Ian Shimwell: 79 books

BEFORE... A young woman cycles precariously through a snowy wonderland, carrying the most precious gift of all... AFTER... A troubled family encounter a stranger on the bleakest of Christmas Eves - a man who knows far more about them than he possibly could. And what exactly is this 'gift of Christmas' he so reverently speaks of..?

A furtive factory; a punctual noisy neighbour; a recursive problem and a plot of creeping retribution from the 'Old Days'... All 4 cosy mysteries of Series Two in one volume.

"Divorced, beheaded, died..." King Henry VIII is inconsolable over the loss of his beloved queen, Jane Seymour. He banishes himself to the lower-levels of Whitehall Palace and refuses to see or speak to anyone. A deeply concerned Cromwell has a desperate plan: To send down the old court...

A forgotten friend; a curious computer fair; three once-loved wooden dolls and the memory master himself... All four Memory Mysteries of Series Six in one volume.

Requested by a frightened Lady Elisabeth Montague, Holmes and Watson travel all the way to the Montague home, situated on a remote desolate island, to investigate her somewhat fanciful fears. Are the family in mortal danger? And why have the Montagues, once the darlings of London society, now shunned...

"A warning from Mandrake?" The Stokeham Herald is threatened with closure from a 'mystery buyer'. Trench has a deadline of only days to discover the truth. Is it a coincidence that former acquaintance, Sade Thorn now fronts Castle Holdings? Is the head of the other Stokeham leasing company colluding...

Here comes the choo choo train puffing down the track. All aboard! Tickets please! Trench and Old Tom board the newly-restored Steam Train Express, and soon become engrossed in their mystery on the move, and ponder their fellow passengers… What is so odd about the Mildred sisters? Why did the Sergeant-Major...

"The phantom of the theatre?" Old Tom discovers an old haunt of his, the Regency Theatre in London, is apparently being haunted. A trip to the capital is in order. Trench is reunited with Sally-Anne - could she be a rival to Debsy? Dramatic questions then seek the limelight: What are the strange noises...

First-ever Armchair Detective 'musical'! Down the avenues and alleyways... A highly addictive new drug has hit Downtown. To investigate, Trench must infiltrate the centre of the dangerous, drug-fuelled avenues and alleyways of Downtown Stokeham. What is this new drug? Who is the hidden supplier? And...