Christina Koning

Spring, 1941. The Second World War has entered a dangerous phase, with British ships being torpedoed in the Atlantic and nightly bombing raids on major ports. At Bletchley Park, top secret home of the nation's code-breakers, the race is on to crack the German Enigma code and thus prevent further naval and military losses. This endeavour is suddenly very close...

1931. The craze for flying leaves Frederick Row lands cold, but a chance encounter with a pilot opens up what he realises is a thrilling and dangerous world of aviation. However, amongst all the glitz and glamour, Fred finds himself tangled in a complex web of suspicion, betrayal, and murder... In Murder at Hendon Aerodrome, Christina Koning masterfully weaves a...

First published as Twist of Fate under A. C. Koning. Summer, 1937. Fred Rowland's peaceful holiday in Cornwall is derailed when a fellow hotel guest and film star is found dead. Fred soon learns that this death took place under suspicious circumstances and finds himself tied up in the police investigation. When his old flame, Secret Service agent Iris Barnes,...

Berlin, 1933. The Nazi regime is gaining a startling amount of power as Hitler is appointed Chancellor. As stark oppression begins to unfold, blind war veteran Frederick Rowlands takes on the most challenging investigation of his life. A glamorous film star has been murdered, and Fred finds himself swept into the German film industry. Fred discovers he is more implicated...

First published as End of Term under A. C. Koning. Cambridge, 1935. Frederick Rowlands, a blind war veteran, is happily married to his wife Edith. The couple are attending an event at St Gertrude's College when they hear about the suspicious death of a research student. Fred was one of the last people to see the student alive, and consequently,...

It is 1939 and the Second World War looms ever closer. Blind war veteran, Frederick Rowlands, travels to the neutral territory of Ireland at the behest of Celia Swift, whose husband, Edward Swift, Lord Castleford, has been receiving mysterious death threats. When a body is discovered, Castleford finds himself being accused of a murder he did not commit. As Castleford's...

First published as Game of Chance under A. C. Koning. 1929. War veteran, Frederick Rowlands, has escaped the bustle of London to a small holding in Kent. Despite the challenges of his blindness, Fred has established a secure life for his family in the countryside. But things are not as they seem ... One afternoon, Fred bumps into an old...

First published as Line of Sight under A. C. Koning. London, 1927. Frederick Rowlands, an injured war veteran, works as a switchboard operator in the city. After being blinded by shrapnel in the First World War, Fred had to adapt and quickly develop his other senses to survive in the bustling city post-war. When Fred comes into contact with elegant...

1942. When Frederick Rowlands arrives in the city in answer to an urgent summons, he finds that the effects of war have not bypassed Oxford, which feels more like a military camp than a university town. His old friend and fellow war veteran, Major Ian Fraser, has been told that there is a spy at large in the university and...

Murder in Dublin by Christina Koning is set in Ireland, 1939. The Second World War looms ever closer. Blind war veteran, Frederick Rowlands, seeks refuge in the neutral grounds of Ireland under the orders of Lady Celia Swift, whose husband, Lord Castleford, has been receiving mysterious death threats. When a body is discovered, Castleford finds himself being accused of a...