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Contents
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Non Fiction: Children & Family
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on Fiction: Art, Design & N Practical Reference
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Non Fiction: Sport & Leisure
14–22 Non Fiction: Exploring the World 23–30 N on Fiction: History, Biography & Real Life Stories 31–35 Fiction: Contemporary and General 36–39 Fiction: Historical 40–43 Fiction: Historical Crime 44–55 Fiction: Crime 56–62 Fiction: Romance
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Children & Family
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Yummy Discoveries The Baby-Led Weaning Recipe Book Felicity Bertin & Emma Ogden-Hooper
This is the indispensable handbook for any parent preparing to wean their child. Not only does it contain over a hundred healthy, flavoursome recipes suitable for weaning babies, but it also offers a step-by-step guide in how to go about weaning the baby-led way. Whilst all the recipes are free from refined sugar and either low-salt or salt-free they do not compromise on taste – so they can be enjoyed by the whole family. Plus, with tips for ‘Adult Add-ons’, you can be sure that these recipes will tantalize even the most sophisticated palate. As this cookbook is written by parents for parents it understands that time is a precious commodity: recipes have been tabled according to cooking time, enabling the parent to easily select meals that can be produced during nap times.
Take the stress out of babyweaning and let this book bring joy to your family kitchen
Book Details 978-0-7198-0698-8 Spring 2013 £9.99 234 x 170 mm paperback 224pp Approx. 70 colour photos & illustrations World rights
Felicity Bertin Felicity Bertin is an osteopath and lecturer in Neuro-Musculo-Skeletal Medicine, Embryology and Developmental Biology at the British School of Osteopathy – as well as being mum to 2-year-old Lucas. Emma Ogden-Hooper Emma Ogden-Hooper studied English language and linguistics at university and enjoyed a successful career in professional recruitment before becoming a full-time mum to her 2-year-old son, Ethan.
Children & Family
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Antonia Chitty & Victoria Dawson
Food and your Special Needs Child
The Journey Through Assessment Help for Parents with a Special Needs Child
Children with special needs and disabilities may have accompanying issues with food and eating. This practical guide for parents will help navigate this often difficult terrain.
Many parents have concerns about their child’s development, and going through the process of assessment and diagnosis can be stressful. The Journey Through Assessment will help you through the period of uncertainty when you have to negotiate healthcare and education services. Compiled after extensive research and interviews with parents, it will help you navigate the processes necessary to gain access to the care that your child needs.
Discover the origins of how we eat, and get practical tips from experts, plus read what has worked for other parents in similar situations.
Book Details Food and Your Special Needs Child 978-0-7198-0790-9 Summer 2013 £12.99 216 x 138 mm paperback 176pp World rights
The Journey Through Asssessment 978-0-7198-0789-3 Summer 2013 £12.99 216 x 138 mm paperback 192pp World rights
Antonia Chitty Antonia Chitty is the author of many health and parenting books, with a focus on special needs and disability. She is an experienced health journalist and writes on a range of medical issues. Victoria Dawson Victoria Dawson is an experienced special educational needs teacher. She has worked with children with a range of issues both in a school environment and in her own private practice. She writes in the national press about issues relating to special educational needs and has also authored a number of books on the subject.
Art, Design and Practical Reference
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Colours of Nature Botanical Painting Sandrine Maugy Foreword by Roy Lancaster Colours of Nature is the perfect companion for anyone who is puzzled by the seemingly unpredictable behaviour of the paints on their palette, as well as those who would like their watercolour paintings to look fresher and livelier. Throughout this beautifully illustrated book, Sandrine Maugy guides the reader through a world of colours and exquisite flowers and fruit, explaining simple concepts and more advanced colour-mixing theory while exploring the serendipity and beauty of wet-in-wet watercolour painting. Her ‘Harmonic Shadows’ theory creates a link between tone and colour, making both work in harmony for better form and purer colours.
Book Details 978-0-7090-9372-5 Spring 2013 £30 280 x 210 mm hardback 196pp 200 original paintings World rights
Sandrine Maugy Sandrine Maugy is a botanical artist and writer. She is a member of the Society of Botanical Artists and the Society of Floral Painters and was awarded a Silver Medal by the Royal Horticultural Society for her A Plantman’s Garden paintings. She paints to commission and for exhibitions, with paintings in collections in Europe, Australia and the United States.
Art, Design and Practical Reference
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Restoration Stone Carving Alan Micklethwaite
Few decorative crafts can claim to be more ancient than stone carving, with the earliest carved objects being dated well into prehistory. This book introduces the reader to the techniques and methodology of restoration stone carving, from simple relief to complex sculpture in the round, set against a sound conservation philosophy. Intended as a detailed introduction to restoration stone carving, this book is aimed at those who are learning to carve stone or have an interest in pursuing a career in the conservation of stone sculpture and ancient monuments. While having a depth of detail which will allow it to serve as a reference manual for the professional, it will also inspire the beginner and fuel the interest of those who harbour a desire to pursue traditional crafts.
