River of DarknessIt is 1921 and a terrible discovery has been made at a manor house in Surrey the bloodied bodies of Colonel Fletcher, his wife and two of their staff. The victims have all been stabbed and the lack of disturbance in the house suggests that the attack was one of terrifying speed. The Surrey police force seem ready to put the murders town to robbery with violence, but Detective Inspector Madden from Scotland Yard sees things slightly differently. For he

If there is nothing but matter

eight-year-old Evie is sent to a new life in rural Wales a dripping place

a man is killed in a scuffle in Campo San Stefano

Detective Joe Lucchesi takes leave from the NYPD and moves with his wife and son to a quiet village on the south east coast of Ireland

that old grey town

A small blip in a huge worldwide network of desire

he finds himself face to face with a murder victim - a victim who has slipped through the hands of even China's relentless

Victorian spiritual malaise or Toni Morrison

Until they meet Jess Rawlins

He kills three pupils and a colleague before turning the gun on himself

a passionate and beautiful young aristocratic librarian and an elegant and influential Fascist prince became enmeshed in a web of political intrigue

and frequently journey into the outside world