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  Blood on the Trestle

  James D. Brewer

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  Railroad detective Jimmy Lee "Choctaw" Parker returns in this Gilded Age thriller when in August of 1886 he is hired by oil baron and entrepreneur Henry Morrison Flagler who is buying up railroads and building his grand new Ponce de Leon Hotel in St. Augustine, Florida. But Flagler's vision of opening the Sunshine State to settlement and tourism is not shared by everyone, so "Choctaw" Parker must investigate both the sabotage against the Jacksonville, St. Augustine, and Halifax railroad construction, and the threats on Flagler's life. The brutal murder of one of Flagler's employees drags Parker and his colleagues, Angus "Chub" Moody and Matilda Vance, into a quagmire of dangerous reactionaries and violent union organizers who oppose northern influence in their fine, old city. With the help of the city marshal of St. Augustine and a brave young medical student, Parker, Moody, and Vance battle villains who would dare to end Flagler's dream.

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  Under Ground - Jem Flockhart Book 6

  E S Thomson

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  A plague is coming to London. Dreaded more than the Devil himself, cholera - the 'blue death' - spares no one. As fear grows across the city, Jem Flockhart and Will Quartermain are called to the bedside of a dead man, murdered, and with his throat torn out, in the back room of a brothel. When an innocent man is taken to Newgate, Jem and Will have until execution day to save him. The search for the identity of the corpse, and the killer, takes them to the gates of Blackwater Hall, home to the secretive, and corrupt Mortmain family. With the approach of autumn, no one is safe, for the fog brings with it an evil and poisonous sickness - the perfect shroud for murder. 
  When family secrets are prised out into the open, people begin dying. But who, or what, is the cause? Searching for answers, Jem and Will are driven underground, to the passages and tunnels beneath the city's teeming streets. Here, their adversary proves to be more elusive, and more deadly, than ever. 
  'Jem Flockhart books are the best I've read in years' - KIRSTY LOGAN 
  'A marvel . . . thoroughly engrossing' - MARY PAULSON ELLIS

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  The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  Originally published in the Strand Magazine between December 1894 and September 1903. The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard by Arthur Conan Doyle, the celebrated author of Sherlock Holmes and the Lost, follows the adventures of Brigadier Etienne Gerard, a courageous soldier in the service of Napoleon. From a sleepy cafe in Paris, he whiles away the hours recounting his glories in the service of France.  
  From his victory over the Count of the Castle of Gloom, the mysterious affair of the Ajaccio Brothers and his daring escape from Dartmoor Prison to his brush with the dastardly Marshal Millefleurs and his successful conveying of the Emperors own despatches through the enemy held towns of Soison and Senlis. Gerard never wavers in his dedication to the Emperor, or his convictions that he is the finest soldier in all of france, and therefore, the world.  
  Adapted into several films and radio dramas across the years, George McDonald Fraser once cited Brigadier Gerard as a major inspiration for his own fictional comedic adventurer Harry Flashman.  
  Narrated by Michael Ward.

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  Feast for the Ravens

  Sarah Hawkswood

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  September, 1145. The body of a Templar knight is discovered in the Forest of Wyre on Worcestershire's northern border, and concealed upon his person is a bloodstained document that reveals the identity of a traitor. Undersherif Hugh Bradecote, Sergeant Catchpoll and Underserjeant Walkelin must discover who the dead man was and whether his death was personal, political or an outlaw killing. They are surprised to find that the locals believe the killer to be the Raven Woman, a shape-changer, who lurks in the woods, and when they discover the identity of the dead knight, Ivo de Mitton, long ago believed to have killed his own kin, there are more questions than answers. Does the tale of the Raven Woman contain a kernel of truth? Is the suspected traitor really guilty, and if not, who gains most by his fall from grace? Ultimately, can Bradecote, Catchpoll and Walkelin see the wood from the trees and bring a killer to justice?

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  The Uncertain Future of the...

  Victor Canning

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  A life-affirming story of family and personal self-discovery 
  When George, the eldest son of Matthew Silverman, announces he won’t follow his father’s footsteps as editor of the family-owned local newspaper, the family finds itself on a course for change. The newspaper has been going for nearly 100 years. 
  With younger brother Alexander and sisters Loraine and Alison growing up fast too, and gradual progress in the world around them, can Matthew do what’s best for them all? 
  This beautifully observed story of a loving family navigating generational change retains a timeless appeal today.Praise for Victor Canning: 
  ‘His gift of story-telling is obviously innate. Rarely does one come on so satisfying an amalgam of plot, characterisation and good writing.’ Punch 
  ‘Quite delightful … with an atmosphere of quiet contentment and humour that cannot fail to charm.’ Daily Telegraph 
  ‘A swift-moving novel, joyous, happy and incurably optimistic.’ Evening Standard 
  ‘There is such a gentle humour in the book.’ Daily Sketch 
  ‘What counts for most in the story … is his mounting pleasure in vagabondage and the English scene.’ The Times 
  ‘A paean to the beauties of the English countryside and the lovable oddities of the English character.’ New York Times

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  Fever Coast - A historical...

  Colin Falconer

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  A rogue army. A continent in chaos. One man's thirst for revenge. 
  East Africa, 1750: Lachlan McKenzie doesn’t know why he and his family live on a remote trading post on the slave coast of Africa. The past is best left buried is all his father will say about it. But then one day three warships sail downriver and turn their guns on their tiny fort. 
  Lachlan is meant to die that day. But though he is young and untried, he proves a hard man to kill. 
  And blood will have blood. He wants vengeance and he wants to know why. 
  Lachlan pursues his family’s murderer all the way to the frenzied and oppressive coast of Carnatic India, with its British redcoat forts, slave markets and Moghul emperors. 
  But as he finally closes in on his quarry, he discovers payback is not quite as simple as he thought. 
  And there are some secrets it’s better not to know.'If you're missing a Wilbur Smith novel, here is a great substitute.'  
  'Blazing with adventure, epic in scope and utterly compulsive.' Waterstone's. 
  'Falconer's grasp of period and place is almost flawless. He's my kind of writer.' The Australian. 
  Experience the Epic Adventure SeriesThrilling journeys through vividly imagined worlds, heart pounding action and unforgettable characters.Multi-bestselling stand-alone tales that can be read in any order.35,000+ five-star reviews. 
  Part thriller. Part history. All adventure.

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