Cornelius Garrett

You might be able to explain the necklace and antique pistol being stolen, but the body in the lake is a different matter. It isn’t going to be easy working out who killed whom. Will Inspector Wilkins be able to solve the mystery?  Book 1 of series.

The Earl of Burford throws a party. Guests include a fading Hollywood actor, his producer, an Italian actress, a writer, a painter and an Olympic athlete. A murder takes place in the night, and Inspector Wilkins is called in to investigate.  Book 2 of series.

Understandably, Lord Burford had some misgivings about hosting another house party at Alderley, his beautiful country mansion. It didn't take long for things to start to go wrong. When one of the guests was found dead, Lord Burford had never been so relieved to see Chief Inspector Wilkins - again!  Book 3 of series.

As a baby, Brind was found among a litter of mastiff hounds. He has grown up with them and is more dog than human; in fact you could say he is their pack leader.

In 1792 the Kellaway family move from Dorset to London, a city jittery about the bloody French Revolution. The youngest boy, Jem, becomes friendly with streetwise Maggie Butterfield. The friendship changes when they become involved with a neighbour, the poet and radical, William Blake.

The Boys are helping Sherlock Holmes when he suddenly disappears. They realise the he hasn't gone undercover, but has been kidnapped by a Fenian gang planning to assassinate the Queen.

Former SAS trooper turned undercover cop, Dan 'Spider' Shepherd, knows that there are no easy solutions in the war against terrorism. But when a killer starts to target pardoned IRA terrorists, Shepherd realises that the only way to save lives is to become a killer himself.

June, 1815. Five men, three armies, on the fields of Waterloo. What ensues is a battle for honour and glory. The two great leaders, Napoleon and Wellington, are in direct confrontation for the first time, to take their nations to victory.

It is 1786 and Captain William Rennie is amazed to be given a prime commission: HMS Expedient a 36 gun frigate to be sent to the South Seas on a scientific expedition. But Rennie and his lieutenant sense that they are not being told the whole truth and someone is trying to sabotage their mission.

Nicolas des Innocents is commissioned by nobleman Jean Le Viste to design a series of tapestries for his Great Hall. While Nicolas is surveying the hall he meets Le Viste's beautiful daughter. Any relationship is forbidden, so the only avenue of expression for their passion is the creation of the magnificent tapestries.

In 1756, Joshua Pope accepts a commission to paint a wedding portrait for Herbert Bentnick and Sabine Mercier at Astley in Richmond. When a body is found in Sabine's conservatory, Joshua investigates, but when Sabine's valuable necklace goes missing he is implicated. Now he urgently needs to discover what is happening at Astley.

Twenty-four years ago James had an affair with Lily, his best friend’s mother, now she confesses that they have a daughter, Kate, who is wanted for murder and needs his help. James has also been keeping a secret - a dark and deadly one.

London is in chaos after a comet narrowly misses the Earth. Tersias, a blind boy who predicted the comet and can see the future, is attracting attention from several quarters: there’s Jonah, the teenage highwayman; crazy Solomon, who has bred a giant flesh-eating locust; and the keeper of mysterious powers, Lord Malpas.

After being hit by a meteor London is devastated and it is not long before people start taking advantage of the disaster. Unknown to the public, their saviour, an angel who fell to earth with the meteor, is being held captive with little hope of escape.