Blogs in January 1970

The Janus Stone 1st January 1970

The action takes place in Norfolk, from Norwich to Swaffham to Ruth Galloway’s bolt hole on the windswept North Norfolk marshes and involves Roman myths, Catholicism and missing children. Ruth’s expertise is called upon when builders, demolishing an old...

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Undercurrent 1st January 1970

Suicide, or murder? When Detective Inspector Horton’s bosses block his investigation, he starts to suspect there’s been a cover-up at the highest level …When naval historian Dr Douglas Spalding is found dead in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard, the Major Crime...

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The Playboy of Puerto Banús 1st January 1970

‘Rich, famous and notorious. Raul Sanchez Fuente scores 3 out of 3.’ When she agrees to help out a friend, Estelle Connolly doesn’t expect to end up as an escort to a society wedding – or to catch the...

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Taunting the Dead 1st January 1970

Statistics say nine out of ten murders are committed by someone the victim knows. So when Steph Ryder is found dead with her head caved in, Detective Sergeant Allie Shenton begins investigations close to home, starting with the victim’s...

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Under an English Heaven 1st January 1970

1943. The sleepy Suffolk village of Bedenham is jerked into the twentieth century and the harsh realities of war by the arrival on its doorstep of an American bomber base and its three thousand inhabitants. For Billy Street, fourteen,...

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