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The Pottery Gardener: Flowers and Hens at the Emma Bridgewater Factory

The Pottery Gardener: Flowers and Hens at the Emma Bridgewater Factory
  • Author(s): Arthur Parkinson
  • Location(s): Stoke on Trent
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction, Photography
  • Era(s): 21st century

The Emma Bridgewater factory in Stoke-on-Trent is a mecca for lovers of its iconic pottery, known nationally for its designs featuring florals and farmyard animals. Today, it is a thriving visitor attraction; but tucked within is a walled garden...

The Power of the Wouivre

The Power of the Wouivre
  • Author(s): Emma Hine
  • Location(s): Tuscany, Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Time Slip
  • Era(s): Medieval / Present

Medieval Tuscany is a world of strict divisions – class, politics, gender, and religion – where everyone is bound to their place. Guidaloste degli Orzotti, a young nobleman from 13th-century Siena, has always felt like an outsider. He avoids...

The Pretender

The Pretender
  • Author(s): Jo Harkin
  • Location(s): England, France, Ireland
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1480s

The year is 1483 and England is in peril. The much-despised Richard III is not long for the throne, and the man who will become Henry VII stands poised to snatch the crown for himself. But for twelve-year-old John...

The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney

The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney
  • Author(s): Okechukwu Nzelu
  • Location(s): Manchester
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

How do you begin to find yourself when you only know half of who you are? As Nnenna Maloney approaches womanhood she longs to connect with her Igbo-Nigerian culture. Her once close and tender relationship with her mother, Joanie,...

The Professional

The Professional
  • Author(s): Ashok Ferrey
  • Location(s): Colombo, London, North London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

It is a universally acknowledged truth that an immigrant in England must in want of a visa. In 1980s London, young Sri Lankan Chamath, recently down from Oxford with a degree in Maths, struggles to reconcile himself to the...

The Promise of Summer

The Promise of Summer
  • Author(s): Bella Osborne
  • Location(s): London, Sheffield
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Ruby’s life is about to change for ever… After years of dating losers, cheats and one guy who did something unrepeatable to her kettle, Ruby has all but given up on romance. But then a stranger sits next to...

The Prophecy of Bees

The Prophecy of Bees
  • Author(s): R S Pateman
  • Location(s): The Cotswolds
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Moving to Stagcote Manor was meant to be a fresh start for Lindy and her daughter Izzy. A chance at a new life in the Cotswolds after things went so wrong in London. But for Izzy it’s a prison...

The Prophet

The Prophet
  • Author(s): Martine Bailey
  • Location(s): Chester
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Crime, Historical
  • Era(s): 18th century

Destiny, prophecy and murder weave an intricate web in this beguiling historical mystery. Could a dark prophecy spell danger for Tabitha De Vallory and her unborn child? Cheshire. May Day, 1753. Tabitha De Vallory believes her life is perfect:...

The Puppet Show

The Puppet Show
  • Author(s): M W Craven
  • Location(s): The Lake District
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A serial killer is burning people alive in the Lake District’s prehistoric stone circles. He leaves no clues and the police are helpless. When his name is found carved into the charred remains of the third victim, disgraced detective...

The Pursuit

The Pursuit
  • Author(s): Christopher Nicole
  • Location(s): London, Bolivia
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When Lady Miranda Lichton determines to marry a wealthy Bolivian rancher, her family is concerned. When they discover that Ramon Cuesta actually grows cocaine on a global scale and is prepared to resort to murder when necessary, they determine...

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