Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

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  • Bibliography:
    105 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1972
  • Latest Book:
    August 2025
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Cynthia Harrod-Eagles was born on13 August 1948 in Shepherd's Bush, London, England, where was educated at Burlington School, a girls' charity school founded in 1699, and at the University of Edinburgh and University College London, where she studied English, history and philosophy. She had a variety of jobs in the commercial world, starting as a junior cashier at Woolworth's and working her way down to Pensions Officer at the BBC.

She wrote her first novel while at university and in 1972 won the Young Writers' Award with The Waiting Game. The birth of the MORLAND DYNASTY series enabled Cynthia Harrod-Eagles to become a full-time writer in 1979. The series was originally intended to comprise twelve volumes, but it has proved so popular that it has now been extended over thirty. In 1993 she won the Romantic Novelists' Association Romantic Novel of the Year Award with Emily, the third volume of her Kirov Saga, a trilogy set in nineteenth century Russia. She is also the author of Bill Slider Mystery series, and writes under the pen names Elizabeth Bennett and Emma Woodhouse.

She currently lives in London with her husband. They had have three children, Hannah, Jane and Michael. Apart from writing, her passions are music (she plays in several amateur orchestras) horses, wine, architecture and the English countryside.

Full Series List in Order

Ashmore Castle

1 - The Secrets of Ashmore Castle (Aug-2021)
2 - The Affairs of Ashmore Castle (Aug-2022)
3 - The Mistress of Ashmore Castle (Dec-2023)
4 - The Fortunes of Ashmore Castle (Aug-2025)

A Bill Slider Mystery

1 - Orchestrated Death (Feb-1992)
2 - Death Watch (Jul-1992)
3 - Necrochip // Death to Go (Jan-1993)
4 - Dead End // Grave Music (Sep-1994)
5 - Blood Lines (Dec-1996)
6 - Killing Time (Dec-1996)
7 - Shallow Grave (Dec-1998)
8 - Blood Sinister (Dec-1999)
9 - Gone Tomorrow (Dec-2001)
10 - Dear Departed (Jun-2004)
11 - Game Over (Feb-2008)
12 - Fell Purpose (Sep-2009)
13 - Body Line (Nov-2010)
14 - Kill My Darling (Oct-2011)
15 - Blood Never Dies (Dec-2012)
16 - Hard Going (Feb-2014)
17 - Star Fall (Mar-2015)
18 - One Under (Feb-2016)
19 - Old Bones (Feb-2017)
20 - Shadow Play (Feb-2018)
21 - Headlong (Feb-2019)
22 - Cruel as the Grave (Feb-2021)
23 - Dying Fall (Jan-2022)
24 - Before I Sleep (Feb-2023)
25 - Easeful Death (Apr-2025)

The Kirov Saga

1 - Anna (May-1990)
2 - Fleur (Aug-1991)
3 - Emily (Jul-1992)

The Moreland Dynasty

1 - The Founding (1980)
2 - The Dark Rose (Jan-1980)
3 - The Princeling // The Distant Wood (May-1981)
4 - The Oak Apple // The Crystal Crown (Dec-1981)
5 - The Black Pearl (1982)
6 - The Long Shadow (Sep-1983)
7 - The Chevalier (1984)
8 - The Maiden (Feb-1985)
9 - The Flood-Tide (Feb-1986)
10 - The Tangled Thread (Sep-1987)
11 - The Emperor (Aug-1988)
12 - The Victory (Jul-1989)
13 - The Regency (Jul-1990)
14 - The Campaigners (1990)
15 - The Reckoning (Jan-1992)
16 - The Devil's Horse (Jun-1993)
17 - The Poison Tree (Jun-1994)
18 - The Abyss (Aug-1995)
19 - The Hidden Shore (Jun-1996)
20 - The Winter Journey (May-1997)
21 - The Outcast (Sep-1995)
22 - The Mirage (Jul-1999)
23 - The Cause (2000)
24 - The Homecoming (Nov-2001)
25 - The Question (Jan-2002)
26 - The Dream Kingdom (Dec-2003)
27 - The Restless Sea (Nov-2004)
28 - The White Road (Dec-2005)
29 - The Burning Roses (Nov-2006)
30 - The Measure of Days (Oct-2007)
31 - The Foreign Field (Nov-2008)
32 - The Fallen Kings (Nov-2009)
33 - The Dancing Years (Nov-2010)
34 - The Winding Road (Nov-2011)
35 - The Phoenix (Nov-2013)
36 - The Gathering Storm (Dec-2024)

