Mei Trow Ordre des livres (chronologique)

Written in a light, easy to read style, the book also raises issues and creates debate about both film and history.

First full book devoted to the Wigwam murder. Uses hitherto unseen Canadian files for the first time. Includes eye-witness testimony of those who were there. Gives the full background to both victim and alleged killer. Describes in detail the brilliant forensic science in the case.

The first stand alone book on the Meon Hill murder. Detailed factual analysis debunking the irrelevant (and later) witchcraft angle. A study of how 'the madness of crowds' subverts justice.

First non-privately printed book solely on this case in eighty years.

When infamous mediums of Edwardian London are found dead, Dr Margaret Murray, archaeologist, and occasional sleuth, calls upon her police connections to investigate. She also infiltrates a spiritualist circle to narrow down the suspects. But the killer has Margaret in their sights! Can she capture the culprit and avoid passing beyond the veil?

Lifts the lid on the 98 men and 3 women who have held the top job in Britain and the United States (are those numbers a scandal in themselves?)

A celebration of the horse and its role in warfare.

June, 1381. A horde of angry peasants marching to London forces Geoffrey Chaucer and his fellow travellers to abandon their annual pilgrimage and hole up at the Tabard Inn. That night, a woman's body is fished out of the River Thames. When he discovers that the victim was the wife of one of his fellow pilgrims, Chaucer determines to investigate.

Gripping reconstruction of the plot to assassinate the British prime minister and cabinet in 1820.

The inaugural performance of Christopher Marlowe's controversial new play is marred by sudden, violent death in this lively 16th century mystery.December, 1592. England is entering dangerous waters as thoughts turn to the question of the ageing Queen Elizabeth's successor. Christopher Marlowe meanwhile is leading a troupe of the Lord Chamberlain's Men on tour with a controversial new play.Marlowe expects his latest play, Edward II, to ruffle feathers. What he doesn't expect is it to lead to is sudden, violent death. The morning the tour is due to begin, the newest member of the cast is found stabbed to death in the local brothel. And when a second murder, and then a third, disrupt rehearsals for the inaugural performance in the Great Hall at Scudbury Manor, it becomes clear that someone is determined to prevent this play from being performed - at any cost. But who ... and why?

The disappearance of two boys in the summer of 1483 remains a mystery. Edward, Prince of Wales, nearly thirteen, and his younger brother, Richard of York, nearly ten, found themselves at the center of tumultuous politics following the sudden death of their father, Edward IV. Historical narratives, shaped by biased historians writing for Henry VII, led many to believe the boys were murdered by their uncle, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who became King of England in July 1483 while the boys were imprisoned in the Tower of London. After that, they vanished without a trace. Over the centuries, Richard, Henry Tudor, and Henry Stafford have been implicated in their murders, but the evidence is flimsy by modern legal standards. Yet, history often favors Richard of Gloucester as the prime suspect. This book adopts a unique perspective, presenting the investigation as a police procedural that examines historical evidence without bias. It challenges the long-held assumption that the boys were killed for political motives, proposing instead that their deaths may have stemmed from entirely different reasons, and raises the intriguing possibility that the princes in the Tower were not the only victims in this dark chapter of history.

Another grisly unsolved Victorian multiple murder case for the author of Jack the Ripper: Quest for a Killer.

The first detailed book by a military historian on the Heavy Cavalry Brigade in the Crimea.

October, 1900. London. As an archaeologist, Dr Margaret Murray is used to examining ancient remains, but she's never before had to investigate the circumstances surrounding a newly-dead corpse. When the body of one of her students is discovered, Margaret rejects the official verdict of suicide and determines to find out how the girl really died.

April, 1380. About to set off on his annual pilgrimage, GeoffreyChaucer abandons his plans when an old friend appeals for help. His formerguardian has been found dead in his bedroom at his Suffolk castle, the doorlocked from the inside. Who among the castle's inhabitants is a cold-heartedkiller? It's up to Chaucer to root out the evil within.

A wholly positive biography of Richard III set against the bloody politics of the fifteenth century.

Christopher Marlowe had never liked Robert Greene when he was alive. But when Greene is found dead shortly after sending Kit a desperate letter, he feels duty bound to find out who killed him. Before long, the playwright-sleuth finds himself in the midst of a baffling murder investigation - where nothing is as it first appears.

London. May, 1878. Private enquiry agents Matthew Grand and James Batchelor have been hired by the artist James Whistler to dig into the past of outspoken critic John Ruskin. But the detectives are sidetracked by the murder of a prostitute in nearby Cremorne Gardens. Could there be a connection between the Cremorne killer and their art world case?

Private enquiry agents Grand and Batchelor have been hired by timber merchant Selwyn Byng to discover what's happened to his heiress wife. The only clue they have to go on is a badly spelled note demanding £5,000 if Byng is to see Emilia again. Then a human torso is found floating in the River Thames. Could there be a connection?

1875. After a call for help from an old acquaintance, private enquiry agents Grand and Batchelor arrive at Fort Abraham Lincoln, deep in Dakota territory, and discover it to be a powder keg of suspicion and closely-guarded secrets. When a body is discovered during a scouting patrol, some of those secrets rise uncomfortably close to the surface.

The wedding of Matthew Grand's sister is marred by cold-blooded murder in the intriguing new Grand & Batchelor Victorian mystery. March, 1873. Private investigators Matthew Grand and James Batchelor have arrived at Matthew's substantial family home on the Maine coast for the wedding of his sister Martha. Friends and relatives have gathered from far and wide to celebrate the occasion ? but nothing is going according to plan. A long-lost cousin turns up out of the blue after an absence of fourteen years. The best man is nowhere to be found. And no one seems to have a good word to say about the bridegroom.Preparations are thrown into chaos when a body is discovered in an upstairs bedroom. As Grand and Batchelor investigate, they discover that more than one member of the household has a scandalous secret to hide. And several more family skeletons are destined to tumble from the closet before the two enquiry agents uncover the shocking truth

In July 1940, Walter Schellenberg of the German Secret Service drew up a list of 2,694 people believed to be living in Britain, who were known enemies of the Reich. In that month, the Wehrmacht was poised across the Channel ready to hit Britain with blitzkrieg, the terrible and hugely successful tactic that had already overwhelmed Poland, Denmark, Norway, Holland, Luxembourg, Belgium, and France. The names on Schellenberg's list represent the heart and soul of a nation that made the British what they were but the List also includes a diaspora from Europe--the intellectuals, politicians, and writers who had been driven out of their own homelands by the speed of the German conquests. All human life is there--lives that were, to the Nazis, unworthy of life. Historians have found the List a curiosity. Surely, it cannot be real? It was. The Black Book is the first book to evaluate the list, and look at the chilling reality of what Hitler had in store for the nation.

June, 1870. The author Charles Dickens has been found dead in his summerhouse where he had been working on his final, unfinished novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Did he die of natural causes - or is there something more sinister behind his sudden demise. Private investigators Matthew Grand and James Batchelor have been hired to find out.