Peter Rimmer Books in Order

A wartime promise draws Rupert Pengelly toward Rhodesia and a missing orphan after his hopes of inheriting a Cornish farm collapse. His search and new life unfold amid family loyalties, political upheaval, and the transformation of a country.

With their English estate near ruin, Sir Thomas Beaumont and his four sons pursue fortunes and lives across Britain and Asia. Ambition, divided loyalties and the Second World War test whether their family legacy can survive a changing imperial world.

Exiled by his father in 1887, Sebastian Brigandshaw leaves England and the woman he loves for southern Africa. Friendship with a Boer hunter helps him build a new life, but approaching war and news from home threaten his sense of belonging.

A telegram ends Harry Brigandshaw’s carefree English summer and sends him back to Rhodesia. When the First World War later takes his brother, he enlists in anger, while a former acquaintance’s jealousy develops into a deeply personal threat.

After a lost romance drives Will Langton to Africa, he returns to England with money and unresolved longing. His ambitious brother’s financial advice conceals manipulation, complicating Will’s search for happiness and the woman he has never forgotten.

Haunted by war and lost love, James Bowman arrives in 1920s Rhodesia and meets an adventurer promising a lost civilization. Joining the expedition offers possible renewal, but doubts about its leader complicate a dangerous journey into unfamiliar country.

Justine and her friends arrive at Second Beach for a summer holiday amid a colorful coastal community. A film crew and a suspicious newcomer turn leisure into an investigation, drawing the group into a dangerous effort to uncover his plans.

Two disappointed fortune-seekers accept Harry Brigandshaw’s invitation to Elephant Walk in 1923 Rhodesia. Their entry into colonial wealth exposes tensions within his marriage, drawing friendship, desire and loyalty into a fragile household where betrayal threatens to overturn their refuge.

Returning after years presumed dead in the Congo, Harry Brigandshaw finds his shipping business broken up, his fortune depleted and his family dispersed. As depression and approaching war unsettle society, he fights to rebuild the life others believed had ended.

In 1938, Harry Brigandshaw searches for a German friend reportedly seized by the Nazi secret police. Landing in Switzerland, he encounters divided family loyalties and tightening surveillance, turning a personal rescue effort into a confrontation with the approaching catastrophe in Europe.

Marguerite Stearle’s life carries her from rural Dorset to Rhodesia, where love and attachment to the land meet political upheaval. War, changing social expectations, and guerrilla violence test her family’s determination to preserve a home and shared future.

After the Shona rebellion, James Carregan joins ambitious Gavin Morgan in Cape Town, where wealth and romance offer new prospects. Gavin’s secret dealings with both sides of the coming Boer conflict force James to weigh friendship against loyalty to his country.

The next Beaumont generation pursues theater, identity and fortune across Britain, Asia and Africa in a world altered by war. Family legacy collides with prejudice, unconventional choices and rivalry as the heirs of Merry Hall seek futures of their own.

Arriving in postwar London, Frank Brigandshaw confronts the aristocrat he believes is his father and refuses to accept rejection quietly. His search for truth unsettles society and his own family, exposing secrets that threaten the relationships holding them together.

Artist Livy arrives in 1950s Rhodesia after a shipboard romance complicates her planned future with an aspiring farmer. Colonial expectations and competing desires force her to weigh security, artistic freedom and belonging in a society beginning to change.

In 1890, James Carregan leaves his sheltered English life to seek adventure with a pioneer column entering Mashonaland. Dangerous agreements and escalating conflict force him to consider whether the life he builds in colonial Africa justifies its human cost.

At a London anti-apartheid march, reporter Harry becomes fascinated by activist Petronella and her connection to Josiah Makoni. Romantic rivalry intersects with their competing political loyalties as Rhodesia moves toward unilateral independence and a bitter struggle over its future.

Katie leaves England to marry Bobby and build a new life on a Rhodesian farm. Isolation, danger and growing political unrest erode the freedom she expected, forcing her to reconsider a marriage and country approaching the Bush War.

Safari host Mark Dacks conceals an illegal diamond trade behind an exclusive African tour. When a secret exchange ends in betrayal, he moves his guests to an island refuge, where danger deepens and his hostess becomes central to a deadly confrontation.

After a shooting overturns his life, Randall Crookshank leaves Rhodesia for London and struggles to establish himself without family charity. New friendships carry him toward New York, where a tempting proposal raises the possibility of fresh danger.

Broke and separated from his wife and son, Randall returns to Africa and retreats beside the Zambezi to heal and write. Just as solitude restores his creativity, an approaching boat brings a summons back to the world he hoped to escape.

Returning to Zimbabwe after his brother’s wedding, safari operator Phillip questions a future spent alone beside the Zambezi. His attraction to American visitor Martha seems temporary to him, but her determination to keep him challenges his devotion to Africa.

Phillip retreats to the Zambezi after his marriage falters, but an urgent letter draws him back to America. Rebuilding in New York, he encounters a homeless man with a hidden history, and his instinct to help threatens unexpected consequences.

Despite fame, money and a family in New York, Randall cannot write and longs for Africa. Alcohol and a failing marriage lead him back to the Isle of Man, where he struggles to recover purpose and reconnect with the love he has lost.

Guido Martelli leaves a troubled past to build a new life managing a sugar estate in colonial Rhodesia. Along the Zambezi, ambition and tangled relationships bring conflict as the surrounding society approaches profound change.

Seeking escape from celebrity, Randall travels to Africa with Jane, whose own literary ambitions complicate their relationship. As parenthood approaches, their journey forces choices about home, happiness, and whether they can leave the pressures of fame behind.

In 1970s South Africa, mining heir Jenson Northrop struggles with the privileges of apartheid while his friend Kaytabana Majourla faces the demands of tradition and liberation. Politics, family ambitions, and forbidden attachments test their friendship as unrest intensifies.

Born on the same day in a South African coastal village, Matt and Luke grow into very different lives under apartheid. Business success and political exile test their childhood bond as racism and resistance reshape their country.