http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net An RSS feed for the complete collection of ebooks by A.J. Hall Copyright (c) 2012 A.J. Hall. All rights reserved. CGFeedMaker 1.0.15 on CMS Made Simple ajhall@shoesforindustry.net (A.J. Hall) russ@shoesforindustry.net (Russell Baldwin) http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/1/ajhall_besieged_fortress/ Besieged Fortress is a sequel to Mary Renault's The Charioteer set seven years after the original. If you have not read the source text it is strongly recommended that you do so first. Seven years on, Ralph and Laurie have found a precarious refuge together in Gibraltar. But in the post-War world attitudes are hardening and positions becoming polarised.  They find themselves engaged in a new conflict, one in which they may not necessarily be on the same side. And then an unexpected visitor arrives... ]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:55:53 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/1/ajhall_besieged_fortress/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/2/ajhall_cant_trace_time/ Can't Trace Time is a Torchwood / Vorkosiverse crossover novella, one in a series of Torchwood X ebooks by A.J. Hall. “Don't ask me to prove what I'd do to free the hostages. Just - don't.” Owen Harper swore once he'd never set foot in a hospital in a staff capacity again. But an accident with an alien artefact puts him exactly where he doesn't want to be: behind the administrator's desk in a large medical facility. To make matters worse, it's somewhere called Barrayar, which seems to combine far future technology with the social attitudes of an ancient episode of Dr Kildare. And then he's called to a Situation on the roof, and meets someone who reminds him eeriely of home... ]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:56:55 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/2/ajhall_cant_trace_time/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/3/ajhall_coventry_carol/ Coventry Carol is a short story in the Torchwood universe, putting the events of Torchwood:Children of Earth  into an historical perspective. “Herod, the king, in his raging, Chargéd he hath this day His men of might, in his own sight, All children young to slay. Then woe is me, poor Child for Thee! And ever mourn and pray, For thy parting nor say nor sing, Bye, bye, lully, lullay.” Coventry Carol - Trad. 16 Cent. Frobisher was a good man... ]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:57:21 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/3/ajhall_coventry_carol/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/4/ajhall_dissipation_and_despair/ Dissipation and Despair is the sequel to  Lust Over Pendle and is one in a series of  LoPiverse ebooks by the author A.J. Hall. You might like to refer to their chronology, suggested reading order & more detailed series information . After offending his Bishop, the Rev. Peter Blakeney had feared he would be stuck for the rest of his career in rough inner city curacies. Even though his letter of appointment bore an anonymous scrawl "Best of British luck", the surprise offer of the incumbency of St Sebastian's Church, Malfoy Intrinsica, Wiltshire seemed like the promise of a rural idyll. And though the foot and mouth epidemic was in full swing, there were sinister carvings behind the choir stalls and all the locals changed the subject immediately if he even mentioned the Manor up the hill (let alone its reclusive Lord) he felt he was settling in well. Until one night there came a tap at his study window, and he found himself caught between two worlds, and about to find out exactly why St Sebastian is the patron saint of archers, enemies of religion, gardeners, murrains of cattle, plagues and police. It is a cosy English village whodunit in the classic tradition, give or take an Unforgivable curse or so. You might also like to read a travel guide to the village of Malfoy Intrinsica , view a map of the village and floor plans to the manor . Further information and extra ebook formats are available from this ebooks own website: http:/dad.shoesforindustry.net/ ]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:09:23 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/4/ajhall_dissipation_and_despair/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/5/ajhall_down_to_the_sea_in_ships/ Down To The Sea In Ships is a short story which links the worlds of The Charioteer (Mary Renault) and The Cruel Sea (Nicholas Montserrat) Ships that pass in the night, and speak to each other in passing. Two naval officers meet, talk and part. ]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:58:29 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/5/ajhall_down_to_the_sea_in_ships/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/6/ajhall_feast_of_all_fools/ Feast of All Fools is aTorchwood/Lord Peter Wimsey crossover with bonus added orcs and forms one in the series of Torchwood X ebooks by A.J. Hall. On a German Army base somewhere in Occupied Europe a captured British intelligence officer has lost hope of escape. Seriously injured, delirious from pain and fever, he waits for death. But then a new prisoner is thrust into his cell, one Captain Jack Harkness. ]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:59:31 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/6/ajhall_feast_of_all_fools/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/7/ajhall_fog_on_the_clyde/ Fog on the Clyde is a novel set in the Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow alternative universe about six months after the conclusion of the events of the film, that is, in an alternative 1940.  