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A Rescue for a Queen
Fiona Buckley
The eleventh enthralling adventure to feature Ursula Blanchard, reluctant spy in the service of Queen Elizabeth I.
February, 1571. Ursula is once more plunged into affairs of the state when she escorts her foster daughter Margaret to the Netherlands to meet her suitor. The queen's spymaster, Sir William Cecil, learns that the wealthy Italian banker Roberto Ridolfi will be hosting their forthcoming wedding - a man who he fears may once again be plotting to put Mary Queen of Scots on the English throne. But Ursula is also about to come face-to-face with her greatest enemy - and the exiled Countess of Northumberland is not the only figure from Ursula's past to put in a surprising appearance.
A Traitor's Tears
Fiona Buckley
When a neighbour is found dead in her front garden, Ursula is pulled into a conspiratorial web.
July, 1573. Recently widowed, Ursula Blanchard is living a quiet life on her Surrey estate, caring for her infant son. But her peaceful existence is shattered when Ursula's neighbour Jane Cobbold is found dead in her own flowerbed, stabbed through the heart with a silver dagger - and Ursula's manservant Brockley is arrested for the crime. Determined to prove Brockley's innocence, Ursula seeks help from her old mentor Lord Burghley. But when a second death occurs and the queen's new spymaster, Francis Walsingham, gets involved, once again Ursula is reluctantly drawn into matters of espionage and affairs of state.
A Perilous Alliance
Fiona Buckley
Widow Ursula Blanchard is urged to remarry for the sake of Queen and Country in this latest enthralling historical adventure
January, 1576. Widow Ursula Blanchard is in no position to refuse when Sir Francis Walsingham decides she must wed Count Gilbert Renard in order to build a strategic alliance with the French. Soon after the count arrives at her country home to pay court, one of Ursula's household staff is found dead. An accident - or something more sinister?
Late Harvest
Fiona Buckley
This passionate West Country smuggling saga set in the early 19th-century is an intriguing departure for Tudor mystery writer Fiona Buckley.
Exmoor, 1800. When farmer's daughter Peggy Shawe meets the charismatic Ralph Duggan, it's love at first sight. But when Ralph's brother Philip is suspected of murder, the pair are despatched to distant relatives across the Atlantic. It will be many years before Peggy and Ralph meet again - and circumstances for both of them will be very different.
The Heretic's Creed
Fiona Buckley
Ursula Blanchard must acquire a mysterious medieval manuscript in the latest enthralling historical adventure.
Sir William Cecil has a mission for Ursula Blanchard. She must visit group of recusant women led by Abbess Philippa Gould. They possess an ancient book that the Queen's advisor is eager to get hold of. But two of Sir William's previous emissaries vanished without trace in the search. What happened to them and will Ursula suffer the same fate?
The Reluctant Assassin
Fiona Buckley
1581. When Ursula Blanchard's 9-year-old son is snatched away while out riding, she must agree to undertake an impossibly difficult and dangerous mission if she is ever to see him again. Can she rely on her half-sister, Queen Elizabeth, for help?
Crime Always Pays
Declan Burke
Who says crime doesn't pay? The perpetrators of a botched kidnap make their getaway in this hilarious sequel to The Big O.
Karen and Ray are on their way to the Greek islands to rendezvous with Madge and split the fat bag of cash they conned from her ex-husband Rossi when they kidnapped, well, Madge. But they've reckoned without Doyle, the cop who can't decide if she wants to arrest Madge, shoot Rossi, or ride off into the sunset with Ray.
Out Comes the Evil
Stella Cameron
Second in the traditional British mystery series featuring rural inn owner and amateur sleuth Alex Duggins
An almost-fresh body is discovered in a disused well in the ruins of a 14th century manor house - and once again Folly-on-Weir's pub owner Alex Duggins and her friend Tony Harrison are thrown into a major murder investigation. The victim, a widow, had lived quietly in the town for the past ten years: who on earth could want her dead?
Melody of Murder
Stella Cameron
The arrival of a talented, ambitious and unusual new family leads to mayhem and murder in the peaceful Cotswold village of Folly-on-Weir
The idyllic Cotswold village of Folly-on-Weir is a piece of paradise found - until 'those incomer Quillams' arrive. The discovery of a body in the village church inexorably draws local pub owner Alex Duggins and her veterinarian friend Tony Harrison into the turbulent affairs of the wealthy Quillam family - and into the path of a twisted killer.
Lies that Bind
Stella Cameron
When a body is discovered in the neighbouring village of Underhill, Alex Duggins, owner of Folly-on-Weir's premier pub, The Black Dog, is determined not to get involved - for once. But when she learns that the person who found the body was young Kyle Gammage, who helps out at her friend Tony's veterinary clinic, she and Tony are reluctantly drawn into the murder investigation.
In her desire to protect Kyle and his elder brother Scoot, Alex finds herself withholding vital information from the police. It's a misjudgement that will have far-reaching - and possibly fatal - consequences. Her relationship with Tony under strain, has Alex's silence put her and those she loves in danger?
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