Blogs in February 2024

The Toffee Factory Girls 19th February 2024

In 1915 three women start work at a toffee factory in the market town of Chester-le-Street, Durham. Anne works for the enigmatic owner Mr Jack. She is highly efficient and whips Mr Jack’s disorganised office – and Mr Jack...

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Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel 29th November 2023

Seaview Hotel, Book 3 In the charming Yorkshire seaside town of Scarborough, a killer game is being played . . . Helen Dexter is enjoying the new four-star status of the Seaview Hotel. But she begins to wonder if...

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The Sixpenny Orphan 7th May 2023

‘Please, sir, take us both. We only have each other. We don’t know how to live apart.’ After the death of their parents, sisters Poppy and Rose are taken in by widow Nellie Harper. But whilst they have a...

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A Mother’s Christmas Wish 20th November 2022

‘I hope this Christmas is better than last year’s.’ Following a scandalous affair, wayward Emma Devaney is sent in disgrace from her home in Ireland to Ryhope, where she will live with her widowed aunt, Bessie Brogan, and help...

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Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel 4th May 2022

Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel is a fun, cosy crime / murder mystery set in Scarborough and published by Headline. It stars an acting troupe who arrive at Helen Dexter’s Seaview Hotel to rehearse a play they hope...

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