1903. The British Empire has reached its probable apogee: so much of the world map is coloured red and the sun never set on its boundaries. But Lord Curzon, the…

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Shortlisted for the Kobo eDunnit Award Returning to their tranquil Sussex home, Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes discover a beautiful rock mysteriously planted in the flower bed – a rock…

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Spring, 1937. Four years after she set sail from England, leaving everything she most loved behind, Maisie Dobbs is making her way home, only to find herself in a dangerous…

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Norfolk 1939. The start of World War II brings about dramatic changes for the de Lacey family. Their eldest daughter Elizabeth is expected home any day from France when an…

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The Lake District, 1948. When Chrissie Kemp arrives to visit her grandmother Georgia, she is not prepared for the shocking revelation which will throw her family into turmoil. Chrissie is…

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In this first instalment of the Bow Street Rivals series a riot breaks out in Dartmoor prison, enabling some American inmates to escape. The twin detectives Peter and Paul Skillen…

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Matt Hunter lost his faith a long time ago. Formerly a minister, now a professor of sociology, he’s writing a book that debunks the Christian faith while assisting the police…

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…artefacts, one man’s life, or needless death, is truly beyond price. Will he be able to solve the case, or will it disappear into the annals of Orkney? Recommend This:…

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For the first time in my thirteen years, I have a story of my own to tell and I am the one who will tell it.   It is only…

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As undertaker Drew Slocombe drove to Greta Simmonds’ burial in Broad Campden, deep in the heart of the Cotswolds, thoughts of his troubles at home and at work played on…

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When tragedy strikes Alba Ashby, she finds herself at the door of a house she’s never noticed before. Number Eleven, Hope Street in Cambridge is no ordinary house. Its walls…

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Chief of the Intelligence Department Sir Leonard Wallace – bearing always the hall mark of coolness and wit – is up to his earlobes in trouble. Summoned by the Viceroy…

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WINNER OF THE GOLDSBORO LAST LAUGH AWARD The latest hilarious and scathing satire from Ruth Dudley Edwards ‘…the Turner Prize…is named after an innovative painter of genius and is awarded…

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THE HARDBACK EDITION WILL BE SUPPLIED AT THE PAPERBACK PRICE Behind the elegant doors of Caper Court, the elite barrister’s chamber, are the hard choices, the ethical dilemmas, the overlap…

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…oh it works. It SO works. The two Kjell Eriksson paperbacks: The Princess of Burundi and The Hand that Trembles. They scream Scandinavian crime and I find the spines stand…

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…the virus issue. Apparently Macs just don’t get viruses – whereas my previous laptop, well, that’s exactly what killed it. Death by Trojan. I had the full works – computer…

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…dull if everything always finished neatly with a ‘And they lived happily ever after’. And let’s face it, it’s how the real world works – bad things often do happen…

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…the story and tell it in the order it comes to me, knowing that in the editing process I will be able to shape it. It works for me until…

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…someone else. It just makes you think – what great literary works have been chopped up and rearranged? As it turns out, quite a few. I came across this: Ten…

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…romance, and Kearsley also adds the complication of time travel to the mix which works on many levels. Shifting Colours by Fiona Sussman. From Apartheid-era South Africa to the bleak…

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I won’t be the first to say that for many authors, writing is not a very profitable line of work. When a book really works, it REALLY works but the…

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