…perfect for a Stephen King book – an uneasy read, involving something out-of-the-norm. Moreover, this complete focus on each characters immediately tells the reader that the focus of the book…

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…this very portrait caught our eye, as we recognised it immediately. We used it on the cover to The Governor’s Ladies, by Deryn Lake. Aside from providing a wonderful cover…

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…Mail, was that many Londoners died from ‘The King’s Evil’ (also known as scrofula) – a skin disease and swelling of lymph nodes on the neck, which at the time…

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…like – that of The Holy Thief, by William Ryan. Perhaps it is the fact that the sillhouetted figure is further away in the distance, creating a better effect as…

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…this instantly appealed. I will immediately point out that I had not read the books (and still haven’t), knew little about the intricacies of the plot (still don’t, other than…

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…is devastated. And when Rose learns that it wasn’t a heart attack but a case of suicide her suspicions are immediately roused. Dorothy would never have killed herself – but…

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April, 1933. To the costermongers of London, Eddie Pettit is simply a gentle soul with a near-magical gift for working with horses. When he is killed in a violent accident,…

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Historian Daniel Kind is finding the winter months at Brackdale tough, especially so as his relationship with Miranda is also going through a dark time. Far from the bright lights…

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…what she discovers is something the finest historians have missed: the secret history of the Pink Carnation – the most elusive spy of all time. As she works to unmask…

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Did she slip through the cracks, or was she pushed? When a severed hand is found in an abandoned flat, Detective Jake Porter and his partner Nick Styles are able…

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‘Every good love story has another love hiding within it.’ Brokenhearted and still mourning the loss of her husband, Heidi travels with Abbott, her obsessive-compulsive seven-year-old son, and Charlotte, her…

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The year is 1864 and Detective Inspector Faro’s idyllic life has been shattered by the escape of convicted murderer John McLaw. With countless dead end sightings of the killer and…

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1954, Venice. Rosy Gilchrist’s boss at the British Museum has chosen her to travel to Venice, track down a rare edition of Horace’s Odes and bring it back for their…

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…start reading parts of it – all before having to open the book! It is a cover that quite literally yells at the customer: ‘Read all about it! ‘ (Marvellous!)…

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…fundraising fad that is ‘Movember’. During the eleventh month of each year, men register at www.movember.com and commence their attempts to grow the finest moustache. It can be twirly, bushy,…

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A head teacher’s work is never done, especially if, like Jane Cowan, you’re a victim of your own success. Having done well with Wrayford Primary, she’s now expected to bring…

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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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…people are reported missing, Denton must work backwards – facing corruption from outside and inside the force – before anyone else falls victim to South Yorkshire’s deadly underworld of migrants…

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England 1810. Young Parson Tobias Campion is excited and nervous to be starting at the small parish of Moreton Priory. But his first night in the village brings excitement of…

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…worlds and belongs to none.   ‘A gripping fictional dispatch from the world of talented writers and editors with big dreams, secrets, and booze bills’ – Entertainment Weekly Recommend This:…

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