Matters left unresolved cast lingering shadows, the Legion tries to rebuild in the wake of Totenkopf's destruction, Dex struggles with feelings he dare not express, Joe makes himself elusive and, on both sides of the Atlantic, faceless men in green-silk drawing rooms plan a coup which will give them world domination. ]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:00:08 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/7/ajhall_fog_on_the_clyde/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/8/ajhall_lust_over_pendle/ Lust Over Pendle is one in a series of  LoPiverse ebooks by the author A.J. Hall. You might like to refer to their chronology, suggested reading order & more detailed series information . Lust Over Pendle is a comedy of manners set in the Golden Age detective thriller genre, and is presumed to take place after the end of the seventh Harry Potter book, and, therefore, after the fall of Voldemort.  A paparazzo photographer takes a compromising photograph of two young men on an tropical beach and unwittingly brings about an alliance between the two most fearsome witches in the country.  Family conflict, leaky roofs, unscrupulous journalists, unexpected engagements, random werewolves and probably the two daftest dogs in fanfiction. You might also like to read a travel guide to the village of Malfoy Intrinsica , view a map of the village and floor plans to the manor . Further information and extra ebook formats are available from this ebooks own website: http:/lop.shoesforindustry.net/ ]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:13:12 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/8/ajhall_lust_over_pendle/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/9/ajhall_metal_fatigue/ Metal Fatigue is a short story set in the Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow alternate universe, in 1936. Sometimes the human spirit is called upon to endure pressures it would be too cruel to inflict on steel. ]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:17:10 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/9/ajhall_metal_fatigue/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/10/ajhall_not_a_whisper/ Not A Whisper is one in a series of LoPiverse ebooks by the author A.J. Hall. You might like to refer to their chronology, suggested reading order & more detailed series information . It is set in May 1998, during the War against Voldemort, in a converted hotel Somewhere in Northumberland. It therefore predates and prequels Lust Over Pendle . In the aftermath of a near-disastrous mission against Voldemort, Draco takes stock of what really matters to him. And reaches a decision that things have been unresolved for far too long, and Something needs to be done about them. Love in time of war. You might also like to read a travel guide to the village of Malfoy Intrinsica , view a map of the village and floor plans to the manor . Further information and extra ebook formats are available from this ebooks own website: http://naw.shoesforindustry.net/ ]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:21:57 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/10/ajhall_not_a_whisper/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/11/ajhall_out_of_battle/ Out of Battle's main protagonist is Miss Haliburton who is a character in Mary Renault's The Charioteer. There are no spoilers for that or any other work of Mary Renault's unless revealing that two people are fond of dogs is a spoiler. This story is set in Alexandria throughout, to preserve the unity of place, and there isn't much action anyway. Two out of three ain't that bad, Aristotle, in my opinion. If you haven't read Mary Renault's The Charioteer or The Persian Boy , then you really should. The pounding guns of El-Alamein shake the streets of Alexandria.  Miss Haliburton, meanwhile, is fighting her own battle, against the bureaucrats who refuse to let her take her healing skills to the front line.  In this timeless city, an unexpected casualty is brought to her door for treatment.  Worlds are about to collide. ]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:19:32 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/11/ajhall_out_of_battle/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/12/ajhall_paradise_naan/ Paradise Naan is a Torchwood/Discworld crossover short story, part of the series of Torchwood X ebooks by A.J. Hall. Myfanwy's ill. In search of a cure, Jack wanders into a part of Cardiff Library he has never seen before, and happens upon a book: Diseases of the Dragon by Sybil Deirdre Olgivanna Ramkin. ]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:20:09 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/12/ajhall_paradise_naan/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/13/ajhall_queer_as_scent/ Queer as Scent is one in a series of LoPiverse ebooks by the author A.J. Hall. You might like to refer to their chronology, suggested reading order & more detailed series information . Early married life traditionally has its fair share of surprises, and everyone - from the house elves to the Dark Lord - seems to have an opinion about what would be best for the as-yet-unborn heir to the Manor - irrespective of his mother's wishes in the matter. But nausea, an infestation of demons, the dinner party from Hell and even the intervention of the Uppercross and Cerne Vale Hunt aren't going to get between Narcissa and what she wants out of life. And she's just about to meet someone with an even stronger survival instinct A shaggy fox story for Christmas. Further information and extra ebook formats are available from this ebooks own website: http://qas.shoesforindustry.net/ ]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:21:36 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/13/ajhall_queer_as_scent/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/14/ajhall_ships_that_pass/ Ships that Pass is one in a series of LoPiverse ebooks by the author A.J. Hall. You might like to refer to their chronology, suggested reading order & more detailed series information . Shortly before the defeat of Voldemort in year seven, in a field hospital 'Somewhere In England' Draco Malfoy is reunited with an old friend. The meeting will determine whether Draco falls to the Dark or the Light. The decision will be made before the turn of the tide, and there will be no going back for either of them. Further information and extra ebook formats are available from this ebooks own website: http://stp.shoesforindustry.net/ ]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:23:36 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/14/ajhall_ships_that_pass/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/15/ajhall_the_kindly_ones/ The Kindly Ones is one in a series of LoPiverse ebooks by the author A.J. Hall. You might like to refer to their chronology, suggested reading order & more detailed series information . Time has moved on. "Recent Events" are mutating into ancient history. Following a dangerous illness, Draco takes Neville on a convalescing cruise of the Ionian islands of Greece. But in that neighbourhood Voldemort has stirred up archaic and terrifying powers  too powerful to be subdued by his fall; and Neville, too, has ghosts from his past to confront. Across a brilliantly sun-lit landscape a shadow falls... This story, written for the festival of St Valentine, is intended as a reminder that the saint commemorated on 14 February was not originally St Valentine the Fluffy of Hallmark, but a martyr beheaded for being in the wrong place, proclaiming the wrong message, at the wrong time. Set in June, 2005 Further information and extra ebook formats are available from this ebooks own website: http://tko.shoesforindustry.net/ ]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:25:49 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/15/ajhall_the_kindly_ones/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/16/ajhall_the_mark_of_the_beast/ The Mark of the Beast is one in a series of LoPiverse ebooks by the author A.J. Hall. You might like to refer to their chronology, suggested reading order & more detailed series information . In 1982, a few months after the Ministry "took advantage of a fortuitous accident to crow about victory" a young man who has carried for much of his life the burden of a dark secret drops into the Leaky Cauldron for a couple of beers. But the beautiful, unknown young woman he meets there may have secrets darker than his to hide, and the choice he will be faced with before long will be the hardest of his life. The quotation at the end is from Raymond Chandler. Further information and extra ebook formats are available from this ebooks own website: http://motb.shoesforindustry.net/ ]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:26:43 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/16/ajhall_the_mark_of_the_beast/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/17/ajhall_the_perilous_point/ The Perilous Point is one in a series of LoPiverse ebooks by the author A.J. Hall. You might like to refer to their chronology, suggested reading order & more detailed series information . The year is 2003, and there's a storm brewing in the Wizarding world. Hermione Granger has announced her engagement to a Muggle. Worse still, he's a vicar.  The wedding is going to take place on 21st June in his parish church in the village of Malfoy Intrinsica, Wiltshire. And the Lord of the Manor is most definitely going to be present. But then, none of Hermione's oldest friends are planning to miss the opportunity either... Unbeknownst to everyone, a theatre company plans to put on an outdoor performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream for the benefit of their corporate sponsors. Oh, and to try a little light incantation up by the Seven Sisters while they're at it. Further information and extra ebook formats are available from this ebooks own website: http://tpp.shoesforindustry.net/ ]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:27:48 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/17/ajhall_the_perilous_point/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/18/ajhall_tpaockc/ The Principled Affair of the Compromised K.C. is a short story using a character from the works of the late Dorothy L. Sayers. Those who have not read her work are urged to do so. In an old Yorkshire inn, in the aftermath of his unsuccessful defence of an accused murderer, Sir Impey Biggs explains his hatred of