War at Home

1 - Goodbye Piccadilly (Sep-2014)
2 - Keep the Home Fires Burning (Sep-2015)
3 - The Land of My Dreams (Aug-2016)
4 - The Long, Long Trail (Jun-2017)
5 - Till the Boys Come Home (Aug-2018)
6 - Pack Up Your Troubles (Nov-2019)

Book List in Order: 105 titles

  • The Waiting Game

    The frankest novel a woman ever wrote about her most intimate needs....

  • Shadows On the Mountain

  • A Rainbow Summer

    It is summertime when Janet leaves home for the first time and heads south. She falls in love with an actor called Roger, but when he gets his big break on television, cracks appear in their relationship....

  • A Well-Painted Passion

    When Tessa runs into her old friend Hilary she sees a new life. For Hilary is now an actress, keen to involve Tessa in the world of the theatre. Tessa sets off with the Alley Theatre Players in search of something special. When she meets Alasdair it ...

  • On Wings of Love

    Nothing is dearer to Kestrel Richard's heart than the pair of harriers that have come to nest in her beloved Suffolk marshes. So when their safety is threatened by the arrival of townie Stuart King, she is prepared to fight him every inch of the way....

  • The Dark Rose

    The Moreland Dynasty - 2

    The Desires of the Mighty Now master of the powerful Morlands, Paul sees his family torn by ill-fated passion as the rule of the Tudors shakes the land. Although the destiny of the Morlands is forever bound to the fortunes of the throne, the loss ...

  • The Founding

    • / Historical Romance
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    The Moreland Dynasty - 1

    A Mighty Dynasty Is Born. Eleanor Courteney--the proud aristocrat and beautiful pawn in the marriage that unites two powerful families and heralds the birth of a great dynasty. Adored bride of Robert Morland, mistress of vast Yorkshire estates, sh...

  • Title Role

    'All men are fun for a night; most men are fun for a month; some men are fun for a year; but no man is fun for life...' That was the advice everyone gave Celia when things looked black. She had to leave her TV job and split up with the man who domina...

  • Hollow Night

    Bee and Paul were delighted at the progress they were making with the decoration of their new home - and were particularly pleased to discover an ancient mosaic maze under the old concrete floor in their kitchen. Paul is so excited by the discovery ...



  • The Princeling // The Distant Wood

    The Moreland Dynasty - 3

    Destiny of Passion. Destiny of Power... The ancestral home of the magnificent Morlands stands proud in the glorious sunset of Elizabeth's rule, haunting Jan Chapman, who burns to know the terrible secret of his birth. But before he can learn more...

  • The Oak Apple // The Crystal Crown

    The Moreland Dynasty - 4

    1630: after long years of peace the reign of Charles I brings brutal civil war to England. The clash between King and Parliament is echoed at Morland Place when Richard brings home a Puritan bride while his brother, Kit, joins Prince Rupert and th...

  • The Black Pearl

    • / Historical Romance
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    The Moreland Dynasty - 5

    To Reclaim a Noble Dream--The Tlriumph of a Mighty Dynasty.. After fifteen years of austere Puritan rule, King Charles's return from exile heralded rising fortunes for the bold Morlands. Presented at court, the beautiful Annunciata Morland would b...

  • Deadfall

  • The Long Shadow

    The Moreland Dynasty - 6

    In a Fury of Ungodly Hatred and Ungodly Love Fierce guardian of her ancestral heritage, reigning beauty at the rakish court of Charles II, Annunciata Morland's restless spirit refused to be confined by her illustrious station. With a will of iron,...

  • The Unfinished

    An orchestra on tour - a strange, enclosed, emotional world. Annie's world. The musicians work together but are all so different: friendly, hostile, funny, touchy, feuding and laughing. Annie's world once again, for now and for the future - if her pa...

