Three years after Napoleon’s final defeat at Waterloo, the Poldark family are enjoying a period of relative stability in the family now that Ross has retired from Parliament but things are never quiet for long at Nampara as seventeen-year-old Bella announces she wants to study opera singing in London. Keen to allow their children to […]
The Twisted Sword by Winston Graham
Ross Poldark is sent to Paris on behalf of the British government to observe the political turmoil now that the monarchy has been restored. Under the guise of being on holiday, Ross takes Demelza and their youngest children, Isabella-Rose and Henry, with him but the situation in France is far worse than anyone realised. When […]
The Loving Cup by Winston Graham
As the war with Napoleon draws to a close, Geoffrey Charles returns to Cornwall on leave with his new Spanish wife, Amadora, and reclaims Trenwith which has fallen into decline over the years. Faced with the monumental task of renovating the place, Geoffrey Charles persuades his old friend Drake Carne to help him manage the […]
The King’s General by Daphne du Maurier
Eighteen year-old Honor Harris is looking forward to spending the rest of her life with the man she loves, however when a tragedy occurs on the eve of her wedding, the marriage never takes place. Fifteen years later, as England is divided by a civil war that pits neighbour against neighbour, Honor is sent to […]
Triptych by Karin Slaughter
When Aleesha Monroe is murdered in the impoverished Grady Homes neighbourhood, it seems just like any other killing of a drug addicted prostitute, apart from one thing, her tongue has been bitten off. Detective Michael Ormewood, under pressure to solve the case, is annoyed when Will Trent, a special agent for the Georgia Bureau of […]