Blogs in October 2020

Atomic Love 14th October 2020

Chicago, 1950: Rosalind Porter is unfulfilled, heartbroken and angry. Five years ago her career as a scientist was sabotaged by the man who also broke her heart: former Manhattan Project colleague Thomas Weaver. Now, out of the blue, Thomas...

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The Ninth Child 14th October 2020

A spellbinding novel combining Scottish folklore with hidden history, by the Sunday Times bestselling author Sally Magnusson. Loch Katrine waterworks, 1856. A Highland wilderness fast becoming an industrial wasteland. No place for a lady. Isabel Aird is aghast when...

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Box 88 14th October 2020

An organisation that doesn’t exist. A spy that can’t be caught. Years ago, a spy was born… 1989: The Cold War will soon be over, but for BOX 88, a top secret spying agency, the espionage game is heating...

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The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney 14th October 2020

How do you begin to find yourself when you only know half of who you are? As Nnenna Maloney approaches womanhood she longs to connect with her Igbo-Nigerian culture. Her once close and tender relationship with her mother, Joanie,...

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We Are All Birds of Uganda 14th October 2020

‘You can’t stop birds from flying, can you, Sameer? They go where they will…’ 1960s UGANDA. Hasan is struggling to run his family business following the sudden death of his wife. Just as he begins to see a way...

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