These world-renowned museums hold some deadly secrets ...Murder at the Fitzwilliam1894. Daniel Wilson, who made his name investigating the case of Jack the Ripper alongside the formidable Inspector Abberline, is now working as a private enquiry agent. When the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge finds itself in need of urgent - and discreet - assistance, he is the natural first choice.The museum will soon unveil its new Egyptian ...

The pace is fast and furious with old-fashioned detection winning out against the forces of villainy - Daily MailMay, 1941. One of the senior choristers at St Paul's, Edwin Roberts, is found beaten to death in the crypt of the cathedral and Detective Chief Inspector Coburg and Sergeant Lampson are called in to investigate.The dead man was far from popular. That, coupled with a small army of staff at work at the famous landmark, including those on t...

The pace is fast and furious with old-fashioned detection winning out against the forces of villainy - Daily MailJim Eldridge, author of the Museum Mysteries, turns his pen to Wartime London's Underground stations.December, 1940. With the Luftwaffe pounding the city nightly, Londoners seek refuge in underground stations. Aldwych has been taken out of service to provide shelter for the British Museum's priceless Elgin Marbles, as we...

The pace is fast and furious with old-fashioned detection winning out against the forces of villainy - Daily MailMay 1941. Both the centre of London and rural Kent continue to take a battering from German bombers. Canterbury and its distinctive cathedral are among the hardest hit. The landmark and holy site is the scene of further tragedy when Canon Walter de la Coeur is found savagely bludgeoned to death on the exact spot where Thomas Becket also met his ...

The pace is fast and furious with old-fashioned detection winning out against the forces of villainy - Daily MailAfter rising to prominence for his role investigating the case of Jack the Ripper, former Detective Inspector Daniel Wilson is now retired. Known for his intelligence, investigative skills, and most of all his discretion, he's often consulted when a case must be solved quickly and quietly. So when a body is found in the Egyptian Collection of th...

The pace is fast and furious with old-fashioned detection winning out against the forces of villainy - Daily Mail'The plotting is excellent, with admirable narrative drive . an engaging and entertaining read' Historical Novels ReviewLondon, December 1906. The capital glitters with Christmas lights and festive crowds, yet on Piccadilly something far darker stirs. Beneath Frank Dicksee's celebrated painting of Romeo and Juliet

His Holiness needs to meet Museum Detectives, Mr and Mrs Wilson, urgently.It's been two years since Daniel and Abigail Wilson visited the Eternal City, and this time they're invited by none other than Pope Leo XIII himself. But this is no sightseeing visit, as the renowned detectives are asked to put their skills to good use, investigating a suspected assassination attempt from within the Vatican's walls.Who can be trusted when murder could come from any direction? A...

The pace is fast and furious with old-fashioned detection winning out against the forces of villainy - Daily MailAugust 1940. On the streets of London, locals watch with growing concern as German fighter planes plague the city's skyline. But inside the famous Ritz Hotel, the cream of society continues to enjoy all the glamour and comfort that money can buy during wartime - until an anonymous man is discovered with his throat slashed open.Detective ...

The pace is fast and furious with old-fashioned detection winning out against the forces of villainy - Daily Mail'The plotting is excellent, with admirable narrative drive . an engaging and entertaining read' Historical Novels ReviewJanuary 1901. Abigail and Daniel Wilson, often lauded as 'The Museum Detectives', are on their way to the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza. Their explorations of the pyramid, including the Robbers' Tunnel...

The pace is fast and furious with old-fashioned detection winning out against the forces of villainy - Daily MailArchaeologist Abigail Wilson returns to the Eternal City as a guest speaker for a festival on Classical Rome, although she also hopes the trip will be a well-earned holiday for herself and her husband, private investigator Daniel Wilson. However, the bloody history of the ancient arena seeps into the present with the violent m...

The pace is fast and furious with old-fashioned detection winning out against the forces of villainy - Daily MailJim Eldridge, author of the Museum Mysteries, turns his pen to Wartime London's Underground stations.April 1941, London. In an air raid shelter beneath Whitechapel Road, a woman's mutilated body is found, evoking grim memories of Jack the Ripper. Detective Chief Inspector Coburg and Sergeant Lampson are dispatched from S...

The pace is fast and furious with old-fashioned detection winning out against the forces of villainy - Daily MailJim Eldridge, author of the Museum Mysteries, turns his pen to Wartime London's Underground stations.Christmas, 1940. A temporary truce between the German and Allied forces is a welcome respite from the relentless air raids over London.Down Street underground station, in the heart of Mayfair, is now a secret retr...