Florence Nightingale's influence extends beyond her revolutionary work as a nurse during the Crimean War. She transformed the way nursing care was delivered during future conflicts – and revolutionised how patients were treated in hospitals and at home.

I've always wanted to write a mystery where the murders occur in an isolated location with only a small group of suspects. And Murder at Merewood Hospital is the result...

At the start of the First World War, cocaine was given to soldiers by the army to increase endurance. By the end of the war, it was a banned substance...

Murder at Merewood Hospital is inspired by Minley Manor and Minley Home Farm in Hampshire. These unique buildings and their history provide the backdrop for this tale of intrigue and murder in the aftermath of the Great War...

Meet four of the leading characters in A Killing at Smugglers Cove...

During the First World War, record numbers of women entered the workplace and joined professions previously barred to them. But by the 1920s, many of the gains made towards equality were in danger of being lost...

A reporter coined the term 'suffragette' to mock militant women who demanded the right to vote. But these militant women claimed the word and made it their own...

Thousands of women worked in munitions factories during the First World War. Prolonged exposure to the chemical TNT turned the women’s skin a lurid yellow colour. As a result, they became known as the canary girls...

Research is one of my favourite aspects of being a historical crime fiction writer. However, it's easy to become sidetracked...