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The Ashes of London: The first book in the brilliant historical crime mystery series from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author: Book 1 (James Marwood & Cat Lovett)

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The women haven’t been in contact since a terrible accident at the exclusive American college they both attended, where the devious scholarship girl Lucy, whose backstory contains some disturbing inconsistencies, formed a dangerous obsession with her rich roommate. There are a lot of historical novels set around this period but this is well written and worth a read. He has contributed the Grub Street column to The Author, the journal of the Society of Authors, since 2003.

She is the stronger and more ambiguous character, surprisingly modern in both outlook and reaction to adversity.

There will be a new episode of the Test Match Special podcast every day throughout the summer while the Tailenders podcast with England bowler James Anderson and No Balls with England bowler Kate Cross and former England spinner Alex Hartley will also provide their unique take on the action. Meantime Marwood has been extorted into working for Whitehall by a shadowy figure he knows as Williamson, a man who apparently has significant influence with the king, Privy Council, and Common Council. He has written several other thriller series, most notably the eight Lydmouthbooks, which begin with An Air That Kills (1994). Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. England won the final one-day international in Taunton by 69 runs on Tuesday to take the 50-over series 2-1 and draw the series.

Whilst I found Cat’s narrative so tantalising, there’s more here from James Marwood’s perspective in a technique that I found perfectly mirrored the status of men and women in the society of the time. I would have been more content just following 1 character although understand why it was written the way it was as it was interwoven stories.The story is steeped in politics, intrigue, betrayal, control and mystery so that I became absolutely spellbound in its telling.

Taylor is marvelous at replicating a historical world that might otherwise be relegated to dusty history books, especially through his renditions of the era’s arch speech and his approach to class and status.

Hannah’s new novel is an homage to the extraordinary courage and endurance of Frenchwomen during World War II. His investigation brings him back into contact with tough-minded Cat – now living under an assumed name – and he turns to her for help.

This is a major issue since they are meant to be a major character, going forward and yet - we're supposed to accept a person who killed two people as the sleuth or co-sleuth in future? He read English at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and has an MA in Library, Archive and Information Science from University College London.Expertly plotted, with an ending that’s a true shocker, The Darkness is the first book in a trilogy featuring this engaging investigator, which is good news.

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