Book Details 978-0-7090-9023-6 Autumn/Winter 2013 ÂŁ25 280 x 210 mm hardback 256pp Approx. 300 colour photos World rights
Alan Micklethwaite Alan Micklethwaite is a highly respected freelance sculptor and stone carver with over twenty years experience in the field, which includes a post as head stone carver at Lincoln Cathedral. He has since carried out any many commissions for new sculpture and monuments as well as countless pieces on cathedrals, churches and historic buildings throughout England. He is a member of the prestigious Bloomsbury-based Art Workers’ Guild.
Art, Design and Practical Reference
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The French Marble Clock Nicolas M. Thorpe
The French Marble Clock is the definitive book on the subject, written by Nicolas Thorpe who is an enthusiastic collector. Years of research coupled with many visits to France and Belgium have made him a leading authority on these magnificent timepieces. The book’s opening chapters reveal the history of the marble clock along with new information about its origins and makers. Photographs of factories, now demolished, are set alongside material from French archives. To many collectors the most valued part of the book will be the practical chapters. These take a detailed look at the famous pendule de Paris movement that is found in many French mantel clocks from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Sound and sensible advice is given about examining, dating and buying, together with a clear explanation of the function of parts of the movement.
This is essential reading for those wishing to restore timepieces or clocks with striking movements Book Details 978-0-7198-0230-0 Reavailable Autumn/Winter 2013 ÂŁ40 244 x 172 mm hardback 288pp World rights
Nicolas Thorpe Nicolas Thorpe was introduced to antiques as a schoolboy. In later years, unhappy about the lack of published information available, he decided to write a book that would provide both the specialist and collector with a definitive book on the subject.
Art, Design and Practical Reference
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Stained Glass Art, Craft and Conservation Steve Clare
The constantly evolving medium of stained glass, which combines form and function in a unique and beautiful way, has produced breathtaking works across the centuries. This book gives a personal viewpoint on the historical development of the art form, and is also a technical manual, describing the tools and techniques involved in the craft of stained glass. Steve Clare describes the complex considerations involved in successfully carrying out the design and conservation of stained glass, in the process outlining a personal philosophy gained over thirty years of involvement with consummate professionals in the discipline. This volume is accessible to those simply wishing to know more about this ancient art form, including custodians of stained glass and amateurs, but it is primarily aimed at less experienced students of stained glass who wish to expand their knowledge, those commonly known in the trade as ‘improvers’. The book is richly illustrated with both practical workin-progress images and examples of the splendour of stained glass in both its historic and contemporary forms. Aspiring to support and encourage as well as educate, Stained Glass: Art, Craft and Conservation is ideal for all those wishing to know more about this complex and magnificent practice.
Book Details 978-0-7090-8818-9 Autumn/Winter 2013 £40 280 x 210 mm hardback 224pp World rights
Steve Clare Steve Clare is a fully accredited conservator within Icon (the Institute for Conservation), a Fellow of the British Society of Master Glass Painters, and National Stained Glass Adviser to the National Trust. In recent years Stephen has acted as a consultant to St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, to King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, and to the cathedrals at Winchester and Gloucester. He is presently involved in the conservation of the great fourteenth-century Jesse tree window at Wells Cathedral.
Sport & Leisure
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Live Long, Live Strong Patrick Dale
People are living longer than ever before. Medical science, reduced risk of injury and improved technology mean that many will live to see their 80s, 90s and even 100s. But, while we are living longer lives, are we living better lives? Live Long, Live Strong is a guide to combining sensible exercise for both your body and mind with a nutritional plan designed to address many of the conditions that commonly plague older people. It also includes information on improving brain power and minimizing your risk of suffering a fall.
This comprehensive book addresses all aspects of mature health so that readers will be able to take on Old Father Time and give him a run for his money! Book Details 978-0-7198-0718-3 Spring/Summer 2013 ÂŁ16.99 246 x 189 mm paperback 208pp 100 original photographs World rights
Patrick Dale Patrick Dale has worked in health and fitness for over twenty years and has spent five years as a Royal Marine Commando. Now the owner of a fitness qualifications training company, Patrick splits his time between training prospective personal trainers and gym instructors and writing articles for numerous publications including ultra-FIT and Fitnorama magazines and LiveStrong.com. Patrick’s previous book Military Fitness is also available from Robert Hale.
Sport & Leisure
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No Gym? No Problem! The DIY Fitness Bible Patrick Dale
In this book, author Patrick Dale provides an alternative no-frills approach to health and exercise that requires little or no equipment and is guaranteed to be just as effective as far more complicated exercise routines. Written from experience, the book contains field-tested information to techniques that is surprisingly simple but nonetheless effective. The book also contains a comprehensive exercise library, workout templates, a twelveweek exercise programme and advice on buying and making your own workout equipment, in order to help you to do more with less and become a healthier, fitter you without spending a fortune or making healthy living a chore!
Book Details 978-0-7198-1070-1 Winter 2013 ÂŁ16.99 246 x 189 mm paperback 192pp World rights
Patrick Dale Always practicing what he preaches, Bristolian ex-pat Patrick follows his own fitness and nutrition advice and can usually be found training hard in his gym or walking around the countryside surrounding his house in Pafos, Cyprus.
