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Gods of War by James Lovegrove

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Last year we reviewed The Stuff of Nightmares, a Holmesian pastiche with science fiction and steampunk elements in which Lovegrove successfully steered a line between pleasing fans of traditional Conan Doyle mysteries and provided something new for readers. He returns now with an adventure set…
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Hardcastle's Traitors by Graham Ison

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It is London, on the last day of 1915, a year of almost continuous setbacks for the British Expeditionary Force. The old regular army has been decimated at Neuve Chapelle, Ypres, Aubers Ridge, Loos and finally, Gallipoli. Back at home, Divisional Detective Inspector Ernest Hardcastle…
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CIS: The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan

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First published in 1915, it’s hard to believe that The Thirty-Nine Steps is nearly 100 years old. It has formed the basis for a number of film adaptations – usually with the title shortened to The 39 Steps – including the British thriller directed by…
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Demons Walk Among Us

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Written by Jonathan Hicks — Last year, Hicks introduced us to Captain Thomas Oscendale, of The Military Foot Police. In The Dead of Mametz, he was investigating treachery and murder during the Battle of The Somme. Now, he is in the Ypres Salient, and it…
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The Ways of the World

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Written by Robert Goddard — Spring 1919. The Great War is over. Farmers along the former Western Front struggle to restore the shattered landscape. A new war is beginning. Not a war of bullets and shrapnel, but a war of words and promises, both kept…
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The Dead of Mametz

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Written by Jonathan Hicks — July 1916, northern France. After 22 months of a war that was meant to be over before its first Christmas, British forces are poised to push the German invaders off the Somme ridges and drive them back whence they came….
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The Baghdad Railway Club

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Written by Andrew Martin — Can you imagine an ‘anti’ version of Downton Abbey? What would it look like? Maybe the pretty-but-featureless countryside would be exchanged for rugged, dramatic, industrial cities. It wouldn’t portray the class divide as a reassuring comedy of manners, that’s for…
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