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Dead Woman Scorned, by Michael Clark

Mildred Wells has sworn vengeance on Tim Russell and his girlfriend Holly after they separated her from her son in the afterlife. Now she is ready to inflict revenge on all those who caused her suffering, both before and after her death… We develop some sympathy for Mildred as we go back along her timeline […]

The Spider Next Door, by Alison Medland

  The Spider Next Door is a book that will resonate with families everywhere. I don’t mind spiders but they do make me jump sometimes! This is a gentle rhyming book aimed at preschool and infant school aged children. The playful spider goes for a visit to his human neighbours and explore their house but […]

An Oxford Enemy, by Maxine Barry

  Keira Westcombe marries Lucas Harwood who is old enough to be her grandfather. They both know it is not a love match, instead a friendhsip and business deal to secure a donation of land to the Westcombe Nature Reserve that Lucas’ family would block. On their wedding day, Fane Harwood arrives and there is […]

The Italian Girls, by Debbie Rix

Isabella Belucci is a famous actress and Livia Moretti is a student. Both of their lives are turned upside down by the Second World War and they face danger and even death. Both women choose to fight the oppression of Nazism as well as expectations based on age, gender, class and career. The Italian Girls is […]

The Patience of a Dead Man, by Michael Clark

It is 1971 and Tim Russell has gone through a messy divorce. Anxious to make some money, he buys a run down property to renovate for profit. However, as soon as he moves in, he is confronted by a family of ghosts… Tim calls on the estate agent to help him to investigate the history […]