In the turbulent year of 1586, a murder on the Berkshire Downs draws Thomas Finbow, falconer to the wealthy Sir Robert Vicary, away from the peaceful shire he loves. He finds himself on a trail of danger and intrigue, desperately trying to fathom the mystery surrounding his beloved mistress, Lady Margaret. His investigations lead him to the murky, seething underworld of Elizabethan London, where nothing is as it seems. Soon Thomas' own life is in jeopardy as he digs deeper, breaching the rigid barriers of class and risking everything he has. Finally he must pit himself against one of the most dangerous men in England. Death seems bound to result.

Ruffler's Child (A Thomas the Falconer Mystery)

PILKINGTON, JOHN

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After the Fire (Betsy Brand)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

<div>In 1670, in the turbulent time following the Great Fire, a series of chilling murders shakes Restoration London. All are linked to the new Dorset Gardens Theatre where feisty young Betsy Brand is playing First Witch in Macbeth. It seems that a shadowy figure call The Salamander, who haunted London during the Fire, has returned to wreak cruel revenge on his enemies. With the authorities utterly baffled, Betsy takes on a new role as an investigator. She reasons that, perhaps, a clever, courageous actres can unravel the deepening mystery. But soon she faces a more terrible foe than ever stalked upon a stage - and finds her own life is at stake....</div>

After The Fire

This 6th edition of the "Scottish Beat Officer's Companion" is a quick reference book for police officers in Scotland. The diagrammatic and pictorial format provides easy-to-read and understandable interpretations of those aspects of legislation likely to be of practical value to the patrolling officer. This edition, the fifth to date, has been completely revised to reflect recent changes in the law. The book is presented in a format similar to the "Beat Officer's Companion", written by former Warwickshire superintendent, Gordon Wilson. Where appropriate, material from the "Beat Officer's Companion" has been used or adopted for the purposes of Scots Law.

Scottish Beat Officer's Companion 2010/2011

IHS Jane's

Adventure on the Old Silk Road: From Venice to the Yellow Sea

Travel

Europe

Century Hutchinson*

Today Patagonia is made up of the southern parts of Chile and Argentina, but it's still a land of lonely plains, craggy peaks and wild weather. Someone once said that Patagonia without wind would be like Hell without the Devil. When John Pilkington, one of England's greatest tellers of traveller's tales, spent eight months journeying through Patagonia, he found that being a Patagonian is more a matter of how you feel than where you live. Patagonians are resolute dreamers - immigrants who've thrown their fate to the wind. They hate towns with their petty jealousies and rivalries; given an opportunity, they always go for the unknown. Picking his way through Patagonia's half a million square miles, he unearthed stories of explorers and pioneers, of rustlers and outlaws, such a Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and of earlier travelers, such as Charles Darwin and Bruce Chatwin. Still more revealing were his own encounters: for instance with Welsh villagers singing hymns around the harmonium; refugees from Nazi Germany; Scottish evangelists awaiting Armageddon; hippy exiles; prosperous young supporters of ex-president Pinochet; and an Argentine lynch-mob who have him in mind as their victim! He examines what it is that attracts people to such a desolate land - and reflects, too, on the ethics of travel writing.

An Englishman in Patagonia

Century

Thomas is falconer to Sir Robert Vicary of Petbury, a minor lord who has made some influential friends. Sir Robert takes Thomas with him to stay with Lord Edmund, the Earl of Reigate, a decadent and pompous noble who is keen to impress Queen Elizabeth. Lord Edmund's plan is to stage a sumptuous house party involving a re-enactment of the recently foiled Spanish Armada, as well as a giant model of a falcon in flight, and other impressive festivities. When the murders of three of the Earl's guests are covered up in case the scandal ruins the celebrations, Thomas is bid by his master to uncover the murderer. His search takes him from the raucous tavern in the local village to the crime-ridden streets of the City of London and a world of intrigue, fear and betrayal. When the Earl becomes the next target of the killer's aim, Thomas realizes that the reasons for the murderer's' deadly plans are far more complicated than anyone thought.

A Ruinous Wind (A Thomas the Falconer Mystery)

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Severn House

Thomas the Falconer tracks down a hawk and a ladyIn the summer of 1590, Thomas is sent to help Sir Giles Buckridge train a wild ramage hawk. But the hawk disappears, as does Sir Giles's eldest daughter, and Thomas is set on her trail. But before he finds her, Thomas gets embroiled in yet another hunt. There's a hidden hoard of Spanish ducats to be found, and it's attracting the attention of a pair of exceptionally ruthless criminals.

The Ramage Hawk

Contemporary

Will Thomas survive this investigation? The jury is out. In the year 1592, a series of terrible murders is spreading fear across the remote West Berkshire Downs. It is Thomas the Falconer who discovers the connection: all the dead men once sat on an inquest jury. But who is now targeting the former jurymen? And why is the High Sheriff taking such an interest? There are certainly some odd characters on the Downs this springtime, including a flamboyant travelling showman, whom Thomas befriends; and the arrogant mapmaker Christopher Mead, who is assisted by his beautiful daughter Grace. But after a while, even Grace's behaviour arouses Thomas's suspicions . . . In this, his fourth mystery, Thomas must match wits with a most cunning and elusive adversary. Only after a desperate struggle on the wild downlands is justice finally done, and peace restored once again...

The Mapmaker's Daughter (Thomas the Falconer)

A Thomas the Falconer Mystery Summer 1593; plague rages in London, and the people of southern England watch anxiously as the infection spreads. Meanwhile in rural Berkshire, there is great excitement in the isolated village of Lambourn, where a family of itinerant bell-founders has arrived to forge a new church bell. But the peace of a warm summer's night is brutally shattered when one of the churchwardens ? a kindly old man without any enemies ? is found dead in the woods. Unease stalks the Downlands; ancient superstitions surface along with old hostilities, and Thomas the Falconer is charged by his master to restore order. But despite attempts to cover up the churchwarden's death, he soon realizes he seeks a murderer. In this, his fifth mystery, Thomas faces opposition from a fire-breathing Puritan minister as well as from ruthless landowners, before he finally uncovers the truth; which leads back almost four decades, to the burning of Protestant martyrs under Queen Mary?

Maiden Bell (Thomas the Falconer)

British & Irish

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