Blogs in April 2025

The Shopgirl of Ironbridge 14th April 2025

Ironbridge, 1892. When seventeen-year-old Maria Keay is offered an exciting job in a department store in Shrewsbury, she is determined to follow her dream, even if that means leaving behind her childhood sweetheart, Charlie. At first, Maria’s new life...

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The Sunshine Man 14th April 2025

In January 1989, Birdie wakes to the news she’s been waiting eighteen years to hear. Jimmy Maguire, the man who killed her sister, has been freed from jail. Birdie sends her kids to school and then leaves for London...

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Murder in Berlin 13th April 2025

(Blind Detective 4) First published as Out of Shot under A. C. Koning. Berlin, 1933. The Nazi regime is gaining devastating power as Hitler is appointed Chancellor and stark oppression begins to unfold in Germany, blind war veteran Frederick...

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Slanting Towards the Sea 13th April 2025

An evocative meditation on longing and buried resentment, set in the beautiful Croatian city of Zadar. Ivona has returned to her childhood home to care for her father. While there, she reconnects with the man she divorced over ten...

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Under a Riviera Moon 12th April 2025

When a heartsick Maggie is sent on an errand by her mother to Cannes, she is keen to get it over with as quickly as possible. She has been tasked with collecting a treasured box of photos from her...

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