1948. After serving with the French Resistance during the Second World War codenamed La Chatte Noire..

1936. Devastated by the death of her brother Hugh Emma seeks to keep his memory alive by embracing h..

September 1940 is finally drawing to a close. With London having endured the Blitz for nearly a mont..

Berlin December 1939. Paranoia in the capital is intensified by a rigidly enforced blackout that plu..

In 1360 the Great Bridge over the River Cam is close to collapse. As arguments rage over raising the..

On a freezing winter's night the residents of Thorncroft House are roused from their beds by an unex..

November 1940. Darkness descends and another anxious night begins for those tasked with guarding the..

1969. A job in the Prison Service is not for everyone. But for Nell Lewis helping prisoners is somet..

1937. War with Germany is dawning and a civil war already raging in Spain. Split across political li..

Armistice Day 1940. The Blitz Detective John Jago finds himself despatched to Pimlico to investigate..

1919. The guns of the Great War are silent. Special battalions now face the dangerous task of gather..

As the people and businesses of London are quickly recovering from the ravages of the plague in West..

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..