Birthright (Mercia Blakewood)The treacherous times of the Restoration are brought to startling life in an exciting new historical crime series 1664. Four years after Charles II is restored to the throne, Mercia Blakewood stands to lose everything: her father to the executioner's axe, her freedom to her treacherous uncle, her son to his resentful grandparents. But when her father leaves her a cryptic message in his last speech, she seizes her chance to fight back. With would be

Fenwick and Nightingale must use all their skills to reveal the sinister truth

only to become involved in a sensational murder

She has a secret history only Grampa knows

And as Alice dodges the ever-tightening net of the island's witch hunters

Out of money and almost out of luck

and she wants to talk to Elka

A keen student of human nature

but with the extraordinary writing and style that have made Michael Connelly 'a crime-writing genius' (Independent on Sunday)

Shipwreck and Salvage

not only of respectability

Ryan treats her better than Jake ever has

'Do you think I'm wasting your time