The debut novel by BAFTA and Emmy award-winning co-writer of BBC One's Outnumbered Guy Jenkin.'One of the best historical fiction books of 2025' THE TIMES'A delightful cross between Wolf Hall and Blackadder' THE EXPRESSShortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2025'Clever, funny, ingenious and endearing' Lissa Evans

Murder Most Foul is a dark, witty and fast-paced novel, from one of Britain’s best-loved screenwriters.It’s 1593, Elizabeth I is Queen and everyone is terrified of the worst outbreak of plague in a generation. Shakespeare has only written six plays and is lagging behind his friend Christopher Marlowe, London’s leading playwright.When Marlowe is stabbed to death in mysterious circumstances, rumours abound – but the one that won’t go away is that Shakespeare did it to remove h...

Martin Jarvis stars in this BBC radio satire set in the competitive world of advertisingHappiness... is a career in advertising. Or is it? Activist turned ad writer Ken Handley isn't so sure. Back in the day, he used to hitch-hike and attend peace protests. Now, he finds himself writing copy for the Conservative Party and extolling the virtues of products he hates - while also coping with a drunken boss, strait-laced colleagues and an overactive mind.Over t...

Songs and sketches from the groundbreaking BBC comedy series show starring Rowan Atkinson, Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith and Pamela Stephenson. 'Not the Nine O’Clock News' is regarded as one of the great classics of British television humour. Written by some of Britain’s finest comedy writers, including Richard Curtis, Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin, the show was innovative, shocking and rude – and extremely funny. Published on CD for the first time, this hilarious compilation includes some of...

The sequel to the Wodehouse Prize nominated Murder Most Foul.The second novel by the multi BAFTA, RTS and Emmy awardwinning writer, director and producer of iconic TV shows like Outnumbered and Drop the Dead Donkey.The murder-solving duo are back, famed playwright Will and the sister of Christopher Marlowe. This time, it’s to discover the truth behind the murder of Ann’s mother. The cause of death is absurd: suicide by butter knife. Ann knows that can’t be true and must disc...

From the award-winning author of the Kate Shugak Mysteries, a thrilling new detective series set during America's wild boom time of the nineteenth century.WELCOME TO THE GILDED AGE. WHERE NOT EVERYTHING GLITTERS.The New Mexico Territory is a lawless frontier where criminals steal money and land alike with impunity. Everyone wears a six-gun and is ready and willing to draw it.In the new city of Montaña Roja,...

Discover a story 400 years in the making - the definitive biography of the man who dominated England in the first half of the sixteenth century'Engrossing' THE TIMES'In this excellent study, Thomas More is reborn as a complex, absorbing man' DAILY TELEGRAPH'[A] immersive, richly told account of life, death, faith and politics at the early Tudor court' SPECTATOR'THE ...

Adventure can be a deadly business.'A marvelous, rollicking tale of derring-do' Peter James'A beautifully written masterclass' Janice Hallett‘007 meets Tintin meets Sharpe' Damien Lewis'A delight!' Fern Britton'A superb read' Simon Scarrow'Brilliantly gripping' Susan Lewis'An irresistible adventure' T.L. MogfordIt began in the manner of all the very best adventures: in a coffee house....

Jonas Flynt returns from the Caribbean to London to claim revenge against an old enemy...

'One journey into a stormy Cornish night that you won't want to miss' Tom Hindle'A fabulous, evocative setting, mysterious characters hiding dark secrets, and a plot that's as treacherous as a walk along the cliff edge in stormy weather... An exquisite murder mystery... Absolutely wonderful!' Fiona Leitch'Full of plot twists and turns with a few red herrings thrown in, gripping, highly charged, intriguing and mysterious... Highly sa...

If you're not with them you're against them.Oxford, 1883. Young men are being found bound, gagged and hooded at the gates of their colleges in the small hours.Basil Rice, Jesus College fellow, is asked by the senior proctor to investigate. But matters of sexual purity are dangerous, as it lays Basil open to unwelcome scrutiny of his own private life.Meanwhile, the University Vice Chancellor's Court has wrongly imprisoned a young sho...

From the acclaimed author of In the Shadow of the Empress comes the thrilling, “richly detailed, entertaining” chronicle of two of the most influential and glamorous women in nineteenth-century Europe—Elisabeth, empress of Austria, and Eugénie, empress of France—and their efforts to rule amid the scandal, intrigue, tragedy, and violence of their era (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).When they married Emperors Franz Joseph and Napoleon III, respecti...