London 1920. When a woman's body is dragged from the Regent's Canal on a freezing January night emin..

Paris 1899. Abigail Wilson has received an invitation from Professor Alphonse Flamand a prominent Fr..

1866. On a dark brooding summer's evening Agnes Lenham seats herself in an empty first-class compart..

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March 1557. Jack Blackjack is back in London and enjoying a sedentary life. After his treacherous vo..

Welcome to Hampshire 1795 where a young Jane Austen has her sights set on securing a marriage propos..

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