1939. World War II is looming Oswald Mosley has awoken fascist sympathies among the British aristocr..

1939. War has been declared and spymaster Fitzroy wastes no time in preparing his goddaughter Hope f..

Christmas Eve 1938. The Westbury family and assorted friends have gathered for another legendary cel..

January 1950. Lady Anne Coke daughter of the 5th Earl of Leicester is called home after a sudden dea..

Once again the plumbing at Tawcester Towers is causing consternation for the Dowager Duchess so she ..

London April 1882. When cool-headed Phyllida visits the World's End Investigation Bureau to offer a ..

London 1929. In the darkness before dawn a London railway porter discovers a man's body as he unload..

Cambridge UK 1947. Martin Friedrich a German philosopher is cycling through an intersection on his w..

May 1911. Daniel Pitt is summoned to a murder scene in the slums of London's East End. He identifies..

March 1941. World War Two is well underway and the Blitz is taking its toll on Central London with b..

Daniel Pitt is delighted that his sister is visiting London with her American husband Patrick a poli..

York railway station December 1925. Detective Inspector Jim Stringer is enjoying a pint in the Parlo..

An Old Etonian chum begs Blotto to join him on a cricket tour of India. But they still need a twelft..

It is 1940 and as the Battle of Britain takes to the air Hope Stapleford is recruited to join the Sp..

Bombay 1949. As India celebrates the arrival of a momentous new decade Inspector Persis Wadia stands..