An Independent Basel Imprint
The WordFish Group
The WordFish Group GmbH is an independent publisher based in Basel, Switzerland. The imprint publishes the historical fiction of A.J. Tilke.
Forthcoming — June 2026
The Poisoner’s Throne
Book one of The Amarna Mysteries, a quartet of historical crime novels set in Egypt’s Eighteenth Dynasty. A scribe-physician attached to the royal household is pulled into an investigation that threatens the succession itself.
The novel is standalone and launches the series. It will publish in June 2026, followed by The Restoration Trilogy later in the year and the anthology The Twelve Hours of Night in 2027.
About the Imprint
Historical Fiction, Rigorously Sourced
The WordFish Group was founded in Basel in 2016 and focuses on historical fiction anchored in defensible scholarship. Every novel on the list is built from primary source material and from the current state of academic debate in its field.
Our editorial position is analytical rather than generative: research tools and databases verify and cross-check; an author writes and decides. A companion site at amarnamysteries.com/methodology sets out how that works in practice for the current series.
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