Blogs in January 1970

A Killer’s Christmas in Wales 1st January 1970

In the quaint Conwy area of North Welsh a village is in full swing in the run up to Christmas. But homes are being robbed and there is a swindler targetting elderly women out of their lifesavings. Penny Brannigan,...

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Deep Country 1st January 1970

Deep Country is Neil Ansell’s account of five years spent alone in a hillside cottage in Wales. ‘I lived alone in this cottage for five years, summer and winter, with no transport, no phone. This is the story of...

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The Red House 1st January 1970

After his mother’s death, Richard, a newly remarried hospital consultant, decides to build bridges with his estranged sister, inviting Angela and her family for a week in a rented house on the Welsh border. Four adults and four children,...

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On The Black Hill 1st January 1970

On the Black Hill is an elegantly written tale of identical twin brothers who grow up on a farm in rural Wales and never leave home. They till the rough soil and sleep in the same bed, touched only...

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Talking with the Dead 1st January 1970

It’s DC Fiona Griffiths’ first murder case – and she’s in at the deep end. A woman and her six-year-old daughter killed with chilling brutality in a dingy flat. The only clue: the platinum bank card of a long-dead...

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