British Style

1879. The British Empire marches into Zululand, and disaster. Newly commissioned and untested, Second Lieutenant William Blackwood arrives from Monmouthshire to the wild frontier of South Africa, as Her Majesty’s forces prepare to crush the Zulu Kingdom. For Blackwood, it is meant to be the beginning of a proud military career: clean uniforms, sharp commands, and the steady march of empire. Instead, he finds confusion, chaos, and the first bitter lessons of war. Tasked with reinforcing a remote column of British and colonial troops, Blackwood is plunged into a campaign of dust-choked ...

Perfect for fans of Peter James, Ann Cleeves, and Faith Martin THE COMPLETE SERIES. TEN MURDERS. ONE UNFORGETTABLE DETECTIVE. SALISBURY'S DARKEST SECRETS. Detective Inspector Keith Tremayne is ageing, cynical, and refusing to retire. In the shadow of Salisbury Cathedral and ancient monuments, he investigates murders where history, ritual, and revenge collide. Alongside Sergeant Clare Yarwood, Tremayne confronts crimes that test not just his detective skills, but his failing health and determination to see justice done—no matter the cost. DEATH UNHOLY (Book 1) A man reduced to ash in a ...

THE YEAR IS 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her London neighborhood of St. Crispian’s. But Emma’s plans for a charmed and studious life are sabotaged by her eccentric Cousin Archibald, her formidable Aunt Eugenia, and the slightly odd denizens of St. Crispian’s. Emma M. Lion offers up her Unselected Journals, however self-incriminating they may be, which comprise a series of volumes. Armed with wit and a sideways amusement, Emma documents the curious realities of her life at Lapis Lazuli House.

Grumble globally. Laugh locally. Step into the polished shoes of Britain’s most opinionated old lords as they blunder, bicker, and sip their way through international diplomacy, domestic crises, and improperly brewed tea. Whether facing haunted Scottish inns, Far Eastern tea rituals, or bridge scandals in the drawing room, these noble curmudgeons always carry one thing: a deeply held belief that everything was better in 1903. The Noble Art of Grumbling is a sharp, satirical anthology of short stories for fans of P.G. Wodehouse, dry British wit, and eccentric gentlemen hopelessly out of ...

‘Fascinating and authoritative’ The Daily Express Sunday Times bestselling author Sean Smith tells the extraordinary story of a modern cultural icon: Harry Styles. Harry Styles has grown up. The One Direction boy band member so loved by millions has become a truly global superstar – and...

June 1879. The Zulu Kingdom stands defiant, and Lord Chelmsford’s redcoats march for its heart. The campaign nears its climax, and the British forces gather their strength for the final advance on Ulundi. After months of marching, building, and battle, Lieutenant William Blackwood and the Monmouthshire Fusiliers push east through the wild country of the White Mfolozi. Behind them lie the forts they have built and the comrades they have buried; ahead, the capital of the Zulu kingdom and the promise of victory hard-won. Ordered to join Lord Chelmsford’s main column in the drive toward ...

March 1879. Zululand burns, and the fate of the frontier will be decided on the blood-red heights of Kambula. Second Lieutenant William Blackwood, marches north with the Monmouthshire Fusiliers as Her Majesty’s forces prepare to strike a hammer blow against the enemy. Assigned to Colonel Evelyn Wood’s elite flying column on the untamed frontier, Blackwood is swept into a relentless campaign of raids, skirmishes, and mountain warfare. Here, loyalty is measured in blood, and every patrol could be a man’s last. From the shattered ridges of Hlobane to the storm-wracked heights of Kambula,...

Perfect for fans of Peter James, Ann Cleeves, and Faith Martin SIX MURDERS. ONE UNFORGETTABLE DETECTIVE. SALISBURY'S ANCIENT SECRETS TURN DEADLY. Detective Inspector Keith Tremayne is ageing, cynical, and refusing to retire. In the shadow of Salisbury's cathedral and ancient monuments, he investigates murders where history, ritual, and revenge collide. Alongside young Sergeant Clare Yarwood, Tremayne confronts the darkest crimes hidden beneath this market town's genteel surface. DEATH UNHOLY (Book 1) A man reduced to legs and greasy ash in a chair. Spontaneous combustion or murder? The ...

Six weeks. Just forty-two short days. That’s all it takes to rip the heart out of a city and change the lives of those who live there. Forever. One such life belongs to Ryan Jarrod. In the early hours of a wet winter’s morning on Tyneside, Ryan Jarrod approaches the end of his second shift as a Special Constable when he stumbles across the body of a savagely beaten Teddy McGuffie, a down-at-heel taxi driver. On the same night, an explosion rips through the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne’s student community. Casualties are high; the city brought to a standstill. And the University blast ...

