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Louise Tree

The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries: Drama and Danger

By Joanna Williams - Published 2022

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In the prologue to this middle-grade mystery, twelve-year-old Lizzie is told an African proverb by her wise mother: give voice to the lions, ...Read Review

The Forest of Moon and Sword

By Amy Raphael - Published 2021

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In 1647, Britain is riven by civil wars. When Arty’s mother is taken away by soldiers, she finds herself at the heart of ...Read Review

The Colony of Good Hope

By Kim Leine - By Martin Aitken (trans.) - Published 2022

Genres:

Literary

When the King of Denmark colonises Greenland in 1728, he forcibly marries military prisoners to street women, then sends them to service a settlement ...Read Review

Dark Arts, Dark Acts

By Orlando Pearson - Published 2021

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Mystery/Crime

1940. Sherlock Holmes is a secret government asset. Tasked by Foreign Office Minister “Rab” Butler to negotiate the mutual exchange of POWs, he travels ...Read Review

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