Blogs in March 2019

White Leaves of Peace 19th March 2019

Northern Ireland, Good Friday, 1998. The Belfast Peace Agreement is signed, the Troubles are officially over. This should be the start of a new life for nine year-old Cian Duffy. But growing up in peace-torn Belfast is not easy...

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The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock 19th March 2019

SHORLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018 One September evening in 1785, the merchant Jonah Hancock finds one of his captains waiting eagerly on his doorstep. He has sold Jonah’s ship for what appears to be a mermaid....

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The Street Riding Years 17th March 2019

’The Street Riding Years’ is a coming-of-age story about an urban motorcycle mercenary in 1980s London. It was a time when badly behaved messengers capitalised on London’s economic revival, when squatting was a legitimate solution to the housing crisis...

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Happiness for Beginners 15th March 2019

Molly Baker is living her best life. Thirty-eight years old, she lives on the twenty-five-acre Hope Farm in Buckinghamshire, surrounded by (mostly) four-legged friends and rolling hills. There’s Anthony the anti-social sheep, Tina Turner the alpaca with attitude, and...

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Girl Zero 14th March 2019

Answering a routine call on the outskirts of the city, Detective Inspector Harry Virdee finds something he never thought he’d have to face – the cold body of his beloved niece. He’s immediately banned from working the case, but...

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