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Simon Beaufort
When the former crusader knight Geoffrey Mappestone is ordered by King Henry to deliver a series of mysterious letters to the restless western reaches of Wales, he agrees only reluctantly…
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On returning to the city following an exhausting desert patrol, Crusader knight Sir Geoffrey Mappestone hears screams coming from the house of a Greek baker and discovers that one of…
Jerusalem, 1100. On returning to the city following an exhausting desert patrol, Crusader knight Sir Geoffrey Mappestone hears screams coming from the house of a Greek baker and discovers that…
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1101: Sir Geoffrey Mappestone is travelling home in the company of a knight carrying an urgent message for the king. When the knight is killed during an ambush, Geoffrey feels…
A group of scientists conducting fieldwork on stark Livingston Island are forced to flee for their lives when unknown intruders arrive. They find themselves pursued unrelentingly across treacherous, icy terrain…
December 1882. Reporter Alec Lonsdale is shocked to discover a body hacked to death in the basement of a new museum. Suspicion immediately falls on a trio of cannibals, brought…
Reporter Alec Lonsdale is shocked to discover a body hacked to death in the basement of a new museum. Suspicion immediately falls on a trio of cannibals, brought over as…
Following up a story about a fatal house fire, newspaper reporter Alec Lonsdale discovers that the victim’s death was no accident. But why would someone murder a humble shop assistant…
Southampton 1070: Geoffrey and Roger are prevented from returning to the Crusade. A servant is killed by an arrow meant for Geoffrey. Flambard arrives with an errand for his son…
March 1102, Robert de Belleme, the Black Earl of Shrewsbury, is summoned to appear before King Henry, to answer for siding with the Duke of Normandy against the King. Meanwhile…
A Sir Geoffrey Mappestone mystery. Westminster, 1102. About to depart for the Holy Land, Sir Geoffrey is suddenly summoned back by the King. Geoffrey has no choice but to accept…
When the highly unpopular Henry Mappestone is found killed, his last-surviving brother, the former crusader knight Sir Geoffrey, unwillingly inherits the castle. But while visiting his friend Bishop Giffard, attempts…
PC Helen Anderson commits a cardinal error when she takes files for an upcoming court case home to study. For those files are not supposed to leave the police station…
Following up a story about a fatal house fire, newspaper reporter Alec Londale discovers that the victim’s death was no accident. But why would someone murder a humble shop assistant…
Hugh Fraser
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…
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Archibald Arbuthnot