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Flying with Kites

Flying with Kites
  • Author(s): Alan Reynolds
  • Location(s): Gateshead, Kosovo, Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Recent

When you have lost everything, how far would you go?What would you do to protect your child? The war in Kosovo has already been relegated to the history books but in Flying with Kites, Alan Reynolds reminds us of...

THE COCOA GIRLS

THE COCOA GIRLS
  • Author(s): Annie Doyle
  • Location(s): Gateshead, London, New York City (NYC), Paris
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Late 19th and early 20th centuries

Gateshead, 1903 – four-year old Evie’s world crumbles when her grandmother dies. Evie’s unmarried mother Margaret and Aunt Dinah discover their mother’s death has left them deeply in debt to their vicious aunt. She orders the sisters into service...

The Good Neighbour

The Good Neighbour
  • Author(s): Annie Doyle
  • Location(s): London, Bournemouth, Gateshead, New York City (NYC), Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Early 20th century

Three women making their way in an ever-changing world. Will they find happiness and finally lay the ghosts of the past to rest? London 1922 – Ivy prepares to divorce her cruel husband, but finds the law is not...

The Killer’s Christmas List

The Killer’s Christmas List
  • Author(s): Chris Frost
  • Location(s): Gateshead, The North East (England)
  • Genre(s): Police Procedural
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In the picturesque village of Kibblesworth, DI Tom Stonem is dreaming of a quiet Christmas alone. But in the shadow of the Angel of the North, a body lies waiting. The dead man is posed with a child’s Christmas...

The Village on the Hill

The Village on the Hill
  • Author(s): Annie Doyle
  • Location(s): Gateshead, Bournemouth, London, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Early 20th century

Three women caught up in three global disasters. Will tragedy reunite them or tear them apart for ever? Bournemouth 1912 – Ena Leighton prepares for a new life with her aunt and uncle in a beautiful house with a...

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