John Castle

When the Aubrey family move to the London suburbs, it seems like a new beginning, free from the threat of scandal and ruin caused by Mr Aubrey’s genius for instability. However, life is not dull, as the family encounter furious poltergeists, find hidden masterpieces and come to the aid of a murderess.

45Weary of the debauchery of life at the court of Charles II, Dona, Lady St. Coulomb, flees London and escapes to her husband's home in Cornwall. Here she finds peace and beauty and a swashbuckling French pirate.

First book in 'Cairo Trilogy'. Set in Cairo between the wars, this is the story of Ahmad, a middle-class shopkeeper, who forces his wife and daughters to live a sheltered life, while at night he explores the pleasures of Cairo. To his sons he is a tyrant and they live in fear of his temper.