BOOKS FOR ADULTS
AFTER THE FIRE
The first mystery featuring feisty Restoration actress-turned-sleuth
Betsy Brand, set in the years following the Great Fire of London.
‘a polished and enjoyable series debut and a page-turner of a story… more, please’
MyShelf.Com‘inventive and amusing…the action rattles along at a good pace and the novel tells a good yarn’
Historical Novels Review
Joffe Books, 2020
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THE JUDAS BLADE
1671: The Dutch war looms, and Betsy Brand begins a new
and dangerous venture as a spy for her country.
‘a real page turner… the steady unravelling of the plot is genuinely exciting, and there is a lot of fast-paced action’
Historical Novel Society‘a murder mystery, but also a tale of espionage… Betsy is a resourceful and entertaining sleuth’
MyShelf.Com
Joffe Books, 2020
THE THOMAS THE FALCONER MYSTERIES
HUNTER AND PREY, The Complete Thomas the Falconer Mysteries
Sharpe Books, 2019-2020. Available in ebook, print-on-demand and in audiobook.
‘English history fans who don’t know the Thomas the Falconer books should get up to speed quickly’
Booklist‘A truly fine historical series’
Library Journal
MARBECK AND THE GUNPOWDER PLOT
The fourth in the Martin Marbeck series finds Marbeck sidelined by his spymaster when he gathers intelligence about a terrible conspiracy – and soon his own life is in danger.
‘Sustains suspense throughout... Marbeck finds himself unable to trust anyone, even his superiors. Satisfying and twisty conclusion [and] evocative period detail’
Publishers’ Weekly
Severn House, 2015. ISBN: 9780-7278-85142
Also in ebook and Large Print.
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MARBECK AND THE PRIVATEERS
Third in the series, in which government spy Martin Marbeck finds himself up against ruthless corsairs – and a traitor.
Severn House, 2014. ISBN: 9780-7278-83728
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MARBECK AND THE KING-IN-WAITING
Queen Elizabeth is dying, the new king is in faraway
Scotland, and Marbeck must confront plots from two directions
which threaten the very fabric of England itself.
‘The second in this fine series provides all the derring-do and historical interest needed to keep readers entranced’
Kirkus Reviews
Severn House, 2013. ISBN: 9780-7278-82943
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MARBECK AND THE DOUBLE-DEALER
1600: a new century dawns, England is at war, and the nation’s
spymaster calls in his best, if most undisciplined, intelligencer
Marbeck to unmask a double agent.
‘A superb historical mystery’
Historical Novel Society‘Pilkington introduces an intriguing new hero in the dashing Marbeck’
Kirkus Reviews‘A seventeenth century James Bond, Marbeck is just as likely as 007 to get into deadly and dangerous situations… a gripping, entertaining page-turner’
Booklist (star review)
Severn House, 2012. ISBN: 9780-7278-82394
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