The Last Criminal

The assassin got down from his gray horse and beat against the monastery door. Fatigue tugged at his legs as if sucking him into the desert dust, so he leaned back against the gelding’s flank and waited. It was a good beast. If names meant anything, he’d...
Sweet Fanny Adams

Sweet Fanny Adams

You may imagine that “Sweet FA” stands for “Sweet F All”, but, in fact, it’s derived from a notorious murder that took place in 1867 – and it happened in the little market town I call home. Fanny Adams was an 8 year old who lived in...

Times Hostage

Brenda Kuchinsky CHAPTER ONE Sophia, an incessant muffled ringing and knocking burrowing into her consciousness, came to in the Vichyssoise. She raised her head, her mahogany red hair leaking floury potato and leek bits, her aquiline nose dripping, and her startling...
Makepeace and Grimes

Makepeace and Grimes

A new direction You know, every now and again, an idea occurs that is too good to be left until later. I’d just finished the fourth book in the Robot Empire series (Sledgehammer) and was organising a group promotion for some author friends who write historical...