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Congratulations to Donna Gowland, whose absorbing murder mystery, The Missing Wife, is out now! The Missing Wife is the first book in the Mary Shelley Investigation series..

Between 1940 and 1944, Donald Macintyre was among the most successful submarine hunters in any Allied navy, transforming the Battle of the Atlantic with his successes against the U-boat menace..

Congratulations to Raymond Wemmlinger, whose page-turning Elizabethan drama, The Queen's Cousin, is published today! Scotland, 1594 Nineteen-year-old Anne of Denmark, Queen of Scotland, is thrilled and triumphant at the birth of a healthy baby boy, destined to reign as King of Scotland and, possibly, England..

Canadian paratrooper Leo Heaps (1923–1995) was seconded to the British Army during the Second World War and participated in the Battle of Arnhem..

Keith Panter-Brick joined the Territorial Army in March 1939, at the age of eighteen..

We are thrilled to announce that we have signed the fifth book in The Marwood Family Tudor Saga by Amy Licence..

Group Captain Bobby Oxspring, author of Spitfire Command, saw action in many of the most famous battles of the Second World War, including Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain..

Keith Panter-Brick joined the Territorial Army in March 1939, at the age of eighteen..

Air Commodore Roderick Chisholm, CBE, DSO, DFC & Bar (1911–1994), author of Cover of Darkness, was a night fighter pilot, flying ace and a highly decorated British airman of the Second World War..

In September 1939 the twenty-year-old John Wooldridge, then a Sergeant Pilot, took part in the British air raid on Kiel, the first raid of World War Two..

Major-General Hubert Essame, CBE, DSO, MC (1896–1976) was a British Army officer who fought in the First and Second World Wars..

Jeremy Howard-Williams DFC (1922–1995), author of Night Intruder, had a distinguished career in the RAF as a night-fighter pilot during the Second World War and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for gallantry..

Sir Frank Whittle, author of Jet: The Story of a Pioneer, was a Royal Air Force pilot and aviation engineer known as the inventor of the jet engine..

Sir Peter Gretton DSO** OBE DSC (1912–1992) was an officer in the Royal Navy..

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Sydney Hart, author of Submarine Upholder and Discharged Dead, served as a submariner in the North Sea, the Atlantic, and the Mediterranean during World War Two..

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Congratulations to David Mackenzie, whose wartime aviation thriller, Spitfires Rising, is published today..

We’re thrilled to announce that we have signed three new instalments of the Early Casebook of Sherlock Holmes series by Linda Stratmann..

Congratulations to Richard Kurti, whose absorbing medieval adventure, Carnival of Chaos, is out now! Carnival of Chaos is the fourth book in the Basilica Diaries Medieval Mysteries series: historical thrillers set in fifteenth-century Rome and featuring a brother and sister investigative duo..

We are thrilled to announce that we have signed the ninth book in the Master Mercurius Mysteries series by Graham Brack..

We are thrilled to announce that we have signed a new historical mystery series set in eighteenth-century France by Cheryl Sawyer..

Congratulations to David Field, whose twisty Victorian thriller, The Retirement Murder, is out now! The Retirement Murder is the ninth instalment in the Esther and Jack Enright Mystery Series – a traditional British detective series set in Victorian London and packed full of suspense..

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We are thrilled to announce that we have signed a new military memoir by David Downie..

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We are delighted to announce that we have signed a new trilogy of Roman mysteries by Jacquie Rogers..

Following the success of his many historical series, including the Sandal Castle Medieval Thrillers and Inspector Torquil McKinnon Mystery Series, we are delighted to announce that we have signed a new supernatural series set in Victorian London by Keith Moray..

Following the success of his many military thrillers, including the Vietnam Ground Zero Series and Wings Over Nam aviation thrillers, we are delighted to announce that we have signed a new historical military series by Eric Helm..

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Congratulations to Angela Ranson, whose gripping Tudor mystery, A Glittering Peril, is out now! A Glittering Peril is the third book in the Catrin Surovell Tudor Mysteries Series: exciting historical thrillers set at the court of Elizabeth I..

Congratulations to Justin Fox, whose thrilling military adventure, Hell Run Tobruk, is out now! Hell Run Tobruk is the third book in the Jack Pembroke Naval Thriller series: authentic British Navy war stories set during the Second World War..

Congratulations to Patrick Larsimont, whose thrilling military adventure, The Wire and the Lines, is published today! The Wire and the Lines is  fifth instalment of the Jox McNabb Aviation Thrillers series: action-packed historical novels following a young RAF pilot during the Second World War..

Congratulations to Raymond Wemmlinger, whose page-turning Tudor adventure, The Queen's Favourite, is out now! England, 1558 Sixteen-year-old Catherine Seymour has always idolised her elder sister Jane..

Congratulations to Adele Jordan, whose page-turning Tudor mystery, The Body in the Chamber, is published today! The Body in the Chamber is the third book in the Shadow Cutpurses Tudor Thriller Series..

