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A devoted mother’s life is shattered by one theft. Imprisoned in Holloway in 1938, she must survive a harsh world of loss, fear, and unexpected strength. When Miriam, a devoted housewife and mother, is sentenced to Holloway, the infamous women’s prison in North London, she enters a world of harsh rules, unforgiving guards, and unfamiliar inmates. Stripped of her freedom and separated from her family, Miriam must find the strength to survive a grim environment few ever escape unchanged. Written with painstaking detail from authentic historical records, A Year In Holloway reveals the ...

Fifteen days that changed everything. On 7 September 1940, the Blitz began in earnest. Nazi bombers took to the skies night after night, targeting London’s civilian heart—particularly the densely packed streets of the East End. For Miriam Barker and her family, still reeling from past losses and her recent return from Holloway prison, the war has suddenly arrived at their doorstep. Miriam’s Family Blitz zooms in on the first harrowing fifteen days of that relentless bombardment. Told through intimate, domestic detail and grounded in historical accuracy, it captures the shifting moods ...

In a city battered by war and despair, can the Morrow family and their friends hold on to hope when betrayal and tragedy strike closer than ever? As the third year of World War II grinds on, the Morrow family and their friends face new and unexpected challenges. They have endured rationing, loss, and relentless work, but now bitterness, betrayal, and despair threaten to tear them apart. A tragic death from Miriam’s circle of friends strikes close to home, deepening the wounds. Meanwhile, Arabella’s descent into social ruin opens the door for a surprising newcomer to fill the void as ...

Angela Tenneb has no limits—and no conscience She doesn’t just break the rules. She rewrites them. Angela Tenneb is beautiful, brutal—and utterly untouchable. Drug dealer. Addict. Extortionist. She controls her London streets with charm and cruelty in equal measure, pushing boundaries and people to their limits. But she wasn’t always like this. As a child, Angela had a twin sister and a loving home—until one scorching summer afternoon in the 1990s changed everything. That day, she came home from school to find her mother in a room soaked with blood, laughing. Now it’s 2013, and ...

He wanted to be Sherlock Holmes. London gave him war secrets, murder—and the truth about himself. The Detective. The game is on. And he cheats. London, 1960. A sociopathic genius, a trail of wicked Christmas cards, and a case that echoes through the Blitz. Gabriel Chukwumereije arrives from Ghana with money, looks, and one ambition: to become a detective in the image of his idol, Sherlock Holmes. But unlike Holmes, Gabriel is a liar, a manipulator, and a charming psychopath who will do or say anything to succeed. When a series of bizarre, morally depraved Christmas cards begin turning up ...

Hope flickers amid the rubble. As the Second Front begins, can the Morrow family survive one more year of secrets, loss, and war? Book Six of the Morrow Family Saga. As the war grinds on into its fifth weary year, life for the Morrow family becomes a blur of routine, frustration, and aching uncertainty. Hitler still reigns over Europe, and the end feels out of reach. Yet amidst the monotony of ration books and blackout curtains, flickers of hope emerge—through new friendships, unexpected fortunes, and the promise of a future beyond the shadow of war. But nothing is ever simple in Newgate ...

London is burning—and so are the old certainties. As the Blitz begins, one family must fight to hold on to each other, and to everything that makes life worth living. Book Two in the Newgate Street saga. As war tightens its grip on London, Maud Morrow must summon all her strength to protect her ever-growing family. With a new grandchild in her arms and the daily threat of bombings overhead, the year 1940 demands more from her than ever before. Navigating the black market, ration books, and nightly air raids, Maud finds herself tested by the next generation—young people pushing ...

One bad night. One strange accident. Suddenly, it’s 1960—and she has no way back. What if a head injury didn’t just change your mind — but changed your time? On a warm Essex evening in 2015, Donna Rigg’s life takes a sharp turn. Dumped by her boyfriend and fuelled by drink and heartbreak, she crashes her car into a pillar box. The diagnosis? A mild concussion. But what comes next is anything but mild. In the days that follow, Donna starts to notice strange shifts in her world — shops selling long-lost brands, strangers dressed for another era, a vanished McDonald’s replaced by...

One house. Four centuries. Countless lives touched by fate. And yes—Miriam Baxter visits. And Bert too. Set just steps from St Paul’s Cathedral, The House in Carter Lane is a rich and multi-layered novel in four parts, tracing the lives of those who dwell within the walls of Clifton Buildings across nearly two centuries. Built in 1701 by Robert Clarkson & Sons, the house eventually falls into the hands of a miserly moneylender named Mr Scrooge. In 1843, the ground floor is occupied by Percy and Louise Radcliffe, a newly married couple struggling to make ends meet with their modest ...

A mission from the past. A truth she’s not ready to face. And a journey that could finally break her. TIME GIRL, a seven book series. She’s delivered countless favours for Mr Quick. But this time, he asks her to deliver something far more personal. Luna’s once-firm grip on reality is beginning to slip. Reeling from the emotional toll of her previous missions, she finds herself questioning everything—especially Mr Quick. Why was she chosen? Why is she continually dragged into the past? And why does she feel there is a deeper link between them? Now, he sends her to 1913 on what ...

