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The Land of My Dreams
It is 1916 and the Hunters, their friends and their servants are settling down to the business of war. As conscription reaches into every household, Britain turns out men and shells in industrial numbers from army camps and munitions factories up and down the land. Bobby, the second Hunter son, gains his wings and joins his brother in France. Ethel, the under housemaid, embarks on a quest and Laura Hunter sets out on her biggest adventure yet. Diana, the elder Hunter daughter, finds a second chance at happiness in the last place she'd think of looking, and matriarch Beattie's past comes back to haunt her. But as the battle of the Somme grinds into action, the shadow of death falls over every part of the country, and the Hunter household cannot remain untouched. The Land of my Dreams is the third book in the War at Home series by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, author of the much-loved Morland Dynasty novels. Set against the real events of 1916, at home and on the front, this is a richly researched and a wonderfully authentic family drama featuring the Hunter family and their servants.
Dear Departed
'An outstanding series' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW A Bill Slider Mystery It looks as though Inspector Bill Slider has a serial killer on his hands: 'the Park Killer', as the media so innovatively label him, attacks his victims in London's public parks, and when Chattie Cornfield is murdered while out jogging, the pattern fits. But as Slider and Atherton investigate, it is Chattie's life rather than the killer's that poses questions. There's a startling anomaly between her ritzy lifestyle and her modest income. There are friends who loved her, a sister who hated her, men who thought they knew her, and a mysterious package that poses more questions than it answers. Who was the real Chattie? Where was she on the last day of her life? And was it love, hate or avarice that drove the hooded figure to kill her? Praise for the Bill Slider series: 'Slider and his creator are real discoveries' Daily Mail 'Sharp, witty and well-plotted' Times 'Harrod-Eagles and her detective hero form a class act. The style is fast, funny and furious - the plotting crisply devious' Irish Times
Hard Going
‘An outstanding series’ – NEW YORK TIMES Detective Inspector Bill Slider and his team investigate the murder of a local philanthropist in the sixteenth entry in Cynthia Harrod-Eagles' critically acclaimed crime series. Lionel Bygood – who looks, to all intents and purposes, like an old-fashioned sort of gentleman – has been bashed in the head with a bronze statue, in what Doc Cameron describes as ‘our old friend the Frenzied Attack’. The murder comes – much to Bill Slider’s family’s disgust – during his week off, saving him from the horrors of a trip to the shopping centre with his two older children. As Slider commences his investigation, it soon emerges that Mr Bygood...
Fell Purpose
'An outstanding series' – NEW YORK TIMES Detective Inspector Bill Slider and his team investigate the murder of a secretive young woman in the twelfth entry in Cynthia Harrod-Eagles' critically acclaimed crime series. Zellah Wilding – straight-A student, prefect, future Head Girl – lies dead near the famous Wormwood Scrubs prison in London. What was this good girl from a strict Christian family doing out there, dressed to kill, when she was supposed to be at a sleep-over with school friends? And who would want to kill her? Could it be Zellah's secret boyfriend? Or, could the nearby fairground or the proximity to the local prison have something to do with it? The mysteries only seem to ...
Body Line
‘An outstanding series’ – NEW YORK TIMES Detective Inspector Bill Slider and his team investigate the murder of a rich doctor with a mysterious past in the thirteenth entry in Cynthia Harrod-Eagles' critically acclaimed crime series. Dr. David Rogers was handsome, charming and rich. He lived a lavish lifestyle – expensive clothes, top restaurants, exclusive clubs – until someone shot him dead in the hallway of his million-plus-pound house. When Bill Slider and his team are called to the scene, they're thrown head-first into the mystery of why someone wanted the doctor dead. Was the motive passion, professional jealousy, or plain old money? The investigation reveals a more turbulent...
Before I Sleep
‘An outstanding series’ – NEW YORK TIMES The clock is ticking for Detective Inspector Bill Slider and his team as they attempt to track down a missing woman in the twenty-fourth entry in Cynthia Harrod-Eagles' critically acclaimed crime series. Felicity Holland is missing. She left her handsome West London house to go to her weekly pottery class and didn’t come back. She’s a mature, sensible woman with a stable home life and a happy marriage – no reason to abscond. Her distraught husband is convinced she must have been snatched. DCI Bill Slider and his team know that when a woman goes missing, you have to move fast if there’s to be a hope of finding her alive. But with no evide...
Shadow Play
'Ingenious' Daily Mail 'A truly outstanding series' Booklist ‘No CCTV cameras, no overlooking houses, no passing traffic or pedestrians. That means no witnesses.’ Bill Slider begins a nightmarish investigation when an unidentifiable victim is found in the no man’s land beneath London’s A40 flyover. Slider doesn’t have much to go on, the victim, a smartly dressed businessman, has no ID in his pockets and no one has reported him missing. When the autopsy reveals old injuries and faded scars cover the man’s body, the mystery only deepens. If he wants answers, Slider knows he must go into London’s darkest corners.
Star Fall
‘An outstanding series’ – NEW YORK TIMES Detective Inspector Bill Slider and his team investigate the murder of a daytime TV star in the seventeenth entry in Cynthia Harrod-Eagles' critically acclaimed crime series. ‘It’s quiet out there,’ says DS Atherton, at Bill Slider’s office window. ‘Too quiet.’ Right on cue, the phone rings. ‘Now look what you’ve done,’ says Slider. It’s a homicide. The post-Christmas lull is officially over. The deceased is antiques expert Rowland Egerton – the darling of daytime TV – stabbed to death in his luxurious West London home. The press are going to be all over this one like a nasty rash: the pressure’s on Slider for a result,...
