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London, April 1882. Private investigators Lily Raynor and Felix Wilbraham have to journey to France to solve a mystery man's murder at an asylum. But the case takes an unexpected…
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Physician-sleuth Dr Gabriel Taverner has to connect the dots between a desperate woman who tried to kill herself, a dead man in a drainage ditch with nutmegs in his mouth…
Physician-sleuth Dr Gabriel Taverner has to face his greatest challenge yet - a serious danger from the East threatens not just his life, but everyone he loves! All aboard this…
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Come to me! I need you! Lassair awake trembling with terror, certain that one of her loved ones is in danger, and when news comes that a nun at Chatteris…
Autumn, 1210. Josse’s son comes to the rescue when Helewise’s granddaughter is kidnapped by a young knight, Oliver, and given to King John. But after wounding both Olivier and King…
Apprentice healer Lassair isn’t too alarmed when a travelling peddler relates a grisly tale of a red-bearded giant breaking into a woman’s home and caving in her skull like an…
On Ely Island the Normans are claiming authority by building a magnificent cathedral. When Morcar is attacked, his cousin Lassair is sent to nurse him. Morcar tells Lassair tales of…
When Lassair encounters a veiled noblewoman on the quay at Cambridge, set on by an angry mob, she assumes involvement with her will be brief. She has no idea that…
When a body is found on a lonely river bank, its throat torn out, rumours abound that the legendary demon known as the Night Wanderer has returned to wreak havoc…
England has been invaded. The country is divided. Some support Prince Louis of France; others remain loyal to the king. King John summons Sir Josse d'Acquin to support him, but…
October, 1093. On a perilous journey north in search of King William, Lassair and her former lover Rollo are pursued by a skilled and ruthless assassin. They do not know…
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When the emaciated body of a vagrant is found on the moor, it’s the verdict of physician Gabriel Taverner that the man died of natural causes. But who was he…
February, 1212. Sir Josse d'Acquin and Helewise are summoned to Southfire Hall, where Josse’s elderly uncle, Hugh, lies dying, surrounded by his children. But the pair soon discovers that Hugh’s…
May 1199: a party of five from Hawkenlye Abbey is summoned to the Ile d'Oleron by Queen Eleanor and have journeyed hundreds of miles for more than three weeks to…
Winter, 1211. Former abbess Helewise moves back to her cell near Hawkenlye Abbey to help the needy, putting a strain on her relationship with Sir Josse D'Acquin, who is called…
England, 1087. On her sister’s wedding day Lassair meets an enigmatic stranger who brings a breath of the outside world to her Fenland village. When he asks Lassair to use…
Girls are going missing from Shardlowes School, and private detective Lily Raynor, owner of the World’s End Investigation Bureau, is hired to investigate. Disguised as a nurse, she joins the…
Former ship’s surgeon Gabriel Taverner is trying to re-establish himself as a physician in rural Devon. But it’s not easy to gain the locals’ trust, and several disturbing incidents convince…
Abbess Helewise has been summoned by Queen Eleanor to discuss the building of a chapel at Hawkenlye Abbey. Meanwhile, Sir Josse d'Acquin is on the trail of a group of…
Come to me! I need you! These words bring apprentice healer Lassair awake one morning in the spring of 1092, trembling with terror. Soon Lassair is certain that one of…
October 1604. Gabriel Taverner is surprised to receive an urgent summons from his old naval captain, who believes his ship is haunted. Dismissive of the crew’s talk of blue-skinned ghosts…
Early one morning, as Lassair leaves her Fenland village on a personal mission she discovers the body of a young woman. As Lassair wonders who killed the girl and why…
Introducing Dr Gabriel Taverner in the first of a gripping series of British mysteries set in early 17th century Devon.
July, 1100. After seven years away, Lassair is finally going home. Before she can reunite with her loved ones, however, she has a promise to keep. Old flame - and…
Gabriel Taverner is surprised to receive an urgent summons from his old naval captain, who believes his ship is haunted by an evil spirit. Dismissive of the crew’s talk of…
In 1210, after a visit to St. Edmund’s Chapel, Helewise’s 11-year-old granddaughter, Rosamund, goes missing–and soon all that they hold dear is threatened.
October, 1604. When a member of Shakespeare’s theatre troupe collapses in Plymouth, after performing a violent supernatural play to a packed audience, physician-sleuth Gabriel Taverner finds himself caught in a…
A secretive stranger arrives at New Winnowlands, and Sir Josse d'Acquin guesses that he is a returning Crusader. Josse allows him to put up in an outhouse, and seeks the…
London, August 1881. Private investigators Lily Raynor and Felix Wilbraham have cause to celebrate: business is thriving. Lily privately wishes for a case that doesn’t involve the tangled love affairs…
