Adelia’s broken free of the restraints that Victorian society puts on a woman. By using her wit, unconventional intelligence and good humour, she’s risen to marry an earl who dotes on her; she’s raised and married off seven beautiful daughters; what more is there for her now?What, indeed. Adelia’s looking for a new adventure. She’s not ready for her twilight years of slumber just yet…Then her daughter’s friend is found brutally murdered in the grounds of Mondial Castle – in...

A fresh, uncomplicated nineteenth-century adventure with a strong, unconventional amateur detective: escape with Lady Cornbrook into the fun side of history.Cordelia, Lady Cornbrook has lost her husband, her home and she's about to lose her patience.She should have been enjoying a relaxing stay with Hugo Hawke at his country manor. But Hawke is a cad who is mostly interested in drinking, gambling and - well, all the other things you'd expect a moustachioed ...

FIVE full-length standalone light historical mysteries in one volume! Join Cordelia, Lady Cornbrook and her eclectic household as she fights crime, unearths secrets, and fends off the advances of unsuitable men.These Victorian murder mysteries are set in Britain in the 1840s, and take a light, frothy look at the fun side of history. It’s not quite Dickens. Maybe Dickens at a party after a few too many brandies. They are rooted in accuracy, though (there are author’...

Who killed Sir Phileas Hinge?This novella (half the length of a regular book) is the perfect introduction to the upper-class world of Victorian England. Here, genteel dinner parties hide murderers; sparkling balls harbour dastardly villains; and every light society conversation hints at a darker scandal.The Earl of Calaway and his wife, Adelia, have raised and married off seven daughters. Now free of domestic duties, they are building an enterprise...

Who killed Viscount Beaconberg?Lady Beaconberg’s a prime suspect: the money-grabbing snob of a wife would do anything to get further up the social ladder, and ditching a lowly viscount would free her for marriage to a much more esteemed nobleman.Or perhaps the killer was the viscount’s business partner, Sir Arthur, who’s been arguing in public and in private, desperate to wrest control of the racing stables fully into his own hands.As Theodore Caxton, the Earl of Ca...

London, 1890: a new woman in an old world, science in an age of wonder, and a thrilling new historical mystery.When scientific investigator Marianne Starr – rich in talent but poor in everything else – meets excitable trader George Bartholomew, she initially refuses to take his case. Her job is to publicly unmask fake mediums, not to unravel his strange story of fake fathers.But now, with George lying dead in squalor and a man in a blue top hat shadowing he...

There’s something foul in the air around Tavy Castle.The old Lady Buckshaw can’t say the word “trade” without feeling ill and the new Lady Buckshaw can’t say much at all - at least, not much that makes sense. She’s always been a sensitive soul, but have the oppressive swamps around her new home finally driven her into a very Gothic insanity?Madness and death seem to go hand in hand, and it’s not long before a corpse turns up in the ice house. Theodore, Lord Calaway is all s...

Did the Countess of Calaway’s innocent letter of enquiry cause a murder?When the body of a young craftsman is found dead, he is surrounded by articles belonging to an ancient local family which has sunk into decline. But those valuables went missing decades ago; this isn’t a straightforward case of theft gone wrong.As Lord and Lady Calaway investigate, they discover that what was stolen goes beyond silver cigar cases and fancy boxes. Names, identities, and even a man’s wife...

Lord and Lady Lassiter are young, minted and living the high life in the Bohemian artistic circles of London. It’s Christmas, 1893, and the excitement of a new millennium is already gathering pace. New opportunities! New ways of living! An end to stuffiness and convention!But society and business are still controlled by the old guard. Where there is money, there is power. And where there is both, there must be corruption. Lord Lassiter chooses the wrong friends and he quickly finds...

What connects a jilted bride, the death of a miser, and an eccentric businessman?Fireworks – perhaps.Or maybe the answer is simple. After all, when old Mr Spenning died, his widow inherited everything.But she does not live a life of ease and luxury now. Instead, she huddles in a draughty old house on the wild east coast of England. She hates and shuns the locals; they return the sentiment.Lord and Lady Calaway are called to investigate the truth behind the m...

The Victorian era is an age of excursions. And for every hopeful holidaymaker, there are dozens of businesses hoping to sell them the trip of their dreams.Four such men, eager to make money, come together to offer fossil-hunting expeditions along the south coast of England. But ambition and greed soon rip the venture apart and it ends in violent murder.Unfortunately, the victim is killed right under the noses of Lord and Lady Calaway. It ought to be a simple case; the polic...

Where do you start investigating when every woman in the town has a reason to want the victim dead?Penny May and her bonkers dog, Kali, are settling into the small town of Upper Glenfield, Lincolnshire, England. But secrets are festering behind the net curtains and neat front lawns. When an unpopular local man is found dead in a remote spot, it exposes rifts in more than one family.Penny has been warned to stay out of it. She’s got enough to deal with, anyw...