Blogs in September 2023

The Devils Playground 5th September 2023

A dark, riveting thriller set in 1920s Hollywood about “the greatest horror movie ever made”, the curse said to surround it, and a deadly search, decades later, for the single copy rumoured still to exist. 1927: Hollywood studio fixer...

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Squeaky Clean 5th September 2023

‘A manic tale of blood and suds told with laconic humour and warmly engaging characterisation. Callum McSorley is definitely a talent to watch’ Chris Brookmyre Half the Glasgow polis think DI Alison McCoist is bent. The other half just...

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The Maid of Lindal Hall 5th September 2023

Barrow-in-Furness, 1933 The days of the Barrow Union at Roose are numbered and it is due be closed, along with all the other workhouses. Instead ‘Cottage Homes’ have been set up for pauper children, where they live under the...

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The Island Hideaway 4th September 2023

First published as “Prickly Heat” The island is the perfect romantic getaway. The kind of place Eleanor Blake dreamed of coming to with Will, the love of her life. Now they’re both here. Only Will is with another woman,...

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Merde at the Paris Olympics 3rd September 2023

Merde at the Paris Olympics is the seventh title in the Merde series of comedy novels (A Year in the Merde, Merde Actually, Dial M for Merde et al) which have been translated into more than 20 languages and...

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