Two sisters parted. Two women blamed. Two stories reclaimed.-Daughters of Sparta [ About the Book ] For millennia, two women have been blamed for the fall of a mighty civilisation – but now it’s time to hear their side of the story . . . As princesses of Sparta, Helen and Klytemnestra have known nothing…
‘It starts with the panic, the sound of sharp knocking. The pounding on Annelise’s door, a crash in her skull, jolting her from sleep.They’re coming.’– Send For Me [ About the Book ] Germany 1930s. Annelise is a dreamer: imagining her future while working at her parents’ popular bakery in Feldenheim, Germany, anticipating all the…
Observer‘s ‘Ten Debut Novelists’ of 2021′Harper’s Bazaar‘s ‘Five Debut Female Authors to Read This Summer’– MOTH [ About the Book ] Delhi, 1946Ma and Bappu are liberal intellectuals teaching at the local university. Their fourteen year-old daughter – precocious, headstrong Alma– is soon to be married: Alma is mostly interested in the wedding shoes and in spinning…
‘Jim styles me his sleepy-eyed Nora. His squirrel girl from the pages of Ibsen. I am pirate queen and cattle raider. I’m his blessed little blackguard. I am, he says, his auburn marauder. I’m his honourable barnacle goose…. “Nora,” Jim says, “you are story.”’– NORA [ About the Book ] When Nora Barnacle, a twenty-year-old from Galway working as a maid at Finn’s Hotel, meets…
From the author of Sunday Times Bestseller, Dear Mrs Bird, comes a much hoped-for follow up, Yours Cheerfully. Charming, heart-warming and hilarious, Yours Cheerfully is just the tonic we’ve all been waiting for. ‘Full of wit, friendship and the uplifting knowledge that when people come together, great changes can be made’ – Katie Fforde [ About the Book ] London, September,…
‘My story would not be one of death and suffering and sacrifice. I would take my place in the songs that would be sung about Theseus: the princess who saved him and ended the monstrosity that blighted Crete’– Ariadne [ About the Book ] As Princesses of Crete and daughters of the fearsome King Minos,…
‘Is this a modern murder mystery or are primal forces reaching out from the past?’– Oracle It is a pleasure to welcome Julie Anderson, author of the Cassandra Fortune series, to Swirl and Thread today. Plague (Book 1) was published in September 2020 and now Claret Press will be publishing Oracle (Book 2) May 5th.…
‘She has to know the truth about Overtoun Estate, but there is a reason it has stayed buried for so long.‘– The Thin Place [ About the Book ] When journalist Ava Brent decides to investigate the dark mystery of Overtoun Estate—a ‘thin place’, steeped in myth—she has no idea how dangerous this story will…
Gunpowder and treason changed England foreverBut the tides are turning and revenge runs deep…– The Drowned City [ About the Book ] 1606. A year to the day that men were executed for conspiring to blow up Parliament, a towering wave devastates the Bristol Channel. Some proclaim God’s vengeance. Others seek to take advantage. In…
THE BRAND-NEW THRILLER FROM THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER– The Night Gate Welcome to my stop on tour with Peter May and my review of his latest novel, The Night Gate, Book 7 in The Enzo Files. Just published with riverrun March 18th, The Night Gate is a book born out of the Covid-19 pandemic.…