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Stevenson – a book of rural life and characters from 1951 republished by Furrowed Middlebrow at Dean Street Press", "url": "https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2025/04/23/winter-and-rough-weather-by-d-e-stevenson-a-book-of-rural-life-and-characters-from-1951-republished-by-furrowed-middlebrow-at-dean-street-press/", "published_at": "2025-04-23T17:48:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdc6-c4c7-7054-b651-61c5c64984a4", "title": "The Trial and The Suspect by Rob Rinder – Two well written novels of the realities of life in the law and much more", "url": "https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2025/04/16/the-trial-and-the-suspect-by-rob-rinder-two-well-written-novels-of-the-realities-of-life-in-the-law-and-much-more/", "published_at": "2025-04-16T16:11:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdc6-c4c7-7054-b651-61c5c6638f82", "title": "Music in the Hills by D.E. Stevenson- a lovely 1950 of the Scottish borders reprinted by Furrowed Middlebrow at Dean Street Press.", "url": "https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/music-in-the-hills-by-d-e-stevenson-a-lovely-1950-of-the-scottish-borders-reprinted-by-furrowed-middlebrow-at-dean-street-press/", "published_at": "2025-04-07T17:46:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdc6-c4c7-7054-b651-61c5c66b21ba", "title": "Miss Austen Investigates by Jessica Bull – Jane investigates a murder close to home in this first in an intriguing series", "url": "https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2025/03/25/miss-austen-investigates-by-jessica-bull-jane-investigates-a-murder-close-to-home-in-this-first-in-an-intriguing-series/", "published_at": "2025-03-25T16:25:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdc6-c4c7-7054-b651-61c5c735dd0b", "title": "The Blind Detective by Christina Koning – a novel which describes the progress of a First World War veteran set in 1927 confronted by murder and more", "url": "https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/the-blind-detective-by-christina-koning-a-novel-which-describes-the-progress-of-a-first-world-war-veteran-set-in-1927-confronted-by-murder-and-more/", "published_at": "2025-03-19T18:26:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdc6-c4c7-7054-b651-61c5c7687546", "title": "Anna and Her Daughters by D.E. Stevenson – an enjoyable 1958 novel reprinted by Furrowed Middlebrow at Dean Street Press", "url": "https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2025/03/11/anna-and-her-daughters-by-d-e-stevenson-an-enjoyable-1958-novel-reprinted-by-furrowed-middlebrow-at-dean-street-press/", "published_at": "2025-03-11T14:53:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdc6-c4c7-7054-b651-61c5c770ae84", "title": "Deadly Earnest by Joan Cockin – a unusual Murder mystery from 1952 reprinted by Galileo", "url": "https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2025/03/05/deadly-earnest-by-joan-cockin-a-unusual-murder-mystery-from-1952-reprinted-by-galileo/", "published_at": "2025-03-05T12:24:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd0-1b07-7112-8b3d-94642a00450a", "title": "Precipice by Robert Harris – a fascinating novel of an obsessive love and politics teetering on the edge of scandal and War", "url": 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London republished in the British Library Crime Classics series.", "url": "https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2024/10/30/london-particular-by-christianna-brand-a-1952-novel-of-fog-and-murder-in-postwar-london-republished-in-the-british-library-crime-classics-series/", "published_at": "2024-10-30T18:37:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd3-fc8e-7083-9c05-973c16302621", "title": "Small Bomb at Dimperley by Lissa Evans – a wonderful novel of post war life in a large house stuffed with remarkable characters", "url": "https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2024/10/27/small-bomb-at-dimperley-by-lissa-evans-a-wonderful-novel-of-post-war-life-in-a-large-house-stuffed-with-remarkable-characters/", "published_at": "2024-10-27T12:33:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd3-fc8e-7083-9c05-973c170d06f2", "title": "A Christmas Wish at Woolworths by Elaine Everest – The famous store in Erith is threatened as a community prepares for Christmas 1953", "url": 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Tyler – The ninth John Grey Historical Mystery – Murder in an Essex