September 1940. The height of the Blitz. When The Savoy advertises its series of underground shelter..

1969. A job in the Prison Service is not for everyone. But for Nell Lewis helping prisoners is somet..

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

On a freezing winter's night the residents of Thorncroft House are roused from their beds by an unex..

November 1940. Darkness descends and another anxious night begins for those tasked with guarding the..

It is February 1912 when barrister Daniel Pitt is reunited with his old college friend Inspector Ian..

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

In 1360 the Great Bridge over the River Cam is close to collapse. As arguments rage over raising the..

London 1896. Madame Tussauds opens to find one of its nightwatchmen decapitated and his colleague no..

November 1853. Inspector Field has summoned his friends Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins to examin..

A woman’s dismembered corpse is discovered in a quarry and police quickly link the victim back to ..

July 1144. Ricolde 'the finest whore in Worcester' is found butchered on an island a few miles up th..

Glasgow 1898. A man is found stabbed to death in a tenement block. Juan Camerón photographer-cum-sl..

London 1881. Lily Raynor owner of the World's End Investigation Bureau is growing increasingly worri..

Limehouse 1880: Dancing girls are going missing from Paradise - the criminal manor run with ruthless..