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The Midnight Peacock (The Sinclair’s Mysteries)

The Midnight Peacock (The Sinclair’s Mysteries)
  • Author(s): Katherine Woodfine, Júlia Sardà (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Edwardian era

A fast-paced historical mystery adventure for readers aged 9+ years, with gorgeous Edwardian period detail. Perfect for fans of Chris Riddell’s Goth Girl series, Enid Blyton and Robin Stevens’s Murder Most Unladylike series. You are cordially invited to Sinclair’s...

The Miller’s Dance: A Novel of Cornwall 1812-1813 (Poldark Book 9)

The Miller’s Dance: A Novel of Cornwall 1812-1813 (Poldark Book 9)
  • Author(s): Winston Graham
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1812/13

Cornwall 1812. At Nampara, the Poldark family finds the new year brings involvement in more than one unexpected venture. For Ross and Demelza there is some surprising – and worrying – news. And Clowance, newly returned from her London...

The Millionaire Plan

The Millionaire Plan
  • Author(s): Karen King
  • Location(s): Devon
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Love or money, what would you marry for? Once Amber Wynters would have said she’d only ever marry for love, but then her scheming, no good two-timing ex-fiancé, Rod breaks her heart, AND bankrupts her parents. There is no...

The Miner’s Lass

The Miner’s Lass
  • Author(s): Glenda Young
  • Location(s): Ryhope, Sunderland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1919

‘You’re a Dinsdale lass, Ruby. Nothing and no one keeps us lot down.’ A life of poverty in a cramped pit cottage is all that seventeen-year-old Ruby Dinsdale has known. Even with her father and younger brother working at...

The Miracle on Ebenezer Street

The Miracle on Ebenezer Street
  • Author(s): Catherine Doyle
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Contemporary

An enchanting tale of Christmas magic from multi-award-winning and bestselling writer Catherine Doyle. A treat for the whole family, perfect for fans of The Christmasaurus and A Boy Called Christmas. ‘An absolute Christmas cracker!’ Ross Montgomery ‘Fizzes with festive...

The Mirror and the Light

The Mirror and the Light
  • Author(s): Hilary Mantel
  • Location(s): England
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 16th century

England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith’s son from Putney emerges from...

The Misadventures of Margaret Finch

The Misadventures of Margaret Finch
  • Author(s): Claire McGlasson
  • Location(s): Blackpool
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Later 1930s

Blackpool, 1938. Miss Margaret Finch – a rather demure young woman – has just begun work in a position that relies on her discretion and powers of observation. Then, her path is crossed by the disgraced Rector of Stiffkey...

The Miseducation of Evie Epworth

The Miseducation of Evie Epworth
  • Author(s): Matson Taylor
  • Location(s): Yorkshire
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Humour
  • Era(s): 1960s

July, 1962 Sixteen year-old Evie Epworth stands on the cusp of womanhood. But what kind of a woman will she become? The fastest milk bottle-delivery girl in East Yorkshire, Evie is tall as a tree and hot as the...

The Missing

The Missing
  • Author(s): C L Taylor
  • Location(s): Bristol
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

‘The Missing has a delicious sense of foreboding from the first page, luring us into the heart of a family with terrible secrets and making us wait, with pounding hearts for the final, agonizing twist. Loved it’ Fiona Barton,...

The Missing Family

The Missing Family
  • Author(s): Tim Weaver
  • Location(s): Dartmoor, London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

One family… On a beautiful summer’s day, at a remote lake in the middle of Dartmoor, three members of the Fowler family take a dinghy out onto the water, leaving mother Sarah at the shore. Less than sixty seconds...

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