Blogs in May 2025

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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Secrets of the Toffee Factory Girls 26th April 2025

Book 2 in The Toffee Factory Trilogy As the Great War rages, Jack’s toffee factory in the market town of Chester-le-Street, Durham, is threatened with closure when sugar rations begin. Anne, who works for the owner Mr Jack, must...

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The Inside Man 16th April 2025

DCI Jack Parker 2 The second Newcastle-set police thriller with a twist. DCI Jack Parker fights to hide his Early Onset Dementia while he continues to do the job he loves – investigating crimes and bringing villains to justice....

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Mother Naked 15th April 2025

The City of Durham, 1434. Out of a storm, an aging minstrel arrives at the cathedral to entertain the city’s most powerful men. Mother Naked is his name, and the story he’s come to tell is the Legend of...

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