OUT NOW: Blood on the Wall by Jim Eldridge

Jim Eldridge is an award-winning writer. As a scriptwriter, he created 15 series for BBC & ITV and has had 80 books published which have sold over 2 million copies. His television work includes The Ghost Hunter, Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde, and the sci-fi series Powers, amongst many others. His radio work includes the long running BBC Radio 4 series King Street Junior, and the comedy classic Parsley Sidings. Full details about Jim’s writing can be found at www.jimeldridge.com

Blood on the Wall by Jim Eldridge Blurb

Along the line of Hadrian’s Wall, someone is murdering people and taking their heads. Is this a ritualistic killer or a revenge mission?

Detective Inspector Andreas Georgiou of Carlisle CID is brought back from suspension to investigate, but with an accusation of brutality on his record and a superior officer set on hanging him out to dry, his work will be anything but straightforward. Fighting battles on several fronts Georgiou slips deep into a web of corruption, extreme right-wing idealism and the shocking realization that the identity of the serial killer will be hard to discover and even harder to believe.

Blood on the Wall by Jim Eldridge is out now

OUT NOW: Vengeance by Roy Chester

Roy Chester was the Proudman Professor of Oceanography at the University of Liverpool until his retirement in 2001 and is widely published in the field of science. He has also served as a lay member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for over twenty five years. He is the author of two previous books published by Robert Hale: Anger Man and The Toy Breaker. He currently lives in Lancashire.

‘Intriguing, compelling and thoroughly entertaining.’ – Chorley Guardian

Vengeance by Roy Chester Synopsis

DCI Falcon and the team rally round to support forensic psychiatrist Fiona Nightingale after she is attacked by an unknown assailant in a manner frighteningly reminiscent of a previous attack. As they investigate further, the prime suspect is identified as Debbie Connelly – one of Fiona’s former patients and a woman hell-bent on vengeance against the doctor who had her locked away.

But Debbie’s plan for revenge is far more elaborate than any of them realize and before long, Fiona is forced to go into hiding in ‘the wasteland’, on the run from both Debbie and the police. But Fiona cannot hide there for long and the homeless community are scared, fearing a character known only as The Shadow.

As the full scale of the attack is discovered, Falcon and the team race to save Fiona from Debbie’s final act of vengeance.

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OUT NOW: Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts by Steve Hayes and David Whitehead

Steve Hayes is a prolific novelist and also has enjoyed a fantastic career as a screenwriter in America.

David Whitehead has lived in London his whole life and can lay claim to a large body of work for Robert Hale.

Praise for the book:

‘Will more than satisfy the Holmes fans’ – Shotsmag

‘A fast-paced and intriguing tale’ – MyShelf.com

Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts by Steve Hayes and David Whitehead Synopsis

Following a prolonged cocaine binge, Sherlock Holmes is closer to death than Dr Watson has ever seen him before. Fearing for his friend’s wellbeing, the pair repair to France, there to enjoy a leisurely convalescence at the home of Holmes’s old friend, Henri Gillet.

But even before they reach Paris they become embroiled in a perilous mystery of the like even they have never encountered before. Who, for example, is the strange man with the peculiar fascination for raindrops? And why does someone want one of France’s most beloved novelists dead? Before the final explosive confrontation, Holmes and Watson must tangle with a cold and calculating brotherhood for which no crime is too ghastly, especially if it helps to further their own sinister ends…

Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts by Steve Hayes and David Whitehead is out now with a limited time only discount of 30%.

OUT TODAY: Where There’s Smoke by Penny Grubb

Penny is a scientist, an academic, a trade unionist and she is also the current Chair of the Authors Licensing and Collecting Society, which is the largest writers’ organization in the world. A writer all her life, she penned her first story at age 4 and won her first writing competition at age 9. In 2004, Penny was awarded the Crime Writers’ Association’s Debut Dagger. She now lives with her husband, as well as a transient population of family members and animals, in an old farmhouse in a small East Yorkshire village. Her previous novels include Like False Money, The Doll Makers and The Jawbone Gang, all published by Robert Hale. You can find out more about Penny on her website: http://www.pennygrubb.com/

WHERE THERE’S SMOKE BY PENNY GRUBB

Private investigator Annie Raymond is now working in London, on a case that has suddenly turned nasty, when she’s asked to travel back to East Yorkshire for another outing with the Thompson sisters. But no one wants her there, and the man whose signature is on the paperwork is in hospital fighting for his life.