Sport & Leisure
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Rowing and Sculling The Complete Manual (Third Edition) Bill Sayer
British rowing has undergone many changes in recent years and has enjoyed some spectacular international successes, particularly in the London 2012 Olympics. Bill Sayer offers invaluable instruction to maximize athletes’ efficiency, strength and endurance on the water. He surveys the basic equipment, the rigging and design of boats and their oars and sculls, and the principles and practice of training – including the special requirements of women and juniors and the significance of environmental factors, nutrition and psychology. The body of the book deals with different techniques required for rowing and sculling, illustrated by new sequences of photographs, and offers advice on steering and coxing and the special challenges of both head-of-the-river and regatta racing. With the aid of over 120 of his own colour photographs, diagrams and tables, Bill Sayer aims to provide every enthusiast, whether beginner or experienced competitor, with the information they need for greater success in the sport.
Book Details 978-0-7198-0989-7 Spring/Summer 2013 £19.99 246 x 189 mm paperback 240pp 120+ photographs, figures and tables World rights
Bill Sayer Bill Sayer is the former master in charge of rowing at St Edward’s School, Oxford, and at Shrewsbury School, two of Britain’s premier rowing schools. He has had many coaching successes in both rowing and sculling over the years, including national championships, international regattas and the Henley Royal Regatta. Crews and former pupils under his guidance have frequently represented England and Great Britain and include World Championship medallists and champions.
Sport & Leisure
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A Passion for Mountains Edited by Hannah Burrows-Smith Foreword by Iain Peter
Documenting both personal climbing and mountaineering adventures as well as those shared with clients, the stories in this book, written by members of the British Mountain Guides, represent the diversity of the mountain activities these professionals thrive on: from first ascents on British winter cliffs to thought-provoking ascents of north faces in the European Alps, and from the big walls of Yosemite and Patagonia to endurance when facing the challenges of the high Himalaya. A Passion for Mountains gives us a unique perspective into what motivates and drives climbers; where they find fulfilment and reward and at the same time how they deal with failure. This fascinating account of mountaineering gives an insight into the climbing adventures that contribute to every Guide’s experience, and explores the difficulties that even some of the world’s most experienced mountaineers encounter when making decisions in the mountains.
Book Details 978-0-7198-0719-0 Autumn/Winter 2013 ÂŁ25 269 x 195 mm hardback 208pp 150 colour photographs World rights
Author Info Amongst the contributors to this book are a number of authors of note, including John Barry, Martin Moran and Boardman Tasker Award-winner Victor Saunders. Hannah Burrows-Smith The editor, Hannah Burrows-Smith is a British Mountain Guide. The daughter of a guide, she is originally from Aviemore, near the Cairngorms, and has spent many years climbing and skiing in the Scottish Highlands and widely throughout Europe.
Sport & Leisure
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Become a Fly Fisher Terry Lawton
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Other fishing titles by Terry Lawton include:
Flies That Catch Trout 978-0-7090-9212-4 £14.99 paperback
The Upstream Wet Fly 978-0-7090-8862-2 £30 hardback
Become a Fly Fisher offers a unique approach to fly fishing for beginners. It guides the novice fly angler through every step, from buying tackle and equipment, to assembling it and then using it to successfully fish rivers and stillwaters. It will also help to demystify the sport without requiring readers to have prior knowledge and without dumbing down or pretending that anglers should expect to catch a bucketful of fish every time they go fishing! This handy guide contains a wealth of essential, practical information in clear, bite-size chunks that are suitable for amateurs. For example, knots are introduced as and where they are needed as well as being gathered together in a separate chapter where they can be easily located. The skills you need to learn and develop are also explained in a friendly and easy-tounderstand way that will help you develop confidence in your craft. Become a Fly Fisher is a clear and comprehensive guide to the basics that gives you everything you need to become more than just a fish catcher and to become a fly fisher, enjoying a relaxing day on the water, out in the country and away from your daily stresses.
Book Details 978-0-7198-0619-3 Spring/Summer 2013 £20 246 x 189 mm paperback 200pp Approx. 150 colour images World rights
Terry Lawton Terry Lawton is a committed fly fisherman who fishes primarily for trout with the occasional foray after grayling and pike. He has published several books on the subject, such as Nymph Fishing: A History of the Art and Practice, Fly Fishing on Rivers and Streams, Fly Fisher’s Logbook, The Upstream Wet Fly and Marryat, Prince of Fly Fishers. He has also contributed to various fly-fishing magazines.
Exploring the World
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The Politics of Washing Polly Coles
Book Details 978-0-7198-0878-4 Spring 2013 ÂŁ9.99 216 x 138 mm paperback 208pp BPTM rights
Exploring the World
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This is the story of ordinary life in an extraordinary place The beautiful city of Venice has been a fantasy land for people from around the globe for centuries, but what is it like to live there? To move house by boat, to get a child with a broken leg to hospital or to set off for school one morning only to find that the streets have become rivers and the playground is a lake full of sewage? When Polly Coles and her family left England for Venice, they discovered a city caught between modern and ancient life – where the locals still go on an annual pilgrimage to give thanks for the end of the Black Death; where schools are housed in renaissance palaces and your new washing machine can only be delivered on foot. Polly Coles draws on her unique, personal experiences and the microcosm of Venetian daily life, making an impassioned plea for the real Venice, so that we might see this extraordinary city not just as a historical treasure, but also as an unlikely blueprint for the future. She moves with lightness of touch between the local and the universal, the current and the historical to produce a vital and original book. This is a sharply intelligent and beautifully written volume which is part memoir, part meditation, part travelogue, part call to arms. It is witty, poignant and never predictable. The Politics of Washing is a fascinating window into the world of ordinary Venetians and the strange and unique place they call home.
