The Autumn of the AceLouis de Berni? res is the master of historical fiction which makes you both laugh and cry. This book follows an unforgettable family after the Second World War. Daniel Pitt was an RAF fighter in the First World War and an espionage agent for the SOE in the Second. Now the conflicts he faces are closer to home. Daniel's marriage has fractured beyond repair and Daniel's relationship with his son, Bertie, has been a failure since Bertie was a small boy.

It seems she alone can see what is happening

Midnight Sun

Nero Wolfe and his sidekick

and who were part and parcel of the Norman conquest

This is the spellbinding

broken-hearted and disillusioned

Moscrop concentrates his interest on one particular family the Protheros

is separated from his mother

They could put you in mind of a can of sardines

Just before Kolla is to start her new job

The Priest

Bernie Rhodenbarr