Blogs in October 2020

The bench by Cromer beach 2nd October 2020

Five people in a sleepy English coastal town. One year that changes everything. They seem to have it all. They’re in good health and are financially secure. They live in a pleasant and comfortable town. But as their lives...

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Portrait of the Spy as a Young Man 18th September 2020

1941: a teenage William Catesby leaves Cambridge to join the army and support the war effort. Parachuted into Occupied France as an SOE officer, he witnesses tragedies and remarkable feats of bravery during the French Resistance. 2014: now in...

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The Night of the Flood 10th August 2020

Her heart beat hard. There was a crazed beauty to the storm. It was almost miraculous, the way it took away the mess of life, sweeping all in its path… No-one could have foreseen the changes the summer of...

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One Mallorcan Summer 16th July 2020

One Mallorcan Summer. Two heart-rending secrets. Three lives changed forever. When Clara and Ralph meet again by chance, forty years have passed since they were teenage sweethearts and a tragedy tore them apart. Both reeling from a recent event...

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Anyone for Edmund? 29th June 2020

Under tennis courts in the ruins of a great abbey, archaeologists find the remains of St Edmund, once venerated as England’s patron saint, but lost for half a millennium. Culture Secretary Marina Spencer, adored by those who have never...

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