Vampires exist. And a whole bunch of them live in London.Wallflower Cat only went to the stupid Halloween party because her roommate dragged her along. Big mistake.Even worse: nearly falling into bed with Alexander, the mysterious host of the event, before fleeing his mansion faster than a bat out of hell.Something about him and the other partygoers made her suspicious.Still, Alexander left his mark on her. The kind that lasts an eternity.

Michael never sought out love, until one night he stumbles across it anyway.A sense of foreboding hangs over Michael, like the dark clouds collecting overhead. Trouble brews, of the non-meteorological kind.The scent of blood clings to the frosty December air, attracting him against his will.The source? A beautiful woman, lying face down on the damp pavement. Drained, though not yet dead, only the Ritual can save her now.Immortal playboy Mich...

The enemy of my enemy… loves me?Valentino Conti deals in death. He knows it, and the unfortunate creatures he hunts, find out soon enough.Vampire hunter Valentino prepares to face off with his most dangerous adversary yet. Victory looks impossible without a miracle, or at least an unexpected companion by his side.Enter Lucille. The woman of his dreams and answer to all his prayers? She must capture the same target, for reasons she refuses to share.

This omnibus edition contains the first three books in the Freddy Pilkington-Soames Adventure seriesJoin chaotic 1920s reporter and accidental sleuth Freddy Pilkington-Soames on his adventures in this series of light-hearted mysteries!A CASE OF BLACKMAIL IN BELGRAVIA (Book 1)Ticky Maltravers is the toast of London high society, adored by everyone—or so it seems, until somebody poisons him over dinner. But who murdered him? It's up t...

It's 1929, and Ticky Maltravers is the toast of London high society, adored by everyone - or so it seems, until somebody poisons him over dinner. Now it turns out that numerous people with secrets to hide had every reason to wish him dead. But which of them murdered him? For Freddy Pilkington-Soames, newspaper reporter and man-about-town, the question hits a little too close to home, thanks to an unfortunate drunken encounter with Ticky's corpse which he'd much rather the police didn't fin...

‘Oh, something is bound to go wrong, but one might as well start out from a position of optimism, don’t you think?’ said Angela.It's fair to say that Freddy Pilkington-Soames is not having a good day. His grandmother is threatening to marry a lounge lizard, his old friend has lost her lover, a racehorse has been kidnapped, a priceless diamond has gone missing, and everybody seems to think he should sort it all out.(Oh, and there's a dead body on the terrace...

When Hollywood star Dorothy Dacres plummets six floors from her hotel terrace on the night of her greatest triumph, it initially looks like a tragic accident. But her death is so very convenient to her many enemies that press-man Freddy Pilkington-Soames, who was there on the night she died, begins to suspect foul play. And when cocaine is found in her room, it only complicates matters further.Soon, Freddy is chasing across London on the trail of drug dealers, in reluctant company ...

West End theatre impresario Septimus Gooch is a man with many enemies, but when he's found dead in his leading lady's dressing-room the police put it down to an accident.The cast of Septimus's latest musical production at the Jollity Theatre are having none of it, however—this is the second mysterious death in two months, and they're convinced Septimus died after being frightened out of his wits by the ghost that's haunted the theatre ever since it burned to the ground many years a...

When the Duke of Purbeck throws a house party to celebrate his daughter's twenty-first birthday and present her with a family heirloom, nobody expects that the weekend will end in murder. The fabled Belsingham pearls have a history steeped in blood and slaughter dating back more than a century—and now it seems they've claimed another life, when the interfering and opinionated Professor Coddington is found dead in the library with the pearls clutched in his hand. It looks like a robbery gon...

When Douglas Westray, the son of an eminent aircraft manufacturer, is found shot dead in a locked room at a society ball, it seems obvious that it’s suicide—after all, he had two failed engagements behind him, and had lost the family firm a prestigious prize through his own neglect. But not everybody is convinced—including Freddy Pilkington-Soames, who soon discovers that there are still questions to be answered. Why was Douglas wearing the wrong shoes when he was found? What is the connec...

Roger Windsor’s stories of life as, first, a naive student at vet school, then as a junior vet in general practice, and finally as a senior member of the Veterinary Investigation Service runing a laboratory in Africa, certainly give James Herriot a run for his money. His vignettes of animal woe and human frailty have enduring appeal, and the story of setting up such a valuable service in Botswana, and helping to build that country’s agricultural and forensic veterinary resources, is truly ...

The ladies of Clerkenwell Central Hall are none too pleased at having their Temperance meetings disrupted by the rowdy Communists next door, but for Miss Olive Stapleton in particular, the uneasy coexistence proves fatal when she is found stabbed through the heart with a paper-knife. Enter Freddy Pilkington-Soames, who’s been recruited by British Intelligence to investigate a suspected Communist plot to stir up a general strike. Freddy thinks there’s more to Miss Stapleton’s death than mee...