Polly Coles Polly Coles studied English at Oxford University before becoming a primary school teacher working in inner-city London. In 1990, she completed a Masters in Anthropology at the LSE, after which she started writing full-time. Polly writes fiction and about art, as well as abridging for BBC Radio 4’s Book at Bedtime and Book of the Week.
She was closely involved in the recording of the complete Arkangel Shakespeare for Pacificus Productions and, most recently, has written texts to accompany two exhibitions at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford. She and her partner, the violin maker Andrea Ortona, have four children and divide their time between Italy and England.
Exploring the World
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Foster’s English Oddities Allen Foster
Foster’s English Oddities is a wonderful collection of England’s quirkiest characters, most extraordinary facts and strangest coincidences. This fascinating book is a must-read for anyone interested in English trivia! Are you tired of conventional history books that tell you the stuff that everyone knows but neglect to mention the more colourful tales? Well, this isn’t that kind of book! What about the stories of … ✱ The man who lived for thirty-two years after being shot through the heart? ✱ The first goat to circumnavigate the world (twice!)? ✱ The horse that won the Grand National with the aid of 2 lbs of butter? ✱ The blind woman who could distinguish colours and read print using her fingers? ✱ The man who left his estate to his sons on the condition that neither one ever grow a moustache?
Book Details 978-0-7198-0696-4 Spring 2013 £8.99 178 x 111 mm hardback 160pp 8 hand-drawn illustrations World rights
Allen Foster Allen Foster, author of the bestselling Foster’s Irish Oddities, was born in Dublin in 1974 and works as a researcher and writer. Allen currently lives in the heart of the Irish countryside in County Meath and spends far too much time hunting down oddities and long lost nuggets of history.
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The Natural Beauty of Cornwall Peter Maxted
The Natural Beauty of Cornwall is the ideal companion to help you explore a landscape of quite extraordinary variety. From the wild northern coast to the peaceful estuaries of the south and from the high windswept moors and heaths to the hidden wooded valleys, this book captures the very essence of Cornwall. Author Peter Maxted has lived in the area for some thirty years during which time he has keenly explored the length and breadth of it on foot, by bike and by boat. Concentrating mainly on the third of the county that is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty as well as the ‘gateway’ towns, The Natural Beauty of Cornwall delves into geology, history, the rich industrial heritage and, of course, the astonishing scenery of one of the most beautiful counties in the British Isles.
Book Details 978-0-7090-9585-9 Spring 2013 £15.99 250 x 195 mm paperback 176pp Approx. 200 colour photographs World rights
Peter Maxted Peter Maxted settled in Cornwall in 1983 after working around the world as a teacher, journalist and travel writer. He has edited local and national magazines, run a regional advertising and marketing company and written several books. He is currently Communications and Marketing Officer for the Cornwall AONB and presents a weekly environmentthemed show on local radio.
Exploring the World
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All Along the River Tales from the Thames Pauline Conolly
All Along the River: Tales from the Thames is an engaging and humorous guide to England’s most famous river, serving as a companion volume to more practical books about the Thames Path and the river’s settlements. Both quirky and fun, it is packed with information about literary associations, local recipes, folklore and a good many murders and mysteries! Pauline Conolly has spent the last two decades wandering the banks of the River Thames, investigating its social history and exploring from the river’s source in a Gloucestershire field to the flood barrier in London. Her journeys have even taken her further, to the point where this majestic and historic river finally enters the North Sea.
Book Details 978-0-7198-0798-5 Spring/Summer 2013 £16.99 246 x 189 mm paperback 256pp 60 colour photographs World rights
Pauline Conolly Pauline Conolly has written for a wide range of publications, and is a member of the Society of Authors. Her penchant for British history and humour have come together in All Along the River, which is her second book. Her first, The Water Doctor’s Daughters, is also published by Robert Hale.
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A History of the English Language in 100 Places Bill Lucas & Christopher Mulvey Foreword by David Crystal A History of the English Language in 100 Places is a joyous ride through time, where readers can criss-cross the British Isles and the world at large to land in a hundred contrasting places and light on a hundred wonderful topics that bring the extraordinary story of the English language alive. What began as the language of the Angles, Saxons and Jutes on a small island has become a global property owned and shaped by almost 2 billion English speakers across the world. English has borrowed words from more than 350 languages, and many more languages have borrowed words from English. Some places in this book represent historic firsts, some are tied to significant people and some have seen events that have shaped the future of English. Each one takes the reader on an unmissable journey into the rich past of the English tongue.
