Blogs in November 2018

The Great Level 9th November 2018

In 1649, Jan Brunt, a Dutchman, arrives in England to work on draining and developing the Great Level, an expanse of marsh in the heart of the fen country. It is here he meets Eliza, whose love overturns his...

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The Crossing Places 18th October 2018

No. 1 in the Dr Ruth Galloway series WINNER OF THE 2016 CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY. A child’s bones are discovered on the windswept Norfolk marshes. Believing them to be ancient, the police call in Dr Ruth Galloway,...

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Mr Mac and Me 11th August 2018

Thomas Maggs, the son of the local publican, lives with his parents and sister in a village on the Suffolk coast in 1914. He is the youngest child, and the only son surviving. Life is quiet – shaped by...

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Last Letter Home 29th July 2018

CAN A CHANCE ENCOUNTER UNLOCK ONE WOMAN’S PAST? On holiday in Italy, Briony Wood becomes fascinated by the wartime story of a ruined villa hidden amongst the hills of Naples. Not only is it the very place where her grandfather was...

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Warlight 25th July 2018

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 London, 1945. The capital is still reeling from the war. 14-year-old Nathaniel and his older sister Rachel are abandoned by their parents who leave the country on business, and are left in...

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