Allison Busby: 459 books

September, 1914. The First World War has already broken out on the Western Front. Thousands of miles away, on the border between Northern Rhodesia and German East Africa, Simon Fonthill is preparing for battle alongside his faithful companion ‘352’ Jenkins and his reliable tracker, Mzingeli. As...

Captain Daniel Rawson — Adventurer, spy, charmer... It is 1704 and Europe is at war ‘Take this sword as you own and wear it with more honour than the man from whom you took it’ With Lord Churchill’s words ringing in his ears, the courageous young Captain Daniel Rawson...

It is 1709, and Europe is in the midst of the coldest winter for a century. France is suffering profoundly: with her people starving and her army rattled by mutiny and desertions, King Louis XIV is at The Hague, searching for peace with the English on almost any terms. To assist these negotiations,...

SOLDIER OF FORTUNE CAPTAIN DANIEL RAWSON FACES HIS TOUGHEST BATTLE YET Despite winning a resounding victory at the battle of Oudenarde, the Duke of Marlborough finds his position as captain-general threatened by political enemies back in England, and his campaign to strike deeper into French...

Captain Daniel Rawson's most dangerous escapade yet Flanders, 1707. Returning to camp from a dangerous solo mission behind enemy lines, Captain Daniel Rawson finds himself stranded, with French soldiers in fierce pursuit. A kindly farmer helps Daniel hide and then to escape – but with dire...

Dashing solider of fortune Captain Daniel Rawson returns in an explosive new adventure France 1705. Captain Daniel Rawson is always ready for an adventure, so when Duke of Marlborough proposes a dangerous undercover mission to discover what happened to one of their spies, a Dutch tapestry-maker,...

Outnumbered British forces are desperately trying to hold off the oncoming German soldiers in France. Star shells fly high into the night, illuminating the chaos, violence and death taking place in the French trenches below. Like so many other men, Jim Hickman and Bertie Murphy are plunged into...

‘A beautifully told and engaging story with brilliant characters’ Books Monthly Molly Peel feels trapped by her family: her ex-husband Craig cannot seem to abandon his controlling ways, despite leaving her for a younger woman; her lazy son Brian has long been taking advantage of her generosity;...

WINNER OF THE KOBO/NZ AUTHOR PUBLISHING PRIZE Carla and Kevin Reid are celebrating their wedding anniversary with their son Jack. The family together, some good food, a perfect night. On a murderous collision course with this joyous yet fragile gathering, is Ben Toroa, an unexpected and unwanted...

Nell feels very at home in her beautiful corner of Wiltshire with her partner Angus and her new friends nearby on Peppercorn Street. But the prospect of bringing life back into an abandoned row of houses, Saffron Lane, is just the challenge she needs. Not far away, Stacy, coping with a shock...

Monsieur Pamplemousse, retired from the Surete, is representing Le Guide magazine in Vichy, where six celebrated American mystery writers are recreating a gourmet feast supposedly once hosted by Alexandre Dumas.All too soon he finds himself thrown into a rural ditch, arrested and handcuffed, pursued...

1855, Lucknow. As tensions simmer in the heat of colonial India, a prince of Avadh and an English woman defy their societies’ prejudices to fall in love. But in a world where private happiness is at the mercy of wider events, even as Salim and Rachael are drawn closer together, their privileged...

A head teacher’s work is never done, especially if, like Jane Cowan, you are a victim of your own success. Believing the constant threat of her violent ex-husband is no longer hanging over her, she’s settling into her new life and taking on more responsibilities by assuming the headship at a nearby...

Clare Hills, archaeologist and sometime sleuth, is struggling to finance her recently established university research institute along with her long-time friend, Dr David Barbrook. When Professor Margaret Bockford finds the Hart Unit commercial work with a housing developer on a site in the Cotswolds,...