village", "url": "https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2023/12/16/a-well-earned-death-by-l-c-tyler-the-ninth-john-grey-historical-mystery-murder-in-an-essex-village/", "published_at": "2023-12-16T16:57:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde3-7744-7194-85af-ffde663affcc", "title": "What Child is This? by Bonnie MacBird – a Christmas adventure for Sherlock Holmes by Doctor Watson – now in paperback", "url": "https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2023/12/11/what-child-is-this-by-bonnie-macbird-a-christmas-adventure-for-sherlock-holmes-by-doctor-watson-now-in-paperback/", "published_at": "2023-12-11T13:51:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde3-7744-7194-85af-ffde6665b0c1", "title": "Who Killed the Curate? by Joan Coggin – a 1944 Lady Lupin novel set in a rural parish with many secrets and murder republished by Galileo Publishing", "url": "https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2023/12/10/who-killed-the-curate-by-joan-coggin-a-1944-lady-lupin-novel-set-in-a-rural-parish-with-many-secrets-and-murder-republished-by-galileo-publishing/", "published_at": "2023-12-10T17:05:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde3-7744-7194-85af-ffde67629b43", "title": "The Benevolent Society of Ill-mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman – a thrilling and substantial novel set in the Regency period with some determined characters", "url": "https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2023/12/08/the-benevolent-society-of-ill-mannered-ladies-by-alison-goodman-a-thrilling-and-substantial-novel-set-in-the-regency-period-with-some-determined-characters/", "published_at": "2023-12-08T17:25:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde3-7744-7194-85af-ffde6795e06f", "title": "Christmas Wishes for the Railway Girls by Maisie Thomas – a vivid novel of women’s experiences working on Manchester’s Railways in the 1940s", "url": "https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2023/12/05/christmas-wishes-for-the-railway-girls-by-maisie-thomas-a-vivid-novel-of-womens-experiences-working-on-manchesters-railways-in-the-1940s/", "published_at": "2023-12-05T16:34:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde3-7744-7194-85af-ffde682f88fa", "title": "A Cruel Necessity by L.C. 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"https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2023/11/22/celia-by-sophia-holloway-a-regency-heroine-faces-some-different-challenges/", "published_at": "2023-11-22T19:39:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde3-7744-7194-85af-ffde69f93282", "title": "The Cat Who Solved Three Murders by L T Shearer – an excellent contemporary crime novel with an unusual character", "url": "https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2023/11/17/the-cat-who-solved-three-murders-by-l-t-shearer-an-excellent-contemporary-crime-novel-with-an-unusual-character/", "published_at": "2023-11-17T18:26:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde3-7744-7194-85af-ffde6a27045e", "title": "The King and the Corpse by Max Murray – a 1949 novel of murder and more reprinted by Galileo Publishers", "url": "https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2023/11/13/the-king-and-the-corpse-by-max-murray-a-1949-novel-of-murder-and-more-reprinted-by-galileo-publishers/", "published_at": "2023-11-13T20:16:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde3-7744-7194-85af-ffde6a5dff1e", "title": "To War with Whitaker by Hermione Ranfurly – the Wartime diaries of an independent woman", "url": "https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2023/11/10/to-war-with-whitaker-by-hermione-ranfurly-the-wartime-diaries-of-an-independent-woman/", "published_at": "2023-11-10T18:04:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-e790-7238-ace8-1157242b9581", "title": "Murder Most English by B D Churston – the first book in a 1920s mystery series featuring Lady Jane and Mrs Forbes", "url": "https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2023/11/07/murder-most-english-by-b-d-churston-the-first-book-in-a-1920s-mystery-series-featuring-lady-jane-and-mrs-forbes/", "published_at": "2023-11-07T16:29:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-e790-7238-ace8-11572445bf7e", "title": "Twice Round the Clock by Billie Houston – a 1934 murder mystery republished in the British Library Crime Classics