Ian Shimwell: 79 books

A major sponsor of the Stokeham Herald, a gadgets factory, severs its ties with the newspaper. Trench finds his new colleague, Debsy infuriating, exasperating and dizzy in turn - but can she somehow help? What is the reason for all the sudden changes at the factory? And will Trench, once more, seek guidance from an old friend with a fondness for armchairs..?

  "Read any good books lately?"   What is so different about the Chapter One Book Club? Why don't they exactly welcome new members? Trench surprisingly discovers that a colleague is already an existing member - so why can't he remember joining? And why doesn't he even seem to know...

In fog-enshrouded Victorian London, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson soon become entangled in a deadly web of intrigue and cryptic clues. Who is the silver-caned shadowy stranger? Is Euclid’s College Lecturer, John Kindred really in danger? And what is the connection to the fabled and priceless...

Trench returns to the Riverside Hospital, but still barely remembers it. What is the reason for the severe cutbacks at the hospital? And why, for a struggling hospital, does it have one particular doctor looking after only one particular memory-loss patient? Trench begins to remember. Could...

"Access denied." Trench and Diana visit the local computer fair, The Computer Colony and start to feel its logarithm is slightly skewered. Why has the computer fair been in town for years instead of weeks? What is behind the 'Strictly No Admittance' door? Just why has The Computer...

First ever Armchair Detective two-parter: "Events cast shadows before them." Old Tom, most unlike himself, is suddenly fearful of the 'Old Days'. He eagerly looks into Trench's new mystery to take his mind off his worries. The investigation takes Trench and Debsy away from...

An Armchair Detective feature-length Special “So cold. So very, very cold.” Over ninety years ago, an abandoned boy does not last the night on the bitterly cold snowy streets... Modern-day Stokeham is gripped by a relentless blizzard. Trench and Debsy struggle through the snow to...

"Old Tom, I've lost memory..." Trench turns up on Old Tom's doorstep barely knowing how he came to be there, having seemingly lost all of his memories. Old Tom sits him down and suggests that Trench forgets his lack of memory for now, and carry on as usual. The old fellow even...

Love is in the air, so Editor Law introduces a ‘Loved Up’ section to the Stokeham Herald. Trench and Old Tom can’t help thinking that one particular Loved Up message seems slightly strange. Why did David send the message so close to his big day? Why is he paying for the whole wedding?...

TRENCH'S HOLIDAY CHECKLIST: (for a visit to the sleepy coastal village of Fisherman's Cove.) TOOTHBRUSH - CHECK BUCKET & SPADE - CHECK (I'll need to do some digging.) MYSTERY - CHECK (An enduring fifty year-old one: whatever happened to the brothers Quinn.) GIRLFRIEND...

"What has turned an independent woman into a Stepford Wife?" An old college girlfriend of Sally-Anne's has disturbingly changed since her marriage. Is her friend's controlling husband responsible? Trench and Old Tom have plenty to think about. To help, they must uncover a frightening secret from the past...

"All good things must come to an end." Old Tom begins to realise his time with Trench is nearly over, his work almost complete. But first, there is their most bizarre mystery yet to solve. As new owners prepare to take over the Stokeham Herald, a strange black box sends Trench...

 The village that time forgot...   Trench is invited by his old friend, Geoffrey to spend the weekend in one of the quietest and remotest villages of Shires’ Circle, Squire’s Retreat. A village that is steeped in ‘the Old Ways’. How can the village support a Post Office, public house...

   “Our vendetta will end Thomas, one way or another...” Mandrake challenges his old friend and Trench to locate him within 48 hours. If they don’t, Mandrake will die from a time-activated self-inflicted poison. If Trench can find him and administer the antidote in time, Mandrake has...