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...

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...