Allison & Busby
Shot in Southwold
It’s 1960, and Lady Fawcett accepts an invitation to the set of a film being shot in Suffolk by her…
Love and Other Consolation Prizes
Editors' choice
A few years after being transported to Seattle, Ernest Young, a mixed-race orphan from China, finds the course of his…
Woman Enters Left
Fans of “on the road” stories will love this dual-period novel, which follows two friends, aspiring writer Florrie Daniels and…
Falling Creatures
When Shilly is taken to the hiring fair at All Drunkard and signed away by her father, she never expects…
Date with the Executioner
1816. The book opens with a duel at dawn at Chalk Farm in London. At the last moment, the duel…
The Girl from Simon’s Bay
Editors' choice
Simon’s Town is on the coast of South Africa and dominated by the Royal Navy port. In 1937, the dockyard…
In This Grave Hour: A Maisie Dobbs Novel
It is September 1939, and private investigator Maisie Dobbs is back in business in her old office at Fitzroy Square.…
Swimming Home
MacColl gives us a thoroughly enjoyable read in this book describing the changing circumstances of 15-year-old Catherine Quick in 1925.…
Puritan
This follow-up to the outstanding Birthright continues the intriguing story of Mercia Blakewood. Having arrived in America and discovered the…
Elementary Murder: A Lancashire Detective Mystery
1894, Wigan in Lancashire. Miss Dorothea Gladstone applies for a teaching post at George Street Elementary School, a post for…
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