Blogs in January 1970

Trash 1st January 1970

Raphael is a dumpsite boy. He spends his days wading through mountains of steaming trash, sifting it, sorting it, breathing it, sleeping next to it. Then one unlucky-lucky day, Raphael’s world turns upside down. A small leather bag falls...

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The City of Strangers 1st January 1970

Longlisted for the CWA John Creasy New Blood Dagger Award, the eagerly awaited sequel to CITY OF SHADOWS New York, 1939: A city of hope. A city of opportunity. A city hiding dark secrets … A brutal murder in...

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Paris Requiem 1st January 1970

Paris 1899. The city is a glittering hub of fin-desiecle activity. Theatres and galleries are vibrant with artistic energy. The new metro is under construction, and so is the site for the centennial Universal Exhibition. But there is also...

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The Gemini Contenders 1st January 1970

Under cover of darkness, in Salonika, Greece, December 1939 an order of monks endeavours to transport a mysterious vault to a hiding place high in the Italian Alps. The contents hidden for years could blow apart the Christian world....

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1974 (The Red Riding Quartet) 1st January 1970

Fiction set in Yorkshire. The Yorkshire Post’s young but disillusioned crime correspondent, Edward Dunford, is assigned to the story, while juggling the recent death of his father and the return to his native Yorkshire after a brief, unsuccessful stint...

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