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  1820: Mercy, the orphan of an African prince, is uprooted from her life when her benefactor dies. She goes to live with Dr and Mrs Stephens who are relatives of her former friend. They espouse anti slavery rhetoric yet continue to patronise her. One night she meets Matthew, a black man who has been […]

The body of a young woman is discovered. She has been strangled and the condition of her body makes identification tricky. DI Bernadette Noel interviews the teenaged boy who discovered the body and meets his 12 year old sister Laura who uploaded details to social media. Shortly afterwards, Laura disappears… Broken Girls is the second […]

  A quiet street disrupted by the sound of gunshots. A family home that has become a prison. A race against time to prevent a tragedy… The Family Across The Street is a stand alone psychological thriller set in Australia. The book is written from four perspectives: former bad boy Logan, nosy neighbour Gladys, Katherine […]

I don’t know about you but I love cooking with wine as it feels very grown up! The combination of wine, cream and oil makes a deliciously golden sauce for pasta (or rice if you want). This creamy vegan mushroom pasta was one of my favourite pasta sauce recipes before I went vegan so I […]

A tragic love story set in Auschwitz between an SS officer and a Jewish woman he saved from the gas chambers. Based on a true story, Franz and Helena fall in love under the most unlikely circumstances, both risking death for this illicit love… The Girl in the Striped Dress is the third book I […]