London April 1882. When cool-headed Phyllida visits the World's End Investigation Bureau to offer a ..

January 1939. When young Amy Rowlings meets Detective Sergeant Bodkin at the scene of a robbery on t..

Yorkshire 1969. Nell Lewis is four months into her new role as governor of HMP Brackerley when the p..

A house full of academics should imply calm and quiet but much to housekeeper Harriet Rowsley's dism..

Summer 1312. The brutal murder of King Edward II's favourite Peter Gaveston unleashes a horde of dem..

March 1941. World War Two is well underway and the Blitz is taking its toll on Central London with b..

Adelaide 1917. The impeccably dressed Miss Kate Cocks might look more like a schoolmistress than a p..

Cambridge UK 1947. Martin Friedrich a German philosopher is cycling through an intersection on his w..

Berlin 1933. The Nazi regime is gaining devastating power as Hitler is appointed Chancellor and star..

Sunday morning and the body of Reverend Villiers has been found propped up on the vigil seat in the ..

Spring 1261. In Rome Pope Alexander lies dying. Across Europe in Oxford's Oseney Abbey ambitious Bis..

London 1928. Lucy Darkwether has always made her own rules. After breaking off her engagement to pur..

Welcome to Kent 1797. Following many years apart Jane Austen is set to spend the summer with her est..

Summer 1948. London swelters amid post-war reconstruction while continued rationing and the black-ma..

1950. Chief Inspector Troy learns that his sergeant has been conducting an affair with the known mis..