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It's 1882, and once again, Oliver Redcastle is about to dive into mayhem. He's no stranger to bloodshed. Memories of the men he has killed, first as a Pinkerton Detective, then as a Union Army sharpshooter haunt his days - and his nights. He dreams of putting his past behind him and, upon learning that he has unexpectedly inherited a house in Baltimore, vows to start a new life for himself and his daughter.

In "Hard Water," a historical fiction novel set in the scorching July of 1884, William Pinkerton has assigned Oliver Redcastle to capture a train robber who happens to be a tight-rope-walker. But this mission is anything but simple, as Redcastle finds himself entangled with two beautiful women, a dangerous cult, and reminders of his Civil War past. As old loves and hatreds are reignited, Redcastle must navigate a web of personal and professional hazards to complete his mission. Along the way, he encounters some of the most powerful figures in Midwestern industry and politics, including John...

"Trouble in Tampa" takes readers on a thrilling journey to the Wild South of Florida in 1885, where wild pigs and even wilder people roam. The novel follows the story of Oliver Redcastle, an ex-Pinkerton investigator and sharpshooter who takes on what should have been an easy assignment for a wealthy Baltimore art collector. However, when the man Oliver is hired to find goes missing, he finds himself embroiled in a swamp of trouble. Betrayed by an old acquaintance and caught between two passionate women, Oliver is railroaded into one of old Florida's infamous turpentine camps. With his ...

In "Evil Twin," ex-Pinkerton detective Oliver Redcastle returns home to face his worst nightmare: an arch enemy who is determined to destroy him, his friends, and everyone he loves. As Oliver tries to unravel the mystery behind the multiple murders in his town, he discovers a sinister scheme to steal a massive chunk of western land. As the stakes grow higher and the danger increases, Oliver must navigate a treacherous web of malice and deceit to protect his family and survive his foes. With enemies lurking around every corner, Oliver must rely on his sharpshooting skills and detective ...

Get ready for another thrilling ride with Oliver Redcastle in War Rag! When a painting of a Civil War battle is stolen and replaced with a fake, female Pinkerton agent Hannah Kinchman calls on Oliver for help in finding the original. But what they discover is much more sinister than a simple art heist. A murdered warrior, a threatened inheritance, and multiple dangerous women are just some of the challenges they face. Oliver must navigate a complex web of lies and deceit to uncover the truth behind the theft and murder. With his sharpshooting skills and quick thinking, he takes on dangerous...

In "Fatal Flowers," the year is 1888, and ex-Pinkerton detective Oliver Redcastle's teenage daughter, Chloe, has gone missing. Kidnapped by an unscrupulous orchid-hunter, she disappears into Florida's vast and treacherous Everglades. Oliver will stop at nothing to find her, and his journey takes him across an ocean, where he battles an assassin, defies murderous train robbers, and confronts sharpshooting enemies from his bloody Civil War past. As Oliver ventures deeper into Florida's most mysterious and exotic wilderness, he discovers the River of Grass holds secrets that will define both ...

The only ambition Miss Emily Mifford holds for her first season in London is to endure it without completely humiliating herself; a difficult task when one has an unfortunate habit of saying precisely the wrong thing at the wrong time... After clashing publicly with the odious Lady Hardthistle, Emily soon learns that there are worse things than being embarrassed—like being accused of murder! When the belligerent baroness is found strangled to death at a ball, the finger of blame points at Emily.

As the youngest of four girls, Miss Eudora Mifford has spent her whole life attempting to catch up with her older sisters. From solving murders to finding husbands, they are always one step ahead—leaving Eudora trailing behind in a perfectly respectable but dreadfully unremarkable existence. So, when she quite literally stumbles over a dead body, Eudora knows this is her chance to finally make her mark. Unfortunately, no one else seems to agree. When a cantankerous viscount is murdered at a house party and the guests find themselves snowed in, Eudora seizes the opportunity to prove herself.

Having come to the realisation that the life of a spinster is only glamorous when one is rich and doesn't live with one's mother, Miss Jane Mifford decides that it is high time she finds herself a man. Fortuitously one — quite literally — lands at her feet in the shape of Mr Ivo Bonville. Handsome, charming, and rich, Mr Bonville is not the usual bachelor one finds in the Cotswolds. Unfortunately, Mr Bonville is soon accused of murdering the local viscount, Lord Crabb, in order to inherit his title.

