1941. Darkness descends over London as the sirens begin to howl and the bombs rain down. Amid all th..

December 1935. Director Monty Harrison's production of A Christmas Carol has had a troubled run on i..

Liverpool 1941. After German bombs shatter the life Cadi has built for herself in Liverpool she is m..

Warring staff. 'Accidental' poisonings. Topiary of dubious intent. Throw in the full complement of t..

EVENTUALLY LEIGHTON STOPS LECTURING ME PROBABLY JUST TO CATCH HIS BREATH. AFTER OUR LAST ENCOUNTER I..

Cynthia was just about to turn sixteen when the unthinkable happened. Her mother was taken away by t..

US exchange student Hieronymus Beck is Professor Jack Griffen's biggest fan. Why else would he invei..

Merry has always wanted a family to spend Christmas with and this year her dream comes true as she s..

It is November 5th Guy Fawkes Night 1930. Bonfires are blazing rockets burst. In a country lane reve..

Winter has come early to the tiny Siberian village of Roslazny but for Olga Pushkin aspiring writer ..

An Iranian defector shows his true colours and returns to his own country - taking a vital piece of ..

A famous Hollywood director arrives in Bologna to remake a cult film and the city's renown cinema ar..

January 1804. Anne Sharpe arrives at Godmersham Park in Kent to take up the position of governess. A..

Driven by amateur whisky-nut Adam four late-thirties ex-university mates are heading to Islay - the ..

This is the secret report of disgraced former Foreign Office clerk Laurence Jago written on the mail..