In this behind-the-scenes blog series, Sapere Books authors offer an intriguing insight into how, where and why they write..

Congratulations to Natalie Kleinman, whose heart-warming contemporary romance, A Walk in the Park, is out now! Ever since she was a teenager, twenty-nine-year-old Daisy Shepherd has been thrilled to be able to walk dogs for a living..

A few weeks ago, I was standing outside St Peter’s Basilica in Rome, gazing at the ancient Egyptian obelisk that sits in the middle of the square..

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Congratulations to Graham Ley, whose compelling historical saga, Moonlight at Cuckmere Haven, is published today! England and Brittany, 1796 In London on business, aristocrat and father-to-be Justin Wentworth chases a thief only to be confronted by a face from the past — Coline — and the news that he already has a daughter..

Congratulations to David Field, whose absorbing historical thriller, Death By Gunpowder, is out now! Death By Gunpowder is the sixth instalment of the Bailiff Mountsorrel Tudor Mystery Series – private investigation crime novels set during the reign of Elizabeth I and beyond..

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Congratulations to Elizabeth Bailey, whose absorbing historical mystery, The Killing Cave, is published today! The Killing Cave is the eleventh book in the Lady Fan Mystery series: traditional British detective novels set in eighteenth-century England..

We are delighted to announce that we have signed a new series by Angelina Hill, which follows the fortunes of a female pirate across the high seas..

Congratulations to Raymond Wemmlinger, whose gripping Tudor saga, The Queen's Rival, is out now! England, 1553 As she is seventh in line to the throne, sixteen-year-old Lady Margaret Clifford knows her marriage should be an important one..

Following the success of his many historical series, including The Bailiff Mountsorrel Tudor Mysteries and The Medieval Saga Series, we are delighted to announce that we have signed a new series focusing on the Plantagenet dynasty by David Field..

Following the success of her Kit Scarlett Tudor Mysteries and Shadow Cutpurses Tudor Thriller Series, we are delighted to announce that we have signed a new series set in Shakespearean England by Adele Jordan..

Congratulations to Tony Rea, whose action-packed military adventure, Bouncer's Butcherbird, is out now! Bouncer's Butcherbird is the third book in the Gus Beaumont Aviation Thrillers series: aviation novels set during the Second World War..

We are thrilled to announce that we have signed the first three books in Kristi Ross’ new Scottish Queens series..

The third Sapere Books’ Writers’ Retreat took place at The Priest House Hotel, Castle Donington between the 28th and 31st of October this year..

Congratulations to Linda Stratmann, whose absorbing Victorian mystery, Sherlock Holmes and the Cabinet of Wonders, is out now! Sherlock Holmes and the Cabinet of Wonders is the eighth novel in the Early Casebook of Sherlock Holmes series..

Congratulations to Ava McKevitt, whose captivating mythical adventure, Nemesis of the Gods, is published today! Nemesis of the Gods is the third book in the HERA Greek Myths Retold Series..

We are delighted to announce that we have signed Anthony Palmiotti’s American Merchant Marine series set during World War II..

We are delighted to announce that we have signed the ‘Anne Boleyn Chronicles’ by Rozsa Gaston..

Congratulations to Adele Jordan, whose captivating espionage adventure, Death At The Tower, is published today! Death At The Tower is the second book in the Shadow Cutpurses Tudor Thriller Series: gripping adventures set during King Henry VIII’s reign in England with a strong female lead..

Set in 1960s London, Simon Michael’s Charles Holborne Legal Thrillers follow a barrister with a tough past as he becomes embroiled in dangerous cases..

Congratulations to Isolde Martyn, whose enchanting medieval romance, The Lady of Mirascon, is out now! 1208 When cruel King John makes advances on her, young Adela de Whitchurch is forced to flee her comfortable position as hairbraider to the Queen of England..

Congratulations to Patrick Larsimont, whose paranormal military thriller, The Brookwood Boys, is out now! Surrey, England, 2019 Tennessee soldier Maurice ‘Mouse’ Forsyth has been watching over Brookwood Cemetery ever since his untimely death in 1917..

Congratulations to Elizabeth Bailey, whose page-turning Gothic mystery, Nell, is out now! Nell is the second book in the Governess Trilogy: heart-warming Regency romance novels with strong female leads..

Bringing together more than four hundred writers — both onsite and online — the 2024 Historical Novel Society Conference took place at Dartington Hall, a medieval estate in Devon..

We are thrilled to announce that we have signed three new instalments in the Tom Walsingham Mysteries Series by C..

Congratulations to David Field, whose gripping historical mystery, To Kill A King, is out now! To Kill A King is the fifth novel in the Bailiff Mountsorrel Tudor Mystery Series – private investigation crime novels set during the reign of Elizabeth I and beyond..

Following the success of his DS Hunter Kerr Investigations and Dr Hamlet Mottrell Investigations, we are delighted to announce that we have signed a new historical police procedural series by Michael Fowler..