Book Details 978-0-7090-9570-5 Spring/Summer 2013 ÂŁ25 234 x 156 mm hardback 256pp 100 illustrations World rights
Bill Lucas Bill Lucas is Professor of Learning and Co-Director at the Centre for Real-World Learning at the University of Winchester. He is also a trustee of the English Project, Chairman of The Talent Foundation and a Patron of Pegasus Theatre, Oxford. Christopher Mulvey Christopher Mulvey is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Winchester. A prolific writer, he is also Managing Editor at the Winchester University Press and a trustee of the English Project. He was President of the Collegium for African American Research from 2003 to 2007 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts in 2008.
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The North Wessex Downs Steve Davison
As well as its treasures in the form of chalk and ancient woodland, the North Wessex Downs has a fascinating human history, stretching back some 5,000 years. The archaeology of the area is both rich and varied, with a number of impressive monuments, including the Neolithic stone circle at Avebury – which forms part of a World Heritage Site, the truly beautiful Uffington White Horse and the magical Wayland’s Smithy, plus a myriad of Bronze Age barrows and Iron Age hill forts. Despite being located in southern England – a densely populated region – the North Wessex Downs is surprisingly unspoilt and sparsely populated, giving it a true sense of the idyllic England of old. Hidden amongst the folded contours of this chalk countryside are picture-postcard villages with thatched cottages, historic churches and magnificent stately houses, while out on the open downs breathtaking views stretch over rounded chalk hills, with wide open skies above.
Book Details 978-0-7198-0581-3 Autumn/Winter 2013 £15.99 250 x 195 mm paperback 176pp Approx. 150 colour photographs World rights
Steve Davison Steve Davison is a freelance writer and photographer who has lived in Berkshire for twenty-five years. He has written several walking guides, as well as articles for magazines, specializing in hill-walking, with interests in nature, geology and the countryside. A keen hill-walker for most of his life, Steve is a member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild. www.steve-davison.co.uk
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Chichester Harbour England’s Coastal Gem Liz Sagues Foreword by Kate Mosse Chichester Harbour Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is a special place of tranquillity in the crowded south of England. It is recognized nationally and internationally and is appreciated by many hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. This book, which includes previously unpublished memoirs and features famous figures from King Canute to P.G. Wodehouse, draws together the myriad threads that have given the harbour and its surroundings their unique character, telling an engrossing story that stretches far into the past, present and future. It encompasses topics as varied as geological and historical tumult, the harbour’s vital importance as a refuge for threatened wildlife, the change from commercial port to centre for leisure pursuits, the impact of war and the threat from climate change. Liz Sagues brings to life the people who have contributed so much to Chichester Harbour, from the saintly Saxon cleric whose practical fishing skills ended a village famine to environmentally committed twenty-first-century farmers, and from a king’s favourite mistress to Olympic medal-winning sailors.
Book Details 978-0-7090-9761-7 Autumn/Winter 2013 £15.99 250 x 195 mm paperback 200pp Approx. 200 colour photographs World rights
Liz Sagues Liz Sagues has written for the Independent, the Sunday Express and Country Life, but the major part of her journalistic career was spent as features editor and then assistant editor of the acclaimed Hampstead & Highgate Express. Twice-winner of a major international wine-writing award, Liz has sailed on Chichester Harbour for many years and since 1996 has lived close to its boundary, becoming much involved in harbour life.
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Orkney Howie Firth
On the edge of Britain, where the Atlantic Ocean meets the North Sea, lie the Orkney Islands, renowned for their seascapes and wildlife, and the continuity of community life for more than 5,000 years. Orkney is an ancient land; fossils millions of years old have been found on the islands. Orkney’s archaeology has World Heritage status, with its stone circles, chambers and a growing number of fresh discoveries. Six centuries of Norse rule have left an imprint on language and culture. More recently the strategic position of the naval anchorage of Scapa Flow gave the islands a key role in two world wars. This major work brings together many aspects of Orkney, looking afresh at a variety of traditional topics and bringing to the fore many new developments. Picts and Vikings, shipwrecks and sea monsters: all are reassessed in a highly readable way.
Book Details 978-0-7090-7108-2 Autumn/Winter 2013 ÂŁ50 257 x 180 mm hardback 512pp 200 colour photographs World rights
Howie Firth Howie Firth has written, broadcast and lectured on his native Orkney for more than thirty years. He has been involved with all aspects of Orkney life, from community development to research. In 2003 he was awarded the MBE for his services to popular science.
History, Biography & Real Life Stories
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The Water Doctor’s Daughters Pauline Conolly
The Water Doctor’s Daughters is the fascinating tale of Dr James Marsden, a wealthy nineteenthcentury homeopathist and water-cure practitioner, and his troubled family life. In 1852 he employed French born Célestine Doudet as a governess for his young daughters. She came highly recommended. Within weeks she had accused the doctor’s five young daughters of ‘self-abuse’. Marsden urged the governess to do everything in her power to ‘cure’ them, condoning the use of physical restraints and insisting on a rigid homeopathic diet aimed at decreasing sensuality. By the autumn of 1853 Marian Marsden and her sister Lucy were dead and the governess was charged with manslaughter and cruelty. Two sensational trials followed, but who was more culpable … the girls’ father or their governess?
