The legacy of Bow Street Runners

MYSTERY AND INTRIGUE OF BOW STREET Next to Robin Hood’s Merry Men, few other groups inspire images of mystery and intrigue quite as well as Bow Street Runners. They were a unique and unprecedented fighting force that paved the way for London’s modern police, Scotland Yard. They are also no longer in existence, and very little is actually known about them. Hence the mystery. And the tragedy. A LITTLE HISTORY Before the Magistrate of Bow…

Bow Street Runners and the Cato Street Conspiracy

It is England in 1820, a time of social and economic upheaval. The long-term Napoleonic wars had ended, but peace was far from realized. Unemployed career soldiers and sailors flooded the workforce. Industrial change pulled England from a largely agricultural country to one of large industry, with machines replacing people. This leaves many of the working class hungry and feeling oppressed. Riots erupt and laws grow more and more restrictive. Into this near chaos, steps…

Enter to Win 60 Romantic Suspense Novels PLUS a New Kindle Fire!

                  Love to read romantic suspense? Enjoy the chance to win 60 romantic suspense novels from your favorite award-winning and bestselling authors, plus a brand new Kindle Fire! Check out all the book covers here! The Grand Prize winner receives a Kindle Fire and all participating books. One runner-up receives all books. Participating is easy — just sign up on the contest page: bit.ly/rom-suspense-may17 (Note: This link…

Book giveaway

***GIVEAWAY CLOSED**** THE WINNERS: Julie won A Perfect Secret and Jerika and Rebecca won The Suspect’s Daughter.  CONGRATULATIONS! Thank you to everyone who entered. It’s giveaway time! I am giving away 2 PROOF paperback copies of The Suspect’s Daughter, book 4 of the Rogue Hearts series. If you have not yet read any of my other books, don’t worry–you don’t have to have read them first in order to understand this book. It’s written as…

Bow Street and the Bow Street Runners

Next to Robin Hood’s Merry Men, few other groups inspire images of mystery and intrigue quite as well as Bow Street Runners. They were a unique and unprecedented fighting force that paved the way for London’s modern police, Scotland Yard. They are also no longer in existence, and very little is actually known about them. Hence the mystery. And the tragedy. Before the Magistrate of Bow Street formed the famous Runners, there was no real…