Blogs in July 2023

Harlem After Midnight 11th July 2023

1936, September 17th, 1am… In the middle of Harlem, in the dead of night, a woman falls from a second storey window. In her hand, she holds a passport and the name written on it is Lena Aldridge… Nine...

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Mrs Nash’s Ashes 9th July 2023

Former childhood star and die-hard romantic Millie is bound for Key West from Washington DC, determined to fulfil a promise to her elderly best friend, Mrs Nash, by reuniting her ashes with her long-lost love. And if this grand...

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The Detective and the Pipe Girl 8th July 2023

Finalist for the 2015 Nero Wolfe Award Finalist for the 2015 Shamus Award With a style as distinct as crime masters such as Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiassen, and Harlan Coben, Michael Craven delivers a richly atmospheric, humorous, fast-paced mystery...

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A Death At The Party 8th July 2023

Nadine Walsh’s party started with excitement. But it ended in murder . . . In the day, she frets over the final details. She’s determined to make this the event of the year. A chance for everyone to forget...

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Six Months in the Sandwich Islands 7th July 2023

This classic of Hawaiian literature offers a charming glimpse at the splendid and fascinating world of pre–American Hawaii. Isabella Lucy Bird won fame in her own time as the most remarkable woman traveler of the nineteenth century, and Six...

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