Andrew Burt

Commissario Brunetti is plunged into a world of corruption and intrigue when he investigates the death of a young bureaucrat in the Venetian planning department.  Book 9 of series.

When Commissario Brunetti and Ispettore Vianello answer a 911 call they find a dead girl floating in the canal. Amazingly no-one has reported a missing child. Brunetti is drawn into a search for her identity, her family and the cause of her death, taking him from the canals and palazzos of Venice to a gypsy encampment on the mainland.  Book 17 of series.

Marion Sharpe and her mother have their peaceful lives turned upside-down when a young woman turns up on their doorstep with a policeman and accuses them of kidnap and abuse. Something in her story doesn't ring true, but it takes solicitor turned amateur detective, Robert Blair, to solve the mystery.

1st book in the Hillsden Series. Caroline Oates was little more than a vegetable after suffering at the hands of KGB torturers ten years previously, so there is shock when she is murdered. Her ex-lover, Alex Hillsden sets out to discover the answer.

In 1949, 15-year-old Ved went to America to attend the Arkansas School for the Blind. In the three years there he refused to acknowledge gloomy predictions for his future made by 'specialists', and learnt to get around Little Rock himself by perceiving objects and terrain by means of 'sound-shadows'.

Blind author's problems in coping with college in U.S.A.

The author's experiences as a blind undergraduate at Oxford in the 1950s.

When Gervase Phinn saw the advertisement for a Schools Inspector of English and Drama he decided to apply but when he met the other candidates his confidence nearly failed him. He was stunned to be appointed and here wittily describes his early days in the job.  Book 1 of series.

More reminiscences from the North Yorkshire Schools Inspector, who is now settling down to blissful married life with the radiant teacher from Winnery Nook School.  Book 3 of series

For Dirk Pitt, the witnessing of an airship disaster sets in motion the most nail-biting events of his career. When he finds his trail leading to fabulous treasure beneath the sea he knows he is on to something special. Or is he?

Packed off to boarding school and bullied by his peers, Felix Brooke feels sad and trapped. Although he has a home in England, his heart lies in Spain, so he runs away, but is shipwrecked off the French coast.

Tired of living in Spain with his grandfather and unfriendly great-aunt, Felix gets on his mule one day and sets out to find a place which he thinks is called Bath.

It is Christmas Eve. The Lee family reunion is shattered by a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed. But when Hercule Poirot, who is staying in the village with a friend for Christmas, offers to assist, he finds everyone had their own reason to hate the old man…

They called her the Swedish Maiden – the beautiful young tourist who disappeared one day somewhere in Oxford. Twelve months later the case remained unsolved. On holiday in Lyme Regis, Chief Inspector Morse reads a tantalizing article in The Times about the missing woman. An article which lures him back to Wytham Woods near Oxford . . . and straight into the most extraordinary murder investigation of his career.  Book 10 of series.

For over a year the murder of Yvonne Harris has baffled the police. Why then does Chief Inspector Morse refuse to lead the re-investigation, yet continue making private enquiries?  Book 13 of series.

Five short stories from a celebrated writer, exploring deep fears, longings, secrets and desires.

Nicholas Morath works in a Paris advertising agency. In 1938, with the growth of fascism, Nicholas undertakes several missions for his uncle, a diplomat, as part of a complex plan to oppose the Nazis in eastern Europe.

This is the story of Carlo Weisz and a handful of antifascists. They are the army officer who fights for a lost cause in Spain, the shrewd leader of a resistance group in Paris, and the woman who becomes the love of Weisz's life, herself involved in a doomed resistance underground in Berlin.

Book 1 of the 'Raj Quartet' In wartime India the British are facing the threat of a Japanese invasion and the opposition of the Indian population. Against this background of Anglo-Indian conflict, the rape of an English girl is a prelude to riots, strikes and uprisings.

A Victorian family chronicle about the rise to wealth of Adam Swann and his ever-expanding network of transport depots which stretch north to the scottish Highlands and west to the Dublin Pale. Masterly storytelling.  Book 2 of series.

Adam Swann is now an old man and at the start of the Edwardian era the motor engine starts to take over from horses, which has a huge effect on 'Swann-on-wheels'.  Book 3 of series.

Set against a background of racial injustice in South Africa, this is the story of humble Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo whose son, Absolom is involved in the murder of a white man.

This is the chilling story of a small boy caught up in the games that adults play. Left in the care of the butler and his wife whilst his parents go on a fortnight's holiday, Philip realises too late the danger of lies and deceit. But the truth is even deadlier.

Simon has come to London to study painting with Dr Field, but Dr Field has disappeared. As Simon tries to find him he discovers a fiendish plot.

Although she is desperate to return to England, Dido Twite is caught in Nantucket where she and Penitence Casket have to stay with creepy Aunt Tribulation.

More adventures of Dido Twite as she travels from Nantucket to London.

It is August 1611 and Jack Fletcher is shipwrecked off the coast of Japan. He is rescued by a legendary swordmaster and his only hope of survival is to become a Samurai warrior. Life at the Samurai school is hard and Jack is bullied and treated as an outcast.

Farmer Giles of Ham did not look like a hero. He was fat and red-bearded and enjoyed a slow, comfortable life. Then one day a rather deaf and short-sighted giant blundered on to his land. More by luck than skill, Farmer Giles managed to scare him away. The people of the village cheered: Farmer Giles was a hero. His reputation spread far and wide across the kingdom. So when the dragon Chrysophylax visited the area it was Farmer Giles who was expected to do battle with it!

After being chased from the home of a young girl called Ellie, chimney-sweep Tom falls asleep and tumbles into a river. There he is transformed into a 'water-baby' and his adventures truly begin. Beneath the surface, he enters a magical world full of strange and wonderful creatures, where he must prove his moral worth in order to earn what he truly desires.

Aided by the magician Merlin, Arthur draws the sword from the stone to become King of Britain, and Lord of the Knights of the Round Table. Listen to tales of their valiant deeds as King Arthur, Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad and other heroic knights rescue maidens, defend Excalibur and search for the Grail.

After his parents are killed in World War 2, 12 year-old Harry and his dog set off on an incredible journey.

When Mole receives a letter he is lead to believe that he has won a great deal of money but things don't work out as he expects.

When Lewis meets Viktor Ladslow (toy-store owner , puppet maker, and clairvoyant) he hopes it will change his unhappy life. But Lewis needs to realise that everything comes at a price.

When Tom is sent to stay at his aunt and uncle's house for the summer, he resigns himself to endless weeks of boredom. As he lies awake in his bed he hears the grandfather clock downstairs strike... eleven... twelve... thirteen... Thirteen!

Tom races down the stairs and out the back door, into a garden everyone told him wasn't there. In this enchanted thirteenth hour, the garden comes alive - but Tom is never sure whether the children he meets there are real or ghosts...

Set in 1910 in the snowy wilderness of the Arctic Circle, Sig Andersson is alone with the corpse of his father, frozen to death that morning when he fell through the ice on the lake. Then a mysterious stranger arrives who has come to take revenge on his dead father…

In 1502 Matteo flees from a murderous brigand. Rescued by Leonardo da Vinci and taken into his household, he works alongside the maestro on his projects. But Matteo holds a secret that the Borgia's and the Medici's, Italy's leading families, would kill for.