When someone gets to Barbara Thompson before Annie can clear up the confusion she realizes Barbara was playing a dangerous game. And that now it’s too late to walk away, and save herself.

The fourth outing for PI Annie Raymond sees her pick her way through a minefield of double-dealing and return to a past she thought she had left well behind.

Praise for the Author:

‘This cracking, convoluted page-turner will keep you reading long into the small hours…’ – Romance & Chills

‘[Penny] surprises, entertains, scares and satisfies in equal measure’ – Speak Without Interruption.com

‘If you haven’t read any of [these] crime novels, I urge you to do so’ – GoodReads.com

Where There’s Smoke by Penny Grubb is available to buy now with a limited time only discount of 30%

OUT TODAY: Dark Passage by Frances Burke

Frances Burke lives in Sydney and loves to travel. She began her writing career when her three sons left home. Since then she has worked in welfare and addressed writers’ conferences and given seminars. She gained some invaluable experience as inaugurator of the local Fellowship of Australian Writers and her novels are inspired by a sense of place. Her previous novels include Scarlet Wind and Windstorm.

DARK PASSAGE

After a devastating fall from high society into dire poverty Nicola Redmond battles to support her mother and herself during the 1890s Depression in Australia. Spurning the ‘charity’ of the man who has claimed her father’s estate, Nicola joins the battle for the empowerment of the women slaving in factories under dreadful conditions, or forced by starvation to sell themselves on the streets.

When her dearest friend, Rose Basevi, meets a degrading death in a back alley, Nicola vows to avenge her. Denying her growing love for a man she cannot trust, she uses him and his two rivals: a charismatic union organizer, and a cool English detective in charge of the murder investigation.

Setting herself up as bait, she plunges deep into the underbelly of the city knowing that one of these three men is stalking her – that one of them is a heartless killer…

Dark Passage is available to buy now with a limited time only discount of 30%

OUT TODAY: The Annals of Sherlock Holmes by Paul D. Gilbert

Paul Gilbert was born in North London and now lives in Harrow with his wife Jackie and their two sons. As well as his passion for the work of Arthur Conan Doyle, he also enjoys history, science-fiction and Tai Chi. The Annals of Sherlock Holmes follows his previous novels, The Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra, also published by Robert Hale.

THE ANNALS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES

This sparkling collection of three new Sherlock Holmes stories draw on details and hints from the pages of Conan Doyle’s classic works. From the pen of the acclaimed Doctor John Watson we are introduced to previously unsolved mysteries as referenced in many of the original stories.

Praise for the Author:

‘Gilbert perfectly strikes the acidic, sarcastic yet humorous tone of the famous detective’ – Historical Novels Review

‘Plenty of plot twists, [it] should be popular with Holmes devotees’ – Ilford Recorder

‘Gilbert’s Sherlock Holmes speaks with an authentic voice. He is expertly and faithfully rendered’ – Better Holmes & Gardens

‘A remarkably original collection’ – Tangled Web UK

‘Gilbert has really captured the essence of Sherlock Holmes’ – Euro Crime

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Peter Tickler Launches Blood in the Marsh… with ice-cream

On 28 October 2012, Peter Tickler launched his new crime novel, Blood in the Marsh, at George and Delila’s Ice-Cream Café in Oxford.

Launching a crime novel in an ice-cream café? Isn’t that a bit, well, odd? Maybe. But actually George and Delila’s in Oxford’s Cowley Road was the obvious place. Firstly because it appears more than once in Blood in the Marsh. Secondly because Cowley Road and East Oxford is very much the milieu which typifies my crime. And thirdly because books and ice-creams go together like … well not like bacon and eggs, but actually really well nevertheless.

