Patricia Gallimore

Sequel to 'A Kind Of magic'. Molly Harris describes her journeys over the hills and through the villages of the Cotswolds. Her extensive knowledge of the area and the Cotswold way of life is entertaining and captivating.

When Sheila Malory is badgered by Annie Roberts to write the village history, she grudgingly agrees. After Annie dies of food poisoning, a victim of her love of freshly-picked mushrooms, Sheila finds the circumstances too suspicious not to investigate.

1933. Tessa and Frederica Nicolson are enjoying one last idyllic summer at the beautiful Villa Millefiore, overlooking Florence. Four years later, Italy is a distant memory and with the outbreak of World War Two, Tessa and Freddie must fight for their own survival and happiness, while they wonder whether they will ever see each other again...

A medieval murder mystery featuring Mathilde of Westminster, respected physician and lady-in-waiting to Princess Isabella. Mathilde is presented with a host of chilling murders linked to the fierce rivalry between Philip of France and Edward of England.

Candida Lycett Green, daughter of John Betjeman, describes the year 1949, just one year of her childhood in the remote downland village of Farnborough where she lived with her parents.

Bernard Prior asks his cousin, Sheila Malory, to help him research the family history. When visiting Sheila he dies in suspicious circumstances and although he was a bully and a bore, there was no reason for cold-blooded murder. What secrets has he found buried in the family history?

Eva Jackson has moved back to her childhood home in Taviscombe after the untimely death of her beloved husband Alan. During a coffee morning she mentions to Sheila Malory that she fears Alan might have died an unnatural death. When Eva's body is discovered after a supposed insulin overdose, Sheila wonders if the killer might still be at large...

Deep in debt David’s only hope is his brother Francis. As the Dean of Culminster Cathedral Francis refuses to help. When he is found dead David is the prime suspect.

August 1941. As war sweeps across Britain and millions of men enlist, women must fight the battle on the home front. Fran always thought she would marry her childhood sweetheart and live in Massingham, the beloved pit village she has always called home. But the opening of a munitions factory in the north-east of England presents a new opportunity. Against her father's wishes and with best friends Sarah and Beth by her side, Fran signs up to join the ranks of women at the factory. It's dangerous work, but the friends discover that their lives are only just beginning.

Book 1 in the Factory Girls series.

In the spring of 1936 Kay Garland embraces an exciting new life of glamour when she becomes companion to Russian Konstantin Denisov's daughter, Miranda. But with the outbreak of war come death and destruction and, for both women, consuming passion, along with the fear of losing all that they hold dear.

All is looking promising for Jan Hardy until a suspicious death throws her world into turmoil. Is the sickness afflicting Jerry Ravens horses natural or is there some more sinister explanation? X rated, contains offensive language and explicit sex.

Molly Harris was brought up in a family of seven children in the Oxfordshire village of Ducklington in the 1920's. The family was poor and frequently had little to eat, but there were compensations, including Grandmother's home made wine.

Smashing through the Arctic Ocean with the crew of a Russian icebreaker herding reindeer across the tundra with Lapps and shadowing the Trans-Alaskan pipeline with truckers Sara Wheeler discovers a complex and ambiguous land belonging both to ancient myth and modern controversy. A fascinating combination of history science and reflection in which Wheeler meditates on the role of the Arctic and how it has been changed by man.

Margot Asquith was perhaps the most daring and unconventional Prime Minister's wife in British history. Known for her wit, style and habit of speaking her mind, she transformed 10 Downing Street into a glittering social and intellectual salon. Yet her last five years at Number 10 were a period of intense emotional and political turmoil in her private and public life.

Drawing on unpublished material from personal papers and diaries, Anne de Courcy vividly recreates this extraordinary time when the Prime Minister's residence was run like an English country house, with socialising taking precedence over politics, love letters written in the cabinet room and gossip and state secrets exchanged over the bridge table.

Marriage to Arthur Abbott has done nothing to stop Barbara Buncle from involving herself in the lives of her neighbours. After moving to London, Barbara and Arthur are enjoying their newly-wedded bliss, but not the city life. The only solution to their problem? Returning to the country. Barbara finds the perfect candidate in the town of Wandlebury and the Abbotts make it their home. Barbara doesn't intend to get mixed up with those around her again, but can't help falling into scrapes, often with humorous consequences!  Book 2 of series.

