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The Cult of Unicorns

The Cult of Unicorns
  • Author(s): Chrys Cymri
  • Location(s): Northampton
  • Genre(s): Fantasy
  • Era(s): Today

Raven’s ears flicked. ‘Dragons aren’t known for their patience.’ ‘More is the pity,’ said the unicorn. ‘Father Penny and I were about to amicably settle our differences. A dragon invading our home vastly complicates matters.’ Five months ago my...

The Cunning Woman’s Cup

The Cunning Woman’s Cup
  • Author(s): Sue Hewitt
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary and historical

When Alice McCleish’s gardener Brian unearths an object of great archeological significance deep under the compost heap it is not only Alice and her burgeoning friendship with Margaret Allerton, retired Professor of Anthropology, that are affected; the family, friends...

The Curator

The Curator
  • Author(s): M W Craven
  • Location(s): Cumbria
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

It’s Christmas and a serial killer is leaving displayed body parts all over Cumbria. A strange message is left at each scene: #BSC6 Called in to investigate, the National Crime Agency’s Washington Poe and Tilly Bradshaw are faced with...

The Curious Life of Elizabeth Blackwell

The Curious Life of Elizabeth Blackwell
  • Author(s): Pamela Holmes
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1700 - 1740

An engrossing historical saga based on the life of the eighteenth-century woman who endured loss and betrayal—and dared to pursue her dreams. Her parents warned Elizabeth that Alexander Blackwell would not make a dependable husband, and only after eloping...

The Cursing Stone

The Cursing Stone
  • Author(s): Adrian Harvey
  • Location(s): London, Glasgow, The Hebrides
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Present day

Fergus Buchanan has led a charmed life: a doting family, a loving sweetheart and the respect of his neighbours. All is as it should be and nothing stands between him and the limitless happiness that is his destiny. But...

The Cutting Place

The Cutting Place
  • Author(s): Jane Casey
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The gripping new thriller from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author, shortlisted for the Irish Crime Book Awards 2020. You’ve got to be in the club to know the truth. Everyone’s heard the rumours about elite gentlemen’s clubs,...

The Dam

The Dam
  • Author(s): David Almond, Levi Pinfold (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

A lyrical, captivating and beautiful picture book by Carnegie Medal-winner David Almond, illustrated by Kate Greenaway Medal-winner Levi Pinfold. When a great dam was built by the Kielder Water in Northumberland, the valley below slowly filled with water. But...

The Dangerous Stranger

The Dangerous Stranger
  • Author(s): Simon Mason
  • Location(s): Oxford
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

On a warm and pleasant evening in Oxford, gentle city of poets and scholars, rioters outside a hotel full of asylum seekers set a young refugee on fire. The city – the country – convulses in shock. Is this...

THE DARING NIGHT

THE DARING NIGHT
  • Author(s): Robert McCracken
  • Location(s): Liverpool
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Present day

A city has to give up one of its secrets for a detective to catch a killer. Liverpool is in the midst of an emergency. Several people have been poisoned. But DI Tara Grogan is not on the case....

The Dark Lady

The Dark Lady
  • Author(s): Akala
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Young Adult, Historical
  • Era(s): Elizabethan era

A natural storyteller with a vision of his own, THE DARK LADY, Akala’s debut novel for teens will enthuse and entertain teenagers and young adults, showing that reading is a true super-power. A PICKPOCKET WITH AN EXCEPTIONAL GIFT A...

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