After an unsuccessful season in London, Miss Mary Mifford has returned to the village of Plumpton, determined to be the most upstanding spinster the Cotswolds have ever seen. Not even the arrival of the elusive Duke of Northcott can distract Mary from her plan; until the local rector is found bludgeoned to death and Mary is named as the prime suspect.

The day Titanic sails from Queenstown, taking with it the hopes and dreams of so many, Harp’s life too is devastated. The small port town is shaken to its foundations at the loss of the unsinkable ship, but the revelation of a long-held secret means that Harp and Rose have a much more pressing issue to solve, one that could destroy them if they cannot find a solution.

Eleven-year-old Amrie St. Pierre is catching tadpoles with her friend Finn O'Reilly when the Federal fleet first steams up the Mississippi River in the spring of 1862. With the surrender of New Orleans, Amrie's sleepy little village of St. Francisville - strategically located between the last river outposts of Vicksburg and Port Hudson - is now frighteningly vulnerable. As the roar of canons inches ever closer and food, shoes, and life-giving medicines become increasingly scarce, Amrie is forced to grow up fast. 

A disgraced noble. A scandalous widow. A poisoned prince. When a foreign prince collapses at an English court function, suspicion falls on Lord Peregrine Fitzroy—the estranged son of a notorious traitor, and the man who knows all too well the effects of henbane especially since it's the same poison his mother once used in a crime that nearly cost Lady Charity Cresswell everything. Now a widow and lady-in-waiting to the Queen, Charity has clawed her way back from scandal to reclaim her place among the ton.

It's the end of the roaring twenties, and the exuberant and Honourable Phryne Fisher is dancing and gaming with gay abandon. But she becomes bored with London and the endless round of parties. In search of excitement, she sets her sights on a spot of detective work in Melbourne, Australia. And so mystery and the beautiful Russian dancer, Sasha de Lisse, appear in her life. From then on it's all cocaine and communism until her adventure reaches its steamy end in the Turkish baths of Little Lonsdale Street.

When a prominent family's daughter flees sleepy Sussex to seek a career on the stages of a glittering West End, Harry and Kat are asked to check in on the young woman. But the two of them soon discover that there is a much bigger danger to the woman and her family than mere acting dreams being crushed. Nathaniel Parker, born in 1962, graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and went on to join the Royal Shakespeare Company. His television career began in 1988 when he played Flying Officer 'Flash' Gordon in the LWT mini-series "Piece of Cake".

Tras la muerte de su tía Lina, Maribel Ordóñez se siente más perdida que nunca. Hacía tiempo que esta joven cordobesa se sentía sola, desde que falleció su padre, a quien estaba muy unida. Al menos ha heredado la casa familiar, un lugar que la...

El símbolo perdido, la sensacional continuación de El código Da Vinci, es un golpe maestro de la narrativa: una carrera mortal a través de un auténtico laberinto compuesto por códigos y verdades ocultas, bajo la mirada vigilante de un ser villano aterrador. La acción de El símbolo...

El maestro de la novela histórica de suspense nos deleita con una historia de mujeres fuertes, decisiones difíciles y heridas que nunca cerraron. 300.000 lectores ya tienen a Rafael Tarradas Bultó en su lista de imprescindibles Barcelona, 1880. Como protegida de una de las mujeres de la alta burguesía barcelonesa, Sara ha comenzado a trabajar en la colonia textil de la familia Bofarull . Allí, su prodigiosa mirada y su incomparable talento la llevarán a liderar el departamento de diseño , donde parece haber encontrado su vocación.

Valiéndose de las características propias de la novela gótica, la crónica medieval y la novela policíaca, El nombre de la rosa narra las actividades detectivescas de Guillermo de Baskerville para esclarecer los crímenes cometidos en una abadía benedictina en el año 1327.

Junio de 1960. Un temporal mantiene aisladas en la idílica isla de Utakos, frente a Corfú, a nueve personas alojadas en el pequeño hotel local. Nada hace presagiar lo que está a punto de ocurrir: Edith Mander, una discreta turista inglesa, aparece muerta en el pabellón de la playa. Lo que parece un suicidio revela indicios imperceptibles para cualquiera salvo para Hopalong Basil, un actor en decadencia que en otro tiempo encarnó en la pantalla al más célebre detective de todos los tiempos.