Malcolm James

The market town of Mickleburgh has successfully hidden the secrets of its inhabitants for generations, but the casual murder of a man trying to prevent vandalism shatters the perfect veneer. The aftermath of the violent death produces unexpected reactions between partners and friends.

Moran is an old Republican whose life was forever transformed by his days of glory as a guerilla leader in the War of Independence. Now, in old age, living out in the country, Moran is still fighting - with his family, his friends, even himself - in a poignant struggle to come to terms with the past.

With journalist Grace Parsons on board, Captain Chris Cameron is ordered to take HMS Indomitable to a former African colony where ethnic cleansing is suspected. As the evidence builds up they face an emotional and professional crisis.

After the First World War British diplomat, Hugh Thurne, returns to his second home in Venice. He looks forward to visiting his old friends Giacomo and Valentina Venier, but he does not anticipate the shadow lying over the Venier family.

It is 1942 in Cairo and Rommel is advancing steadily. All the Allies' best efforts are being thwarted by a Nazi spy and Bert Cutler, a police inspector, is sent to find the traitor.

Marie Davenport is planning to tell her husband Alex that she wants to leave him at the end of their French holiday. Before she can break the news, however, he is killed in a dreadful boating accident. She returns to the States and her lover but finds a surprise awaiting her.

Alan Parker cannot bear to tell his wife that he has suddenly been made redundant. While secretly looking for a job he meets Tessa, a waif-like little girl, and her widowed mother, Louise. He and Louise embark on an affair and, when Tessa disappears, Alan is the prime suspect.

CB Whiting, erstwhile owner of various mills and a shirt factory, has made the same mistake as his father and grandfather - he has married a woman who has made his life a misery. Now as the town of Empire Falls declines, CB's wife presides over everything, and she has a plan concerning Miles Roby and the Empire Grill,the hub of the town. X rated, contains offensive language.

In 44 BC, Rome has expanded her territories, led by Caius Julius Caesar. However his mission to end the wars, reconcile hostile factions and preserve Roman civilization, is teetering dangerously close to collapse. Prophecy will explode into truth on the Ides of March and the world will change forever.

Tom Chantry came to get his cattle to the railroad, not to kill, but when local outlaws took him for a victim, there was lead to pay!

Winner 1987 Silver Dagger Award. Strong languageRusty Sabich, a prosecuting lawyer in Chicago, finds himself accused of murder when Carolyn, the attorney with whom he had been having an affair, is found strangled. Contains some strong language.

When prominent GP, Arnold Pettifer, is found dead of an overdose, Inspector Thanet is immediately suspicious, for Dr Pettifer apparently had everything to live for. The finger of suspicion points at Mrs Pettifer particularly when it emerges that she has a lover.

Aurelio Zen is sent to Perugia to investigate a kidnapping involving one of the town’s wealthiest families and soon realises that the family members are lying both to him and to each other. When the kidnapped man is killed soon after his release the case turns into a murder enquiry.

With a group of other misfits, Inspector Rebus is sent back to Police College for retraining. Once there the group is given an unresolved case to investiagte. As Rebus is familiar with the victims and the suspects, he believes that they are being set up.  Book 13 of series.

An Australian family move to Ireland, but the disappearance of the wife leads to a desperate search across Europe.

Recovering from a recent tragedy, Tony Sheridan goes to stay with friends at their strange house in Rutland. Tony discovers a series of mysterious events associated with the house and then realises, too late, that he is one of the latest victims.

Set in the depression–hit north west of England in the early 1930’s the story centres around the bohemian lifestyle of creative people, with glimpses into the lives of the rich and fashionable.

The year is 1812, and Richard Sharpe’s mission is to thwart Napoleon's dream of empire. Sharpe and his company must gain control of two fortress cities in Spain if Wellington's army is to succeed in their aim.  Book 13 of series.

Appearing in his own one-man show on Thomas Hood at the Edinburgh Festival, middle-aged actor Charles Paris finds himself falling for a gorgeous young girl. He also finds himself being dragged into a complex murder investigation involving the death of a fading pop star, a bomb scare in Holyrood Palace and a suicide leap from the top of the Rock.

Paul Morel finds himself torn between love for his demanding mother and his two very different lovers in this semi-autobiographical novel set in a Nottinghamshire coalmining village at the turn of the 20th century.

Sean Courtney, the impulsive adventurer, returns from the wilderness a rich man - until he is robbed by the Boers of his wagons, his gold and the girl he loves. A grim homecoming finds his country in the grip of war, but family conflicts prove more bitter.

In 1921, Lucy Gault's father is a land-owning Protestant from County Cork. When three local youths attempt to set the house alight, Captain Gault shoots at them. This shot has Far reaching and tragic consequences for the family, especially for nine year old Lucy.

Horace Dobbs spent many years studying the behaviour of dolphins in order to try and understand their minds and to learn more about the hidden world beneath the sea. What he discovered caused him to question the validity of his entire scientific training.

A young boy is sold into slavery in post-Civil War America and suffers at the hands of a cruel master. He escapes to a new life but nourishes the desire for revenge against his former master’s son. Whitbread Book of the Year Winner.

For four years Viktor Archenko, a high-ranking Russian naval officer, passes information to MI6. When he stops MI6 realise he is under suspicion, but have no desire to cause a scandal by getting him out. Only a veteran agent realises that there is much more at stake than a man's life!

Two detectives, Pollard and Toye, investigate a man's death of nearly twenty years ago.