- Location(s): New York State
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 21st century
Nat and Ruth are young orphans, living in a crowded foster home run by an eccentric religious fanatic. When a traveling con-man comes knocking, they see their chance to escape and join him on the road, proclaiming they can...
- Location(s): Swindon
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1943
In 1943, as war rages across Europe, Britain’s Great Western Railway (GWR) Works’ labour force is comprised of a few men too valuable, old or infirm for active service and thousands of recently recruited women. With critical skills in...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1920s
This book follows Clarissa Dalloway through one day as she goes about preparing a party that same evening. This beautiful day brings back memories of her childhood, and ponders her choice of husband – should she have married Mr...
- Location(s): Yorkshire
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Early 20th century
Mrs England is a gripping feminist mystery where a nanny must travel to Yorkshire to a grand house filled with secrets. For there’s no such thing as the perfect family… ‘Something’s not right here.’ I was aware of Mr...
- Location(s): Poland
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): Turn of 20th Century
If Wes Anderson wrote feisty, female-led mysteries set in Poland, this is what he might write! Cracow, 1893. Desperate to relieve her boredom and improve her social standing, Zofia Turboty ska decides to organise a charity raffle. In a...
- Location(s): Gloucestershire, Moreton in Marsh
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1946
There are no white shrouded spectres here, no wailing ghouls. Just the echoes of those who have passed, whispering that history is set to repeat itself … The Cotswolds, Christmastime 1946: A young widow leaves behind the tragedy of...
- Location(s): Slough
- Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
The debut cosy culinary crime thriller from Suk Pannu, creator of BBC Radio 4’s Mrs Sidhu Investigates and writer for Goodness, Gracious, Me and five series of the Emmy Award winning Kumars at No. 42 Mrs. Sidhu – unofficial...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1960s
‘Dark, twisty, and thoroughly entertaining, Mrs Spy is a Thursday Murder Club for spies. You won’t be able to put it down’ – Ava Glass Get ready for a pulse-pounding, laugh-out-loud ride through 1960s London as Maggie Flynn, unexpected...
Mrs. Endicott’s Splendid Adventure
- Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Mystery
- Era(s): Leading up to WW2
Blindsided by betrayal in pre-WWII England, a woman charts a daring new course in this captivating tale of resilience, friendship, and new love by the bestselling author of The Rose Arbor and The Venice Sketchbook. Surrey, England, 1938. After...
- Location(s): Connecticut, Ann Arbor, Atlanta, Detroit
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 950s to present1
Jo and Bethie Kaufman were born into a world full of promise. Growing up in 1950s Detroit, they live in a perfect ‘Dick and Jane’ house, where their roles in the family are clearly defined. Jo is the tomboy,...
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