When Hope loses her husband, she fears her happiest days are behind her. With her only connection to London broken, she moves home to York to be near her family and to begin to build a new life.  Taking a job at the antique shop […]

LONGLIST REVEALED FOR UK’S MOST PRESTIGIOUS CRIME WRITING PRIZE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2021 harrogatetheakstoncrimeaward.com | #TheakstonAward | @HarrogateFest MARK BILLINGHAM | LOUISE CANDLISH | JANE CASEY | STEVE CAVANAGH | WILL DEAN  EVA DOLAN | LUCY FOLEY | ELLY GRIFFITHS […]

Sebastian James Murphy is twenty years, six months and two days old. He loves swimming, fried eggs and Billy Ocean. Sebastian is autistic. And lonely. Veronica wants her son Sebastian to be happy … she wants the world to accept him for who he is. […]

WORDS MATTER Essex Book Festival 2021 6th June – 29th August essexbookfestival.org.uk | @EssexBookFest | #essexbookfestival As an Essex book blogger, I’m delighted to be helping covering the WORDS MATTER programme of the Essex Book Festival 2021. In previous years, because of work commitments, I’ve […]

A young TV journalist is forced to revisit her harrowing past when she’s thrust into a sex-trafficking investigation in her hometown. A startling, searing, debut thriller by award-winning CNN journalist Sarah Sultoon. One last chance to reveal the truth… 1996. Essex. Thirteen-year-old schoolgirl Carly lives […]