  • The Chevalier

    • / Historical Romance
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    The Moreland Dynasty - 7

    1689: the Restoration enabled the Morland family to restore their own fortune, but now the Jacobite rebellion brings another threat to their security. Annunciata Morland, fiercely loyal to the Stuart cause, follows her beloved king, James II, into...

  • Even Chance

    The story of a couple living in Crete whose marital problems are brought to the surface when a friend comes to stay to nurse a broken heart....

  • Last Run

    Clover jumped at the opportunity to become a ski-instructor in Austria to escape a failed romance. She threw herself into resort life and found fun with good-looking, charming, fellow-instructor Heinz. But why then were sensible, sober George Reynold...

  • The Maiden

    The Moreland Dynasty - 8

    1720: political intrigue besets the kingdom as the Stuarts try to claim the throne occupied by the Hanoverians and the Morlands have to use all their wiles to keep their fortunes intact. Jemmy Morland, sole heir to his father's will, has no option...



  • The Flood-Tide

    The Moreland Dynasty - 9

    1772: although George III reigns over a peaceful England, his colonies in the Americas are claiming independence and a tide of revolutionary fervour is gripping France. Allen Morland and his beloved wife Jemima work unstintingly to bring Morland P...

  • The Tangled Thread

    The Moreland Dynasty - 10

    1788: the bloody revolution in France causes upheaval in the Morland family. Henri-Marie Fitzjames Stuart, bastard offshoot of the Morland family, strives to protect his daughter, Heloise, his mistress, Marie-France, and their son, Morland. To thi...

  • The Emperor

    The Moreland Dynasty - 11

    1795: the shadow of Bonaparte has fallen across Europe and touches each member of the far-flung Morland family. As the century draws to a close, Jemima Morland wearily acknowledges that her life is also nearing its end, but she has scant peace as ...

  • The Victory

    The Moreland Dynasty - 12

    1803: Napoleon is poised to invade England, with only Nelson's weather-beaten ships in his way, but the French fleet are not the only threat to the fortunes of the Morland family. In the North of England, Mary Ann's relationship with the missionar...

  • The Orange-Tree Plot

    Eugenie, cherished only child of Comte de Talcy, is brought up amid the splendours and luxuries of Versaille and the Ancient Regime. But in 1789 Paris erupts into revolution and terror; her father's untimely death alone cheats the guillotine, and Eug...

  • The Campaigners

    • / Historical Romance
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    The Moreland Dynasty - 14

    1815: Napoleon's escape from Elba and the preparations for battle entangle the Morland family in a web of romance and heartbreak. The Allied Army is gathering in Flanders, and where the Army is, the fashionable world must go -- so London Society...

  • Anna

    The Kirov Saga - 1

    As Paris recoils from the turbulent political events of 1803, young English governess Anne Peters is penniless, homeless . . . and alone. But while France prepares for war she seizes the chance of escape -- and the beginning of a new life in the s...

  • The Regency

    The Moreland Dynasty - 13

    1807: the Napoleonic Wars continue and their violence reverberates in the lives of the Morland family. Lucy, trying to rebuild her life after the death of her lover, Captain Weston, is thrown into doubt and confusion by an unexpected proposal of m...

  • Fleur

    The Kirov Saga - 2

    The year is 1851, and Victorian England is at the height of its self-confidence: the greatest industrial nation in the world, vigorous, inquisitive, self-reliant, and generous. Young Fleur Hamilton is truly a product of the era. Intelligent and i...

  • The Reckoning

    The Moreland Dynasty - 15

    1816: Napoleon has at last been defeated, but victory brings no peace to the English. The cost of war strikes deeply into the country -- there is raging inflation, discharged soldiers join the ranks of the unemployed, wages tumble and the bread pr...



  • Orchestrated Death

    A Bill Slider Mystery - 1

    INTRODUCING DETECTIVE INSPECTOR BILL SLIDER Slider would rather do things his own way, even if that means rubbing the brass the wrong way. He may never make it from London's Metropolitan Police to the more glamorous ranks of Scotland Yard, but to ...

