Blogs in January 1970

The Iron Will of Shoeshine Cats 1st January 1970

It’s New York, 1963, and college student Russell Newhouse has just made the acquaintance of notorious Jewish gangster Shoeshine Cats. Cats wants a tiny favour. And – for his own reasons – he also wants to educate Russell in...

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New York Valentine 1st January 1970

Love is in the air! Personal shopper Annie Valentine has a dream job in the heart of fabulous Manhattan. Daughter Lana is lost in the heat of first love, but has she fallen for a heart-breaker? In London husband...

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Outerborough Blues: A Brooklyn Mystery 1st January 1970

Outerborough Blues is the story of a drifter, Caesar Stiles, immersed in a mystery that takes him to the hidden corners of a rapidly changing Brooklyn. The gritty search for a missing art student takes on a mythological sweep,...

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The Perfume Collector 1st January 1970

A secret history of scent, memory and desire from the Sunday Times bestselling author of ELEGANCE and THE DEBUTANTE. One letter will turn newly-married Grace Munroe’s life upside down: ‘Our firm is handling the estate of the deceased Mrs...

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Calculated in Death 1st January 1970

On a bitterly cold night on the steps outside an empty office in New York’s financial district, a woman lies dead. It seems like a mugging gone wrong, but Eve Dallas soon discovers that the body was dumped there...

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