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The history of Pendragon ✨ Peter Gibbons
Pendragon is the follow-up to Excalibur, the first book in this Arthurian series. In that novel we met a young Arthur finding his way in a crumbling Britain. A country under a veil of darkness following the Roman departure in the first decade of the fifth century...
The Birley Spa Bath House: The history behind the Fatal Endings murder scene!
This wonderful building is about a five-minute walk from where I live (okay, I’m not fooling anybody, it’s one minute in a car but it’s all uphill), and it’s a fascinating place. The first record of the building being used as a small round bath fed by an underground...
Sandy Barker’s Top 5 Holiday Romance Movies
5. Love Actually I know, I know – it’s a love it or hate it kind of film. But the PM wandering up and down the streets of Wandsworth looking for Natalie on Christmas Eve – what’s more romantic than that? 4. While You Were Sleeping This movie is hilarious and sweet and...
A letter from Louise Douglas
Hello! I’d like to introduce The Sea House, published by Boldwood on November 5th. This is the third in the Brittany series, each featuring a new case for Toussaints’ detective agency, and focussing on the lives and loves of the people who work there. The Sea House...
A letter from Michelle Salter
I’ve wanted to write a festive mystery for some time but was looking for a particular theme. It had to be more than just a story set over the Christmas period; I wanted it to have a distinct feeling of place and time. I finally achieved my ambition with A Corpse in...
The red ribbon tradition: A blog by Carly Schabowski
For years, tying a red ribbon to a baby’s crib or to their pram has been a tradition in Poland, to ward off bad luck and to keep the baby safe from evil. It was this image of a red ribbon and the folklore attached to it that made me see how a child growing up could...
Regency ghosts & ghouls & things that go bump in the night by Jane Dunn
Jane Dunn is a historian, biographer, and author. Her most recent book, A Lady's Fortune, is an irresistible, glittering romance set during the Regency era! During a cold, wet and windy summer in 1816, the Romantic poets, Lord Byron and Percy Shelley, gathered at...
The Suffragettes on Dressmakers’ Alley
A blog post by bestselling author Rosie Clarke, on the publication day of Dark Secrets on Dressmakers' Alley British women today take so much freedom for granted. We might not get equal pay yet and there are still some things that are taboo or frowned on for us, but...
The Flying Boats of Poole Harbour: A Piece by Rachel Sweasey
The Island Girls by Rachel Sweasey is out today! Click to get your copy 📖 le Harbour was a stunning playground to grow up in. As a child I was blessed to spend weekends and holidays with my family sailing around the harbour. We would sail to Brownsea Island, tying up...
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