Alydia Rackham

Maria and Gregori must rely on an eccentric Englishman and his mysterious Indian servants to get them out of Russia before they are all killed--but the journey will lead them into the very heart of the new regime, to the doorstep of Lenin himself.

The fate of Europe hangs in the balance-and may be determined by a single young woman in possession of a ripped piece of paper…London, November 3rd, 1881. A young woman slips through the curtains of fog down Pendy Corner, to the 26th house in the row. She vacillates at the gate. For past that sullen door, she must seek the help of the distinctively eccentric and impatient young language expert named Basil Collingwood. The fate of Europe, and indeed,...

Victoria's hopes to rekindle Christmas at Pendywick Place while working to retrieve her unbreakable code may collide with Basil Collingwood's tragic past, and her old guardian's ruthless plot…Victoria soon learns that Christmas is forbidden at Pendywick Place. A tragic shadow from Basil Collingwood's past seems to loom over the season. Nevertheless, Basil plans to take Victoria to the Hampton Court Christmas Ball, to confront his former mentor-and...

An unlikely duo and an ice-cold murder case...Lucinda Holliday--an educated lady with fiery red hair and an aloof disposition--must bargain help from the striking-but-volatile American, Mr. Tipp: a disgraced detective turned opium addict...For he is the only man on earth who can possibly solve the mystery of her father's senseless murder.Plunge into the romance and danger of 1870's London as this incompatible pair tangle with the cold case that destroyed...

He has lived all his days blind, crippled, and in darkness. He has one chance to escape to the light-but he will risk his life if he tries...Crispian has lived in the city of Tutus all his life. He is used to the darkness that always cloaks the world, broken only by the lamps that huddle in the streets and winding alleys. He knows what it is to live in a segregated quarter, away from the despicable Rubrum race. He takes comfort in the company of his...

A phantom begins to stalk Victoria and Basil through the hollow corridors of a Yorkshire mansion, leading the Pendywick Pair to a watery-or fiery-clash with the very enemies that mean to destroy them.It is too late to retrieve the code. Victoria and Basil must instead recreate it and get it to the queen as fast as possible. To do that, they must travel to the remote Yorkshire seaside, along with Basil's sister and her husband, and their friend Fred...

What if the only way to save yourself was to beg help from the person whose life you have destroyed?Gwiddon Crow is a young, vicious Curse-Maker who haunts the Winterly Wood of Albain, free from all laws, unchained from the suffering of her past. Her master, Gwiddon Baba Yaga, calls upon Crow to cast a curse upon the tiny kingdom of Astrum, and destroy the great seal which protects it from Baba Yaga's ally, Mordred the Draid. But the curse goes terribly...

Maria faces the gut-wrenching choice between fleeing the impending danger with her friends from Semenov, and attempting to save Gregori from Vladimir Lenin himself. Either choice will mean a harrowing journey across Europe and coming face to face with death. Which one will her heart choose?

The hunt for Professor Winchester's treacherous informant begins, drawing Victoria into the heart of London's deadly underground...With Sherlock out of the city on a case, it is up to Dr. John Watson, and his new patient, to help Victoria with the investigation-which may build to a fatal confrontation on a foggy Halloween night."The Irish Gamble" is the fourth installment in Alydia Rackham's captivating Victorian mystery series. If you like a Dickensian...

What if, without knowing it, you began to follow the same dark path as Ebenezer Scrooge…?Ebenezer Scrooge is dead. Timothy Cratchit has grown into a young man who is terrified of poverty--willing to forfeit Christmas to chase the opportunity for monetary profit. And Scrooge, living or not, is determined not to allow Tim to follow in his footsteps...by whatever ghostly means necessary."Christmas Parcel" is written by a great lover of Charles Dickens,...