Blogs in May 2025

Clara and Olivia 16th May 2025

Sadler’s Wells, 1933. Disciplined and dedicated, Olivia is the perfect ballerina. But no matter how hard she works, she can never match identical twin Clara’s charm. As rehearsals intensify for the ballet Coppélia, the girls feel increasingly like they...

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The Penford Manor Murders 14th May 2025

It’s open season at Penford Manor! But someone has murder in their sights… At Penford Manor, the guests are arriving to celebrate the start of the grouse-hunting season: lords and ladies, barons and baronesses, a Member of Parliament –...

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The Pantomime Murders 14th May 2025

Someone is killing fairy godmothers in Cinderella… Can Miss Clara Vale crack the case before the clock strikes twelve? 1929, December: Snow is falling, and Miss Clara Vale is wrapped up against the cold as she braves the icy...

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TO LOVE A KING 10th May 2025

Amethyst and Topaz Plantagenet are two very different sisters. They are grand-nieces of Richard III, who lost his life and kingdom to Henry Tudor, future father of Henry VIII. Amethyst is the love of Henry VIII’s life, but each...

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Murder at St Paul’s Cathedral 6th May 2025

May, 1941. One of the senior choristers at St Paul’s, Edwin Roberts, is found beaten to death in the crypt of the cathedral and Detective Chief Inspector Coburg and Sergeant Lampson are called in to investigate. The dead man...

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