We begin with a body. Andrew Crowther a wealthy retired manufacturer is found dead in his seat on th..

The captain of the Newhaven to Dieppe steamer spots a small pleasure yacht lying motionless in the w..

When Professor Julius Arnell breathes his last in the British Museum Reading Room it looks like deat..

1913. John Farringdale with his cousin Eric Foster visits the famous archaeologist Tolgen Reisby. At..

1917. As a war raged across the world young American women flocked to work painting watches clocks a..

The Hundred Years’ War is over and newly-knighted Sir John Hawkwood is headed for France to make h..

Pentonville Prison. Wally Hibbert is serving a long sentence for arson. But after befriending and tr..

Nell has come to feel very at home in her beautiful corner of Wiltshire with her partner Angus. What..

Charlotte Booth loves her father and the home they share which is set high up in the limestone escar..

1919. The Derbyshire village of Wenfield is still coming to terms with the loss of so many of its so..

Joan Bomford wanted to be a farmer so much she always wore a tie like her dad. As an 8-year-old she ..

Anna Hopkins' daily walk through Oxford's Port Meadow is rudely interrupted one autumn morning when ..

It is 1907. Liverpool is a bustling and busy city. Sisters Livvie and Amy Goodwin are just 16 and 13..

Since being widowed Caroline Dering has been content to live her life solely for her children. Then ..

After spending time combatting terrorists in Malaya James Dering returns to Scotland. He starts a ne..