Blogs in April 2025

Secrets of the Bees 23rd April 2025

Time has forgotten this remote corner of West Cornwall, and left its many secrets undisturbed. Until now… Ezra Curnow has lived in the little cottage on the Trengrose estate all his life. He was born there, as was his...

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The Black Crescent 27th June 2023

Set in fictional Tiziane, based on Tafraoute. Bringing 1950s Morocco vividly to life, Jane Johnson’s masterful new novel, The Black Crescent, is a gripping story of murder, magic and divided loyalties… Hamou Badi is born in a mountain village...

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The White Hare 13th June 2022

In a valley steeped in legend lies an abandoned house where Edens may be lost, found and remade… The White Valley in the far west of Cornwall cuts deeply through bluebell woods down to the sea. The house above...

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The Sultan’s Wife 2nd August 2021

A sweeping historical adventure, set in 17th-century Morocco, from the bestselling author of Court of Lions. Morocco, 1677 The tyrannical King Ismail resides over the palace of Meknes. Through the sweltering heat of the palace streets, Nus Nus, slave...

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The Sea Gate 10th August 2020

One house, two women, a lifetime of secrets… Following the death of her mother, Becky begins the sad task of sorting through her empty flat. Starting with the letters piling up on the doormat, she finds an envelope post-marked...

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