Author: cchumphreys
WINNER ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD BEST CRIME NOVEL IN CANADA 2015‘The very best of history, mystery, romance and sheer fun.’ Diana Gabaldon On a dark road outside London, a simple robbery goes horribly wrong – when the gentlemanly highwayman, William Coke, discovers that his intended victims have been brutally slaughtered. Suspected of the murders, Coke is forced into an uneasy alliance with the man who … into an uneasy alliance with the man who pursues him – the relentless thief-taker, Pitman. Together they seek the killer – and uncover a conspiracy that reaches from the glittering, debauched court of King Charles to the…
“A barrel-rolling barn burner of a book!” (Diana Gabaldon): From heists to narrow escapes, intrigue follows Amelia Earhart’s protégée as she navigates 1930s New York and Europe under the shadow of the growing Nazi regime.
“Trust nothing that you’ve heard.” Winter 1431, a son is born to the Prince of Transylvania. His father christened him “Vlad.” His people knew him as “The Dragon’s Son.” His enemies reviled him as “Tepes”-The Impaler. He became the hero of a nation. We know him as Dracula. Vlad: The Last Confession is a novel about the real man behind the Bram Stoker myth. It tells of the Prince, the warrior, the … Bram Stoker myth. It tells of the Prince, the warrior, the lover, the torturer, the survivor and, ultimately, the hero. “A great tale, finely woven with action,…