1937. War with Germany is dawning and a civil war already raging in Spain. Split across political li..

Meet Lord James Harrington and his wife Beth. They adore hosting seasonal events in the village of C..

Armistice Day 1940. The Blitz Detective John Jago finds himself despatched to Pimlico to investigate..

London 1897. The capital is shocked to learn that the body of a woman has been found at the National..

One of the Claridge's kitchen porters is found dead - strangled. He was a recent employee who claime..

It is the summer of 1934 when MI6 receives intelligence that two German scientists have made a break..

17th May 1899. Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone on the site of a new museum being built in S..

Yorkshire 1969. Nell Lewis is four months into her new role as governor of HMP Brackerley when the p..

A house full of academics should imply calm and quiet but much to housekeeper Harriet Rowsley's dism..

Summer 1312. The brutal murder of King Edward II's favourite Peter Gaveston unleashes a horde of dem..

March 1918. British newspapers carry the dreadful news that the German Spring Offensive has begun wi..

March 1941. World War Two is well underway and the Blitz is taking its toll on Central London with b..

Adelaide 1917. The impeccably dressed Miss Kate Cocks might look more like a schoolmistress than a p..

In the shadow of Lewes castle lies buried an ancient tablet. Hours after discovering it dashing loca..

Cambridge UK 1947. Martin Friedrich a German philosopher is cycling through an intersection on his w..