Blogs in January 2019

The Flower Girls 19th January 2019

THREE CHILDREN WENT OUT TO PLAY. ONLY TWO CAME BACK. The Flower Girls. Laurel and Primrose. One convicted of murder, the other given a new identity. Now, nineteen years later, another child has gone missing. And the Flower Girls...

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The Suspect 14th January 2019

When two eighteen-year-old girls go missing in Thailand, their families are thrust into the international spotlight: desperate, bereft, and frantic with worry. What were the girls up to before they disappeared? Journalist Kate Waters always does everything she can...

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The Pull of the River: A Journey into the Wild and Watery Heart of Britain 14th January 2019

An antidote to bad news, this is pure armchair escapism, described variously as ‘joyful’, ‘glorious’ and ‘spirited’. Lyrical, insightful and brimming with personality, it’s the perfect British travelogue for the generation inspired by Roger Deakin’s Waterlog. In The Pull...

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The Seven Deaths of Eveleyn Hardcastle 14th January 2019

WINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2018 Gosford Park meets Groundhog Day by way of Agatha Christie and Black Mirror – the most inventive story you’ll read this year Tonight, Evelyn Hardcastle will be killed … Again It...

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The Saffron Conspiracy 7th January 2019

Botanist Andreas Bauer, passionate about saffron, plans to reintroduce organic farming of the world’s most expensive spice to a region of Austria now known for its wine. Meeting resistance from vintners, he does research in a local abbey and...

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