When a Victorian childhood shatters beneath the blitz, two women must find courage, friendship, and hope amid the darkest days of World War II London. Miss Clementine Wetherby moved to Bombay with her parents in 1899 when she was fifteen. In the summer of 1939, when her mother and father are violently murdered by separatists connected to the Salt Rebellion, she returns to her childhood home in London accompanied by her closest friend, Miss Aadhirai Varma. However, the congenial, courteous and respectful Victorian world she remembers so thoroughly has vanished and the prolonged malefic ...

A sixteen-year-old boy’s desperate bid to join the war ends in punishment — but when he’s sent to a Devonshire estate, he uncovers a haunting family mystery that threatens to unravel everything he knows about reality. Harry Whittle, a sixteen-year-old son of a dry, emotionally distant butler in a senior Foreign Office official’s London household, tries to join the army in 1916 but is rejected because of his age. As punishment for his recklessness, he is sent to work on a wealthy Devonshire estate, where he befriends Blanche, the estate owner’s troubled daughter. Haunted by the ...

A forgotten ruin beneath a London chemist’s shop. A tragic summer. A memoir that may—or may not—be true. London, 1963. Beneath a modest pharmacy on Carter Lane, not far from St Paul’s Cathedral, teenage twins John and Jane Mills make a haunting discovery: an ancient Roman ruin hidden beneath their father’s shop. What begins as innocent curiosity soon spirals into something much darker—violence, incest, child abduction, and death. Their father, Mr William Mills, a widowed and respectable chemist, is unaware—or unwilling to see—the horror growing in his own cellar. Decades ...

A Roman à clef. A Faerie Tale for adults. Risteard Pheoden is a young man of limited wisdom who lives in the port city of King’s Scallion on the coastline of the Vihq Ocean, which lays within the Trallaedel Kingdom. His life is uneventful until he meets, Dane Haddix, a transvestite and sexual predator who shows him that, there is no cure for pleasure. Why of Dane, Risteard meets and marries the spirited and vivacious sorceress and psychic, Miss Siùsaidh Molde who is truly to change the rest of his life. Yet Risteard cannot rise above his past, and when Lort, an older, passive and ...

In Edwardian Devon, a desperate young woman’s prayer awakens an ancient, merciless power. But unleashing the supernatural is only the beginning—because evil runs deep in her family, and salvation comes at a terrifying cost. Set in a bleak Edwardian Devon, The Angel from The Sea is a dark noir tale of supernatural reckoning. Clara, a young middle-class woman, has endured a lifetime of brutal torment at the hands of her cruel father, Reginald, the town’s architect. In desperation, she prays for a force to deliver her from the cruelty surrounding her. Her prayers summon Moganna—one of ...

From the shadows of Whitechapel’s darkest secrets to the hope of a new era, Obsessions follows one woman’s journey from privilege to survival—and the strange forces that shape her fate. Obsessions offers a haunting glimpse into the life of Miss Hester Martin-Compter, the sole heir of a once-wealthy banking family. Destined by a twisted fate to live among the poverty-stricken residents of Whitechapel, London, through the interwar years, World War II, and into the fifties and beyond, Hester’s world is shaped by bewildering passions, infatuations, and a strange connection to ...

Even in absence, Miriam’s spirit remains the heart of her family. December 2009. Snow blankets East London in one of the harshest winters in memory. In the old family house once shared by Miriam, Roy, and Rafa, preparations for Christmas are underway. Miriam’s youngest daughter, Florence, now middle-aged, bustles to hold the family together alongside her twin daughters, Faith and Betty—both grown, headstrong, and carrying their own burdens. As the festive season unfolds, the past surfaces: an emotional visit to Rafa in a care home, a few family disasters, and a looming divorce. ...

Post-war austerity tests Miriam’s strength and love as she rebuilds family life in East End London. It’s the summer of 1945. Miriam and her extended family emerge from the shadow of World War Two, weary but determined. Amid rationing, moving house, illness, and loss, Miriam’s strength and humour guide her loved ones through the hardships of East End London’s austerity. Between births, new relationships, conscription, and weddings, life continues in all its messy, joyful complexity. As ever, Miriam faces each challenge with resilience, love, and a wry smile—showing that family is ...

One woman. Two eras. A mystery that defies time itself. In the bustling heart of 1963 London, Donna Lawson’s world shifts dramatically when she discovers an unconscious woman dressed in strange, late Victorian attire on a deserted stairwell at Fenchurch Street Station. What begins as a simple act of kindness quickly turns into a bewildering journey through time and trust. As Donna struggles to make sense of the woman’s mysterious presence, she is drawn deeper into a web of secrets, including the shadowy dealings of her own boyfriend. Haunted by doubts and suspicion, she finds unexpected...

As peace looms on the horizon, the final battles are fought at home. Will the Morrow family survive the cost of victory? Book Seven of the Morrow Family Saga. As 1945 dawns, Maud and Richard Morrow can feel the tide turning. The Allies are closing in on Berlin, and victory is finally in sight. But for the war-weary civilians of London, day-to-day survival still demands everything. With severe shortages of food, clothing, and fuel, life remains a struggle—and peace feels like a distant dream. Around them, change is coming fast. Corrupt men face long-overdue justice, while old enemies ...