Book Details 978-0-7198-0570-7 Spring 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 272pp Approx. 30 illustrations World rights
Pauline Conolly Pauline Conolly has worked both in libraries and in the vocational training sector, but now divides her time between the UK and Australia. Conolly has written for a wide range of Australian publications, including the Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian and the literary magazine Quadrant.
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Hawks of the Hadhramaut P.S. Allfree
Readers of P.S. Allfree’s previous book of Arabian memoirs, Warlords of Oman, will recall his closing words, ‘I was going to see more of Arabia.’ In these pages he recounts a year and a half spent as a political officer among the Bedouin of the south-eastern Rub’ al-Khali, the ‘Empty Quarter’. The many fascinating characters in this ancient land spring happily to life: the wise Judge of the Saar who chewed tobacco and whose name was ‘Son of the jerboa’; Sulayim, the serpent-subtle eminence grise of the desert, whom the author employs as a secret key to unlock the doors of the Mahra, a wild and inhospitable race; ‘Aunty’ Hussein, the motherly Secretary of State in the Sultanate of Sayun, and many others. Notable amongst a crowded chronicle of incidents are the Case of the Hamstringed Camel, which nearly leads to a tribal war; the author’s embroilment with a terrifying tribe of what he calls ‘nightmare Teddy-boys, armed to the eyebrows’; and the final exciting expedition, which is the climax of this work, the coup de main which brings the government to the wild and anarchic Mahra.
Book Details 978-0-7198-0738-1 Spring 2013 £12.99 216 x 138 mm paperback 192pp 30 colour photographs World rights
P.S. Allfree P.S. Allfree, who was educated at Bedford School, enlisted in the ranks in the Army in 1948 when he was seventeen. The next year he went to the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and after being commissioned in the Infantry served in Libya, Egypt and Arabia. His experiences in the last named as an officer of the Trucial Oman Levies from 1954 to 1955 and later from 1957 to 1962, when he was in the Sultan of Muscat and Oman’s Army, were the subject of his first book, Warlords of Oman. Late in 1963 Mr Allfree went to Kenya where, after a brief period running a tourist lodge in a game park, he took up an appointment on the editorial staff of Kenya Weekly News. Mr Allfree died in 2006, aged seventy-five.
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Tobruk A Raid Too Far David Jefferson
The disastrous raid on Tobruk, the ill-fated Operation Agreement, took place in September 1942. The purpose? To cut off Field-Marshal Rommel’s supply line prior to the Battle of El Alamein, which would be crucial in determining the success or failure of the North African campaign. Operation Agreement involved the army, navy and air force together with the Long Range Desert Group and the Special Interrogation Group, who were fluent German speakers who donned Nazi uniforms to carry out risky missions behind enemy lines. Based on eyewitness accounts and previously unpublished interviews with veterans, Tobruk: A Raid Too Far explores the operation in-depth, highlighting appalling errors of judgement and their tragic consequences, as well as the astonishing trek of survivors across the desert to reach their front lines.
Book Details 978-0-7090-9298-8 Spring/Summer 2013 £18.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 304pp 26 photographs & 3 maps World rights
David Jefferson David Jefferson has written several books and it was while researching for a WWII book about the Royal Navy’s ‘Little Ships’ that he interviewed a veteran who would discuss his wartime experiences in home waters but would not even talk to his family about his time in the Mediterranean where he was senior officer of a flotilla of Motor Torpedo Boats. Eventually he decided that, after fifty years, the record should be put straight, and recounted to the author his dreadful experiences of the Tobruk raid. His story proved to be the spark that led to this fascinating and groundbreaking book.
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The Princess Alice Disaster Joan Lock
The collision of the Princess Alice pleasure steamer with the Tyne collier, Bywell Castle, in the Thames in September 1878 resulted in Britain’s worst-ever inland waterway accident. Almost 650 Princess Alice passengers and crew died. Whole families were wiped out; many children were left orphans; parents childless. The nation wept. Joan Lock describes vividly the events leading up to the accident, the disaster itself and its aftermath. She then delves into the quarrels that the tragedy devolved into, as each side blamed the other during the extended inquiries to discover just how the accident happened and why so many people drowned. In the process, the author makes a startling discovery…
Book Details 978-0-7090-9541-5 Spring/Summer 2013 £8.99 216 x 138 mm paperback 224pp Approx. 20 illustrations BPTM rights
Joan Lock Ex-nurse and policewoman Joan Lock has written eight non-fiction police/crime books, including three on Scotland Yard’s first detectives and a history of the British Women Police – a subject on which she is an authority. Joan has also written short stories, radio plays and radio documentaries, as well as working as a columnist on the leading police journal, Police Review, and Red Herrings, the magazine of the Crime Writers’ Association.
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Maurice Lindsay’s The Burns Encyclopaedia Edited by David Purdie, Kirsteen McCue and Gerard Carruthers
Robert Burns (1759–96) remains Scotland’s greatest poet, songwriter and song-collector. Regarded by Keats and Wordsworth as a morning star of the Romantic Movement in verse, he was also admired by Beethoven and Haydn who set accompaniments for many of his songs. The Burns Encyclopaedia was first published in 1959, written by Maurice Lindsay, and this is the fourth edition – the first since 1980. All aspects of the poet’s biography and literary output are covered, as are his correspondents and contemporaries, many of the latter set against the backdrop of Enlightenment Edinburgh. The present edition has been thoroughly revised and updated in the light of contemporary scholarship. It will be an essential vade mecum for all who are interested in Robert Burns – and in the literary, social and political ambience not just of Scotland but of the UK in the latter decades of the eighteenth century.