  • Emily

    The Kirov Saga - 3

    Though the granddaughter of an earl, Emily Paget is still a poor relation, living on the good graces and large estate of her aunt and uncle, but determined to earn her own living. This disgraceful ambition moves her aunt to take action: Emily must be...

  • Death Watch

    A Bill Slider Mystery - 2

  • Necrochip // Death to Go

    A Bill Slider Mystery - 3

    A MURDEROUS MIX Detective Inspector Bill Slider is puzzled when he's called to Dave's Fish and Chips Bar to investigate what appears to be a public health matter--a human finger mingled in with the fried potatoes. But when a stash of additional bo...

  • The Devil's Horse

    The Moreland Dynasty - 16

    1820: the landscape of England is undergoing sweeping change as the country pioneers the steam-driven machine age. The Morlands, too, face change: Cousin Africa returns from St Helena to startle society with her unconventional ideas; Lucy brings h...

  • The Enchanted Isle

    During a holiday trip in Greece, impulsive, easy-going Sarah finds herself torn between her fiance+a7, the methodical, reliable Grieg, and Alec, a fun-loving, dashing guest at the same villa at which she and Grieg are staying....

  • The Poison Tree

    The Moreland Dynasty - 17

    1831: as England emerges from the post-war depression, the country is changing, and the birth pains of the Reform Act bring it to the brink of revolution. The violent times breed violent acts, both outside and inside the Morland family. Sophie'...

  • Dead End // Grave Music

    A Bill Slider Mystery - 4

    Detective Inspector Bill Slider is not in the best of moods. His true love, Joanna, has dumped him, his wife has left him for her boring bridge partner, and his tyrannical boss is punishing him with paperwork. It takes a murder to change Bill's luck....

  • I, Victoria

    A thoroughly researched and historically accurate fictionalized autobiography of Queen Victoria offers an intimate and moving chronicle of a woman whose life was marked by power, loneliness, and an all too brief love....

  • Play For Love

    From the author of LAST RUN, a contemporary romance about a young woman who decides to become an actress. She falls under the spell of the leading man, only to find that her old friend also loves him....



  • The Abyss

    The Moreland Dynasty - 18

    1833: the industrial age is sweeping through England and the Stephensons are planning the greatest engineering scheme ever undertaken -- a railway line from Liverpool to London. At Morland Place, Nicholas had hoped that his brother, Benedict, ha...

  • The Outcast

    The Moreland Dynasty - 21

    1857: life in England is stable and prosperous, but once again war in a foreign land casts a heavy shadow over the Morland family. At Morland Place, Benedict's orderly life of estate matters and civic interests is shaken when a mysterious orphan a...

  • A Cornish Affair

  • The Hidden Shore

    The Moreland Dynasty - 19

    1843: the early years of Queen Victoria's reign witness much high-level debate at the Palace of Westminster, but nothing can interfere with Society's enjoyment of the Season. When Charlotte Meldon's father dies, she believes herself to be destitut...

  • Blood Lines

    A Bill Slider Mystery - 5

    With his love Joanna off playing violin at a British opera festival, Detective Inspector Bill Slider puts aside his pub time to get involved with the Arts himself. At the BBC studios, a prominent music and opera critic has apparently committed suicid...

  • Killing Time

    A Bill Slider Mystery - 6

    Detective Inspector Bill Slider is back at his post at London's Shepherd's Bush police station-accompanied by a persistent headache, resulting from a recent case that also left his steadfast colleague Atherton hospitalized. And the throbbing pain is ...

  • Nobody's Fool

    When Celia Bancroft split up with the man that dominated her life, both in and out of the office - she was determined that she would allow no one into her heart again. Thank goodness for pleasant male friends like her new boss, producer Simon Davis. ...

  • The Winter Journey

    The Moreland Dynasty - 20

    1851: the shadow of war again falls over the Morland family as the Army sets out to face the Russians in the Crimea. At Morland Place, war is not an immediate threat to Benedict, but an unexpected visitor causes him an agonizing dilemma. In Manche...