Congratulations to Neil Denby, whose action-packed Roman adventure, Centurion, is published today! Centurion is the fourth book in the Quintus Roman Thrillers series..

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In this behind-the-scenes blog series, Sapere Books authors offer an intriguing insight into how, where and why they write..

Congratulations to Laura Martin, whose gripping Regency murder mystery, The Dead Curate, is published today! The Dead Curate is the fifth book in the Jane Austen Investigation series..

Congratulations to Graham Brack, whose absorbing historical adventure, The Moers Murders, is out now! The Moers Murders is the eighth historical murder investigation in the Master Mercurius Mystery series: atmospheric crime thrillers set in seventeenth-century Europe..

 Linda Stratmann is the author of the Mina Scarletti Mysteries and the Early Casebook of Sherlock Holmes series..

Published thirty years after his death, distinguished Royal Navy escort commander Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Gretton provides an authoritative history of the Battle of the Atlantic..

Alistair Forrest is the author of the action-packed Roman adventures Sea of Flames, Libertas and Vipers of Rome..

Congratulations to David Field, whose twisty Elizabethan mystery, The Clamorous Dead, is published today! The Clamorous Dead is the fourth historical thriller in the Bailiff Mountsorrel Tudor Mystery Series – private investigation crime novels set during the reign of Elizabeth I and beyond..

Congratulations to Ava McKevitt, whose absorbing historical adventure, A Goddess Scorned, is out now! A Goddess Scorned is the second book in the HERA Greek Myths Retold Series..

In this behind-the-scenes blog series, Sapere Books authors offer an intriguing insight into how, where and why they write..

In this behind-the-scenes blog series, Sapere Books authors offer an intriguing insight into how, where and why they write..

Congratulations to Elizabeth Bailey, whose captivating Regency adventure, Prudence, is published today! Prudence is the first book in the Governess Trilogy: heart-warming Regency romance novels with strong female lead characters..

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In this behind-the-scenes blog series, Sapere Books authors offer an intriguing insight into how, where and why they write..

In this behind-the-scenes blog series, Sapere Books authors offer an intriguing insight into how, where and why they write..

In this behind-the-scenes blog series, Sapere Books authors offer an intriguing insight into how, where and why they write..

Congratulations to Eric Helm, whose thrilling Vietnam War adventure, Proxy War, is published today! Proxy War is the twenty-ninth book in the Vietnam: Ground Zero series: action-packed, authentic historical thrillers set during the Vietnam War..

Congratulations to Tony Rea, whose thrilling fighter pilot adventure, Bouncer's Blenheim, is published today! Bouncer's Blenheim is the second book in the Gus Beaumont Aviation Thrillers series: action-packed military novels set during the Second World War..

In this behind-the-scenes blog series, Sapere Books authors offer an intriguing insight into how, where and why they write..

In this behind-the-scenes blog series, Sapere Books authors offer an intriguing insight into how, where and why they write..

In this behind-the-scenes blog series, Sapere Books authors offer an intriguing insight into how, where and why they write..

Congratulations to Alistair Forrest, whose epic Roman adventure, Vipers of Rome, is out now! 42BC Two years on from Julius Caesar's assassination, his successors still crave vengeance..

Congratulations to Adele Jordan, whose nail-biting historical thriller, Murder At Greenwich Palace, is published today! Murder At Greenwich Palace is the first book in the Shadow Cutpurses Tudor Thriller Series..

In this behind-the-scenes blog series, Sapere Books authors offer an intriguing insight into how, where and why they write..

The winners of Sapere Books’ second writing competition have now been announced..

In this behind-the-scenes blog series, Sapere Books authors offer an intriguing insight into how, where and why they write..

Congratulations to C..

In this behind-the-scenes blog series, Sapere Books authors offer an intriguing insight into how, where and why they write..

Congratulations to Alistair Forrest, whose action-packed Roman adventure, Libertas, is out now! Hispania Ulterior, 51 BC The son of a baker, young Melqart has lived all his life in Munda — an idyllic mountain town untouched by the troubles of Rome..

Congratulations to Suzanne Parsons, whose thrilling aviation adventure, Secrets in the Sky, is published today! Hertfordshire, 1910 After a childhood spent carted around the country by her restless mother, Ayda de Corsi finds stability when they settle at the Bound estate in Hertfordshire..

Congratulations to Simon Michael, whose exciting legal thriller, Death, Adjourned, is published today! Death, Adjourned is the ninth crime novel in the Charles Holborne Legal Thrillers series — gritty, hard-boiled mysteries set in 1960s London..

We are delighted to announce that we have signed a new series of historical naval adventures by Daniel Donato..

Following the success of her Jane Austen Investigations series, we are thrilled to announce that we have signed a new dual timeline series set in the modern day and Tudor times by Laura Martin..

We are thrilled to announce that we have signed a new series of Ancient Rome novels by Alistair Tosh..