Blogs in May 2020

Plague 28th May 2020

There are many ways to die. Plague is just one of them. Work on a London tube line is halted by the discovery of an ancient plague pit and, within it, a very recent corpse. A day later another...

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Two-way Split 27th May 2020

Winner of the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2007. Robin Greaves is an armed robber whose professionalism is put to the test when he discovers his wife has been sleeping with a fellow gang member....

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The Long Drop 27th May 2020

Glasgow, 1957. It is a December night and William Watt is desperate. His family has been murdered and he needs to find out who killed them. He arrives at a bar to meet Peter Manuel, who claims he can...

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Death of a Mermaid 22nd May 2020

Freddy Power walked out of her childhood home twenty-two years ago, and swore never to return. But now she’s back, helping run her family’s fishery in Newhaven in the wake of her mother’s death. It feels as if time...

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Brave Girl, Quiet Girl 22nd May 2020

From New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde comes a gripping and emotional novel about friendship, motherhood, and the journey toward finding a place to call home. Brooke is a divorced single mom, financially strapped, living with her...

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