Why dig a new grave when one already exists …? With his diet slipping and his penchant for Czech beer and pastries ever-growing, Captain Josef Slonský is back to his old ways. Except now he has four officers in his team to manage. The extra manpower is welcome when a complex case lands in his lap. A dead woman is found buried in a flower bed. But she wasn 't the only body dumped in the grave… Decomposed bone fragments point to a corpse that has been there a lot longer. And the burial site isn't any ordinary flower bed. It's in the grounds of the Red House - a building used by state security in the years before the fall of the Communism regime. Are the two bodies connected? Was the girl dumped there on purpose? And could more bodies be hidden underneath the dank earth? LAID IN EARTH is the sixth international crime thriller in the detective series featuring Josef Slonský: an atmospheric police procedural full of dark humour.

A royal marriage is in the making. But not everyone is happy with the match… 1676, Leiden, The Netherlands Two years have passed since Master Mercurius last found himself embroiled in a murder case, and he has welcomed the peaceful interval. But now a letter has arrived for him from Stadhouder William of Orange. And a letter from William can only mean one thing – Mercurius is wanted for another mission. William has decided he wants to marry. And he has his sights set on Princess Mary, the niece of King Charles II of England. William has decided that Mercurius, as an ordained minister, is the perfect person to travel to England and secure the hand of the princess on his behalf. But when Mercurius arrives at the English court it becomes clear that there are powerful people opposed to the match. And as the Stadhouder’s representative, Mercurius himself could be in their firing line… Can Mercurius complete his mission with his life — and his honour — intact? Dishonour and Obey is the third historical murder investigation in the Master Mercurius Mystery series: atmospheric crime thrillers set in seventeenth-century Europe.

This time murder has hit close to home … 1674, Leiden, The Netherlands After successfully solving the case of the missing girls in Delft, Master Mercurius has made a name for himself as a private investigator. With unrest occurring both nationally and internationally, William of Orange is obsessed by plots against his leadership. He calls on Mercurius to help to spy on state officials. But before Mercurius has a chance to investigate, his colleague at the University of Leiden is killed. And when one of William's men is also murdered, Mercurius suspects there could be a serial killer on the loose… Are the two deaths connected? Is there a plot against the Dutch ruler?** And can Mercurius successfully solve another murder case…? Untrue Till Death is the second historical murder investigation in the Master Mercurius Mystery series: atmospheric crime thrillers set in seventeenth-century Europe.