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DCI Lesley Clarke relocates to Dorset following an injury. She moves from inner city to a rural location and struggles to adjust to the change of pace. But there is a murder the day before she officially starts. Can she get her new team on side and will they solve the case before another death […]

Kate Mancini is a female journalist reporting on the aftermath of WW2. Travelling through Berlin in 1946, Kate spots a girl, alone, mute, hungry, scared. She takes her to a place of safety before returning home to the US. The Lost Girl of Berlin is an historical novel set in the aftermath of WW2. The […]

So close to the summer holidays (where did the last year go???) and I decided to come up with some activities to keep us – and you! –  busy for six weeks 🙂 Alphabet games (names, food, colours etc) Bubbles Camping Den building Egg and spoon race Fruit picking Geocaching Hand prints Ice cream Jumping […]

1914: Emma marries Ernest and moves to Singapore. But war is imminent and she is hiding her German heritage. 1939: another war approaches and Emma is a private nurse to a Jewish spinster, a close friend of Oscar Wilde. Again her German ancestry is crucial to keep hidden… Emma’s Tapestry is a dual timeline historical […]

A murdered woman is traced back to a trafficking ring. Can DCI Matthew Merry put his personal issues to one side and work with international colleagues to solve the case…? Coldharbour is the fourth book from John Mead and the first that I have read. This works perfectly well as a standalone novel as there […]