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Mr Mac and Me

Mr Mac and Me
  • Author(s): A S A Harrison, Esther Freud
  • Location(s): Suffolk
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): WW1

Thomas Maggs, the son of the local publican, lives with his parents and sister in a village on the Suffolk coast in 1914. He is the youngest child, and the only son surviving. Life is quiet – shaped by...

Mr. Sagittarius: Poetry and Prose

Mr. Sagittarius: Poetry and Prose
  • Author(s): M J Mallon
  • Location(s): Cambridge, England
  • Genre(s): Poetry
  • Era(s): Present Day

Who is Mr. Sagittarius? And what is his connection to twin brothers Harold and William? When Harold dies he leaves a simple memorial request. Will his sister Annette honour it? Or, will the magic of the garden ensure that...

Mrs A’s Indian Gentlemen

Mrs A’s Indian Gentlemen
  • Author(s): Neil McCallum
  • 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...

Mrs Dalloway

Mrs Dalloway
  • Author(s): Virginia Woolf
  • 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...

Mrs England

Mrs England
  • Author(s): Stacey Halls
  • 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...

Mrs P’s Book of Secrets

Mrs P’s Book of Secrets
  • Author(s): Lorna Gray
  • 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...

Mrs Sidhu’s ‘Dead and Scone’

Mrs Sidhu’s ‘Dead and Scone’
  • Author(s): Suk Pannu
  • 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...

Mrs Spy

Mrs Spy
  • Author(s): M J Robotham
  • 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...

Much Ado About You

Much Ado About You
  • Author(s): Samantha Young
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Set in fictional Alnster in Northumberland At thirty-three-years old, Evie’s life in Chicago is missing that special something. When she’s passed over for promotion at work, Evie realizes she needs to make a change. Impulsively, she plans a holiday...

Mudlarking: Lost And Found on the River Thames

Mudlarking: Lost And Found on the River Thames
  • Author(s): Lara Maiklem
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Current

Lara Maiklem has scoured the banks of the Thames for over fifteen years, in pursuit of the objects that the river unearths: from Neolithic flints to Roman hair pins, medieval buckles to Tudor buttons, Georgian clay pipes to Victorian...

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