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Stuck in Second Gear by Carmen Reid is out now! Get your copy 📖 What I’ve learned over the years. The number one priority is a reliable car. If you’re not convinced in your heart of hearts that the clapped-out people carrier will make this lengthy journey, then take...

A Corpse in Christmas Close begins in November 1923 when local reporter Iris Woodmore is sent to cover the Prince of Wales’ visit to historic Winchester. However, she finds herself on the trail of more than just royal gossip when the leading lady in Winchester...

A Corpse in Christmas Close by Michelle Salter is out now! Click to get your copy. In the 1920s, illicit drinking and drug dens sprang up in cities across the country. Cocaine was popular with bright young things throughout the 1920s and 30s. Cole Porter originally...

You’ll remember the Hens. Jen, Tess, Della, Pam and Rose. They went to Paris in Five French Hens for Jen’s hen do several years ago, when Jen was engaged to Eddie. Of course, it all ended unexpectedly for Jen. And Tess discovered what a rat her husband Alan was. Wel,l...

One of the big things historical fiction readers look for (beyond exciting stories) is a degree of historical accuracy. We often want to learn about the real history behind the fiction to some degree, enough to really interest us in the period events, locations and...

I’ve always been a people watcher. I am that person who sits around a pool, in the corner of a coffee shop, a pub or an office, just watching all the people around her. I’m constantly fascinated by the way people interact in social situations, and unbelievably...

A Literary Map of Paris by Rebecca Raisin   All of these places are mentioned in Christmas at the Little Paris Hotel 🥐 🇫🇷   Jardin du Luxembourg There are busts of many a writer and poet, like Verlaine here. There’s a statue of Gustave Flaubert, who wrote...

This stunning Tudor manor is the inspiration for A Christmas Murder. It was built on the foundations of a Saxon manor in the 15th and 16th centuries. In 1703 a terrible storm resulted in the back of the house being buried in a huge landslip. For the next 223 years the...