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You live next door to the Royal Family. Really? Well not quite, the Windsors are a couple of miles away on the Sandringham Estate, 20, 000 Norfolk acres bought by Queen Victoria for her son, Edward in 1862. The Royals reach Sandringham by car (coach and horses in the early days) having alighted at the nearest station, Wolferton with its magnificent station master's house. That's it on the cover. In 1924, from 100+ applicants, the youngest stat...

Life of a stationmaster in England 1924 to 1962

Plum works with famous West End actors and movie stars. Her love life is tricky. When one war ends another begins. Will the world discover her thrilling secret life?

In 1910, George Miracle, 12, sweeps the platforms of London's busiest railway station. His pay is terrible but the tips are like gold. Having an uncle as stationmaster can be a disadvantage. With smoke and steam all around, he deals with passengers, their pets, proposals and problems. Helping one chap sees George travel to Hampstead Heath where he's arrested for murder! As a teenager, he's conscripted and joins the army to fight in France. War...

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How would you feel deciding if a loved one lives or dies? Or what if you and a loved one are kidnapped, and you alone can save them. Detective Senior Constable Joanna Best is drowning in life or death situations, while trying to solve two homicides where one murder weapon is a tree. Is there a bent copper in the squad? Has the Me Too movement surfaced in Melbourne? See how our vulnerable detective reacts to one stunning proposal. And what the ...

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World War 2 thriller where brilliant young English actress is a sleeper for the Secret Intelligence Service in Paris in 1940. She dances at the Folies Bergere, is framed for murder and works on the same bill as Edith Piaf. Two German cousins, a Panzer commander and a Gestapo agent are in Paris. One falls in love with the actress and the other wants her dead. The French police, Resistance and Gestapo all want to capture her. When she uncovers a...

Some people ask to be murdered, like the journalist who researched a VIP paedophile ring. To kill the story you kill the writer. Someone did. Homicide detective Joanna Best has suspects galore but her favourite gets murdered. Now Jo Best is both a brilliant cop and a bloody good crim. She and a friend set up a scam to retrieve a small fortune pinched by two gangsters - the Brothers Crimm. Life gets interesting. The crims kidnap and torture, th...

The Code of Monte ChristoJoanna Best is a brilliant homicide cop and a damn good criminal. She clashes with senior police and dangerous villains. But Jo isn't a criminal by choice. The only way to fix a family crisis is to break the law, and as she consorts with crims, she tries to solve a double homicide where her colleagues may have arrested the wrong guy. Juggling two jobs is deadly as her partner in crime and her Homicide boss both plan to...

She's the youngest and smartest Homicide detective in town. So when a crooked builder is found with a chisel in his chest, and a 22 year-old cold-case cries out to be solved, Jo Best is keen-until she gets a phone call from France. Why would Jo and her crime-busting buddy, computer-whiz Michael, take off for Paris? Dealing with a French drug baron, corrupt cops, human trafficking, the English aristocracy, narrowboats and a priest hole is just ...

Serial killers only stop when they're stopped. Homicide can't catch the killer because they don't know who he, she or they are. The deaths seem unrelated-a woman drowned, a judge crushed, a teacher bashed and an equestrian strangled. Why these victims? They're normal like you and me. Why murder the good guys? A radio shock-jock with verbal diarrhea is struck dumb. A murderer confesses to the broadcaster and the cases are all over the media. Jo...

A crowded playground is bursting with excited toddlers, their parents and grandparents. Four-year-old Candice disappears. How? Was she abducted? Did she wander off? Where is she? Joanna Best moves from Homicide to Serious Crime and finding little Candy consumes the city.Jo's secretive criminal life involves helping a young woman, the victim of revenge porn. A brute is on the warpath looking for Joe Best. Who? Candy's parents are at breaking po...

It's Pygmalion and Educating Rita Down Under. In 1975, the Communists captured Saigon. A family of six flee, with their youngest, Thanh, aged two. It's a terrifying escape on a tiny boat overloaded with desperate refugees. In Melbourne, Australia, English Literature teacher, David, introduces Shakespeare using the wit of Groucho Marx. David retires and hits a brick wall. Broke and alone, he rents a shoebox in Footscray surrounded by Vietnamese...

Patrick Brontë, father of the famous sisters, was of lowly Irish birth. His father was kidnapped and became a slave. Pat's dad survived, married and Patrick was born. He had 9 younger siblings. He lived in a two-roomed cottage and from these humble origins became an amazing teacher then won a scholarship to Cambridge graduating with honours. A priest in the Church of England, Brontë fathered six children, three of whom-Charlotte, Emily and Ann...