Murder At Barebone’s Parliament by Richard Hernaman Allen. 1653. Oliver Cromwell has dissolved the Rump Parliament and he and his generals have appointed a new Assembly of 140 men who will make England “a godly nation”. One of the members, a Fifth Monarchist, who believed in the imminent end of… Continue reading
Carillon by Richard Hernaman Allen. Asked by his sister to locate her missing grandson, Nick Storey and his wife Rosemary go to Loughborough, where he was studying for a second degree at the university. It quickly becomes evident that he does not wish to be found and that the people… Continue reading
The Road To Nowhere by Richard Hernaman Allen. 1986. Nick Storey is asked to assess whether certain high-tech items offered to Mrs. Thatcher by President Reagan to placate her after the Grenada invasion are secure against being leaked to the Soviet bloc. This places him as piggy in the middle… Continue reading
The Waterguard by Richard Hernaman Allen. Shortly after his arrival as an Officer of Customs & Excise in Harwich, Nick Storey discovers that his predecessor has been killed in a road accident, having taken away with him official documents. When Nick retrieves them, he also discovers £50,000 worth of uncut… Continue reading
Murder In A Time Of Plague by Richard Hernaman Allen. A detective story set at the time of the Great Plague of London in 1665. Two men disappear on the same night, supposedly died from the plague. They are connected through a company loaning money to indigent courtiers at the… Continue reading