Last week, we shared a blog about our Children's and Young Adult books , with a promise to share some bookish ideas for adults the following week. And here we are! We don't really go in for the "books for him/her/it" thing, and a number of our books don't fit snuggly in with market genres, so instead we're going to give you a brief introduction to our books as individuals. Why? Because our books are as unique as our readers: we do not like to pigeon-hole. Proudly introducing our books... Filled with nature, memories, and ecological warning, Child of the Earth is a companion book to Susan's monthly blogs . Child of the Earth takes the reader through a wildlife year in rural Lincolnshire and very rural Northern Scotland. Interspersed with short fiction, poetry, and pictures, it truly is a gem of a book. But you don't need to take our word for it - this book was a Wishing Shelf Book Award Finalist . The beginnings of a family saga, Day's Dying Gl...
For this week's #HistFicThursdays blog, I'm thrilled to be welcoming R. N. Morris to the blog with a guest post about his latest book Death of a Princess , as part of his Coffee Pot Book Club tour. In Roger's guest post, he explains why he loves writing historical crime novels and the influences he has drawn from. But first, let's meet the book... Blurb Summer 1880. Lipetsk, a spa town in Russia. The elderly and cantankerous Princess Belskaya suffers a violent reaction while taking a mud bath at the famous Lipetsk Sanatorium. Soon after, she dies. Dr Roldugin, the medical director of the sanatorium, is at a loss to explain the sudden and shocking death. He points the finger at Anna Zhdanova, a medical assistant who was supervising the princess’s treatment. Suspicion also falls on the princess’s nephew Belsky, who appears far from grief-stricken at his aunt’s death. Meanwhile, investigating magistrate Pavel Pavlovich Virginsky arrives in Lipetsk from ...