Chris Purser Books in Order

A brief collection brings together Chris Purser’s horror stories in a single volume.

Chris Purser gathers his own poems in a brief collection arranged without a prescribed sequence. The volume presents a selection of his verse, giving readers a compact introduction to this part of his writing.

Twenty-one poems make up this second collection, which moves between subjects instead of following one central theme. Wit and nonsense appear among the selections, offering readers a brief assortment of Purser’s verse in a single volume.

Purser’s third poetry collection brings together another selection of his verse without a prescribed sequence. This brief volume continues his series of poetry collections, presenting the poems together as individual pieces within a compact book.

The murder of Leo Ricardo draws Bill Foster into a case that becomes more complicated as a trial approaches. Concerned for Mary Cowan’s safety, he must navigate legal conflict and possible threats against the woman he is trying to protect.

British naval officer Henry Rochester fights the French during the Napoleonic Wars. This opening Rochester Chronicles adventure introduces his service at sea against the background of the military conflict that shaped early nineteenth-century Europe.

The Rochester Chronicles continue with a short maritime adventure set during the Napoleonic Wars. This second installment returns to the series’ wartime setting, placing its seafaring story against the conflict between Britain and Napoleonic France.

This historical novel centers on a Missouri family in the period immediately following the American Civil War. Its focus places a household’s story against the setting of a country emerging from conflict and the aftermath of war.

Misery provides the unifying subject for this brief collection of poems by Chris Purser. The volume gathers his verse around that single emotional theme, presenting a focused selection within his wider body of poetry.

Birds, prayer, ordinary lives, and the biographies of favorite poets supply subjects for this varied collection. Drawing material from different kinds of prose, Purser brings these concerns together in a brief selection of his poetry.

British soldiers arriving in the Caribbean during the First World War encounter people held captive by a mysterious group. Their discovery brings an unfamiliar situation into their wartime journey, centering the story on the captives and their strange captors.

A group of MI5 officers works from a highly secure office suite within Thames House. Known as the Zone, their workplace forms the setting for a story following the officers’ work inside Britain’s domestic intelligence service.

Winter is the central subject of this brief poetry collection by Chris Purser. The selection gathers his verse around the season, forming a focused volume alongside the other themed and varied collections in his poetry.

Bill Foster faces another investigation as Fiona Ramsey takes on a case of her own. His fears for her safety put pressure on their relationship, raising questions about whether he can support her work without letting worry overwhelm them.

Holly and Pine recognize a connection while they are still young, but their timing repeatedly fails them. This first installment in the Home sequence introduces a relationship shaped by the question of whether they met too soon for love.

Holly and Pine’s story moves between their first encounters as youngsters and Holly’s later medical studies at Harvard. This second installment follows their developing lives across different periods, continuing the relationship introduced in the opening part.

At the transition from the Victorian to the Edwardian era, Michael Pearce tries to understand the world around him. His efforts to make sense of his surroundings anchor this story set at the turn of the century.

Peace supplies the shared theme for this short selection of poems by Chris Purser. The collection brings his verse together around that subject, adding a focused volume to his other collections of themed and varied poetry.

The seven deadly sins provide the subject of this book, examining the Christian grouping of pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. Its focus includes how ordinary desires and passions become excessive or destructive.

This history introduces the Tudor dynasty, from its Welsh origins and rise after the Wars of the Roses to its rule over England. Five monarchs span the period between the Plantagenets and the succeeding Stuart house.

Archaeology professor Brendan Sheridan travels in search of artifacts, beginning in the Andes before continuing to Bolivia. His first adventure introduces a globe-traveling academic whose search for objects from the past drives the continuing Sheridan series.

Ray Dowrich must untangle arson, blackmail, and murder to save his client Clem Owen from execution. With Kim Boswell and Paul Drake helping him, he searches for answers in a case where a life depends on the outcome.

Uncle Henry attempts to trick the rest of his family in this lighthearted three act play set in Sussex. His scheme leaves the question of whether his relatives will fall for it at the center of the comedy.