blackmailers. ]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:24:02 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/18/ajhall_tpaockc/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/19/ajhall_time_shall_not_mend/ Time Shall Not Mend is one in a series of LoPiverse ebooks by the author A.J. Hall. You might like to refer to their chronology, suggested reading order & more detailed series information . It is a cross-over between the Harry Potterverse and the Vorkosigan novels of Lois McMaster Bujold. A thousand years away and half across the galaxy a bereaved young woman stalks through a cocktail party thinking: "Anywhere but here". Meanwhile, back on Earth and in the dying days of the struggle against Voldemort a plague has been unleashed on the wizarding community. A potion to cure it exists - but a crucial ingredient is a plant which grows only on a remote mountain in Scotland. And that mountain has an almost impenetrable defence around it. Worlds are about to collide This work was conceived as a birthday tribute to E.H. Smith, whose trilogy Marks and Scars, Without Enchantment, and No Great Magic first crossed the Vorkosiverse with the Potterverse, to stunning effect. Further information and extra ebook formats are available from this ebooks own website: http://tsnm.shoesforindustry.net/ ]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:29:03 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/19/ajhall_time_shall_not_mend/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/20/ajhall_tunnelling_to_freedom/ Tunnelling to Freedom is a Torchwood/Doctor Who crossover in the Torchwood X series of ebooks by A.J. Hall. In the aftermath of Journey's End a new danger threatens the world and Donna Noble is offered a renewed choice between glory, or length of days.  But will the Doctor prevent her from exercising her power of choice once again? ]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:38:32 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/20/ajhall_tunnelling_to_freedom/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/21/ajhall_two_singles_to_provence/ Two Singles to Provence is s Doctor Who fic set in Pete's World, the alternative universe first seen during Rise of the Cybermen after the events of Journey's End. Donna Noble (Pete's World edition), on a holiday in the South of France, meets a man called John Smith on the TGV.   He offers her a job: outside the Government, under the radar of the French, behind the backs of his office superiors, above this bar, just up those stairs and through the doorway to the left. ]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:38:26 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/21/ajhall_two_singles_to_provence/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/22/ajhall_vorbarran_honeymoon/ Vorbarran Honeymoon is a Vorkosiverse / Torchwood / Doctor Who crossover short story, part of the series of Torchwood X ebooks by A.J. Hall. The morning after her wedding, Empress Laisa finds a strange man with a vaguely Betan accent in her bedroom.  And she's fairly certain the staff roster doesn't include an official post of Empress's Confidential Bedroom Attendant and Personal Eye-Candy. Yet. ]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:38:18 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/22/ajhall_vorbarran_honeymoon/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/23/ajhall_goodbye_to_berlin/ Goodbye to Berlin is one in a series of LoPiverse ebooks by the author A.J. Hall. You might like to refer to their chronology, suggested reading order & more detailed series information . It is a short story set in the 1934 and depicts a small incident in the career of Draco Malfoy's Great-grandmother. In a Berlin Cabaret a Veela showgirl dances before a crowd of hard-eyed, lecherous wizards, Muggle thrill-seekers and cold, shadowy spies for the omnipresent Authorities, and feels beneath her feet the leaf-mould of the immemorial forests. Gelert Grindelwald, meanwhile, is mobilising hostility against all non-human Magical beings. ]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:31:00 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/23/ajhall_goodbye_to_berlin/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/24/ajhall_we_jolly_well_did_mean_to_go_to_1973/ We Jolly Well Did Mean to Go to 1973, You Tame Galoot is a Swallows and Amazons / Life on Mars crossover short story. The Amazon pirates suffer a sailing accident and wake up somewhere — unusual. Are they dead, in a coma or trapped in the lyrics to their school song? ]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:38:07 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/24/ajhall_we_jolly_well_did_mean_to_go_to_1973/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/25/ajhal_lift_up_mine_eyes_to_the_hills/ 'Lift Up Mine Eyes To The Hills' is a 'Sherlock (TV)' / 'Withnail and I' crossover fic. In the aftermath of an intensely stressful case, John takes a depressed and exhausted Sherlock to the Lakes to recuperate. However, ghosts from Sherlock's family history intrude upon his recovery, confronting him with a mystery which has an unequivocally personal dimension. ]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:38:01 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/25/ajhal_lift_up_mine_eyes_to_the_hills/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/26/ajhall_the_affair_of_the_asphyxiated_acafan/ The Affair of the Asphyxiated Acafan is a fanfiction novella set in the BBC's Sherlock universe. Sarah Sawyer flies home from a convention in the US and brings an unexpected gift for her boyfriend - or, rather, his flatmate. Game on! ]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:37:54 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/26/ajhall_the_affair_of_the_asphyxiated_acafan/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/27/ajhall_breakfast_at_221B/ Breakfast at 221B is a fanfiction short story set in the BBC's Sherlock universe. "Anyway. Enough of  my  embarrassing sibling brothel stories. Tell me yours." A seemingly random piece of deduction by Sherlock about Mycroft's personal life leads to an exchange of confidences between John and Sherlock over breakfast, with more beneath the surface than either is prepared to admit to openly. Audiobooks and MP3's You can also download a wonderful Audiobook (.m4b - 12mb) or an MP3 file (.mp3 - 23mb) of this short story, read by fayjay & created by cybel . ]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:37:46 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/27/ajhall_breakfast_at_221B/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/28/ajhall_endgame/ Endgame is a fanfiction short story set in the BBC's Sherlock universe. A child psychologist is asked to sit in on the questioning of her client, a nine-year old boy, traumatised by finding his father stabbed to death. The child's mother is being held for the murder and the case against her looks water-tight, unless her son can be persuaded to tell what he knows. But the only way to communicate with the traumatised child is through his great obsession, chess, and only one detective speaks chess fluently enough to understand what he has to say. Audiobooks and MP3's You can also download a wonderful Audiobook (.m4b - 11mb) or an MP3 file (.mp3 - 21mb) of this short story, read by fayjay & created by cybel . ]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:37:40 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/28/ajhall_endgame/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/29/ajhall_adequacies/ Adequacies is a fanfiction short story set in the BBC's Sherlock universe. "Nightmares, dilemmas and an invisible leopard in the house. Sherlock and John character piece." As an alternative to the leopard on the current ebook cover, leffel_s has kindly hand drawn a particulary fine leopard for this story. ]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:37:35 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/29/ajhall_adequacies/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/30/ajhall_bedtime_story/ Bedtime Story is a fanfiction short story set in the BBC's Sherlock universe. The child Sherlock detests The Very Hungry Caterpillar and all it stands for. One evening, he finds a new babysitter who completely shares his opinion. She decides to tell him a rather more interesting story instead. ]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:35:38 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/30/ajhall_bedtime_story/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/31/ajhall_the_four_paw_problem/ The Four Paw Problem is a crossover short story between Saki's (Hector Hugh Munro's) short story Tobermory and the BBC Sherlock universe John is, by now, fairly used to clients showing up at 221B Baker Street and telling him they fear for their lives. He's moderately familiar with clients from aristocratic and Government circles. He's absolutely used to having his intelligence impugned in the living room of his own flat. He's just not used to confronting impossibilities which refuse to be eliminated. ]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:35:12 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/31/ajhall_the_four_paw_problem/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/32/ajhall_code_name_uisdean/ “Code Name Uisdean” is a Torchwood / Cabin Pressure crossover fic with aspects of the Bond movies. When the passengers on the outbound flight to Washington D.C. cannibalise the plane's de-icing system and landing gear greasing conduits to improvise an antidote to arsenic, air steward Danny is left stranded thousands of miles from home and with an uneasy sense that he's seen too much for the CIA to let him go quietly. A chance encounter with a fellow steward offers him an improbable life-line - but in a contest between the Central Intelligence Agency and MJN Air, will God be on the side of the big battalions? ]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:35:01 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/32/ajhall_code_name_uisdean/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/33/ajhall_rigging_screws/ “Rigging screws, size 1⅜", galvanised” is a BBC Sherlock fic. “How's a woman supposed to prove her husband's a murderer, dammit?”  