Last Stop on the Murder Express'Quirky and colourful' Times Crime Club 'The village life, the (mostly awful) food, the appalling hooch and, above all, the loveable eccentricity of Olga, make this a novel to treasure' A. N. Wilson 'This intriguing but charming murder mystery is packed with psychological depth and wonderfully drawn characters' Eleanor Ray Literary fame beckons for Olga Pushkin, Railway Engineer (Second Class), when her self help manual for hard working women is

as a dangerous Earthstronger whose body is unadjusted to the weaker Martian gravity

they turn to their most treasured possession - a beautifully illustrated hand scroll

into the polar regions

Robert Barnard is always original

The Persimmon Tree tells the very personal and often romantic stories of men and women caught up in larger events - in this case starting with the Japanese invasion of Java and the Dutch exodus of the region

Tasked with rescuing a letter whose controversial contents could destroy Marlborough

drawing strength from nature

These are the questions that shape Danforth's life and quest in the decades that follow

international bestselling author of THE SANATORIUM

guns and prostitution

But there's no one left alive who knows about that

magnetic railways span Roman territory from Persia to Terranova