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The House at the Edge of the World

by Julia Rochester ...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2016Part mystery, part psychological drama, Julia Rochester's The House at the Edge of the World is a darkly comic, unorthodox and thrilling debutWhen I was eighteen, my father fell off a cliff. It was a stupid way to die.John Venton's drunken fall from a Devon cliff leaves his family with an ... Read more

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LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2016Part mystery, part psychological drama, Julia Rochester's The House at the Edge of the World is a darkly comic, unorthodox and thrilling debutWhen I was eighteen, my father fell off a cliff. It was a stupid way to die.John Venton's drunken fall from a Devon cliff leaves his family with an
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The House at the Edge of the World

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9 hours 52 min

John Venton's drunken fall from a cliff leaves his family with an embarrassing ghost. His twin children, Morwenna and Corwin, flee in separate directions as their mother, enraged by years of unhappy marriage, embraces merry widowhood. Only their grandfather finds solace in the crumbling house, endlessly painting their story onto a large canvas map. As the twins are drawn back to the house, they ... Read more

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John Venton's drunken fall from a cliff leaves his family with an embarrassing ghost. His twin children, Morwenna and Corwin, flee in separate directions as their mother, enraged by years of unhappy marriage, embraces merry widowhood. Only their grandfather finds solace in the crumbling house, endlessly painting their story onto a large canvas map. As the twins are drawn back to the house, they
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Bringing Stan In

by Julia Rochester ...

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23 min

‘Why do you want to be a boat builder?’‘Because,’ said Morwenna, ‘I like the way the boats grow.’Morwenna and Corwin are eight years old; wind-swept and salty haired twins growing up on the Devon coast. In the soft autumn light they play as their grandfather Matthew watches the boats come in. But it is a day unlike any other. ... Read more

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‘Why do you want to be a boat builder?’‘Because,’ said Morwenna, ‘I like the way the boats grow.’Morwenna and Corwin are eight years old; wind-swept and salty haired twins growing up on the Devon coast. In the soft autumn light they play as their grandfather Matthew watches the boats come in. But it is a day unlike any other.
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At Hawthorn Time

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8 hours 5 min

Bloomsbury presents At Hawthorn Time by Melissa Harrison, read by Helen Ayres.SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2015LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016Four-thirty on a May morning: the black fading to blue, dawn gathering somewhere below the treeline in the east. A long, straight road runs between sleeping fields to the little village of Lodeshill, and on it two cars lie ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents At Hawthorn Time by Melissa Harrison, read by Helen Ayres.SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2015LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016Four-thirty on a May morning: the black fading to blue, dawn gathering somewhere below the treeline in the east. A long, straight road runs between sleeping fields to the little village of Lodeshill, and on it two cars lie
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Late in the Day

The classic Sunday Times bestselling novel from the author of The Party

by Tessa Hadley ...

'Unflinching, intelligent and fascinating' Marian KeyesThe lives of two close-knit couples are irrevocably changed by an untimely death in this Sunday Times bestselling novelAlex and Christine and Zach and Lydia have been inseparable since their twenties. From student house-shares and grubby pubs to proper homes and grown-up careers, the two couples' lives have been interlinked for decades. Then ... Read more

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'Unflinching, intelligent and fascinating' Marian KeyesThe lives of two close-knit couples are irrevocably changed by an untimely death in this Sunday Times bestselling novelAlex and Christine and Zach and Lydia have been inseparable since their twenties. From student house-shares and grubby pubs to proper homes and grown-up careers, the two couples' lives have been interlinked for decades. Then
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Everything Will Be All Right

by Tessa Hadley ...

'An astute and accomplished work' Daily MailJoyce Stevenson is thirteen when her widowed mother takes them to live with Aunt Vera, a formidable teacher neglected by her unfaithful husband. Joyce watches the two sisters - her aunt's unbending dedication to the life of the mind, her mother worn down by housework - and thinks that each of them is powerless in her own way.For Joyce, art school ... Read more

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'An astute and accomplished work' Daily MailJoyce Stevenson is thirteen when her widowed mother takes them to live with Aunt Vera, a formidable teacher neglected by her unfaithful husband. Joyce watches the two sisters - her aunt's unbending dedication to the life of the mind, her mother worn down by housework - and thinks that each of them is powerless in her own way.For Joyce, art school
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Loch of the Dead

Frey & McGray Book 4

by Oscar de Muriel ...