On the eve of a planned voyage to Brittany, Marjorie Jameson starts her day with no problems more pressing than forcing a boatyard to do an emergency repair to the family yacht. A chance encounter at the Cowes hi-speed ferry terminal begins to unravel a web of conspiracy and murder, with her charming, untrustworthy husband Julian right at the centre and Marjorie as the next intended victim. But no-one's going to trust the word of an aging housewife whose complaints of abuse the police have previously dismissed as delusions. ]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:34:53 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/33/ajhall_rigging_screws/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/34/ajhall_the_crown_princess_of_gaaldine/ The Crown Princess of Gaaldine is the first in a series of Queen of Gondal ebooks by the author A.J. Hall. You might like to refer to their suggested reading order & more detailed series information. It is a quasi-historical AU of the BBC Sherlock series set (more-or-less) in three fantasy kingdoms devised by the Bronte children. The dying King of Gondal lays a solemn trust on John Watson, court physician; at all costs to keep the fourteen year-old Crown Princess Charis out of the clutches of the corrupt Heir of Gondal. Which means arranging her marriage to Sherlock, heir to the neighbouring throne of Gaaldine, Gondal's traditional enemy. John escorts the Crown Princess to her wedding, acutely aware of the pressure of history and unspoken - unspeakable - secrets which he had thought buried forever. ]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:37:04 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/34/ajhall_the_crown_princess_of_gaaldine/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/35/ajhall_the_castellan_of_the_eagles/ The Castellan of the Eagles is the second in a series of Queen of Gondal ebooks by the author A.J. Hall. You might like to refer to their suggested reading order & more detailed series information. It is a quasi-historical AU of the BBC Sherlock series set (more-or-less) in three fantasy kingdoms devised by the Bronte children. The Castellan of Castle Cavron learns of an impending official inspection by one Lord Osric, equerry to the Crown Prince. Will his ill-assorted crew of garrison officers be able to cope with the strain? And who is this 'Lord Osric' anyway? ]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:38:27 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/35/ajhall_the_castellan_of_the_eagles/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/36/ajhall_the_bishop_of_the_northern_marches/ The Bishop of the Northern Marches is the third in a series of Queen of Gondal ebooks by the author A.J. Hall. You might like to refer to their suggested reading order & more detailed series information. It is a quasi-historical AU of the BBC Sherlock series set (more-or-less) in three fantasy kingdoms devised by the Bronte children. It is also a cross-over with the BBC Life on Mars series. While John and Sherlock have been spying and building alliances up on the Northern border of Gaaldine, various tensions are coming to a head in Brendelhame, the provincial capital. The last day of the Crown Princess Charis's solo visit to the city coincides with a local festival to celebrate the defeat of a Gondalian force there two centuries earlier. At which point a rigidly moralistic Bishop, who sees all tactics as legitimate in the war against Sin, decides to preach a sermon on the evils of the sexes straying from their God-appointed spheres. With a drink-fuelled mob on the rampage and numerous competing factions ready to take advantage of any opening all hell is about to break loose. ]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:39:41 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/36/ajhall_the_bishop_of_the_northern_marches/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/37/ajhall_queens_gambit/ Queen's Gambit is the fourth in a series of Queen of Gondal ebooks by the author A.J. Hall. You might like to refer to their suggested reading order & more detailed series information. It is a quasi-historical AU of the BBC Sherlock series set (more-or-less) in three fantasy kingdoms devised by the Bronte children. From the shore at Aulis to the palace in Gaaldine, to be a princess is to be a sacrifice. In a remote country residence Master Ripley, a physician famed for his knowledge of frenzy and melancholia, tends a distraught woman broken by the ruthless dynastic politics of her House. The unexpected arrival of her kinsman the Crown Prince is a catalyst which forces Ridley to recognise the brooding evil at the root of his patient’s malady, a curse which has poisoned the lives of four generations and which sits so close to the Crown that treason itself ceases to be a relevant consideration. Meanwhile, death, fire and destruction creep inland from the sea, and the wind is changing... ]]> Thu, 03 May 2012 16:15:44 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/37/ajhall_queens_gambit/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/38/ajhall_dispatches_from_alwentport/ Dispatches from Alwentport is the fifth in a series of Queen of Gondal ebooks by the author A.J. Hall. You might like to refer to their suggested reading order & more detailed series information. It is a quasi-historical AU of the BBC Sherlock series set (more-or-less) in three fantasy kingdoms devised by the Bronte children. After any military action comes the duty of reporting back to HQ and writing letters to the families of the fallen.   