Chloe was more than happy working for Madame Albertin as her secretary and companion in remote Cornwall. When her employer’s nephew – the wildly handsome Pierre – arrived on...
After years of muddy, bloody battles, the English Civil War is finally over. But the Musketeers have a plan which could still change everything. As the action begins, King Charles...
A novel full of intriguing characters who you can never fully trust, if you loved Netflix’s ‘You’ you’ll love this.This shadowy mystery novel follows Lois an unassuming...
When Karen was travelling on the night train to Edinburgh only half-recovered from pneumonia, she was lucky to have Iain Mackenzie swoop in. Taking her to his home in the...
Journalist Angus Logan returns to the island of La Roque, where he grew up as part of the Courvel family. Maurice de Courvel has died under extremely mysterious circumstances....
What do you get if you cross a family of French acrobats with the escape of a Russian political prisoner? ‘César Cascabel!’Despite the outlandish premise, Verne deftly weaves...
An alcoholic will always put their need for drink before their family and, sadly, this story is no different. 'Netochka Nezvanova' is an unfinished novel by Dostoevsky that the...
Peter Kropotkin’s magnum opus “Memoirs of a Revolutionist” serves the role of an astounding historical narrative of Russian politics in the second half of the 19th century....
He talks to bottles, collects strange stones and only "few know his real name". If the title of the short story is not enough, these facts about 'The Terrible Old Man' make it...
‘The Council of Justice’ is the second book in the ‘Four Just Men’ universe, which follows a group of wealthy vigilantes doling out justice. In this entry the vigilante...