series", "url": "https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2023/11/01/twice-round-the-clock-by-billie-houston-a-1934-murder-mystery-republished-in-the-british-library-crime-classics-series/", "published_at": "2023-11-01T18:18:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-e790-7238-ace8-1157247e1720", "title": "Miss Buncle’s Book by DE Stevenson – a wonderful reprint of a 1934 novel from Persephone books", "url": "https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2023/10/30/miss-buncles-book-by-de-stevenson-a-wonderful-reprint-of-a-1934-novel-from-persephone-books/", "published_at": "2023-10-30T14:04:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-e790-7238-ace8-115724a5a781", "title": "Holding by Graham Norton – a book of how a discovery rocks life in a small Irish village", "url": "https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2023/10/25/holding-by-graham-norton-a-book-of-how-a-discovery-rocks-life-in-a-small-irish-village/", "published_at": "2023-10-25T15:27:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-e790-7238-ace8-1157255ca614", "title": "Celebrations for the 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"https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2023/10/09/novel-houses-twenty-famous-fictional-dwellings-by-christina-hardyment-a-lovely-book-of-the-places-of-the-imagination-which-dominate-novels/", "published_at": "2023-10-09T15:06:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-e790-7238-ace8-115726f0ab4c", "title": "The Yorkshire Farm Girl by Diane Allen – an immersive novel of rural life on the brink of War", "url": "https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2023/10/07/the-yorkshire-farm-girl-by-diane-allen-an-immersive-novel-of-rural-life-on-the-brink-of-war/", "published_at": "2023-10-07T12:23:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-e790-7238-ace8-115727461b55", "title": "A Fire at the Exhibition and the Lady Hardcastle Mystery series by T E Kinsey – a wonderful series of entertaining historical whodunnits", "url": "https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2023/10/03/a-fire-at-the-exhibition-and-the-lady-hardcastle-mystery-series-by-t-e-kinsey-a-wonderful-series-of-entertaining-historical-whodunnits/", "published_at": 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Chisholm – a three volume set of historical novels featuring Sir Robert Carey, courtier, in the summer of 1592 in largely lawless Carlisle", "url": "https://northernreader.wordpress.com/2023/10/01/guns-in-the-north-by-p-f-chisholm-a-three-volume-set-of-historical-novels-featuring-sir-robert-carey-courtier-in-the-summer-of-1592-in-largely-lawless-carlisle/", "published_at": "2023-10-01T17:08:28+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2025

An Independent Woman by Sophia Holloway – wonderful Regency novel of a young woman from Allison & Busbyoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2025
Murder in Paris – The Blind Detective Investigates by Christina Koning – A murder mystery set in newly liberated Paris in 1945 from Allison & Busbyoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2025
Three Wartime Women – Fascinating real life accounts of the Second World War from Handheld Pressoriginal ↗
20 Oct 2025
Young Mrs. Savage by D.E. Stevenson – a lovely 1949 novel of family reprinted by Furrowed Middlebrow at Dean Street Pressoriginal ↗
3 Sept 2025
Death on Fleet Street by Anna Sayburn Lane – the latest in a brilliant 1920s series of murder mysteries tackled by Marjorie Swalloworiginal ↗
25 Jul 2025
Silence After Dinner by Clifford Witting – a 1953 murder mystery set in an English village with a definate twist reprinted by Galileo Publishersoriginal ↗
20 Jul 2025
A Death on Location by the Reverend Richard Coles – the latest installment of murder and more from the English village of Champtonoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2025
The Eights by Joanna Miller – four of the first female undergraduates at Oxford in 1920 in a novel of loyalty and love.original ↗
9 Jul 2025
A New Home at the Wartime Hotel by Maisie Thomas – a saga of wartime women in difficult circumstances in Manchester 1941original ↗
24 Jun 2025
Double Stakes by Alison Morton – a contemporary thriller featuring a determined young woman in multiple casesoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2025
Bookish – How Reading Shapes Our Lives by Lucy Mangan – a life dominated by the joys of reading and the pleasures of booksoriginal ↗
20 May 2025
New Horizons for the Woolworths Girls by Elaine Everest – a standalone novel of wartime experiences and Woolworths Girlsoriginal ↗
6 May 2025
