Christopher Redmayne



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Edward Marston and Judith Cutler, author of twenty crime novels with a contemporary setting, compare techniques for writing about crime in the past and in the present. Their talk has been given at several libraries, festivals, bookshops and writers' groups in the UK and in America. MURDER ANCIENT AND MODERN is available for hire. Click the email link at the top of the page to request more information.

"Two of the most entertaining speakers on the crime writing circuit" - Raw Edge Magazine

The Frost Fair cover

Christopher Redmayne, a man of cavalier instincts, is an aspiring young architect, who returns to London in 1666 to find the city destroyed by the Great Fire. Rebuilding starts in earnest. Thanks to his brother, Henry, a cheerful rake, Christopher secures a commission to design his first house. When murder intervenes, the architect forms an unlikely alliance with Jonathan Bale, a Puritan constable, who believes that London was reduced to ashes by its own inner corruption. Yet the pair prove to be highly successful in the investigation of crimes.

THE FROST FAIR

When the River Thames is frozen solid, a frost fair is held on its broad back. Christopher Redmayne is talking to Jonathan Bale and his wife while their two sons are skating. One of the boys finds a dead body frozen under the ice. The murder victim is identified as an Italian fencing master and - to Christopher's horror - his own brother, Henry, is arrested for the crime and admits that he may well have committed it. Christopher's race to prove his brother's innocence is hampered by the fact that Bale believes the man to be guilty and refuses to help.

"Marston's most accomplished piece yet; historical crime of the first order."
The Good Book Guide

"The past is brought to life with brilliant colours, combined with a perfect whodunit. Who needs more?"
Guardian

"Edward Marston weaves an entertaining mystery around a series of credible characters and creates an historical setting that is accessible and identifiable to a modern audience"
The Sherlock Magazine

Purchase online

Amazon UK: Hardcover 280 pages. Published by Allison & Busby, Feb 2003.

Amazon UK: Large Print Hardcover 494 pages. Published by Magna Large Print Books, Mar 2004.

Amazon UK: Paperback 288 pages. Published by Allison & Busby, Feb 2003.

Amazon USA: Large Print Hardcover 494 pages. Published by Ulverscroft Large Print, Mar 2004.

Amazon USA: Paperback 288 pages. Published by Allison & Busby, Mar 2004.

THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE

When aspiring young architect, Christopher Redmayne, attends a party to celebrate the opening of a building he designed, one of the guests, a Member of Parliament, is shot as he leaves. As he seeks the killer, Christopher is plunged into a world of political corruption and conspiracy. Aided by Puritan constable, Jonathan Bale, he makes progress in the investigation until he himself is stalked by a killer. Christopher's dissolute brother, Henry, has to be involved because of his knowledge of political factions, but he proves to be a positive menace when he decides to seduce the daughter of Sir Julius Cheever MP. Christopher believes that Sir Julius was, in fact, the intended murder victim and that the other MP died by mistake in his place. Full of incident, danger, skulduggery and comic invention, THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE is the fifth in the Redmayne series. Like its predecessors, it is a riotous Restoration romp.

Purchase online

Amazon UK: Hardcover 280 pages. Published by Allison & Busby, January 2006.

Amazon UK: Paperback 288 pages. Published by Allison & Busby, January 2007.

Amazon USA: Hardcover 288 pages. Published by Allison & Busby, March 2006.

Amazon USA: Paperback 288 pages. Published by Allison & Busby, April 2007.

REVIEWS

"A serious study of Restoration England but also a galloping adventure story... a story that Thackeray might have written."
- Crime Time

"Marston has given us another riotous Restoration romp."
- Northern Echo

"A heady romp, solidly grounded on fascinating historical detail."
- Kirkus Reviews

Painted Lady cover THE PAINTED LADY

Araminta Jewell is a beautiful young woman with many admirers. Four of them are so desperate to seek her favours that they have formed a Society for the Capture of Araminta’s Maidenhood, with a cash prize for the winner. Henry Redmayne is one of the rakes involved and, like his friends, he is dismayed to learn that Araminta has married in secret. Undeterred, they continue their pursuit of her even when her husband, Sir Martin Culthorpe, is murdered in his garden. The chief suspect is Jean-Paul Villemot, the French artist who has been engaged to paint Araminta’s portrait.

Because he has designed a house for the Frenchman, Christopher Redmayne has a keen interest in the fate of his client. With the aid of his friend, Jonathan Bale, the dour constable, Christopher sets out to solve the crime. He is horrified to discover that his brother, Henry, has been harassing Araminta and he exposes vice and corruption on all sides. When Bale is brutally attacked, Christopher realises how dangerous their pursuit of the killer has become but the two of them persist in the face of repeated setbacks as they track the villain through the dark recesses of Restoration London.

Purchase online

Amazon UK: Hardcover 288 pages. Published by Allison & Busby, January 2007.

Amazon UK: Paperback 288 pages. Published by Allison & Busby, January 2008.

Amazon USA: Hardcover 288 pages. Published by Allison & Busby, April 2006.

Amazon USA: Paperback 288 pages. Published by Allison & Busby, March 2008.

REVIEWS

"A merry Restoration romp through the more nefarious highways and byways of London after the Great Fire."
- Northern Echo