Williams & Whiting

21/12/2024

Delighted that The Case of the Deadly Deception by Charlie Cochrane is currently thirteenth in the LGBTQ+ Mystery charts in the USA.

18/11/2024

Ahead of the publication of the next Alasdair and Toby mystery here is a lovely review of their most recent adventure ...

My two favorite Charlie Cochrane historical cozy mysteries combined for this all new series that begins with a cold case from Jonty’s past. I was eager for this coziest of cozy mysteries in the authentic historical setting of post WWII England with two pairs of amateur detecting teams working toge...

05/11/2024

We have just published The Bearer of Tales by Marilyn Pemberton Author.
Tale tāl, n. An act of telling: a narrative, story: a false story: a mere story: (in pl.) things told idly or to get others into trouble: reckoning (arch,). (Chambers English Dictionary)
This is Book 4 in the Grandmothers’ Footsteps series. It’s 1912 and Imogen Hayes, who was adopted at birth, has only recently been reunited with Harriet, her natural mother. Now happily married, Imogen has to contend not only with the devastating aftermath of the sinking of RMS Titanic but also the birth of her first child.
1914. Imogen, pregnant with a second child, discovers a fairy tale written and secreted away by Harriet that turns on its head everything she has ever been told about her conception and her father. Is Imogen strong enough to bear the burden of knowing whether it is just a fairy tale or whether it’s the truth?

A Bearer of Tales (Grandmothers' Footsteps Book 4)

04/10/2024

Another busy day at the offices of Williams & Whiting with the publication of the next book in the Vintage Crime Library series. This time it is Spotlight on Norman Firth Volume 7 which includes the stories Search The Lady and She Vamped A Stranger.

Search The Lady
London was shocked when three audacious robberies were carried out on the same day, all of them taking place within a few minutes of each other. The first crime was the snatching of payroll. The second a bank robbery, in which the bank manager was brutally shot dead. The third was a diamond robbery from a jeweller's shop, its proprietor murdered in a hail of lead. Terry had London in its blood-splattered grip ...

While in She Vamped A Strangler, private detective Rodney Granger investigates a case of robbery and murder in the upper echelons of society.

Spotlight on Norman Firth - Stories of Crime & Detection Volume 7 (Search The Lady & She Vamped A Strangler) (Vintage Crime Library)

02/10/2024

A busy morning at the offices of Williams & Whiting with the publication of the next title in our Francis Durbridge original scripts series. This time it is Julian - a play Durbridge wrote for German Tv but which was never actually made.
When an eminent psychiatrist, his wife and friends are joined for the weekend by a renowned concert pianist, it leads to a suspicious death.

When an eminent psychiatrist, his wife and friends are joined for the weekend by a renowned concert pianist, it leads to a suspicious death.

05/09/2024

Another busy day at Williams & Whiting but the publication of the latest in the Vintage Crime Series - Spotlight on Norman Firth Volume 6 which contains five stories of crime and detection by Norman Firth.
Into The Night
Johnny Carless, charismatic criminal owner of an all-night cafe in postwar Merseyside, is cunning but prone to fits of ungovernable rage. Confronting a member of his gang who has defected and betrayed his activities to a rival gang leader, Carless loses control. He pulls his gun and fires, continuing shooting as the dying man crashes through a window into the street outside.
Forced to go on the run, Carless escapes to London, there to plan how to rebuild his lost criminal empire. He meets an innocent and beautiful girl who falls for his charms and becomes reluctantly embroiled in his criminal activities. Until the relentless and unstoppable Fate that has brought them together extorts the ultimate price ...

Also includes the stories:
The Guy In The Wardrobe
The Nervous Ghost
A Sound In The Doorway
Gavotti Was Yellow

Spotlight on Norman Firth - Stories of Crime and Detection Volume 6 (contains Into The Night, The Guy In The Wardrobe, The Nervous Ghost, A Sound In ... & Gavotti Was Yellow) (Vintage Crime Library)

03/09/2024

We are delighted to announce that we will be publishing another 'lost' Francis Durbridge script in October. This time it is Julian - a play written for television that was never actually put into production for no known reason, so this is truly a very rare script indeed. It has never been published before so is a real treat for all Francis Durbridge fans.