1927. Flight fever is running high and daring flyers are all anyone can talk about. And now the Honourable Miss Elsie Mackay, glamorous former film star and regular name in gossip columns, has a new ambition – to be the first woman to fly the Atlantic. Elsie’s friend Stella Campbell once felt at the heart… Continue reading The Endeavour of Elsie MacKay by Flora Johnston @florajowriter @AllisonandBusby
An Almost Perfect Summer by Jill Mansell @jillmansell @RandomTTours @Headlinepg
Nick is the most intriguing man Nella has met in a while. He’s a 9 in the looks department (no one gets a 10), he makes her laugh, and he keeps her company when she ends up in A&E. But they live hundreds of miles apart. Then Nella loses her job. There’s a perfect role on offer at a Cotswolds… Continue reading An Almost Perfect Summer by Jill Mansell @jillmansell @RandomTTours @Headlinepg
The Storyteller’s Daughter by Victoria Scott @toryscott @boldwoodbooks @rararesources
A secret buried for decades… A story that will change everything. 1940: When twenty-one-year-old Nita Bineham is offered the chance of independence, away from the high walls of her family’s Surrey estate, she grasps it with both hands. But her new role at a local newspaper coincides with the emergence of a sinister rumour in their… Continue reading The Storyteller’s Daughter by Victoria Scott @toryscott @boldwoodbooks @rararesources
Midnight in Paris by Gillian Harvey
Ten years. Two people. One last visit… Sophie and Tom first visited Paris together as students. During their weekend away in the world’s most romantic city, falling in love – with the place, and each other – was simply inevitable. They resolved to return every summer and kept their word, until something happened that changed… Continue reading Midnight in Paris by Gillian Harvey
The Dog Sitter Detective Plays Dead by Antony Johnston
Gwinny Tuffel is on location in the misty Yorkshire Dales filming a small part in Draculania, a genderswapped remake of Bram Stoker’s classic tale, when life begins to imitate art a little too closely. One of the cast members is found dead inside a locked trailer, with a stake through their heart. With a prima… Continue reading The Dog Sitter Detective Plays Dead by Antony Johnston
Murder on the Marlow Belle by Robert Thorogood @robthor @hqstories
Verity Beresford is worried about her husband. Oliver didn’t come home last night so of course Verity goes straight to Judith Potts, Marlow’s resident amateur sleuth, for help. Oliver, founder of the Marlow Amateur Dramatic Society, had hired The Marlow Belle, a private pleasure cruiser, for an exclusive party with the MADS committee but no… Continue reading Murder on the Marlow Belle by Robert Thorogood @robthor @hqstories
The Last Word is Death by Faith Martin @FaithMartin_Nov @HQStories
One of these guests has a date with death… Arbuthnot ‘Arbie’ Swift arrives at Dashwood House, a glamorously modern hotel in the up-and-coming resort of Galton-next-the-Sea, but all plans for a relaxing stay are scuppered when one of the guests is found dead. The body is found in the writing room, the victim part of… Continue reading The Last Word is Death by Faith Martin @FaithMartin_Nov @HQStories
Christmas at the Board Game Cafe by Jennifer Page @jenpagewrites @AriaFiction
Kate seems to have it all – wonderful friends, a successful career, and an idyllic life in the quirky Yorkshire town of Essendale. But under the surface, Kate is lonely and yearns for family – especially at Christmas. With the holidays approaching and the town desperate to attract more visitors, Kate plans an enchanting living… Continue reading Christmas at the Board Game Cafe by Jennifer Page @jenpagewrites @AriaFiction
Miss Beeton’s Murder Agency by Josie Lloyd @josielloydbooks @HQStories
Alice Beeton never meant to wind up single and childless on the wrong side of fifty. Like her distant relative Mrs Beeton – yes, that Mrs Beeton – she had hoped to have her own spic-and-span household by now. In reality, she lives in an immaculate but dingy basement flat in a rather shabby block… Continue reading Miss Beeton’s Murder Agency by Josie Lloyd @josielloydbooks @HQStories
Christmas with the Queen by @HazelGaynor and @msheatherwebb @WmMorrowBooks
December 1952 As a young Queen Elizabeth II prepares to deliver her first Christmas speech, staff work behind the scenes to get ready for the festivities at Sandringham Estate. Among them are Jack and Olive – old friends who are surprised to be reunited after seven years apart. While Olive works for the BBC reporting… Continue reading Christmas with the Queen by @HazelGaynor and @msheatherwebb @WmMorrowBooks
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