So it is after the sea-wolves' raid on Alwentdale. ]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:43:33 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/38/ajhall_dispatches_from_alwentport/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/39/ajhall_the_curious_incident_of_the_knight_in_the_library/ The Curious Incident of the Knight in the Library is the sixth in a series of Queen of Gondal ebooks by the author A.J. Hall. You might like to refer to their suggested reading order & more detailed series information. It is a quasi-historical AU of the BBC Sherlock series set (more-or-less) in three fantasy kingdoms devised by the Bronte children. An ill-assorted party of English travellers arrive in Gaaldine, on the very edge of Europe, where tensions and buried secrets in the party are about to erupt in bloody murder. And murders happening on Palace premises are very much matters of interest to Sherlock, Crown Prince of Gaaldine, whatever the head of Palace Security thinks about high-born amateurs trespassing on his patch. Updates: This ebook was updated on the 25th Jan 2012 to correct formatting and character naming errors. If you have previously downloaded this ebook then you should re-download the corrected version. ]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:44:08 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/39/ajhall_the_curious_incident_of_the_knight_in_the_library/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/40/ajhall_underground/ Underground is a Torchwood/Doctor Who/Lord Peter Wimsey crossover in the Torchwood X series of ebooks by A.J. Hall. 2011. Two strangers, both women, are flung together by what seems to be an accident on the Underground. But then the Tube train draws up at a station that was closed in 1932... ]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:35:45 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/40/ajhall_underground/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/41/ajhall_the_masters_mates_stratagem/ The Master's Mate's Stratagem is the seventh in a series of Queen of Gondal ebooks by the author A.J. Hall. You might like to refer to their suggested reading order & more detailed series information. It is a quasi-historical AU of the BBC Sherlock series set (more-or-less) in three fantasy kingdoms devised by the Bronte children. It is also a cross-over with the BBC's radio comedy series Cabin Pressure, give or take a few hundred years of changing technology. Lord Lestrade of Gondal, eloping from the Kingdom of Naples with Sally Donovan, a merchant's daughter, takes passage aboard the Santa Gertrude for the risky winter passage of the Straits of Otranto. When the ship's cat takes a fancy to the contents of Lord Lestrade's sea-chest, all that stands between the Santa Gertrude 's crew and the wrath of the most hot-tempered aristocrat in the three kingdoms are the quick wits of the master's mate.  Fortunately, he may almost be as brilliant as the ship-owner's son believes. ]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 10:14:43 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/41/ajhall_the_masters_mates_stratagem/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/42/ajhall_the_abbess_of_norburyness/ The Abbess of Norburyness is the eighth in a series of Queen of Gondal ebooks by the author A.J. Hall. You might like to refer to their suggested reading order & more detailed series information. It is a quasi-historical AU of the BBC Sherlock series set (more-or-less) in three fantasy kingdoms devised by the Bronte children. The earlier part of The Abbess of Norburyness takes place over the years preceding the events of The Crown Princess of Gaaldine ; the final part occurs approximately six months after the events of The Curious Incident of the Knight in the Library . David Hebron grows up on a secluded country estate as a ward of the Abbey of Norburyness, kept in ignorance of his true origins, his very name selected from the Bible by random chance. As he passes from boyhood to adulthood a sequence of apparently chance events begin to show him who he is and what he has the potential to become. Others, though, also have plans. For them, David Hebron represents an new battlefield in the unending struggles between Gondal and Gaaldine, aristocracy and monarchy, religious tolerance and  repression. On a bridge above a rushing beck in the mountainous North-East corner of Gaaldine David Hebron is about to come face to face with a member of his true family for the first time. The consequences will shake kingdoms to their foundations. ]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 11:28:55 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/42/ajhall_the_abbess_of_norburyness/ http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/43/ajhall_the_choices_of_the_king/ The Choices of the King is the ninth in a series of Queen of Gondal ebooks by the author A.J. Hall. You might like to refer to their suggested reading order & more detailed series information. It is a quasi-historical AU of the BBC Sherlock series set (more-or-less) in three fantasy kingdoms devised by the Bronte children. The Choices of the King deals with the immediate aftermath of the final scene of The Abbess of Norburyness. With the Crown Prince missing, his numerous enemies at Court strive to blacken his name with accusations of everything from cold-blooded murder to treason. The King is forced to take drastic action to prevent all-out revolt in Council, though it feels like cutting off his own right hand. ]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 10:20:12 +0100 http://ajhall.shoesforindustry.net/ebooks/43/ajhall_the_choices_of_the_king/