Book Details 978-0-7090-9194-3 Summer 2013 £30 234 x 156 mm hardback 384pp World rights
Author Info David Purdie is a Professor Emeritus and an Hon. Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh. He is the Hon. Curator of the Auld Lang Syne MSS at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway. Gerard Carruthers is Co-Director of the Centre for Robert Burns Studies, General Editor of the OUP edition of the Works of Robert Burns and Principal Investigator in the AHRC-funded project: ‘Editing Robert Burns for the 21st Century’. Kirsteen McCue is Head of Scottish Literature in the School of Critical Studies, Glasgow University, Co-Director of the Centre for Robert Burns Studies and CoInvestigator in the AHRC-funded project: ‘Editing Robert Burns for the 21st Century’.
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A Home in the Country Sheelagh Mawe
During the Second World War, some 3 million people, most of them children, were evacuated from British towns and cities due to the danger of German air attacks; many were sent to the countryside but some were sent to Canada, America, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Two of these children were ‘Sarah’ (the author), aged five, and her brother ‘James’, aged six, who were placed on a ship bound for New York where they would be assigned to a foster home. Awaiting Sarah and James were physical and psychological abuse and deprivation at the hands of a depraved foster mother in rural Maryland. Alongside four orphan children they would learn farm life the hard way as their foster mother’s savage rages increased – reaching fever pitch with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. A testimony to the resilience of the human spirit and the utter ingenuity of childhood, this heartbreaking tale explores the darker side of the British evacuation during the Second World War and is a testament to youthful resourcefulness and the will to survive.
Book Details 978-0-7198-0983-5 Summer 2013 £18.99 216 x 138 mm hardback 208pp World rights
Sheelagh Mawe Born in Hertfordshire, Sheelagh Mawe left the UK and has lived in the United States for many years. She now resides in Florida where she enjoys reading and writing.
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Stop! Armed Police! Inside the Met’s Firearms Unit Stephen Smith
Join veteran crime-fighter Stephen Smith on a journey through the dark and dangerous world of the Metropolitan Police specialist firearms command from its inception in 1966 to the present day. This unique police unit battled against the IRA in the 1970s, experienced its first operational shootings in the 1980s and underwent massive expansion in the 1990s. In the new millennium it fought against Dome raiders, kidnappers and al-Qaeda terrorists, then worked to provide London with a secure environment in which to host the 2012 Olympic Games. From a gunman ordering cannabis smuggled in fried chicken during a siege to a deranged killer holding toddlers hostage, London’s armed police have seen it all. With his wealth of first-hand experience, Stephen Smith has woven together historic and up-to date accounts of perilous and often famously controversial firearms operations across England’s capital. Using hundreds of photographs, illustrations and drawings from several archived sources, this fascinating volume spans five decades of the Metropolitan Police’s fight against crime and many of its photographs and illustrations have never been published before. Packed with detail and intrigue, Stop! Armed Police! is a captivating behind-the-scenes look at the dangerous business of policing London’s streets. Book Details 978-0-7198-0826-5 Winter 2013 £25 246 x 189 mm hardback 256pp Approx. 200 images World rights
Stephen Smith Stephen Smith, veteran of over a thousand armed operations during his twenty-two years with the Metropolitan Police specialist firearms command, joined the Met at nineteen and after twelve years in uniform passed selection for PT17, the Met’s firearms unit, where he was selected to work on the specialist firearms teams. Stephen retired from the Met in 2013 after thirty-three years’ service.
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G.E.M. Skues The Man of the Nymph
‘…the name G.E.M. Skues will forever be associated with nymph fishing throughout the world as long as there are anglers who wish to catch fish’ Frank Sawyer – legendary nymph innovator, author and river keeper
Tony Hayter G.E.M. Skues is considered the most innovative fly-fishing angler of modern times, spearheading and near-singlehandedly developing the technique of below-surface fly-fishing for trout with nymphs. His pioneering example is now followed by anglers worldwide. During the six years of research and writing for this volume, Tony Hayter has travelled widely in Europe and the USA to unearth a treasure trove of original and hitherto unpublished material, which throws new light on the life of this great man. Packed with fascinating detail, the book explores many hitherto unrevealed facets of Skues’ life and for the first time sets into proper perspective his early clash with F.M. Halford, as well as his inevitable collision with the diehard dry-fly purists in 1938. Also detailed for the first time through voluminous unpublished correspondence is the major influence Skues had on anglers in Europe and the USA, culminating in his election as an honorary life member of the New York Anglers Club in 1927. Tony Hayter’s book is a singular achievement that will long stand as the definitive biography of G.E.M. Skues.
