Blogs in September 2023

A KILLER AMONGST US 8th September 2023

A night beneath the stars, a few steps away from murder… Jo doesn’t like camping but her trepidation about a guided hiking trip with her husband is offset by the promise of a rewarding pampering afterwards at a luxury...

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Squeaky Clean 5th September 2023

‘A manic tale of blood and suds told with laconic humour and warmly engaging characterisation. Callum McSorley is definitely a talent to watch’ Chris Brookmyre Half the Glasgow polis think DI Alison McCoist is bent. The other half just...

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The Maid of Lindal Hall 5th September 2023

Barrow-in-Furness, 1933 The days of the Barrow Union at Roose are numbered and it is due be closed, along with all the other workhouses. Instead ‘Cottage Homes’ have been set up for pauper children, where they live under the...

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One-Armed Jack: Uncovering the Real Jack the Ripper 3rd September 2023

Using a different analytical approach, for the first time, Sarah Bax Horton identifies a named perpetrator as Jack the Ripper by linking eye-witness accounts of the killer’s distinctive physical characteristics to his official medical records. It argues that his...

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The Sussex Pond Murder 2nd September 2023

The Sussex Pond Murder centres upon the mysterious death of Michelle Gagneux, a French teacher at St Wilfrid’s Prep School for boys, who is found lifeless in the school pond in the winter of 1983. The story follows Michael...

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