)CHAPTER TWO: 1970...(Taken from the book: Technicolour: Mexico 70: (unpublished so far)CHAPTER THREE: WHEN GEORGE BEST MET CHARGING THUNDER: 1970...(Taken from the book: George Best: Send in the Clowns)CHAPTER FOUR: THE DEATH CARAVANS: 1973...(Taken from the...

THE SHADOW FILES SERIESBOOK ONE: THE BODY BENEATH BLACKFRIARSLondon, 1980.The fog rolls thick over the Thames, and beneath Blackfriars Bridge, a journalist's body hangs lifeless-his shoes missing, his secrets buried deeper than the river.When DCI Evelyn Holloway is called to the scene, she expects...

CHAPTER ONE: AS THE SNOW FALLS HEAVY: 1952...Taken from the book: The Magyar's Last Stand)CHAPTER TWO: A LATE NIGHT RACE TO DUDLEY: 1952...(Taken from the book: Sunshine and Oranges)CHAPTER THREE: STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT: 1953...(Taken from the book: Frank and Harry)CHAPTER FOUR: HAT HAROM:...