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The Tailor’s Needle
Set in India in the 1930s, this novel follows the fortunes of Sir Saraswati and his three children, Yogendra, Maneka…
Something Hidden
In 1928 a train crash and fire in Gloucestershire killed twenty people. Among the dead are two beautifully dressed…
Crooked Smile
The wages due to the Irish navvies digging a cutting for the Kelsford Canal are snatched, then one of the…
Kill-Grief
‘Kill-grief’ is 18th-century cant for gin, and this novel certainly is awash with the stuff. Mary arrives in Chester in…
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