  • Dangerous Love

    Emma Ruskin's flat-mates are amazed when she suddenly abandons her teaching career to become a governess. But Emma, restless and disillusioned with life -- and love -- is desperate for a complete change.

    She finds it in ample amount at Long Hempdon...

  • Divided Love

    Anne Symons was happy in the Dorset village where she lived with her father. She had a charming home, a good job, and her boyfriend Joe was attractive, reliable, and deeply devoted to her. Whereas Michael Conrad was an enigma - so why would she deser...



  • Keeping Secrets

    When Annie parts from famous horn player Geoffrey she vows never to work in an orchestra again. But the lure is too strong, and so becomes an orchestral attendant and falls for Ted, the principal trumpeter. An injury to the abrasive principal horn me...

  • Real Life

    The man who really is a sheep in wolf's clothing; a couple who find their lives ruined by knowledge; and the place where commuters go when they die are just a few of the slices of real life that form part of this powerful new book by Cynthia Harrod-E...

  • Shallow Grave

    A Bill Slider Mystery - 7

    Detective Inspector Bill Slider has always been keen on architecture -- what Atherton calls his edifice complex -- and The Old Rectory is the kind of house he would give anything to own. But the dead body of Jennifer Andrews, found in a hole on the t...

  • The Mirage

    The Moreland Dynasty - 22

    1870: although Europe is beset by war and revolution, England is prosperous and calm, and it isn't political misbehaviour which threatens the Morland fortunes. Benedict, on one last adventure to Egypt, succumbs to fever abroad, and his son, George...

  • Blood Sinister

    A Bill Slider Mystery - 8

    Award-winning ex-Guardian hack Phoebe Agnew had a name for championing the underdog -- and for attacking the police in print. When her trussed and strangled body is found in her chaotic flat, Detective Inspector Slider must demonstrate the impartiali...

  • The Cause

    • / Historical Romance
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    The Moreland Dynasty - 23

    In 1874, the wedding of Lady Venetia Fleetwood is the talk of London. Invitations are eagerly prized, not least by Venetia's cousin George Morland and his socialite wife Alfreda, preparing to journey down from Morland Place in Yorkshire for the m...

  • The Longest Dance

    When young maverick Hamil Strathearne and mysterious, coolly English beauty Olivia meet within the conventional frame of 1950s middle-class Edinburgh, their passion for one another promises to last for a lifetime. Hamish quickly becomes obsessed and ...

  • The Horsemasters

    The world of show jumping is glamorous to outsiders and a way of life to those at the centre, with surprises around every corner. The greatest glory is to be found in the States, where there is more at stake for the riders than mere money: pride, rep...

  • The Homecoming

    The Moreland Dynasty - 24

    1885 -- When Henrietta stepped into the arms of her one true love, Jerome Compton, it was like the ending of a fairy story. But life and love are rarely disposed to be so tidy. Jerome has been married before, and in late Victorian England, divor...

  • Gone Tomorrow

    A Bill Slider Mystery - 9

    The stabbed body of a well-dressed man is found slumped on a swing in a children's playground in the heart of Shepherd's Bush--Detective Inspector Bill Slider's patch. From the seedy pubs of Shepherd's Bush through the brothels of Notting Hill to ...

  • The Question

    The Moreland Dynasty - 25

    In the last years of the nineteenth century the Morlands' fortunes are changing for the better, as Henrietta and Jerome find a true home at Morland Place, and Teddy ploughs his profits into restoring it to its former glory. But the reverses and crue...

  • Julia

    A tragic tale of love and the bonds of marriage. Teenager Judah Jacobs is employed regularly as a babysitter by Peter and Joyce Kane. When Joyce is taken to hospital, Judah allows herself to be seduced by Peter. They embark on an affair, and eventual...

  • The Dream Kingdom

    The Moreland Dynasty - 26

    London, May 1908. It is the height of Edwardian England, and Jessie Compton has travelled down from Morland Place, the Yorkshire home and ancient seat of the Morland family, to enjoy the delights of the Season. She has one chance to catch the eye of ...

