Blogs in September 2024

Half Swimmer 15th September 2024

Half Swimmer. Noun. A German term for one who has recently learnt to swim but hasn’t yet mastered the technique. Growing up in 1980s East Germany, as the daughter of an army officer and a teacher, Tanja seems set...

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City of Silk 15th September 2024

Justice in sixteenth-century Bologna is like the fine silk which the city produces: something only the rich and powerful can afford. Elena Morandi is a supremely talented seamstress, at home among the bolts of fabric and cutting shears of...

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IT NEVER RAINS murder and kidnap in the heart of England 11th September 2024

When a ruthless gang burgles the home of a Premier League football player, DCI Gavin Roscoe and DS Sunita Roy suddenly have a murder and a kidnap on their hands. The footballer’s stepson, Marcel, is taken from the palatial...

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Caught Between 10th September 2024

The body of sixteen-year-old Jasmine Dunn is washed up on a rocky foreshore in Auckland. The next day, her mother’s body is found on a deserted beach. Tova Tan lives downstairs from the Dunns and was seen arguing with...

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Madame Matisse 5th September 2024

This is the story of three women – one an orphan and refugee who finds a place in the studio of a famous French artist, the other a wife and mother who has stood by her husband for nearly...

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