Lynn Brittney Books in Order

Holocaust survivor Anna seeks permission to settle in newly established Israel and undergoes a psychiatric assessment. Prejudice and unexpected news about her surviving husband complicate the interview, forcing those present to reconsider their understanding of suffering and survival.

Dead council employees face paperwork and endless waiting before entering the afterlife. Newly deceased planning officer Carol brings her own experience of obstructing the public, threatening to make an already impenetrable bureaucracy even harder for others to navigate.

A residents’ meeting about ground rent turns into a confrontation with divorce, sexuality and controlling husbands. Four women discover shared frustrations with a society dominated by men and begin considering how to restore balance in their lives.

This illustrated activity book explores the Holy Land across five millennia. Maps, a scroll, replica coins and other objects accompany the historical material, inviting young readers to investigate its cultures and monuments through hands-on projects.

Young readers explore Roman civilization through an illustrated history and practical activities. Making a villa model, mosaics, a laurel wreath and a protective amulet introduces everyday objects and customs alongside maps and a historical timeline.

Mr Pickwick and his companions travel across England to study its people and customs. Con men, servants, jailers and unruly encounters test their lofty assumptions in this stage adaptation of Dickens’s comic adventures.

Christine, daughter of the American Christmas gift bringer Kriss Kringle, joins her friends in a mission to protect Christmas in England. Their adventure unfolds within a fantasy world where the people responsible for delivering Christmas have lives and problems of their own.

Young actor Nathan Fox leaves Shakespeare's theatrical company to train as a spy for Francis Walsingham. Accompanied by John Pearce, he travels to Venice, where England's search for allies against Spain draws him into intrigue surrounding Othello and Desdemona.

Nathan Fox and John Pearce pursue Spanish treasure through the Netherlands, facing pirates and mercenaries on their mission. Meanwhile, Nathan's sister Marie faces accusations of witchcraft, and the discovery of a possible traitor complicates their work.

When Lord Murcheson is killed in wartime London, his wife confesses but will speak only to a woman. Inspector Beech brings together female professionals and male officers to investigate, establishing an unusual team whose enquiries lead beyond Belgravia's respectable streets.

Nathan Fox and John Pearce confront sorcery and pirates on an Irish mission involving a coded list of Spanish spies. Their work then takes them to sea with Francis Drake as the threat of the Spanish Armada grows.

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge receives visits from three Christmas spirits who confront him with visions of his past, present and possible future. This stage adaptation follows his encounter with the human consequences of a life spent rejecting generosity.

A gossip columnist's apparent suicide becomes a murder investigation when her family's suspicions are confirmed. Caroline Allardice and the Mayfair 100 team examine Lady Adeline Treborne's enemies, uncovering blackmail and fraud beneath the surface of wartime London's high society.

Four naval personnel continue staffing a Cold War bunker that was officially closed years earlier, still receiving their salaries unnoticed. When one man restores its equipment, unexpected transmissions alert headquarters and threaten to expose their comfortable arrangement.

A struggling television soap hires an eccentric consultant to reverse collapsing ratings. Her drastic methods provoke a fierce rivalry with another production, drawing the cast and crew into tricks and revelations that blur the boundary between entertainment and their private lives.

Life at a retirement home for performers becomes chaotic when a serial womanizer disappears while fleeing Russian gangsters. Three residents married to him decide they must bring him back, sending their theatrical circle into an unlikely rescue operation.

In 1919, an advertising newcomer befriends eccentric bookseller Roger Mifflin, his wife, and their young assistant. Their apparently quiet world becomes entangled in a dangerous international conspiracy in this stage adaptation of Christopher Morley’s novel.

Songs, sketches, and wartime government announcements trace one family’s experiences on Britain’s home front during World War II. The revue follows everyday life through the war years, bringing official messages together with domestic concerns and moments of humor.

At a country-house ball in the summer of 1914, solicitor Tom Pritchard befriends the perceptive Victoria Pelham. With war approaching, their shared understanding of its likely consequences leads them through tragedy and the possibility of an unexpected love.

Unemployed Colin escapes into quiz programs while his son Jason remains absorbed in his own world. A storm and power cut deprive them of their distractions, forcing the family to talk and confront tensions they have long avoided.

This play follows fictional Australian volunteer Mick Feeney through the Battle of Fromelles and the later effort to identify its buried dead. His story connects a devastating wartime loss with the search for recognition and a proper resting place.

Breakfast television presenter Carol learns from the papers that she is about to lose her job. With little support from coworkers or her agent, she rebels against her glamorous image, only for her agent to spot a new commercial opportunity.

A tennis club’s poorly attended quiz night falls apart when a confident guest challenges the quizmaster’s questions. Behind the contest, concealed attractions and frustrations emerge, turning carefully prepared entertainment into a disorderly exposure of suburban relationships.

Doris resents losing sole responsibility for the bank’s quiz night to an unsuitable committee. As working grievances emerge around the table, she begins to wonder whether the meeting serves a more calculated purpose than organizing an evening’s entertainment.

A New Year’s Eve board game about the 1960s brings conflicting memories to a gathering of friends and spouses. Generational resentments rise while two younger guests discover shared experiences, unsettling the relationships around the table.

An amateur dramatic society’s movie quiz brings together irritated contestants, a short-handed team, and disruptive rivals. A church fundraiser adds swear boxes to the tables, giving the evening’s accumulated frustrations another way to complicate what should have been harmless entertainment.

Self-service tills arrive at a supermarket, leaving staff worried about jobs while coping with personal troubles and difficult customers. A distressed shopper’s outburst brings their frustrations together in a play about technology’s consequences for already strained lives.

An unidentified woman is found stabbed in Berkeley Square, dressed in expensive clothes despite evidence that she worked in munitions. The Mayfair 100 investigators follow these conflicting clues into London's wartime factories, where harsh working conditions intersect with espionage.

A funeral connected to Waterloo's Necropolis Railway draws the Mayfair 100 investigators into a disturbing case. A murdered young woman, empty coffins and a misplaced corpse send the team after evidence of robbery and corruption surrounding the burial trade.

During wartime unrest in London, the Mayfair 100 team investigates two women abducted during a Zeppelin raid. A discovery on the Thames and a secretive robbery lead them into espionage, classified plans and connections to Romanian royalty.

A magician is murdered before an audience at a Holborn department store in December 1915. As Mayfair 100 investigates another attack, the death of a nearby actress implicates one of their own and makes the case personal.