  • Dear Departed

    A Bill Slider Mystery - 10

    It's Detective Inspector Bill Slider's day off and he had hoped to have some quiet time with Joanna, his pregnant fiancee. But a woman's body is found in the park and he finds himself back to work sooner than he expected. At first glance, it looks as...

  • The Restless Sea

    The Moreland Dynasty - 27

    England, 1912. The largest, most luxurious ship the world has ever seen is about to make its maiden voyage. Teddy Morland will be aboard the Titanic -- along with his niece Lizzie and her husband and children, on their way to start a new life in Ar...

  • The Colonel's Daughter

    A poignant and emotional love story

    In the summer of 1954, George West met young Josella Grace, the daughter of a retired colonel, and fell passionately in love with the reserved but beautiful girl a love that seemed destined never to be fulfi...

  • The White Road

    The Moreland Dynasty - 28

    August 1914: the whole country is thrilled by the declaration of war. The British Experditionary Force goes off toe France to defend gallant little Belgium, and thousands more young men rush to volunteer, hoping to see action before the war ends at ...

  • The Burning Roses

    The Moreland Dynasty - 29

    In 1915 the first euphoria of the war has worn off, but the nation is more determined than ever to win. When Ned is sent to the Front ahead of his battalion, Jessie, already involved in various charity works, feels the need to do more and becomes an ...

  • Harte's Desire

    The grass is always greener . . . - Polly wonders how she managed to capture husband Seth, and frets over her inability to give him the family he wants. A few doors away, her friend Ginnie is bored. Her only excitement is fantasizing over the latest ...

  • The Measure of Days

    The Moreland Dynasty - 30

    1916. England is at war, and the Morland family is in the thick of it, with two men already in France and three more soon to go. Tragedy strikes Morland Place when Jessie's husband Ned is reported missing on the Western Front. His father launches a d...

  • Game Over

    A Bill Slider Mystery - 11

    A Bill Slider Mystery - When ex-BBC correspondent Ed Stonax is found dead, the last thing Detective Inspector Slider needs to complicate his life is the reappearance of an old enemy issuing death threats. Trevor Bates, aka The Needle, is on the loose...

  • The Foreign Field

    The Moreland Dynasty - 31

    1917: The Great War enters its third year. For families everywhere, war has become a way of life: and for none more than the Morlands. The last son at home, Robbie, is called up. Patriarch Teddy is glad to welcome Helen, coming 'home' to Morland Pla...

  • Fell Purpose

    A Bill Slider Mystery - 12

    Bank Holiday Monday, and beautiful Zellah Wilding -- straight-A student, prefect, future Head Girl -- lies dead near the famous Wormwood Scrubs prison in London. What was this good Christian girl doing out there, dressed to kill, when she was suppose...

  • The Fallen Kings

    The Moreland Dynasty - 32

    1918: German troops flood back from the Eastern Front for an all-out assault in France, before the Americans can join the war. The under-strength British retreat, and for the first time the real possibility of defeat comes home to a shocked nation. A...

  • The Dancing Years

    The Moreland Dynasty - 33

    1919. As the euphoria of the Armistice fades, the nation counts the cost: millions dead or disabled, unemployment, strikes and shortages. As prices and taxes rise, it becomes harder to remember what the war was for.Teddy tries to recreate balance but...

  • Body Line

    A Bill Slider Mystery - 13

    David Rogers was a doctor, handsome, charming and rich. He lived the lifestyle of a consultant--expensive clothes, top restaurants, exclusive clubs--until someone killed him in the hallway of his lovely million-plus-pound house. But when Bill Slider ...

  • Kill My Darling

    A Bill Slider Mystery - 14

    When Melanie Hunter goes missing, the men in her life come under suspicion. And there's plenty to suspect; lies, half-truths, deceptions. When you pull one thread, the whole fabric of family life can come apart. There are secrets in Melanie's past, a...

  • The Winding Road

    The Moreland Dynasty - 34

    In the 34th installment, the Jazz Age is in full swing in New York, while the London General Strike calls for everyone to help out 1925. England is prosperous; the nation has put the war behind it, and hope is in the air. Polly Morland is the mos...