The Ten Teacups by Carter Dickson- a true classic of the Golden Age of Detection reprinted in the British Library Crime Classics seriesoriginal ↗
1 May 2025
Winter and Rough Weather by D.E. Stevenson – a book of rural life and characters from 1951 republished by Furrowed Middlebrow at Dean Street Pressoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2025
The Trial and The Suspect by Rob Rinder – Two well written novels of the realities of life in the law and much moreoriginal ↗
16 Apr 2025
Music in the Hills by D.E. Stevenson- a lovely 1950 of the Scottish borders reprinted by Furrowed Middlebrow at Dean Street Press.original ↗
7 Apr 2025
Miss Austen Investigates by Jessica Bull – Jane investigates a murder close to home in this first in an intriguing seriesoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2025
The Blind Detective by Christina Koning – a novel which describes the progress of a First World War veteran set in 1927 confronted by murder and moreoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2025
Anna and Her Daughters by D.E. Stevenson – an enjoyable 1958 novel reprinted by Furrowed Middlebrow at Dean Street Pressoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2025
Deadly Earnest by Joan Cockin – a unusual Murder mystery from 1952 reprinted by Galileooriginal ↗
5 Mar 2025
Precipice by Robert Harris – a fascinating novel of an obsessive love and politics teetering on the edge of scandal and Waroriginal ↗
28 Feb 2025
A Complicated Matter by Anne Youngson – a fascinating book of the choices made by a young woman during the Second World Waroriginal ↗
24 Feb 2025
The Mrs Jeffries series by Emily Brightwell – a secret band of Victorian detectives with great entertainment value for comfort readingoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2025
Tea on Sunday by Lettice Cooper- a 1973 reprinted novel in the British Library Crime Classics series – a tribute to the Golden Age.original ↗
23 Jan 2025
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson – a brilliant novel of the summer of 1919 as women and others encounter a new and complex worldoriginal ↗
10 Jan 2025
Mrs Miniver by Jan Struther – a new Persephone edition of a 1939 novel that helped to win a Waroriginal ↗
5 Jan 2025

2024

Christmas for the Home Front Girls by Susanna Bavin – three young women discover the challenges of life in Manchester 1940original ↗
13 Dec 2024
Murder While You Work by Susan Scarlett – a 1944 novel by Noel Streatfield republished by Furrowed Middlebrow at Dean Street Pressoriginal ↗
23 Nov 2024
Victory for the Sewing Factory Girls by Posy Lovell – female friendship, football and the challenges of wartime lifeoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2024
London Particular by Christianna Brand – a 1952 novel of fog and murder in postwar London republished in the British Library Crime Classics series.original ↗
30 Oct 2024
Small Bomb at Dimperley by Lissa Evans – a wonderful novel of post war life in a large house stuffed with remarkable charactersoriginal ↗
27 Oct 2024
A Christmas Wish at Woolworths by Elaine Everest – The famous store in Erith is threatened as a community prepares for Christmas 1953original ↗
19 Oct 2024
Murder at the Monastery by Richard Coles – a third Canon Clement Mystery with death in a religious community while life continues in Champtonoriginal ↗
27 Sept 2024
Mrs. Tim Flies Home by D.E. Stevenson – Hester Christie returns in a strong yet charming postwar novel reprinted by Furrowed Middlebrow at Dean Street Press.original ↗
7 Sept 2024
The Librarian – A Memoir by Allie Morgan – how to fight for a library service for all despite personal traumaoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2024
The Madness of Grief – A Memoir of Love and Loss by the Reverend Richard Coles. The right book at the time.original ↗
24 Aug 2024
Felicity’s War by Jean Fullerton – a determined woman challenges everything in wartime Londonoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2024
A Bullet for Rhino by Clifford Witting – a 1950 novel of a school Reunion and Murder reprinted by Galileo Publishingoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2024
The Guernsey Girls Go to War by Mary Wood – an intense story of female friendship during the Second World Waroriginal ↗
25 Jun 2024
Harlequin House by Margery Sharp – a charming and funny 1939 novel republished by Furrowed Middlebrow at Dean Street Pressoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2024
Courage for the Home Front Girls by Susanna Bavin – a wartime story of friendship in the challenges of wartime Manchesteroriginal ↗
