Blogs in July 2015

The Medici Mirror 19th July 2015

A hidden room When architect Johnny Carter is asked to redesign a long-abandoned Victorian shoe factory, he discovers a hidden room deep in the basement. A dark, sinister room, which contains a sixteenth-century Venetian mirror. A love in danger...

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After Before 3rd July 2015

Longlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2015 Shortlisted for the Waverton Good Read Award  That was the day that Mama made the rules: If they come, run. Be quiet and run. But not together. Never together. If...

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Fall of Man in Wilmslow 29th June 2015

June 8, 1954. Alan Turing, the visionary mathematician, is found dead at his home in sleepy Wilmslow, dispatched by a poisoned apple. Taking the case, Detective Constable Leonard Corell quickly learns Turing is a convicted homosexual. Confident it’s a...

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The Soft Whisper of Dreams 29th June 2015

Some dreams shouldn’t come true… Maddie Browne thought she’d grown out of the recurring nightmare that plagued her as a child, but after a shocking family secret is revealed, it comes back to haunt her – the same swing...

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A Means of Escape 28th June 2015

A grizzly and cold November morning. Detective Sergeant Kate Linton is called on Glastonbury Tor where a young woman has been strangled. Twelve holes are found at the scene, surrounded by wax, evidence of garden flares – the only...

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