London, 1899. A shocking murder is discovered at the heart of the Tower of London. The dead body of a Yeoman Warder is found inside a suit of armour belonging…

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…Shahida Rahman, Nick Robins and Dr Georgie Wemyss, at the Idea Store, 321 Whitechapel Road London E1 1BU. The event will include Indian dancing! And the authors will also be…

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…resist all the blandishments that come her way. Even her marriage to the staid and ugly Sir Martin Culthorpe has not discouraged the rakes of London; for them she has…

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…friends ranged from writers (Tenessee Williams), to Politicians (JFK), to singers (Sting and Bruce Springsteen). Sad too, that Vidal, who considered himself first and foremost a writer, was met with…

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…delighted to have author Beryl Matthews on the blog today to share the process that works for her. Beryl’s latest novel Friends and Enemies is now out on paperback and…

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…characters not dissimilar to those portrayed by the British cartoonist, Ralph Steadman, and the fantastic Quentin Blake. Klee explained many of his works as ‘curious adventures’, ‘conceived for unexpected characters’…

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…don’t see the water as having super powers. A person isn’t evil before and cleansed after. It’s not a cosmic sheep-dip. It’s simply a nifty New Testament way for people…

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…a look), I got home to find a delivery of a book I’d ordered for a university class next year; The Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead. I can’t…

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…her at Waterstones, Unit 5, O2 Centre, Finchley Road, London NW3 6LU. The first book in this addictive series, Glass Houses, was Voted the NUMBER ONE MOST POPULAR book with…

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…fate as the admiral has in store for Pearce.   Can John Pearce fight to first save himself and his charges from captivity and then to be free from the…

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…the weekend approaches, perhaps I should check out lastminute.com for a cheap flight to Barcelona to ensure this week’s theme continues… Chiara Priorelli, Publicity & Online Marketing Manager Recommend This:…

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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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Caffy’s a tough but vulnerable young woman, feisty as they come. She works for Paula’s Pots, an all-women team of decorators. When one day she sees through a window what…

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…perspective; to not blindly accept one side of the story. One witch is labelled ‘wicked’, the other ‘good’, but do we really know what happened? It’s a question to apply…

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…From the gas-lit clamour of London’s streets, to the isolated Welsh countryside, the great detective Sherlock Holmes, accompanied as always by his faithful friend and biographer Dr Watson, must solve…

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Considered by some to be Budd Schulberg’s masterpiece, The Disenchanted tells the tragic story of Manley Halliday, a fabulously successful writer during the 1920s — a golden figure in a…

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He may be a giant but giants have been licked before. Don’t forget Goliath. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Eddie Lewis, former student of Princeton and would-be…

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Eight years ago, the national tabloids had a feeding frenzy over the ‘Primal Cut’ killings. The Garrod brothers, East End butchers, had turned their expertise to rendering human flesh. The…

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…at RIverside Studios, Crisp Road, Hammersmith, London, W6 9RL. You’ll also get the chance to buy Dr Dale’s book and get it signed after the show! To book tickets phone…

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…The Summer House, by Mary Nichols – buy from Amazon, Kobo, Apple The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, by Lauren Willig – buy from Amazon, Kobo, Apple Molly’s Millions,…

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