Julie Parker
Operation Goodwood: A Mirabelle Bevan Mystery
Mirabelle Bevan, head of a debt-collecting agency in 1950s Brighton, enjoys a day out to see motor racing at Goodwood…
Tread Softly Alice
Mrs Emma Cheevey is the surprised beneficiary of her aunt’s will, leaving her a fortune and a partly derelict house,…
Smoke and Mirrors: A Stephens and Mephisto Mystery
In this novel Detective Inspector Stephens and magician, Max Mephisto, who previously appeared in Elly Griffith’s novel The Zigzag Girl,…
The Scarlet Sisters: My Nanna’s Story of Secrets and Heartache on the Banks of the River Thames
The author paints a touching picture in this memoir beginning with the first chapter ‘Prologue: The End’ in which she…
The Story of Britain
Starting from the very beginning of known British history in the Bronze Age and moving swiftly on to the Roman…
Lady Jane Grey: Queen for Sale
One of the series Before They Were Famous from Walker Books, this title by Caroline Corby is surprisingly readable. Often…
Henry Vlll
Another title in the series Lives in Action, Henry VIII begins with Henry’s brother, Arthur, set to inherit the crown…
Spartacus
One of a newly published series of non-fiction for primary age children called Lives in Action, this title tells the…
Greek Myths
Fresh take on some of the most important Greek myths, illustrated in a very modern way in tones of grey…
The Eagle of the Ninth Chronicles
It is pleasing to be able to report the re-issue of Rosemary Sutcliff’s trilogy, The Eagle of the Ninth, The…
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