In a charming English village, Miss Barbara Buncle, a maiden lady was obliged to write a book because - as she naively explained - her dividends were so poor. Unfortunately, Miss Buncle had no imagination, so she wrote about her friends - quite kindly and truthfully, of course. The reactions of her friends to Miss Buncle's book, however, were a little surprising, and the far-reaching and unexpected results of its publication cause quite a stir.  Book 1 of series.

Sheila Malory's excitement about teaching at a university in America was tempered by anxiety, but nothing could prepare her for a visit soon to be shattered by murder. When the victim is identified as Max Loring, the brother of one of Sheila's new colleagues, she embarks on her own investigation.

While filling in for a friend at a local charity shop in the quiet English town of Taviscombe, Sheila Malory employs her detecting skills when the store's ill-tempered supervisor is found dead and everyone in town is a suspect.

Two fatal cases of food poisoning at the residential home where Melissa Craig's mother Sylvia is staying, are treated as accidental by the authorities. To Melissa's consternation, Sylvia has noticed some strange goings-on and decides to do some detective work of her own. And when another resident is taken ill Melissa starts to take her mother's concerns seriously...

It's 1942 when Cassie Taylor leaves Birmingham to become a land girl on a farm in Dorset. There she meets Robert and Stephen Denham, twins recovering from injuries sustained at Dunkirk. Cassie is instantly drawn to Stephen, but is wary of the more complex Robert. At first, Robert wants to sack the inexperienced city girl. But Cassie learns quickly, and Robert comes to admire her courage. But just as their romance blossoms, he's called back into active service...

Rebuilding her career outside of London after a personal tragedy, Birmingham DS Kate Power tackles a series of child killings, a case that is complicated by the chauvinistic attitudes of her co-workers.

The UK has come over all republican. The Royal Family exiled to an Exclusion Zone with the other villains and to cap it all, the Queen has threatened to abdicate. Yet Prince Charles is more interested in root vegetables than reigning ... unless his wife Camilla can be Queen. But when a scoundrel who claims to be the couple's secret lovechild offers to take the crown off their hands, the stage is set for a right Royal show down!

Life had always been tough for Mary Ann so she jumped at the chance to marry Dan Ruddick and become a skipper's wife. She soon realises that she hates life aboard a ship. When Mary Ann is seduced by the promise of a happier life, the family is torn apart!

Coroner Martha Gunn is among the first to be called to the scene when a man's body is found in a small cottage fronting the river. Floating face-down in the rising water, it appears to have been raised from the cellar by the flood. Martha's instincts tell her that this is a homicide - a hunch borne out by the post mortem.

Sheila Malory investigates the disappearance of Mrs Rossiter, a wealthy nursing home resident, whose scheming daughter has been trying to get her hands on a substantial inheritance.

Ingrid Langley's career as a crime author is perfect cover for investigating fellow author, Clement Hamlyn, who is suspected of using an international writer's festival in Cannes to meet with a wanted criminal. Ingrid is accompanied by her husband Patrick, formerly of MI5, but as they observe the rude and aggressive Hamlyn, it soon becomes clear that someone is observing them...

The author founded the first lonely hearts agency for country dwellers. Based in Derbyshire, she has hundreds of stories of helping love and romance to bloom amongst lonely farming people nationwide.

When Charlie Hamilton is found dead in his stables from a blow to the head, with only his horses as witnesses to his final moments, the entire community is shaken. Especially since Charlie's is just the first in a series of shocking and suspicious deaths. Mrs. Malory is on the case, but the trail of clues, from an unlucky horseshoe to a lethal electric fence, proves to be anything but a smooth ride.

Mrs Abbott is flustered at the thought of putting up a lady from the Red Cross, but is happily surprised when she turns out to be an old friend from her previous life as an infamous writer. Of course, she's now far too busy with her children to write, not to mention helping out in the lives of the villagers. And with a possible spy in their midst, evacuated families, potential love matches and a visit from a famous writer, she's got her work cut out for her. Luckily for her, the other Mrs Abbott is around to help.  Book 3 of series

Jan Hardy is asked to train a nervous young thoroughbred which seems uncontrollable until she enlists the help of a young stable-hand with horse-whispering skills. X rated, contains offensive language and explicit sex.