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Edward Marston
'Edward Marston is a master of his craft' - Daily Mail
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The bestselling Victorian mystery series.
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The captivating WWI murder mystery series.
Book 21 in the bestselling Victorian mystery series.
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The compelling WWI murder mystery series (HomeFront Detective 10).
Book 22 in the bestselling Victorian mystery series - Railway Detective.
The captivating WWI murder mystery series (HomeFront Detective 11).
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A maritime mystery from Edward Marston, author of the bestselling Railway Detective series.
‘London is a veritable cesspool… A swamp of corruption and crime’. When Sir Julius Cheever’s son, a notorious rake, goes missing, and a blackmailer begins terrorising London’s most dissolute fops…
Ralph Delchard and Gervase Bret come to Cheshire to settle a series of disputes. What they don’t expect to find is a hostage, a suspicious priest and a gruesome death.
It’s France, 1705. Captain Daniel Rawson is always ready for adventure, so when the Duke of Marlborough proposes a dangerous undercover mission to discover what has happened to one of…
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Returning to camp from a dangerous solo mission behind enemy lines, Captain Daniel Rawson finds himself stranded, with French soldiers in fierce pursuit. A kindly farmer helps Daniel hide and…
Despite the resounding victory at the battle of Oudenarde, the Duke of Marlborough finds his position as captain-general threatened by political enemies back in England, and his campaign stalled at…
Europe is in the midst of the coldest winter for a century. France, her people starving and her army rattled by mutiny and desertions, negotiates with England for peace. But…
London, 1817. A man is shot outside of Covent Garden Theatre. Was Sir Roger Mellanby MP, a spearhead for social reform, really the intended target of the shooting? Twin detectives…
The village of Maldon is controlled by the Fitzcorbucion family, led by wealthy bully Hamo Fitzcorbucion, the lord of Blackwater Castle. When Hamo’s son is found murdered, he demands justice…
When there is a land dispute over Archenfield in Hertfordshire, Delchard and Bret are sent to settle it. But when the principle witness is murdered, things become less straightforward.
When there is a land dispute over Archenfield in Hertfordshire, Delchard and Bret are sent to settle it. But when the principle witness is murdered, things become less straightforward .
In the war-torn lands of Yorkshire lives a wealthy merchant in his castle. When an imposter tries to sneak into the castle and is killed by bloodthirsty lions, Delchard and…
Nicolas Picard appears to be have been killed by a wildcat, but cuts on his neck are clearly made by a human hand. Three women fight for their right to…
Arriving at Warwick Castle, Delchard and Bret are faced by a horrific murder. But this is only the start of their troubles…
A goods train is going through the Sapperton Tunnel when it hits a makeshift pen of sheep inexplicably set up near the exit. The animals are slaughtered by the impact…
The ordered calm of Gloucester Abbey is shattered by the murder of one of its monks.
It is the juiciest piece of gossip the citizens of Norwich have heard for a long time. The two golden elephants that robber baron Richard de Fontenel was using to…
Staring on the maiden voyage of the Lusitania, American private detective George Dillman and intelligent young Englishwoman Genevieve Masefield, make a winning duo for these compelling whodunnits aboard the iconic…
It is 1704 and Europe is at war. ‘Take this sword as your own and wear it with more honour than the man from whom you took it’. With Lord…
With academic disputes, sporting rivalry and a clandestine romance in play, the Railway Detective will have to disentangle the many threads of Pomeroy’s life in order to answer the truth…
The ninth Home Front Detective novel, set in World War One.
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Marston’s Victorian mystery series continues to building up a head of steam.
When the engines finally met, there was a deafening clash and the Brighton Express twisted and buckled, tipping its carriages on to the other line.
A laughing hangman turns the stage into the gallows…
‘Cleverly plotted, well written and invoking the atmosphere of the time, I heartily recommend this book as an excellent read.’ - Lizzie Hayes, Mystery Women
In 1086 England’s mighty king, William the Conqueror, sends out surveyors and census takers to record the resources of his land and its people. Wherever the king’s men go they…
When a young girl is killed by a snake bite, her community in Canterbury is devastated. Delchard and Bret arrive to settle a land dispute but when clues suggest that…
When a rider is murdered during a horse race in Woodstock, Delchard and Bret get drawn into the investigation.
Allison & Busby are delighted to be the home to another of Marston’s cracking historical fiction series, this time the glamorous world of transatlantic cruises in the early twentieth century.
The third Colbeck mystery, The Railway Viaduct.
December 1864. As a cold winter wind scours the Worcestershire countryside, an excursion train comes through a tunnel in the Malvern Hills to be confronted by a blockage on the…
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Bombay,1909. Genevieve Masefield and George Dillman make a living as detectives aboard the early twentieth century’s most extravagant ocean liners.
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Commissioned to design and build a house for Francis Polegate, a merchant, Christopher Redmayne is pleased when the project is completed without a hitch. To celebrate the success of the…
