The Reen Ledger
A standalone novel
A forensic auditor comes home to the Gwent Levels to prove that his brother's death was no suicide.
The Arcane Pen and Key
An independent imprint publishing the crime fiction of Matthew Palmer and the historical fiction of Thomas Cradock.
The authors
Matthew Palmer Crime and mystery Cathedral closes, Fenland conspiracies and the institutions that close ranks. 8 novels in print Visit the author page Thomas Cradock Historical fiction Frontier wars, old gods and the men who walk between them. 2 novels in print Visit the author pageLatest from the imprint
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The Secrets of Bodmin Moor
The Heritage Files, book 2
A travel vlogger vanishes on Bodmin Moor while filming at a forgotten tin mine.
Fall from the Frontier
Algernon Fairfax, book 1
Yorkshire, 1812. A second son buys a lieutenancy, a berth to Upper Canada and a war he was never meant to survive.
About the imprint
The Arcane Pen and Key is an independent imprint based in the South West of England. It publishes two writers: Matthew Palmer, whose crime novels are set in cathedral closes, Fenland planning offices and the drained marshes of the Gwent Levels, and Thomas Cradock, whose historical novels range from the Canadian frontier in 1812 to the Norse world at the edge of myth.
The name comes from the seal: a quill and a key crossed between two columns. The pen writes the story down. The key is for the reader, and for the locked rooms, sealed crypts and suppressed ledgers the stories turn on.
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