Clare Wille

An uneasy friendship turns into a dangerous game when the love of a woman is on the line.Just when Tom Breckinridge has decided to propose marriage to Diana Marshall, a rival has come out of the woodwork: Reginald Popplewell, a childhood neighbor of...

From sickly child to pioneering Victorian explorer, Isabella Bird defied convention. After back surgery in 1850 and the recommendation of life in the open air, she finally looked her malaise and her pain in the eye and set off across the world...

In the village of Cranford, decorum is maintained at all times. Despite their poverty, the ladies are never vulgar about money (or their lack of it), and always follow the rules of propriety. But this discretion and gentility does not keep away...

A grand error lost her to him once. Given a second chance, will one unwise mistake lose her to him forever?"Judith Hale Everett is one of the most original authors in the Regency genre." —Mary Kingswood (author of the Silver Linings series)Captain...

Sometimes the truth is as slippery as a mermaid...December, 1925A dark, smog-filled London doesn’t seem very Christmassy, or exciting, but then Posie Parker, London’s premier female Private Detective receives an urgent call from one of her oldest...

Lies, Spies, Film Stars and MurderNew Year’s Eve, 1921Posie has been asked to accompany Inspector Richard Lovelace of Scotland Yard on an undercover mission. Their destination is a glittering New Year’s Eve party at Maypole Manor, the clifftop home of...

A GLAMOROUS PERFUME LAUNCH WHICH REEKS OF NOTHING BUT DEATH…London, Midsummer, 1925London is in bloom and the sun is shining. But trouble is lurking around the corner…Posie Parker, has been summoned to Chelsea, to the House of Sinne, the fashionable...

Under the Tuscan sun, ice-creams melt and dark secrets unravel…March, 1925Pregnant, bored, and longing for an adventure, Posie Parker accepts a rather last-minute Wedding Invitation from an old friend who is getting married out in the gorgeous town of...

WHO DO YOU TRUST WHEN SIMPLY EVERYONE IS WEARING A MASK?A Winter Wedding, Venice, 1923Posie Parker, London’s premier female Private Detective, is getting married…But on arrival in Venice, Posie finds she is walking into a nightmare: her lodgings on...

LIGHTS, CAMERA, MURDER…London, 1923As England swelters during the hottest summer on record, Posie Parker, Private Detective, is summoned to Worton Hall Film Studios, where she steps into the heart of a sinister new mystery.Silvia Hanro, the famously...

In the dangerous world of 1920s London, you've to act for your life...Valentine's Day, 1921When Posie Parker’s childhood friend is robbed of a priceless jewel and becomes a suspect in a cold-blooded murder case, budding detective Posie vows she will...

What if the City of Light holds nothing but darkness?January, 1926Invited aboard the glamourous Night Train to Paris, and tasked with investigating the disappearance of her best friend, Dolly Cardigeon, Posie Parker suddenly finds herself right in the...

You can hunt. But do you really want to find?Bonfire Night, November 1924Posie Parker once failed a client. And now that client is dead.Elsie Moncreiff, a Housekeeper, has fallen from the White Cliffs of England in a howling storm. But the question...

A magic show with death as the star guest...A snow-bound and freezing London, December 1925Posie Parker, London’s premier female Private Detective, is only just back in town when she receives an unexpected visitor.The mysterious magician, Count Olli...

When Margaret Hale moves with her parents from the comfort of the south of England to the industrial north, she is at first repulsed by what she sees; and then when she discovers the conditions under which the workers are forced to live, she is...

When Margaret Hale moves with her father from the comfort of the south of England to the industrial north, she is at first repulsed by what she sees; and then when she discovers the conditions under which the workers are forced to live, she is...

A vivid love story and adventure tale, Oroonoko is a heroic slave narrative about a royal prince and his fight for freedom. The eponymous hero, Oroonoko, deemed royalty in one world and slave in another, is torn from his noble status and betrayed into...

Posie Parker Mystery Box Set: Novellas 9 - 10Marriage is Murder? (Book 9)Posie Parker is finally getting married!The date is Saturday 6th December, 1924. It’s snowing heavily outside, but in the little white Swiss Church in London, packed to the...

The ruined manor promised her romance, but its master was maddeningly elusive.Prey to Gothic sensibilities, Miss Lenora Breckinridge is smitten with the air of tragedy and romance surrounding an abandoned mansion. Convinced that she is fated to become...

In the quiet world of rural English clergy, lives are full of challenges, conflicts, desires and expectations. George Eliot’s first published work of fiction (1857) comprises three separate stories and has the hallmarks of her famous later works – her...

MURDERED WITH A BOX OF TEARS…London, 1924Posie Parker has been called to her most baffling case yet.Amyas Lyle, London’s top young lawyer, has been found with his head in a box of poisoned saltwater.It’s the perfect murder. But who hated him enough to...

Like your mysteries as sweet as honey but with a real sting in the tail?Summer 1921Posie Parker thought she was about to enjoy a restful summer. But this is no ordinary summer holiday...When famous explorer Alaric Boynton-Dale disappears, Posie...

Can the past really come back to haunt you?Cambridge, Christmas 1922Posie Parker has cleared a space in her hectic schedule to try to unravel a tragedy in her own family. But Posie’s past is hiding around every turn in the old University town, and she...

She thought he was the perfect man for her daughter, until she fell in love with him herself.Sir Joshua Stiles wants nothing more than to fill the hole in his heart left by his wife's death, but it seems that women are more interested in his fortune...