  • Country Plot

    Jenna’s life is perfect . . . perfect chaos! - One lousy Monday, Jenna loses her gorgeous job, her even more gorgeous boyfriend, and her home. In an attempt to put aside her personal woes, Jenna goes to catalogue books for an elderly cousin, Kitty ...

  • Blood Never Dies

    A Bill Slider Mystery - 15

    Bill Slider and his team face a mystery when an unidentifiable man appears to have committed suicide but all signs point to murder A boiling-hot August day and a handsome young man is found dead in his bath, exsanguinated. Bill Slider’s colleagu...

  • Kate's Progress

    Kate's latest failure on the London dating scene leads her to escape to an idyllic Exmoor, West Country village where she finds her 'Cinderella Project' - a run-down cottage on the edge of the moors. Her attempt to lead a quiet life there is, how...

  • The Phoenix

    The Moreland Dynasty - 35

    The 35th thrilling installment of The Morland Dynasty series takes readers on a wonderful journey from 1931 to 1936 It is 1931 and the world is still reeling from the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash. Polly Morland has returned to Morland Place...

  • Hard Going

    A Bill Slider Mystery - 16

    A rare week off with his family is rudely interrupted when Slider is called in to investigate the murder of an elderly man, bashed on the head with a bronze statuette, in what Doc Cameron describes as ‘our old friend the Frenzied Attack’. Lio...

  • Goodbye Piccadilly

    War at Home - 1

    Set against the real events of 1914, the first book in an exciting new series from Cynthia Harrod-Eagles is extraordinary in scope and imagination In 1914, Britain faces a new kind of war. For Edward and Beatrice Hunter, their children, servants,...

  • Star Fall

    A Bill Slider Mystery - 17

    Who would kill a charming antiques expert Rowland Egerton, the darling of daytime TV? Bill Slider and his team are on the case... ‘It’s quiet out there,’ says DS Atherton, at Bill Slider’s office window. ‘Too quiet.’ Right on cue, the...

  • Keep the Home Fires Burning

    War at Home - 2

    The year is 1915, and the war is raging on . . . The war was not 'over by Christmas' after all and as 1915 begins, the Hunters begin to settle into wartime life. Diana, the eldest Hunter daughter, sees her fiance off to the Front but doesn't ex...

  • One Under

    A Bill Slider Mystery - 18

    For a policeman, there are some questions that have to be asked even if you don’t want to know the answers... A middle-aged man jumps under a tube train at Shepherd’s Bush station, and a teenage girl is killed in a hit-and-run, in a country l...

  • The Land of My Dreams

    War at Home - 3

    It is 1916 and the Hunters, their friends and their servants are settling down to the business of war. As conscription reaches into every household, Britain turns out men and shells in industrial numbers from army camps and munitions factories up and...

  • Old Bones

    A Bill Slider Mystery - 19

    DCI Bill Slider tackles the coldest of cold cases in this absorbing mystery. A young couple discover human remains buried in the garden of their new house: could this be the resting place of 14-year-old Amanda Knight, who disappeared from the sam...

  • The Long, Long Trail

    War at Home - 4

    In 1917 the Great War rages on, and for the Hunters, their friends and their servants the war is where they live now. David has returned from the Front a shadow of his former self; his sister Diana, newly married, copes with pregnancy alone, her h...

  • The Hostage Heart

    Emotionally hurt in the past, a job in a large country house seems to be Emma’s best option for staying single and safe… When Emma Ruskin becomes governess to 10-year-old Poppy Ackroyd, the haughty Ackroyd family all treat her with contempt -...

  • Shadow Play

    A Bill Slider Mystery - 20

    Bill Slider and his team investigate the murder of a victim with a decidedly shady past in this gripping contemporary mystery. The body of a smartly-dressed businessman turns up in the yard of Eli Simpson?s car workshop. But there?s no ID in the p...

  • The Treacherous Heart

    Anne Symons is content living with her widowed father in a sleepy Dorset town. She has a good job in a solicitor’s office and a kind, reliable, good-looking boyfriend Joe. But when enigmatic, sophisticated Michael Conrad appears on the scene, sh...

