Collection: Large Print - Fiction

A case of spontaneous human combustion tests Detective Inspector Dryer's beliefs, when someone appears, claiming that the victim was targeted by an ancient demon and that others will suffer the same fate. Three stories of the strange and mysterious.

After the death of her parents, Evangeline must succeed as a schoolteacher in a remote region of Northern England in order to claim her inheritance from her grandfather and be reunited with her younger sister, Lucy. When a local bricklayer, Dermot, offers his help, she finds herself falling in lo...

1800s Venice: This is a tale of Americans in Europe, against the settings of a Venetian palace. The plot revolves around the intrigue of an unscrupulous publisher as he attempts to expose the secrets of a past some would like to forget.

James Cronley's first mission for the new Central Intelligence Directorate has drawn all kinds of attention, some welcome, some not. On the plus side, he's now a captain, promoted to Chief, DCI, Europe and in charge of a top secret spy operation...

When the body of a boy from one of Greece's most prominent families turns up in a dumpster in one of Athens' worst neighborhoods, Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis of the Greek Police's Special Crimes Division is certain there's a message in the murder.

In 1866 Colonel Thomas Sykes, late of the Confederate Army, is in Milledgeville gaol waiting to be hanged. But he is unexpectedly pardoned and freed on the condition that he helps find and rescue the president's niece, who is being held by a band of stagecoach robbers. The task proves to be far f...

It is 1913 and ex-soldier turned professional big game hunter, Leon Courtney, is in British East Africa. One of his clients is Count Otto Von Meerbach. But Leon had not bargained for falling in love with Eva, the Count's beautiful mistress....

In the dream, Belle was always the same age as when she died. 14 years ago, the final words Kennedy ever spoke to his sister were in anger. That day was September 11th 2001, and Belle died when her plane hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Since then, Kennedy has dedicated his life to ...

Newly divorced Jo is delighted to move into her best friend's spare room almost rent-free. The high-tech luxury Camden flat is managed by a meticulous tech tool, a Home Assistant called Electra, who takes care of the heating and the lights - sometimes Jo even turns to her for company. Then, late ...

Joan, a young American dancer helps a Soviet ballet star defect in 1975. A flash of fame and a passionate love affair follow, but Joan knows that she is destined to remain in the shadows. Years later Joan is pulled back into that same world...