Bøger af James Sherwood

Presenting through the eyes of a connoisseur looking for quality and bepoke goods in Londons key stylistic historic periods, this title tells the stories of the personalities, shop-keepers and mastercraftsmen who have animated the business of luxury goods for centuries.

A history of the prestigious tailor established in 1806, often considered the founding tailor of Savile Row.

It seems like a routine post-mortem, when Professor Max Fosse and DS Charles Seymour are presented with a mysterious road accident fatality in central Lancashire. The victim has unusual physical characteristics, including a missing rib, an unknown blood group and evidence of extensive genetic engineering. He is identified as a radicalised British terrorist and linked to the suspicious death of a government scientist in the Lake District. The trail of the ongoing investigation leads to Saudi Arabia, the Punjab, war zones in Somalia and Bosnia, and back to the Spanish Civil War, in an ever-unfolding mystery.

This collection of thirteen short stories and Novella include Crime, Horror and Satirical Humour stories.A woman flees her abusive husband to begin a new life. A veteran detective hunts a phantom serial killer.A young man on death row looks back on his life.A detective investigates the abduction and mutilation of a food critic.In the Novella, a man enters hospital for a routine procedure and wakes to find the operation has gone horribly wrong and his life is changed forever.These and other stories explore the dark side of human nature, often with a twist of the macabre.  

The first book of its kind: a dazzling overview of the overlooked art of male jewelry, an increasingly popular requisite of the welldressed contemporary man.

a selective and opinionated guide informed by superlative taste, direct experience and many years of partaking in the very best that London has to offer.

The definitive story of Savile Row, the renowned epicentre of gentlemen's style, and the tailors and illustrious customers who have made it an international destination.