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Treasure Up in Smoke by David Williams

Treasure Up in Smoke by David Williams

by | Jul 28, 2026

I am enamored of the Mark Treasure series by David Williams (1926-2003), 17 mysteries published between 1976 and 1993. Mark Treasure is Vice-Chairman of Grenwood Phipps & Co., merchant bankers of London. His actress wife Molly often accompanies him on his...
Carnaby and the Hijackers by Peter N. Walker

Carnaby and the Hijackers by Peter N. Walker

by | Jul 21, 2026

Peter Norman Walker (1936-2017) was a lifelong resident of North Yorkshire. He served as a police officer in the North Riding force for 30 years, upon which he based his crime fiction writing. In addition to publishing under his name, he also released books under the...
Scoundrel by Bernard Cornwell

Scoundrel by Bernard Cornwell

by | Jul 14, 2026

Bernard Cornwell is familiar to me as a fine writer of historical adventure. I have read nearly all of his Saxon Chronicles set from 866 A.D. to 937 A. D. His stories about the Napoleonic Wars are told through the eyes of British soldier Richard Sharpe. I was not...