Stories for the hours when the rest of the house is asleep.
An independent press publishing atmospheric fiction: classic mysteries set in 1930s France, a very British comedy of crooks and country houses, and quiet novels about loneliness, trust and the voices we listen to at night.
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All books →The Étienne Vallon Novels
by Lucien MarrecA former Marseille inspector, a Channel lock and the restless France of 1935–36. In the tradition of Simenon.
Toby & Doris Capers
by Percy ApplegarthA gentleman con man, a girl from a Soho club with far more sense, and the England of 1968.
Novels
by R. M. CalderQuiet, piercing stories about people, technology and trust.
From the Journal
All articles →The women who look after Europe’s parents
Live-in carers from Eastern Europe keep hundreds of thousands of elderly people at home. What their lives are like, and what they leave behind.
“Good morning, my dear”: how romance scams find lonely people
Who is really writing those messages, why the scripts work so well, and the warning signs worth knowing.
Talking to the machine at 3 a.m.
Loneliness, late nights and AI companions: what we know so far about the voices people turn to when no one else is awake.