12 Jun 2024
A Bookshop of One’s Own by Jane Cholmeley -The story of the Silver Moon feminist bookshoporiginal ↗
10 Jun 2024
A Presumption of Death by Jill Paton Walsh & Dorothy L. Sayers – Harriet Vane in a Wartime village meeting many challengesoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2024
The Air Raid Book Club by Annie Lyons – A moving novel of lives, books and reading in a challenging timeoriginal ↗
27 May 2024
Mary I – Queen of Sorrows by Alison Weir – a powerful new view of the first Tudor Queen to reign in her own rightoriginal ↗
13 May 2024
The Home Front Girls by Susanna Bavin – the first in a brilliant new series featuring young women facing the challenges of Waroriginal ↗
10 May 2024
Secret Voices – A Year of Women’s Diaries Edited by Sarah Gristwood – a beautiful book containing multitudesoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2024
The Mysterious Mr. Badman by W.F. Harvey – a rare 1934 bibliomystery recently reprinted in the British Library Crime Classics seriesoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2024
Springtime with the Railway Girls by Maisie Thomas – the women who work on the Wartime Railways of Manchester band togetheroriginal ↗
22 Apr 2024
In the Shadow of Queens – Tales from the Tudor Court by Alison Weir – Thirteen tales from the Six Tudor Queens and those who knew themoriginal ↗
16 Apr 2024
Casual Slaughters by James Quince – dubious goings on in a Devon village in a 1935 novel reprinted by the Oleander Pressoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2024
The Wartime Book Club by Kate Thompson – an amazing novel about the value of books and reading in difficult timesoriginal ↗
8 Apr 2024
The Fair Miss Fortune by D.E. Stevenson – a light hearted book reprinted by Furrowed Middlebrow at Dean Street Pressoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2024
A Court of Betrayal by Anne O’Brien – a wonderful historical novel of a determined womanoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2024
Impact of Evidence by Carol Carnac – a rare 1954 Welsh Borders Mystery reprinted in the British Library Crime Classics seriesoriginal ↗
29 Mar 2024
Poles Apart by Anna and Jacqui Burns – a surprising novel of female solidarity in the face of challengesoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2024
The Teashop Girls at War by Elaine Everest – the story of a group of Lyons Teashop women at waroriginal ↗
18 Mar 2024
Mrs. Tim gets a Job by D.E. Stevenson – a 1947 novel of a post war hotel with fascinating characters reprinted by Furrowed Middlebrow at Dean Street Pressoriginal ↗
14 Mar 2024
Clairmont by Lesley McDowell – the story of Claire at Byron’s Geneva house party and beyondoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2024
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan – the first in a series of mysteries, Mumbai and a baby elephantoriginal ↗
9 Mar 2024
Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel by Glenda Young and Celtic Cross by Sara Sheridan – two women solving mysteries in two fascinating seriesoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2024
The Four Graces by D.E. Stevenson – A possible sequel to a series or an excellent standalone war time noveloriginal ↗
1 Mar 2024
The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith – a classic fictional diary with understated humouroriginal ↗
28 Feb 2024
Dead on Time by Clifford Witting – a 1948 novel of murder and more in a small town republished by Galileo Books.original ↗
21 Feb 2024
The Long Call by Ann Cleeves – the first Matthew Venn novel which features a North Devon community in crisisoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2024
Cuddy by Benjamin Myers – a remarkable book of history, a cathedral and people of all the ages in several formsoriginal ↗
15 Feb 2024
The Two Mrs Abbotts by DE Stevenson – an engaging wartime novel republished by Persephoneoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2024
Someone From the Past – A London Mystery by Margot Bennett – a 1958 novel of murder republished in the British Library Crime Classics seriesoriginal ↗
5 Feb 2024
The Dying Day by Vaseem Khan – an absorbing novel set in Bombay 1950 featuring the resourceful Persis, a female police Inspectororiginal ↗
29 Jan 2024
Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris – an historical thriller of a new land of America and Restoration Londonoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2024
