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The Stone Tape Theory suggests that traumatic events can be imprinted into the very bricks of a building and replayed when the conditions are just right. Alardyce House has stood witness to the worst transgressions of the Alardyce family. Can a home that has contained...

When I first started writing The Girl with Nowhere to Go, Skye was a minor character, a sixteen-year-old girl on the edges of Bec and Anna’s lives. Bec and Anna, both carrying grief from their pasts, were the focus, while Skye was simply someone they tried to help....

Dear Reader, Now that Christmas is over, I’m hoping you’re ready to read something that’s just a little different. As an author, I’m always asked about my stories and especially about where they’re set and this story, The One Night Stand like all of my other books, is...

READ HOW TO BE FABULOUS So, so lovely to see you here! But oh babes, I know! Some days, it’s just simply too much! It’s too much effort to put on a bra, too much effort to choose an outfit, let alone the shoes, the makeup, the earrings! And on those days when it’s all...

By 1930, Agatha Christie was a well-known mystery writer. She’d published five Hercule Poirot novels, including The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), along with several other crime novels, including the first Miss Marple (1930). But her writer’s heart was not satisfied...

Behind the famous seafront towns of Portofino, Sanremo and Santa Margherita, the Italian region of Liguria is home to hills and villages with a gentle rhythm far from the madding crowds.  And it is here that Stella, holidaying with her new fiancé and Amy, just out of...

The Saga Louts, Beryl, Winnie and Anthea, have been friends for years and trust each other implicitly. That’s not to say that sparks don’t fly from time to time, but through thick and thin they stick together, and woe betide anyone from outside the charmed circle who...

Old Friends Are the Best In The Lies Our Children Tell, I write about two friends who have known each other since university. Exploring the dynamics of a decades-old friendship appealed to me because I am fortunate enough to still have friends from school and from...

After her divorce from her first husband Archie Christie, Agatha took her first trip on the Orient Express to the middle east in 1928 at the invitation of Leonard and Katharine Woolley. In 1930, they invited her back to visit their dig at Ur. Again, Agatha boarded the...