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A Serpent in the Garden

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 10:11:48 +0200

'A thrilling adventure wonderfully evoked as Shakespeare turns spy' James Oswald

London, 1592. 28-year-old William Shakespeare is the rising man of English theatre. But plague has hit the capital, and the playhouses are to be shut. Livelihoods, and lives, are at stake.

Lady Celia Vernon is one of the first to perish but did she really die of plague? Her cousin, the Earl of Southampton, orders Will to discover the truth in a London filled with conspirators, cutthroats and traitors.

The Queen's spymaster, Robert Cecil, suspects the Earl of treason and orders Will to spy on him in return. Caught between two of the most powerful men in the kingdom, Will cannot possibly serve both masters, and could easily become the next victim of the killer he is trying to catch.

With his future, safety and life on the line, Will uncovers a devastating secret, and changes the course of his, and the world's destiny...

Players of Death

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:34:20 +0200

Ungentlemanly Warfare

Mon, 18 Nov 2019 15:21:24 +0200

A soldier and a spy, an officer but not quite a gentleman, Captain Harry Walsh is SOE's secret weapon.Loathed by his own commanding officer, haunted by the death of his closest friend and trapped in a loveless marriage, Harry Walsh is close to burn out when he is ordered to assassinate the man behind the ME 163 Komet, Hitler's miracle jet fighter. If Walsh fails, there is no prospect of allied victory in Europe.Harry Walsh is ruthless, unorthodox and ungentlemanly. He is about to wreak havoc...Ungentlemanly Warfare is a captivating historical thriller about a pivotal and dramatic event from the Second World War.Praise for Howard Linskey'One of the single most dramatic events of the Second World War, Linskey makes the mission of Jan Kubis and Joseph Gabcik impossible to put down' - Northern Echo'Linskey delivers a flawless feel for time and place, snappy down to earth dialect dialogue mixed in with...

Don't Let Him In

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 17:00:29 +0200

PRE-ORDER THE SPINE-TINGLING NEW THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF ALICE TEALE IS MISSING

'Dark, creepy and compelling, with the claustrophobic sense of a killer waiting around every corner' T.M. LOGAN
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Eriston is a small town.
Where everyone knows your name - and your secrets.
Rebecca hasn't been back in years, but she grew up in the shadow of a dark local legend: the countless unexplained deaths.
Her father Sean had always warned her of the dangers.
And when Rebecca returns, she discovers that her father wasn't willing to let the legend lie.
He was on the verge of uncovering the town's darkest truth.
He thought he was on the trail of a killer.
Sean knew too much. Now he's dead.
Rebecca could accept her father's death.
Or she could risk her life by carrying on his work . . .
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'Dark, sinister, clever and creepy. Keeps you guessing right to the very end'...

No Name Lane

Sat, 12 Sep 2015 00:47:07 +0300

Muse of Fire

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:27:14 +0200

The more he gains, the more he has to lose...

William Shakespeare is now both a man at court and a man of the theatre. Accepted into Elizabeth I's world, he is trusted to write plays for her. But his position is insecure, based entirely on the queen's whims.
When one of the her ladies-in-waiting is found dead, almost everyone suspects it was murder. But who stood to gain by her death? Were the rumours that she was with child when she died true, or was she merely a pawn in a greater game?
Sir Robert Cecil senses an opportunity to finally rid himself of his bitter rival, the Earl of Essex, who was seen with the girl before she died, and enlists Will to discover the truth.
But Will knows that the Earl of Southampton, his patron, already allies himself to the Earl of Essex. Once again he is caught between two powerful foes. But this time, he must choose a side if he is to survive.
A captivating and thoroughly...

No Name Lane (Howard Linskey)

Tue, 17 Nov 2015 21:36:42 +0200

The Drop

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:22:52 +0200

The Inheritance

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 22:20:11 +0200

You will inherit everything. The house. The money.
There's just one condition.
You have to catch a killer first . . .
THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF DON'T LET HIM IN
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When Sarah's Aunt Evelyn passes away, she's left a grand fortune.
But it comes with one condition.
Sarah must return to Cragsmoor - the old manor house where Evelyn's friend went missing decades ago - to uncover the truth.
If she does, she will inherit the house, the money, everything.
But someone wishes for the secrets of Cragsmoor to remain hidden.
Someone who may have killed once before . . .
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PRAISE FOR HOWARD LINSKEY:
'Dark, creeping and compelling, with the claustrophobic sense of a killer waiting around every corner' T.M. LOGAN
'This story will cause nightmares, it is that good' DAILY MAIL
'Dark, clever and engrossing' C.L....

The Dead

Mon, 18 Nov 2013 07:22:52 +0200

David Blake is back in Newcastle, running three cities. Life is sweet until his bent accountant is arrested for murder. The money man is nailed on for a life sentence until he puts five million pounds out of Blake's reach. Now Blake faces an agonising choice; fix the acquittal of a child killer or run out of the cash he needs to bankroll his empire. Meanwhile, Serbian gangsters are taking over his territory and a crazed Russian oligarch wants to use Blake's drug supply line for his own ends. Back at home, the Police are closing in and his girlfriend is asking awkward questions.

The Chosen Ones

Sun, 18 Nov 2018 07:22:53 +0200

Hunting the Hangman

Fri, 17 Nov 2017 18:03:46 +0200

TWO MEN. . . ONE MISSION. . . TO KILL THE MAN WITH THE IRON HEARTBestselling author Howard Linskey's fifteen year fascination with the assassination attempt on Reinhard Heydrich, the architect of the holocaust, has produced a meticulously researched, historically accurate thriller with a plot that echoes The Day of the Jackal and The Eagle has Landed.

2017 marks the 75th anniversary of the attack on a man so evil even fellow SS officers referred to him as the 'Blond Beast'. In Prague he was known as the Hangman. Hitler, who called him 'The Man with the Iron Heart', considered Heydrich to be his heir, and entrusted him with the implementation of the 'Final Solution' to the Jewish question: the systematic murder of eleven million people.

In 1942 two men were trained by the British SOE to parachute back into their native Czech territory to kill the man ruling their homeland. Jan Kubis and Josef Gabcik risked everything for their country. Their...

The Dead db-3

Fri, 22 Nov 2013 23:37:29 +0200

Behind Dead Eyes

Thu, 17 Nov 2016 16:03:29 +0200

A MYSTERY VICTIMA corpse is found: its identity extinguished in the most shocking manner imaginable.
Detective Ian Bradshaw can't catch the killer if no one can ID the victim. Out there, somewhere, a missing young woman may hold the answers.A SECRET WEBJournalist Helen Norton is about to uncover a massive criminal conspiracy. She just needs the final piece of the puzzle. Soon, she will learn the price of the truth.AN 'INNOCENT' KILLERTrue-crime writer Tom Carney receives letters from a convicted murderer who insists he is innocent. His argument is persuasive - but psychopaths are often said to be charming...WHAT IS THE DARK THREAD RUNNING THROUGH THESE CRIMES?Praise for Howard Linskey:'One of the best new writers around. This is a must-read series' Mark Billingham 'Linskey has taken a sharp swerve towards the big time ... He has elevated his writing to a level of...