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13/03/2025

A great review for Charlie Cochrane's The Case of the Deadly Deception.

Published by Williams and Whiting, 12 December 2024. ISBN: 978-1-91588792-4 (PB) Alasdair Hamilton and Toby Bowe spent the Second World Wa...

21/12/2024

Delighted that The Case of the Deadly Deception by Charlie Cochrane is currently thirteenth in the LGBTQ+ Mystery charts in the USA.

18/11/2024

Ahead of the publication of the next Alasdair and Toby mystery here is a lovely review of their most recent adventure ...

My two favorite Charlie Cochrane historical cozy mysteries combined for this all new series that begins with a cold case from Jonty’s past. I was eager for this coziest of cozy mysteries in the authentic historical setting of post WWII England with two pairs of amateur detecting teams working toge...

05/11/2024

We have just published The Bearer of Tales by Marilyn Pemberton Author.
Tale tāl, n. An act of telling: a narrative, story: a false story: a mere story: (in pl.) things told idly or to get others into trouble: reckoning (arch,). (Chambers English Dictionary)
This is Book 4 in the Grandmothers’ Footsteps series. It’s 1912 and Imogen Hayes, who was adopted at birth, has only recently been reunited with Harriet, her natural mother. Now happily married, Imogen has to contend not only with the devastating aftermath of the sinking of RMS Titanic but also the birth of her first child.
1914. Imogen, pregnant with a second child, discovers a fairy tale written and secreted away by Harriet that turns on its head everything she has ever been told about her conception and her father. Is Imogen strong enough to bear the burden of knowing whether it is just a fairy tale or whether it’s the truth?

A Bearer of Tales (Grandmothers' Footsteps Book 4)

04/10/2024

Another busy day at the offices of Williams & Whiting with the publication of the next book in the Vintage Crime Library series. This time it is Spotlight on Norman Firth Volume 7 which includes the stories Search The Lady and She Vamped A Stranger.

Search The Lady
London was shocked when three audacious robberies were carried out on the same day, all of them taking place within a few minutes of each other. The first crime was the snatching of payroll. The second a bank robbery, in which the bank manager was brutally shot dead. The third was a diamond robbery from a jeweller's shop, its proprietor murdered in a hail of lead. Terry had London in its blood-splattered grip ...

While in She Vamped A Strangler, private detective Rodney Granger investigates a case of robbery and murder in the upper echelons of society.

Spotlight on Norman Firth - Stories of Crime & Detection Volume 7 (Search The Lady & She Vamped A Strangler) (Vintage Crime Library)

02/10/2024

A busy morning at the offices of Williams & Whiting with the publication of the next title in our Francis Durbridge original scripts series. This time it is Julian - a play Durbridge wrote for German Tv but which was never actually made.
When an eminent psychiatrist, his wife and friends are joined for the weekend by a renowned concert pianist, it leads to a suspicious death.

When an eminent psychiatrist, his wife and friends are joined for the weekend by a renowned concert pianist, it leads to a suspicious death.

05/09/2024

Another busy day at Williams & Whiting but the publication of the latest in the Vintage Crime Series - Spotlight on Norman Firth Volume 6 which contains five stories of crime and detection by Norman Firth.
Into The Night
Johnny Carless, charismatic criminal owner of an all-night cafe in postwar Merseyside, is cunning but prone to fits of ungovernable rage. Confronting a member of his gang who has defected and betrayed his activities to a rival gang leader, Carless loses control. He pulls his gun and fires, continuing shooting as the dying man crashes through a window into the street outside.
Forced to go on the run, Carless escapes to London, there to plan how to rebuild his lost criminal empire. He meets an innocent and beautiful girl who falls for his charms and becomes reluctantly embroiled in his criminal activities. Until the relentless and unstoppable Fate that has brought them together extorts the ultimate price ...

Also includes the stories:
The Guy In The Wardrobe
The Nervous Ghost
A Sound In The Doorway
Gavotti Was Yellow

Spotlight on Norman Firth - Stories of Crime and Detection Volume 6 (contains Into The Night, The Guy In The Wardrobe, The Nervous Ghost, A Sound In ... & Gavotti Was Yellow) (Vintage Crime Library)

03/09/2024

We are delighted to announce that we will be publishing another 'lost' Francis Durbridge script in October. This time it is Julian - a play written for television that was never actually put into production for no known reason, so this is truly a very rare script indeed. It has never been published before so is a real treat for all Francis Durbridge fans.