  • Till the Boys Come Home

    War at Home - 5

    In 1918 the Great War has taken so much from so many and it threatens to take even more still from the Hunters, their friends and their servants. Edward, in a bid to run away from problems at home, decides not to resist conscription and ends up at...

  • Headlong

    A Bill Slider Mystery - 21

    Bill Slider and his team investigate the death of a prominent literary agent in this intriguing contemporary mystery. When one of London’s best-known literary agents is found dead in strange circumstances, having fallen headlong from his office ...

  • Pack Up Your Troubles

    War at Home - 6

    1919: The war is over, but peace is yet to come. As men are demobbed, women must give up positions that gave them freedom. Edward is given an important job at the Peace Conference in Paris, but it means more lonely months away from Beattie and his...

  • Henry and Friends

    Once upon a time there was a paper bag named Henry. He was a most splendid bag, with handsome stripes of dark blue and white, and a sharply deckled edge that he was very proud of.He lived under the counter in a bookshop in Northwood, in a pile with a...

  • Cruel as the Grave

    A Bill Slider Mystery - 22

    The murder of a personal fitness trainer draws DCI Bill Slider and his team into a baffling investigation where nothing is as it first appears. Fitness trainer Erik Lingoss is found dead in his west London flat, his head smashed by one of his own dum...

  • The Secrets of Ashmore Castle

    Ashmore Castle - 1

    The brand new series, perfect for fans of DOWNTON ABBEY, from the author of the hugely successful MORLAND DYNASTY novelsBehind the doors of the magnificent Ashmore Castle, secrets are waiting to be uncovered . . .1901. When the Earl of Stainton dies ...

  • Dying Fall

    A Bill Slider Mystery - 23

    Power, money, murder . . . Investigating a seemingly accidental death leads DCI Bill Slider and his team down a dark path in this gripping British police procedural. The woman lies dead at the foot of the stairs. It's obvious what happened: she tri...

  • The Affairs of Ashmore Castle

    Ashmore Castle - 2

    The second novel in the Ashmore Castle series, perfect for fans of DOWNTON ABBEY, from the author of the hugely successful MORLAND DYNASTY novelsBehind the doors of the magnificent Ashmore Castle, secrets are waiting to be uncovered . . . England, 1...

  • Before I Sleep

    A Bill Slider Mystery - 24

    The clock is ticking for DCI Slider when a woman goes missing. Can he find her - and does she even want to be found?"[Slider is] one of Britain's most engaging coppers" BooklistFelicity Holland is missing.She left her handsome West London house to go...

  • The Mistress of Ashmore Castle

    Ashmore Castle - 3

    The third novel in the Ashmore Castle series, perfect for fans of DOWNTON ABBEY, from the author of the hugely successful MORLAND DYNASTY novelsBehind the doors of the magnificent Ashmore Castle, secrets are waiting to be uncovered . . . England, 1...

  • The Gathering Storm

    The Moreland Dynasty - 36

    The eagerly-awaited return to the acclaimed Morland Dynasty series, and the 100th novel by Cynthia Harrod-EaglesEngland, 1936The reign of Edward VIII has begun, but danger for the monarchy already looms on the horizon. At home in Morland Place, Polly...

  • Easeful Death

    A Bill Slider Mystery - 25

    A young woman is murdered at the height of summer in this gritty, page-turning mystery set in London and featuring DCI Bill Slider " “one of Britain’s most engaging coppers” (Booklist) Most homicides are young male on young male, and that’s...

  • The Fortunes of Ashmore Castle

    Ashmore Castle - 4

    The fourth novel in the Ashmore Castle series, perfect for fans of DOWNTON ABBEY, from the author of the hugely successful MORLAND DYNASTY novelsBehind the doors of the magnificent Ashmore Castle, secrets are waiting to be uncovered . . ....

Award-Winning Books by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

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1993 RoNA -- Romantic Novel of the Year


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Cynthia Harrod-Eagles has published 105 books.

The next book by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, The Fortunes of Ashmore Castle, will be published in August 2025.

The first book by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, The Waiting Game, was published in January 1972.

Yes. Cynthia Harrod-Eagles has 5 series.
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