Blogs in January 1970

Hurt 1st January 1970

Late December. A sixteen-year-old girl is found dead on a train line. Detective Sergeant Lucy Black is called to identify the body. The only clues to the dead teenager’s last movements are stored in her mobile phone and on...

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A Burden Shared 1st January 1970

The second book in the Mendick Mystery Series. Following “The Darkest Walk”, when Sergeant Mendick is sent to Dundee to collect a prisoner, he expects a speedy return to London but instead an unfortunate turn of events see him...

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The Unbearable Lightness of Scones (# 44 Scotland Street) 1st January 1970

To the casual observer, the great enlightened city of Edinburgh, home of no-nonsense philosophers and cream teas, might appear immune to the rollercoaster of strong emotions. But at 44 Scotland Street, as Matthew and Elspeth embark on the risky...

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Pride and Prejudice 1st January 1970

Considering Jane Austen was in her early 20s when she wrote, she has a gift for sumptuous story telling and insight of human relations and mores and manners in Hertfordshire.

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Tales of a Midwife 1st January 1970

Maria Anderson trained as an NHS nurse and went on to become a midwife, a job she has adored for over twenty years. After fainting whilst attending her first three births, Maria went from nervous trainee to assured midwife...

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