I keep being asked if I have more books coming out... oh yes, oh yes I do:


The Alaric von Trelow Mysteries

1. Prussian Blue
Setting: Brunswick. October 1918
Alaric von Trelow’s wife, Jana, dies. He’s told it was Spanish Flu, but when he hears the symptoms, he simply doesn’t believe it. Especially when he begins to learn the suspicious meetings that have been happening at her family home. Did she learn too much?
(Out now: https://amzn.eu/d/g8hkAkI)

2. The November Criminals
Setting: Berlin. November 1918
With the war over and Germany slipping into revolution, Alaric von Trelow is asked to recover elements of the Prussian Crown Jewels, held in a vault in the Imperial Palace in Berlin. Of course it was never going to be that simple, and the fact that revolutionaries hold the palace is only the first obstacle he must solve. The second is that the only person who can help him get inside hates him and wants him dead.
(Out now: https://amzn.eu/d/gD2QTlJ)

3. Red Berlin
Setting: Berlin. February 1919
Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht are dead. The question is not who killed them, but who betrayed them? Is there a traitor in the communist party? Forced to investigate, Alaric von Trelow must find new allies and repair old friendships if he’s to find the truth and keep the people he loves safe.
(Out now: https://amzn.eu/d/gDzXzz5)

4. Springtime in Paris
Setting: Paris. April 1919
At Versailles the victorious Allies are deciding the fate of the world. In Paris thousands of representatives of supplicant nations, and would-be nations, wait. Amongst them is someone who wants no part of peace, who wants to war to begin again, and is willing to not only kill millions, but to blame Louis Beck. Fortunately, Louis has a friend. His name is Alaric von Trelow. It looks like he’s catching a train…
(To be published: January 2026)

5. Golden Eagles
Setting: Berlin. Poland. Ukraine. August - September 1919
In the chaotic collapse of empires, new nations struggle to be born and to survive. Amongst them is Ukraine, fighting Soviets, Poles, Czechoslovaks, and Romanians. They have only one ally, a Germany unable to send men of weapons, only money. The only way to get it there is aboard the largest aeroplanes in the world, and someone is willing to sabotage and kill to stop them arriving. Enter Alaric von Trelow to solve a straightforward case of sabotage. Simple, surely…
(To be published: April 2026)

6. The Ngoni Princess
Setting: Tanginika Territory, East Africa. October 1919 - January 1920
Alaric von Trelow elder brother survived the war but never returned home. What happened in Africa and where is he now? Travelling to the newly seized territories of East Africa, Alaric von Trelow must negotiate unfamiliar terrain, cultures and wildlife, as well as deal with greed, treachery and the divided loyalties to discover the secret of the Ngoni Princess.
(To be published: July 2026)

7. Murder on the Adriatic
Setting: Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas. February - March 1920
Voyaging back from Port Said to Trieste, Alaric von Trelow is miserable with seasickness. He soon finds uncalled for distraction in a death of one of the ship’s officers. Did he fall, or was he murdered? There are too many secrets amongst the passengers, one of whom may be a killer.
(To be published: October 2026)

8. Body Number Ten
Setting: Berlin. April 1920
Ten men are found dead in a railway yard after the disastrous Kapp Putsch. Nine of them are communists, one of them is unidentified. Who is he? Who killed him, and why? Alaric von Trelow, back in Berlin, must discover the truth and how deep the rot lies.
(To be published: January 2027)

9. Dark Inheritance
Setting: Elbe, Prussia. August 1920
Called to a remote castle on the Elbe where an aged Baron still rules like it was the Middle Ages, Alaric von Trelow and his friends must discover who is trying to kill him. It may be easier to ask, who isn’t. Everyone seems to have a motive, death is in the air, and even the trees seem to be waiting…
(To be published: April 2026)

10. City of Vice
Setting: Berlin. August – September 1920
Cocaine is flooding the city. It’s in every bar, nightclub, and café. The dealers, supplied by a network marked by a red rose, seem unstoppable. Called upon by his friend, Kriminalkommissar Dietz, Alaric von Trelow must try to solve the case, whilst trying to discover the identity of the person trying to ruin his life.
(To be published: July 2026)

11. The Snow Queen
Setting: Berlin. December 1920
Alaric von Trelow is on the run, wanted for murder. The Snow Queen lost a battle, but appears to have won the war. Can von Trelow recover health, position, and liberty. How can you defeat someone who knows no rules or limits, who is driven by madness and a relentless vengeful fury? And if you do, what price will you have to pay?
(To be published: October 2026)

12. At the Brandenburg Hotel
Setting: Berlin. February 1921
Petty thefts are escalating in the Brunswick Hotel and Alaric von Trelow is called upon to investigate. It’s not long before theft becomes murder. With a cast of interesting, complex, and mysterious characters staying in the hotel and having motive, it becomes a deadly game of cat and mouse in one of Berlin’s grandest hostelries.
(To be published: January 2027)

13. The Baltic Refugees
Setting: Berlin. May 1921
Two years after the death of a young noblewoman in Estonia, her father calls together everyone who was there. He wishes them to tell tales, in the manner of Goethe’s The German Refugees, to honour his daughter’s memory. It is more than a parlour game—Alaric von Trelow has been invited, because somewhere within these stories is the clue to who killed her, and someone is preparing to kill again.
(To be published: April 2027)

14. Dangerous Jade
Setting: Berlin. June 1921
Rescuing a young man and his sister from mysterious Chinese killers, Alaric von Trelow is plunged into a new mystery. Returning from Tsingtao, the lost German protectorate in China, the siblings have brought not only trouble, but a treasure more than one person is willing to kill for.
(To be published: July 2027)