The fact is that the launch was a blast! Two scoops of the best ice cream for the price of one; a sorbet named for the night after my book; loads of happy faces; a journalist from the Oxford Times; lots of books signed and sold. I am not sure what some of the students who had gone there for a quiet pore over their laptops made of it, but at the end of it I came away happy and exhausted. The first draft of the next Blood in Oxford murder is waiting on my desk calling, and finally I am able to give it my attention!

- Peter Tickler

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OUT NOW: Urban Myth by James Raven

James Raven was a journalist for most of his working life. After reporting for local, regional and national newspapers he moved into television in 1982 as a news scriptwriter with TVS television where he then worked his way up to become Director of News across Meridian, Anglia and HTV. When Granada took over most of ITV he became Managing Director of Granada Sport before setting up his own production company. James spends much of his time writing and travelling and also performs magic at various venues across the country. James has previously published four novels with Robert Hale, including Rollover.

Urban Myth by James Raven – Official Blurb

It’s the holiday home from hell, deep in an ancient English forest where no one can hear your screams. Something horrific is going on in the house – something that defies the imagination. Even hardened detective, Jeff Temple, hunting down a brutal killer, is shocked to discover the chilling secret.

When American Jack Keaton decides to take his family to the house on vacation, he gets a phone call from a mystery woman, warning him off. But Keaton ignores is. He brings his wife and two children over from Texas for what he hopes will be the trip of a lifetime. As soon as the family arrives, the nightmare begins….

Praise for the author:

“An excellent book. Extremely well crafted and readable. It has a real sting in the tale,” Fred Dinenage, one of Britain’s best loved TV presenters.

“Find a quiet corner and enjoy that rare thing – a tale that makes you hold your breath,” Nick Knowles, TV presenter.

“Extremely satisfying thriller and great entertainment,” Booksmonthly Review.

“Rollover is a cracking crime novel. The plot is pacy and compelling – the essence of the polished ‘unputdownable’ novel,” Hampshire View Magazine.

Urban Myth by James Raven is available to buy now with a limited time only discount of 30%

OUT NOW: Out of the Night by Dan Latus

Dan Latus lives in Northumberland with his wife. He grew up in Teesside which has been his inspiration for this particular novel. Out of the Night is his third novel published by Robert Hale, who have also published Never Look Back and Risky Mission.

Out of the Night by Dan Latus Official Blurb

One headless body on the beach near Frank Doy’s home on the Cleveland coast was regrettable, two more were disturbing. But when an uncommunicative woman arrives at his house in the dead of night and then disappears again almost immediately, Doy realizes he is involved in something worrying.

His search for her uncovers a mysterious man with a private art collection and some Russian émigrés, and leads him deeper into the strange goings on at Port Holland and nearby Meridion House. Frank can’t rest until he has unearthed the secrets surrounding him and saved the life of the woman who had come out of the night for refuge at his cottage on the coast.

Out of the Night by Dan Latus is available to buy now with a limited time only discount of 30%

OUT NOW: Blood on the Marsh by Peter Tickler

Peter Tickler has lived and worked in Oxford for nearly thirty years. He also studied at the University of Oxford, reading classics at Keble College. Previously a successful non-fiction author, Tickler turned his hand to novels in 2008 when Robert Hale published his first crime thriller, Blood on the Cowley Road. The second of his Blood in Oxford series, Blood in Grandpont, was published in 2010.

Blood on the Marsh Official Blurb

When an old woman dies in a care home, it should be a gentle return to duty for DI Holden. But the evidence of drugs misuse suggests otherwise and, as Holden investigates, cracks appear in the emotional fabric of Sunnymede Care Home. As staff, doctors, and family fall under the glare of investigation, Holden finds her own stress levels rising, and then another death follows, this time unequivocally murder.

In this, the third of Peter Tickler’s Blood in Oxford series, Holden and her team find themselves racing to prevent further bloodshed as a killer runs amok in the grimy setting of Oxford’s back streets.

Praise for the Author

‘Deliciously thrilling and wildly unpredictable’ – Oxford Today

‘Enough cliff-hangers to keep the reader turning the pages as the bodies pile up’ – Oxford Times

‘A fantastic read’ – Oxford United News

Blood on the Marsh is available to purchase now with a limited time only discount of 30%