A disgraced scholar. A silent village. And a bell that listens to the dark. Winter, 1888. Exiled by a professional scandal to the frozen coast of Wales, Alastair Finch has accepted a lonely commission: cataloging the library of the late, eccentric Baronet of Portmeirion. Trapped in the drafty Gatehouse Library by a relentless blizzard, Alastair finds his only company is the whistling wind and the rhythmic scratching of his own pen. Until he discovers the Vigil-Bell Log. Hidden among the archives, the leather-bound journal belonged to a missing bell-ringer who vanished on Christmas Eve five ...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Named a Most Anticipated Book of Fall by The New York Times, LitHub, BookBub, Goodreads, and many more! Janice Hallett, “the new queen of crime” (Electric Literature), returns with a fresh, edge-of-your-seat mystery that takes place at a pub’s weekly trivia night...

Now a major motion picture starring Liev Schreiber and Josh Hutcherson! A poignant post-WWII tale of a revitalizing love found too late that follows the fleeting connection between an Italian countess and an injured, aging American colonel in Italy—a love story that inspires light and hope...

“It’s hard to accept that this is the end of the Emmy Lake series, but if there has to be an end, let it be this one: Dear Miss Lake. Sheer joy!” —Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry Plucky wartime advice columnist Emmy Lake discovers that sometimes it takes losing everything...

Lucas Davies has two problems: he's the clumsiest soldier in the British Army, and he's just released a 800-year-old jinn from a teapot in war-torn Iraq. The Royal Engineers sent him to Basra to rebuild. Nobody mentioned the abandoned houses might contain magical prisoners from the 12th century. Zahra has been trapped since the Crusades, watching masters waste their three wishes on gold, glory, and revenge. She's brilliant, sarcastic, and floating three feet off the ground in a combat zone. Only Lucas can see her. His mates think the heat has finally got to him. But Lucas isn't like other ...

The Messiah is back… and he’s not thrilled about it. Jesus 2.0 just woke up in Manhattan—with a craving for pizza, a vague sense of doom, and zero enthusiasm for saving the world. He swears, drinks beer, questions everything, and would really prefer not to fulfill a prophecy no one remembers writing. But time is running out, the angels are unionizing, and the end of days is ahead of schedule. If you enjoy: Satirical fiction with bite Dark comedy in the spirit of Good Omens or Lamb Twisted takes on religion, redemption, and divine bureaucracy Then The Reluctant Jesus is your next ...

'Black British Style', the current costume show at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, raises a lot of complex issues for someone like myself. I am not black, but I am undoubtedly West Indian. My family have lived in different parts of the West Indies for more than 300 years and in Jamaica for more than a century.

Apocalypse, betrayal, and one very inconvenient messiah. When the sky tears open over Harrow, an angel falls, the Second Coming collapses in the street, and Satan turns out to have been running the local parish for forty years. Awanye was born to walk the mortal world and learn pain. David is a career criminal with no idea he might also be the messiah. And Father Benedict? He’s been waiting two thousand years for this moment, and if he can’t kill the Son of God yet, he’ll ruin him the old-fashioned way. From incense-choked churches to streets lit by burning wings, the apocalypse ...

The Unicorn Conspiracy The Year – 1973: The Setting - Africa and the Middle East: The Story - International politics, high finance and personal revenge: The Question – Did it really happen? Triggered by events that take place on Oman’s high plateau at Jebel Akhtar during a cold January in 1959, a friendship is formed; a dangerous friendship capable of giving birth to the beginnings of World War Three. One man, one extraordinary man, is tasked with preventing what some would later describe as a pending Armageddon. A bitter, exiled religious leader is gaining an increasing Islamic ...

A grand estate. A guest found dead. A French detective in the shadow of 1936. The Dark Shadows of Emberlyn Hall is a gripping country house mystery set in the summer of 1936, as the world turns its eyes to the Berlin Olympics — and away from the quiet unease growing behind the doors of an English manor. When French investigator Jacqueline Bodin accepts an invitation to Emberlyn Hall, she expects a genteel gathering in the countryside. But then a guest is found dead — and while the cause seems natural at first, a series of strange events begins to cast doubt. As thick fog settles over ...

When they're in class, the nursing students at Virginia Institute are studious, well-disciplined, and focused. But when class is out, these nurses will use their notes from Biology, Anatomy, and Human Sexuality to party the way that only they can!