Blogs in February 2014

Once Upon a Timepiece 5th February 2014

When Conrad Sands returns a wristwatch to an old flame after 20 years apart, a remarkable chain of events begins. The watch passes through the hands of a gold-digger, a journalist, an enchantress and a professor. It touches the...

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The Midnight Rose 4th February 2014

Spanning four generations, The Midnight Rose sweeps from the glittering palaces of the great maharajas of India to the majestic stately homes of England, following the extraordinary life of a girl, Anahita Chavan, from 1911 to the present day . ....

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All Creatures Great and Small: “If Only They Could Talk” and “It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet” 1st February 2013

This is the rural landscape of North Yorkshire. The life of a vet in the 1930s, beautifully written and a classic of its time.

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Rack, Ruin and Murder 1st January 1970

The discovery of a dead body shatters the tranquillity of a Cotswold village in Ann Granger’s second Campbell and Carter mystery. When old Monty Bickerstaffe finds a dead body in his drawing room it comes as a nasty surprise...

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Already Dead 1st January 1970

A summer of endless rain in the Peak District leaves the officers of Derbyshire’s CID with a problem. They have discovered a man’s body lying in shallow water, but torrential rain has swollen the rivers and flooded the roads,...

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