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All the Time in the World - Fun and Games: Colouring-In Sheets

 Today is our final Fun and Games  blog post, but don't worry! We have three sheets for you this time! We've created these three colouring-in sheets, and each one has an extra drawing challenge, so you can have twice as much creative fun! We would love to see your finished pictures, so remember to share them with us via email , Facebook , or BSky ! Let the colouring begin!
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#HistFicThursdays - A Mistake of Murder - Helen Hollick


 This week for #HistFicThursdays, I'm delighted to be teaming up with The Coffee Pot Book Club to introduce you to Helen Hollick's fabulous book, A Mistake of Murder!

So, let's meet the book...

The third Jan Christopher Cosy Mystery

Was murder deliberate - or a tragic mistake?

January 1972. The Christmas and New Year holiday is over and it is time to go back to work. Newly engaged to Detective Sergeant Laurence Walker, library assistant Jan Christopher is eager to show everyone her diamond ring, and goes off on her scheduled round to deliver library books to the housebound – some of whom she likes; some, she doesn’t.

She encounters a cat in a cupboard, drinks several cups of tea... and loses her ring.

When two murders are committed, can Jan help her policeman uncle, DCI Toby Christopher and her fiancé, Laurie, discover whether murder was a deliberate deed – or a tragic mistake?


You can buy A Mistake of Murder via this Universal Link!


 Now, let's meet the author:

First accepted for traditional publication in 1993, Helen became a USA Today Bestseller with her historical novel, The Forever Queen (titled A Hollow Crown in the UK) with the sequel, Harold the King (US: I Am The Chosen King) being novels that explore the events that led to the Battle of Hastings in 1066. 

Her Pendragon’s Banner Trilogy is a fifth-century version of the Arthurian legend, and she writes a nautical adventure/fantasy series, The Sea Witch Voyages. She has also branched out into the quick read novella, 'Cosy Mystery' genre with her Jan Christopher Murder Mysteries, set in the 1970s, with the first in the series, A Mirror Murder incorporating her, often hilarious, memories of working as a library assistant.

Her non-fiction books are Pirates: Truth and Tales and Life of A Smuggler. She lives with her family in an eighteenth-century farmhouse in North Devon, England, and occasionally gets time to write…

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  1. Cathie Dunn2 March 2023 at 10:32

    Thanks so much for hosting Helen Hollick today. xx

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  2. Helen Hollick2 March 2023 at 11:08

    Thank you so much for inviting me and Jan Christopher onto your blog today!

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