Blogs in June 2014

Pig Iron 20th June 2014

John-John wants to escape his past. But the legacy of brutality left by his bare-knuckle boxer father, King of the Gypsies, Mac Wisdom, overshadows his life. His new job as an ice cream man should offer freedom, but instead...

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The Tea Chest 14th June 2014

A beautifully engaging novel set in the world of a boutique London tea shop. ‘I loved it – a perfect blend of sweet and spice.’ Jenny Colgan Kate Fullerton, talented tea designer and now co-owner of The Tea Chest,...

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Before You Die 9th June 2014

D.I. Lorraine Fisher returns to her home town, Radcote, in fictional South Warwickshire, to stay with separated sister Jo and her nephew Freddie. The town has seen a spate of teenage suicides and when young homeless man, Dean, complete with...

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Friends, Lovers, Chocolate 21st May 2014

Isabel Dalhousie thinks often of friends, sometimes of lovers, and on occasion of chocolate. As an Edinburgh philosopher she is certain of where she stands. She can review a book called In Praise of Sin with panache and conviction,...

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A Cornish Stranger 19th May 2014

This novel set in Helford, Cornwall is full of romance and intrigue. There’s an old Cornish saying: ‘Save a stranger from the sea, he’ll turn your enemy…’ When her reclusive grandmother becomes too frail to live alone, Gabriella Blythe...

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