Books published by Allison & Busby

The second novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Jane Austen SocietyAlongside the interconnected stories of three female characters, readers are treated to literary cameos such as Daphne Du Maurier and Samuel Beckett.An uplifting read that will appeal to reads of Dear Mrs Bird and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Spring has brought many new beginnings into the world of Persimmon 'Simmy' Brown but when a former acquaintance of Christopher's reminds him of an undertaking made a decade previously but failed to fulfil, their lives soon take a sinister - and deadly - turn.

An epic story of secrets, revenge and redemption across three generations of Russian women from the 1917 Revolutions to the last days of the USSR.

Staring on the maiden voyage of the Lusitania, American private detective George Dillman and intelligent young Englishwoman Genevieve Masefield, make a winning duo for these compelling whodunnits aboard the iconic luxury liners of the time.

Set in 1961, this third tale in the Suffolk trilogy takes florist Felix Smythe and close friend Professor Cedric Dillworthy to Southwold once more.

Staring on the maiden voyage of the Lusitania, American private detective George Dillman and intelligent young Englishwoman Genevieve Masefield, make a winning duo for these compelling whodunnits aboard the iconic luxury liners of the time.

Thea Osborne is house-sitting in the late Greta Simmonds' house when she finds herself embroiled in a murder investigation once again. After befriending undertaker Drew Slocombe, she soon finds she's aligned herself with the police's only suspect. But in a village simmering with secrets, a means and a motive could be laid at anybody's door.

We are thrilled to be republishing this collection of romantic short stories with a brand new addition.

With academic disputes, sporting rivalry and a clandestine romance in play, the Railway Detective will have to disentangle the many threads of Pomeroy's life in order to answer the truth of his death.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that love is never smooth sailing.Captain William Hawksmoor of the Royal Navy never expected to inherit Kingscastle, his family's estate, and finds himself all at sea when he does so. Especially when he learns that he must marry within a year or be forever dealing with trustees. As the new Marquis of Athelney, the captain takes command of Kingscastle and discovers much to be done to set it in order. He must also contend with his aunt, Lady Willoughby Hawksmoor, who is determined that her daughter will be his wife. When she discovers he is far more interested in Eleanor Burgess, her underpaid and much put-upon companion, Lady Willoughby shows she will stop at nothing to keep them apart.

On cold, clear, moonlit night in late October, DCI Kelso Strang stepped outside the bothy on Suilven and heard, faint but unmistakable, the howl of a wolf. An unsettling sound - but it isn't the only unsettling thing about the remote township of Inverbeg in Sutherland, where he's taking a break with an old army friend.

When young Freddie Hackett witnesses a murder, the police refuse to believe his identification of the murderer. In desperation, he asks Maisie Dobbs to investigate.

When a dock worker is found murdered, DI Jago uncovers a web of secrets about family, war and the British Empire.

When her elderly father dies, Miranda Fox is free at last. He's promised an inheritance that will give her independence. But her domineering half-brother controls the money and has very different ideas as to how she should live her life.

When the beautiful Lady Araba is found murdered, her Aunt Dele suspects Araba's boyfriend, the famous talk show host, Augustus Seeza. Dele asks PI Emma Djan to investigate.

1940, London. DI Edgar Coburg and Sergeant Ted Lamson are called in to investigate a murder at the Ritz Hotel.

For whodunit fans who prefer their villains to be nice, refined people, the sort who quote Shakespeare and knock off their nearest and dearest between rubbers of bridge, The Affair of the Mutiliated Mink is a delectable treat.