Blogs in May 2023

Courage Of The Railway Girls ( The Railway Girls #7) 1st May 2023

Manchester, 1943 Emily is enjoying her new job as a station porter until she learns that a trusted friend at work may be involved in something underhand… Persephone’s romance with Matt is blossoming – but can two people from...

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Edge of the Grave 30th April 2023

Winner of The Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of the Year (Jimmy Dreghorn series Book 1) Shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2021 and the CWA Historical Dagger 2022 Glasgow, 1932. When the son-in-law...

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Cast a Cold Eye 30th April 2023

Jimmy Dreghorn series Book 2 Glasgow, 1933 Murder is nothing new in the Depression-era city, especially to war veterans Inspector Jimmy Dreghorn and his partner ‘Bonnie’ Archie McDaid. But the dead man found in a narrowboat on the Forth...

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Misadventures in the Screen Trade 28th April 2023

A young woman in a man’s world takes on the media industry. Can she hit the heights of her dreams, or will she fall flat on her face? Sydney 1981 Alison Ripley Cubitt couldn’t wait to make her mark....

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The Birdcage Library 26th April 2023

1932. Emily Blackwood, adventuress and plant hunter, travels north for a curious new commission. A gentleman has written to request she catalogue his vast collection of taxidermied creatures before sale. On arrival, Emily finds a ruined castle, its owner...

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