07/08/2024

Another busy day at Williams & Whiting today with the publication of the next book in our Vintage Crime Library series. This time it is Spotlight on Norman Firth volume 5 which features the stories Sons of the Sphinx and Co**ses Don't Care.

Sons of the Sphinx
"We have read of your intended expedition to Egypt, to the Pyramid of Khufu. We now most solemnly warn you that only death can be your lot if you embark upon this journey. We have set our faces against such an enterprise, and our number is legion. We are everywhere and Egypt abounds with us. Again we warn you...stay away from Egypt and the Nile. Stay away from Khufu.
The Sons of the Sphinx."
So read the sinister message in fine Arabic script mailed to a Hollywood movie producer. But filming went ahead...and the body of his chief cameraman was found with his throat cut...

Co**ses Don't Care
The Grand opening of a luxury hotel is ruined by a series of six corpses turning up in the most inconvenient places!

Spotlight on Norman Firth Volume 5 (contains Sons of the Sphinx and Co**ses Don't Care (Vintage Crime Library)

30/07/2024

Another busy day at Williams & Whiting with the publication of the latest book in our Vintage Crime Library series. This time it is Nemesis by Norman Firth.
A burlesque beauty's fierce yearning for vengeance is triggered following the callous shooting of her younger sister in a gang war. Rita's lone-handed efforts to revenge her sister's death bring her into contact with some of gangland's most ruthless killers, whose animal instincts cause them to treat life cheaply, and women callously. Her dead sister's boyfriend rescues her from the vile orbit of one gang, only for Rita to find herself thrust into the clutches of the evil Molari, a gangster endeavoring to claim the underworld empire of her former employer. Through many dangers Rita pursues her determined way towards the clearing of the mystery surrounding her sister's slaying, and the vengeance which has set her whole being aflame ...

A burlesque beauty's fierce yearning for vengeance is triggered following the callous shooting of her younger sister in a gang war. Rita's lone-handed efforts to revenge her sister's death bring her into contact with some of gangland's most ruthless killers, whose animal instincts cause them to t...

27/07/2024

A busy day here at Williams & Whiting with the publication of the next book in our Vintage Crime Library series. This time it is New Cases For Dr Morelle by Ernest Dudley which contains four more stories about the crime solving Doctor and his ever-faithful assistant Miss Frayle.
The Case of the Missing Heiress
Cynthia Mason, a young heiress, lived with her violent stepfather, Samuel Kimber, who only held control of her fortune while she remained unmarried. On announcing her engagement to Peter Lorrimer, a local writer, who was calling to take her away that same evening, she feared his reaction.
Lorrimer arrived and went to talk with Kimber in his study. Cynthia, meanwhile, carrying a suitcase, had tiptoed downstairs, opened the front door, and went out ...
But she was not in Lorrimer's car when he went down to the gates after his interview with Kimber. She had vanished without trace.
Her confidant and friend Miss Frayle, secretary to the criminologist Doctor Morelle, tried to find her - and herself became a target for murder!
Also includes the stories:
The Case of the Queenpin
The Case of the Man in the Car
The Case of the Insured Jewels

New Cases For Dr Morelle (Vintage Crime Library)

03/07/2024

Another busy morning at the offices of Williams & Whiting with the publication of our latest Vintage Crime Library title. This time it is Murder At St Mark's by Norman Firth.
Doctor Wignall, the Headmaster of the venerable boys’ public school of St. Marks, was proud of the school’s traditions. But his confidence was considerably shaken when the young daughter of one of his teachers is brutally murdered in the nearby woods. And the following term brings a series of disturbing revelations when John Prenderby, the charismatic master of North House, uncovers a sordid undercurrent of gambling, blackmail and immorality amongst the pupils, culminating in the murder of one of them. When one of the teachers goes on the run, the police think they are trailing the murderer—but are they?

Doctor Wignall, the Headmaster of the venerable boys’ public school of St. Marks, was proud of the school’s traditions. But his confidence was considerably shaken when the young daughter of one of his teachers is brutally murdered in the nearby woods. And the following term brings a series of di...