The first book in the Hatton and Roumande mystery series. A stunning debut rich in period detail and sinister intrigue that introduces a memorable duo – one of London’s first…

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The treacherous times of the Restoration are brought to startling life in an exciting new historical crime series. In 1664, four years after Charles II is restored to the throne,…

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Detective Lou Perlman has become an outcast from police HQ, doomed by a sadistic Chief-Superintendent to a seemingly infinite ‘sick-list’. Deprived of doing battle with Glasgow’s criminal underworld – which…

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The lone swimmer, turning over now to switch to a perfectly executed back crawl wasn’t a man. It was a woman, a girl. It was Catherine. Of course it was…

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1926, the BBC. The nation listens. A woman finds her voice. London, 1926. Maisie Musgrave is thrilled to land a job at the fledgling British Broadcasting Corporation whose new and…

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A new, stand-alone novel from New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Winspear.  By July 1914, the ties between Kezia Marchant and Thea Brissenden, friends since girlhood, have become strained –…

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  The New York Times Bestselling Series ‘All in readiness. An unmarked carriage will be waiting for you behind the house at midnight’ History student Eloise Kelly is in London looking…

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Major Jeremy Maidment, former service man and pillar of the community, only wants to help when his neighbour Mrs Pennysmith is robbed by local con man Luke Chalfont. Appealing to…

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Book 2 in the Great Library series from the UK’s number one bestelling author In Ink and Bone, Jess Brightwell learned that the shining light of the Great Library of…

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…York have proposed an interesting way to encourage people back to their local libraries. Using NFC technology (that’s near field communications, don’t y’know. Am I bluffing my appearance of knowing…

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…morning in poor light and using nail scissors then he hadn’t made such a bad job of it.’ He later shows up, in Herring on the Nile, aboard a paddle…

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…reluctant hero – faces a dilemma. Should he try and track The Girl down? What if she’s The One? But that would mean using the only clues he has, which…

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…her opinion on classic book covers and what she thought the books were about… (Click on the picture to read her responses) I’m not using this just for its cute…

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…and I was mainly excited to see what interesting concoctions I could produce at home using only raw ingredients (bar a nice salad). But having now read the author’s introduction…

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…responding to some urgent requests (using chopsticks whilst you type is a true talent). The rest of the day was spent in meetings. First was a very productive meeting with…

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…set my saga, The Deserter’s Daughter, in Chorlton, but the thing that really triggered my setting it there was my father’s maps. Towards the end of his life, using his…

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I’m feeling all internet savvy today. I’ve been using words like plug-ins and widgets and mini-feeds. I’ve been exploring the plethora of free features that are available on WordPress and…

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…loved it!), new non-traditional sales outlets, the possibility of using NetGalley to generate reviews, the need for some potted plants (I only just refrained from suggesting an office pet –…

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…one tenth of these lovely ladies creativity! Luckily our fabulous Art Editor (and brilliant photographer), Christina Griffiths, is a master at creating works of art using picture libraries (see some…

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A new exhibition is opening tomorrow at the Apthorp Gallery at artsdepot entitled Blue Suede Shoes by a group of artists who go by the collective name Gumbo. “Using the…

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…Facebook! (And you’ll automatically enter a giveaway to win a copy of the book!) Twitter: Tweet your snapshot of the poster and where you spotted it @allisonandbusby using hashtag #foundit…

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