by Claire | Nov 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by Nia Beynon | Nov 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by Nia Beynon | Nov 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by Nia Beynon | Nov 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by Nia Beynon | Nov 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by Nia Beynon | Nov 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
