Breaking News: The Carlswick Mysteries series has been acquired by dp Books UK.
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Secrets, Lies, and a Stolen Past: The Carlswick Affair launches SL Beaumont’s Carlswick Mysteries
September 26, 2025
A village of secrets, a family’s past: The Carlswick Affair launches SL Beaumont’s gripping mystery series
London, September 2025 – dp books is delighted to announce the signing of mystery and crime author SL Beaumont and the upcoming release of The Carlswick Affair, the opening chapter in her celebrated Carlswick Mysteries series – now available for pre-order.
The War Photographers
She will risk everything to expose the truth.
1943 – Bletchley Park, England
Mae Webster, immersed in the clandestine world of codebreaking at Bletchley Park, is recruited to help unveil a spy who’s on the brink of exposing Britain's most guarded secret: the cracking of the Enigma code. As war rages around her, Mae's life takes an unexpected turn when she falls in love with the enigmatic New Zealand war photographer Jack Knight. Their relationship develops at pace, but tragedy strikes when one of Jack's photographs risks unmasking an elusive double agent.
1989 – Berlin, Germany
Rachel Talbot, a globetrotting photojournalist, ventures into the heart of a fractured Berlin in search of the Stasi officer whom her beloved grandmother Mae blames for betraying their family. Rachel finds herself entangled in the East German uprising and is irresistibly drawn to a charismatic activist. As the Cold War threatens to boil over, Rachel races to expose a traitor before it’s too late.