Blogs in June 2022

Common Decency 21st June 2022

In an apartment building in Belfast, two women wrestle with the sorrows and spectres of love and loss. Since her mother’s death, Lily has withdrawn from the world, trapped between grief and anger. She has to break out of...

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Iris and Ruby 21st June 2022

The unexpected arrival of her willful teenage granddaughter, Ruby, brings life and disorder to 82-year-old Iris Black s old house in Cairo. Ruby, driven away from England by her fraught relationship with her own mother, is seeking refuge with...

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The Lighthouse 20th June 2022

Combe Island off the Cornish coast is a restful retreat for the rich and the powerful. But the peace of the island is violated when one of its distinguished visitors is murdered. Adam Dalgliesh is called in to solve...

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The Child Of Ukraine (formerly published as “Motherland”) 20th June 2022

Ukraine, 1940. She cups her daughter’s face with her trembling hands, imprinting it on her mind. ‘I love you. Be brave,’ she whispers through her tears, her heart breaking into a thousand pieces. Sending her child away is the...

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The Silk Pavilion 20th June 2022

Lucy is on assignment. A wild, reclusive writer awaits her. She wants his life story. He wants her everything. A whirlwind romance takes them to the highs and lows of Deià. But beneath them lie the bodies of a...

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