A Mystic’s daughter flees Moscow on the eve of the Great War. A French soldier lies wounded on the Western Front. A German officer veers between loyalty and integrity. An English courtesan reclines on a sea of books. Each will make a journey that changes […]

The Lost Diary of Samuel Pepys the historical crime debut from the BAFTA nominated historian and film maker Jack Jewers is published today, 4th August. My thanks to Funmi of MidasPR for the extract to share. It is the summer of 1669 and England is […]

If you like Martina Cole, Kimberley Chambers and Jessie Keane – you’ll love Heather Burnside! Successful businesswoman Laura once called herself Crystal and worked the streets of Manchester. But when her business is attacked and the police have no leads, it’s clear there’s someone out […]

Paris, 1878. Ballet dancer Marie van Goethem is chosen by the unknown artist Edgar Degas to model for his new sculpture: Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen Years. But Marie is much more than she seems. By day she’s a ‘little rat’ of the opera, contorting her […]

The harrowing story of the Zaandam cruise ship, which set sail with a deadly and little-understood stowaway – Covid-19 – days before the world shut down in March 2020. A story of human kindness, peril and bravery. In early 2020, the world was on edge. […]