Role of HonourFollowing scandal and his shock resignation from Britain's Secret Intelligence Service James Bond becomes a gun for hire; able, and willing, to sell his lethal skills to the highest bidder. And SPECTRE, it seems, are eager to have the disgraced British super spy on their payroll. But before he can be fully embraced by his new employer and deadliest enemy 007 must first prove his loyalty. And in doing so he must threaten with nuclear annihilation

's survival

beside the glittering court life of the Romanovs

'Heartbreaking

malevolent father

there's something she needs to know

fire up our blood

they discover that the house's foundation isn't the only thing that can't be trusted

'Compelling and utterly absorbing

through the lives of Ewan and Colby

In the dying days of the Wars of the Roses a secret war is born

A classic murder-mystery set among the struggling upper classes of 1920s Perthshire as

it is beautifully told and engaging from the very first word