Miss Buncle Married by DE Stevenson – a 1936 comedy of manners with an incisive edge republished by Persephoneoriginal ↗
24 Jan 2024
The Doodled Asterisk by R.A.J Walling – a Second World War novel of mystery and more republished by Oreon at Oleander Pressoriginal ↗
17 Jan 2024
Once upon a Tome by Oliver Darkshire – a funny and fascinating tribute to a unique bookshop and those who work and visit itoriginal ↗
12 Jan 2024
Out of the Window by Madeline Linford – a Persephone reprint of a vivid 1930 novel which challenges women’s livesoriginal ↗
6 Jan 2024
Blackmail in Bloomsbury by Anna Sayburn Lane – the first in a series of 1920s murder mysteries featuring the intrepid Marjorie Swalloworiginal ↗
4 Jan 2024

2023

Shakespeare – The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench with Brendan O’Hea – a book of recollections of Shakespeare’s plays from a leading actororiginal ↗
30 Dec 2023
Cressida: No Mystery by Marie Belloc Lowndes – a 1923 mystery rediscovered by The Oleander Pressoriginal ↗
24 Dec 2023
Catt Out of the Bag by Clifford Witting – a rediscovered festive gem published by Galileo Publishersoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2023
Who Killed Father Christmas? And Other Seasonal Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards from the British Library Crime Classics Seriesoriginal ↗
18 Dec 2023
A Well Earned Death by L.C. Tyler – The ninth John Grey Historical Mystery – Murder in an Essex villageoriginal ↗
16 Dec 2023
What Child is This? by Bonnie MacBird – a Christmas adventure for Sherlock Holmes by Doctor Watson – now in paperbackoriginal ↗
11 Dec 2023
Who Killed the Curate? by Joan Coggin – a 1944 Lady Lupin novel set in a rural parish with many secrets and murder republished by Galileo Publishingoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2023
The Benevolent Society of Ill-mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman – a thrilling and substantial novel set in the Regency period with some determined charactersoriginal ↗
8 Dec 2023
Christmas Wishes for the Railway Girls by Maisie Thomas – a vivid novel of women’s experiences working on Manchester’s Railways in the 1940soriginal ↗
5 Dec 2023
A Cruel Necessity by L.C. Tyler – the first in a enjoyable historical series featuring John Grey in post Civil War Englandoriginal ↗
1 Dec 2023
He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr – A 1946 superb mystery of unexplainable murder and much more republished in the British Library Crime Classics seriesoriginal ↗
26 Nov 2023
Celia by Sophia Holloway – a Regency heroine faces some different challengesoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2023
The Cat Who Solved Three Murders by L T Shearer – an excellent contemporary crime novel with an unusual characteroriginal ↗
17 Nov 2023
The King and the Corpse by Max Murray – a 1949 novel of murder and more reprinted by Galileo Publishersoriginal ↗
13 Nov 2023
To War with Whitaker by Hermione Ranfurly – the Wartime diaries of an independent womanoriginal ↗
10 Nov 2023
Murder Most English by B D Churston – the first book in a 1920s mystery series featuring Lady Jane and Mrs Forbesoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2023
Twice Round the Clock by Billie Houston – a 1934 murder mystery republished in the British Library Crime Classics seriesoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2023
Miss Buncle’s Book by DE Stevenson – a wonderful reprint of a 1934 novel from Persephone booksoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2023
Holding by Graham Norton – a book of how a discovery rocks life in a small Irish villageoriginal ↗
25 Oct 2023
Celebrations for the Woolworths Girls by Elaine Everest – Life in 1952 for the women in Erith becomes complicatedoriginal ↗
20 Oct 2023
Villainy at Vespers by Joan Cockin – a 1949 novel of a Cornish seaside village republished by Galileo Pressoriginal ↗
14 Oct 2023
“Novel Houses – Twenty Famous Fictional Dwellings” by Christina Hardyment – a lovely book of the places of the imagination which dominate novelsoriginal ↗
9 Oct 2023
The Yorkshire Farm Girl by Diane Allen – an immersive novel of rural life on the brink of Waroriginal ↗
7 Oct 2023
A Fire at the Exhibition and the Lady Hardcastle Mystery series by T E Kinsey – a wonderful series of entertaining historical whodunnitsoriginal ↗
3 Oct 2023
Guns in the North by P.F. Chisholm – a three volume set of historical novels featuring Sir Robert Carey, courtier, in the summer of 1592 in largely lawless Carlisleoriginal ↗
1 Oct 2023
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