Series Book 4 - A Victorian Mystery
'A hugely entertaining Victorian mystery' New York Times'I enjoyed this - properly creepy and Gothic' Ian Rankin_______________A CASE FOR FREY & McGRAYThe Scottish Highlands, 1889.When a young heir receives a sinister death threat, Inspectors Frey and 'Nine-Nails' McGray answer a desperate plea to offer him protection.The detectives travel north to the remote and mis... ... Read more

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'A hugely entertaining Victorian mystery' New York Times'I enjoyed this - properly creepy and Gothic' Ian Rankin_______________A CASE FOR FREY & McGRAYThe Scottish Highlands, 1889.When a young heir receives a sinister death threat, Inspectors Frey and 'Nine-Nails' McGray answer a desperate plea to offer him protection.The detectives travel north to the remote and mis...
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A Mask of Shadows

Frey & McGray Book 3

by Oscar de Muriel ...

Series Book 3 - A Victorian Mystery
**'A hugely entertaining Victorian mystery' New York Times'I enjoyed this - properly creepy and Gothic' Ian Rankin**1889. The Scottish Play is coming home.But before the darling couple of London theatre, Henry Irving & Ellen Terry, take their acclaimed Macbeth to the Edinburgh stage terror treads the boards.A grisly message found smeared across the cobbles in blood, foretelling someone's demise.As ... Read more

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**'A hugely entertaining Victorian mystery' New York Times'I enjoyed this - properly creepy and Gothic' Ian Rankin**1889. The Scottish Play is coming home.But before the darling couple of London theatre, Henry Irving & Ellen Terry, take their acclaimed Macbeth to the Edinburgh stage terror treads the boards.A grisly message found smeared across the cobbles in blood, foretelling someone's demise.As
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A Fever of the Blood

A Victorian Mystery Book 2

by Oscar de Muriel ...

Series Book 2 - A Victorian Mystery
A spellbinding concoction of crime, history and horror, perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes and Jonathan Creek'A hugely entertaining Victorian mystery' NEW YORK TIMES'I enjoyed this - properly creepy and Gothic' IAN RANKIN_______New Year's Day, 1889.In Edinburgh's lunatic asylum, a patient escapes as a nurse lays dying. Leading the manhunt are legendary local Detectiv... ... Read more

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A spellbinding concoction of crime, history and horror, perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes and Jonathan Creek'A hugely entertaining Victorian mystery' NEW YORK TIMES'I enjoyed this - properly creepy and Gothic' IAN RANKIN_______New Year's Day, 1889.In Edinburgh's lunatic asylum, a patient escapes as a nurse lays dying. Leading the manhunt are legendary local Detectiv...
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The Strings of Murder

Frey & McGray Book 1

by Oscar de Muriel ...

Series Book 1 - A Victorian Mystery
'A hugely entertaining Victorian mystery' New York Times'I enjoyed this - properly creepy and Gothic' Ian RankinA spellbinding concoction of crime, history and horror - perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes and Jonathan Creek_______Edinburgh, 1888. A violinist is murdered in his home.The dead virtuoso's maid swears she heard three musicians playing in the night. But with only on... ... Read more

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'A hugely entertaining Victorian mystery' New York Times'I enjoyed this - properly creepy and Gothic' Ian RankinA spellbinding concoction of crime, history and horror - perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes and Jonathan Creek_______Edinburgh, 1888. A violinist is murdered in his home.The dead virtuoso's maid swears she heard three musicians playing in the night. But with only on...
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A Death at Fountains Abbey

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Raven Scholar, a thrilling and gripping historical crime thriller

by Antonia Hodgson ...

Series series Thomas Hawkins
**Buy The Raven Scholar now - a masterfully woven tale of imperial intrigue from Sunday Times bestselling Antonia Hodgson**'In a tale that more than matches its predecessors for pace and atmosphere, Hawkins is forced into confrontation with a psychopathic killer. . .hugely enjoyable'Sunday Times'Hodgson has a knack for convincing dialogue that crackles with period cadence and flavour' Daily Mail< ... Read more

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**Buy The Raven Scholar now - a masterfully woven tale of imperial intrigue from Sunday Times bestselling Antonia Hodgson**'In a tale that more than matches its predecessors for pace and atmosphere, Hawkins is forced into confrontation with a psychopathic killer. . .hugely enjoyable'Sunday Times'Hodgson has a knack for convincing dialogue that crackles with period cadence and flavour' Daily Mail<
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Clever Girl

by Tessa Hadley ...

All the qualities that readers praised in The London Train are present in Clever Girl, Tessa Hadley's brilliant new novel. It follows the story of Stella, from her childhood as the daughter of a single mother in a Bristol bedsit in the 1960s into the mysterious shallows of her middle age. The story is full of drama - violent deaths, an abrupt end to Stella's schooldays, two sons by different ... Read more

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All the qualities that readers praised in The London Train are present in Clever Girl, Tessa Hadley's brilliant new novel. It follows the story of Stella, from her childhood as the daughter of a single mother in a Bristol bedsit in the 1960s into the mysterious shallows of her middle age. The story is full of drama - violent deaths, an abrupt end to Stella's schooldays, two sons by different
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