Book Details 978-0-7198-1058-9 Autumn/Winter 2013 234 x 156 mm hardback 304 pp 32 colour and 16 black & white images World rights
Tony Hayter Tony Hayter, as a professional historian, has edited, reviewed and published in the area of military history and other subjects, and since retiring has recommenced writing about angling. He had long been puzzled by the fact that no biography of Halford or Skues had ever been published, and in 2002 he began to address this lack by writing F.M. Halford and the Dry-Fly Revolution. With G.E.M. Skues: the Man of the Nymph he closes the gap once and for all. Tony now lives with his wife in a village in the south of Wiltshire with a chalk stream in the garden, where the trout, being part of the family, are admired and not fished for.
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Shadows of Conflict
The Forgiving Sand
Jennifer Bohnet
Theresa Le Flem
When Katie accepts Mattie’s offer to take over her shop in Dartmouth, she expects her life to be busy though unexciting. But with an American film crew in town, a disgruntled relative, and Mattie herself still refusing to face up to the lingering shadows of an unhappy childhood, life is neither simple nor quiet. When Patrick, her ex-boss, offers the chance of her dream media job Katie has to decide whether accepting it is worth turning her back on everything and everyone in Dartmouth.
With the fishing industry in crisis it is becoming increasingly difficult to make ends meet in a small, coastal town. Christina’s quiet beach cafe is losing money and her ruthless brother-in-law, René, is determined to close it down. When John Madison, a widowed and lonely local skipper, desperately seeks Christina’s help with his young daughter she is both disturbed by and drawn to him. Who can save her beloved Sea Cafe? And when John asks her to take a risk, will her heart be torn in two?
Book Details SHADOWS OF CONFLICT
the forgiving sand
978-0-7198-0876-0
978-0-7198-0917-0
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
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234 x 156 mm hardback
234 x 156 mm hardback
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224pp
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Jennifer Bohnet Jennifer Bohnet is a full-time writer, living in France with her husband Richard. Her previous novels, Follow Your Star and Rendezvous in Cannes were also published by Robert Hale. For more about the author please visit her website: www.jenniferbohnet.com Theresa Le Flem A daughter of the artist Cyril Hamersma, Theresa was raised in London. With her own children now grown up Theresa is able to follow her passion for writing. Her previous novel, The Sea Inside His Head, was also published by Robert Hale.
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An Enormous Yes Wendy Perriam Three generations of women, all with very different ideas as to what constitutes the good life. For Hanna, ninety-five, it’s always been based on duty, piety, and service to others, but for her granddaughter, Amy, it means wealth success and status. Amy’s mother, Maria, is more ambivalent; attracted by both Hanna’s high ideals and by the new hedonistic lifestyle she encounters when, after the death of her mother, she moves from Hanna’s shabby Northumberland cottage to Amy’s stylish London home. After thirty-nine years of celibacy, her second self – a wild sensualist-in-waiting – is awakened by the passionate artist, Felix. Should Maria say ‘an enormous yes’ to a new life of sexual and artistic self-fulfilment, or follow her mother’s example and devote herself to Amy, now pregnant with her first child?
Wendy’s previous two books: ‘I’m on the Train!’ – a short-story collection 978-0-7090-9135-6 Broken Places (paperback) 978-0-7090-9625-2
Book Details 978-0-7090-9385-5 Summer 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 304pp BPTM rights
An Enormous Yes poses fundamental questions about what constitutes living well, and the choices we are forced to make; exploring the conflicting claims of entitlement versus duty and responsibility. It pits our image-based, celebrityobsessed culture against more enduring values, and, in chronicling a passionate relationship between two people in their sixties, challenges society’s myth that sex is only for the young.
Wendy Perriam Wendy Perriam has been writing since the age of five, completing her first ‘novel’ at eleven. Expelled from boarding school for heresy, she escaped to Oxford, where she read History and also trod the boards. She now divides her time between teaching and writing. Her sixteen novels and seven short-story collections boldly mix sex, religion and humour, and have been acclaimed for their psychological insight and their power to disturb, divert and shock.
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Promise to Obey
Best Laid Plans
Stella Whitelaw
Patricia Fawcett
When Jessica is charmed into accepting a job at grand Upton Hall she is not expecting to have to provide full-time care for an autistic boy, an asthmatic girl and the sharp-tongued Lady Grace, who is recuperating from hip replacement surgery.
The pressures of the recession have left the Fletchers’ business in trouble, and their family in a similar state of disarray. Lacking a bond with her daughter, Amy, has left Christine Fletcher feeling inadequate, and guilty about the amount of time she spends instead with her artistic daughter-in-law, Monique. But Christine’s husband and daughter don’t believe Monique to be as innocent and uncomplicated as she seems. A family Christmas reveals surprises and Christine is forced to act to save both her family and the business.
But her employer, Lucas, expects even more of his young employee. In his pursuit of a mother for his children he is determined to make Jessica his wife. But where is the children’s mother?
Book Details Promise to Obey 978-0-7198-0978-1 Summer 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 224pp World rights
Best Laid Plans 978-0-7198-1001-5 Summer 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 224pp World English language rights
Stella Whitelaw Stella Whitelaw began her writing career as a cub reporter and rose to become the first female chief reporter in London. Her previous novels Portrait of a Murder and Money Never Sleeps were also published by Robert Hale. Patricia Fawcett Born in Preston, Lancashire, Patricia Fawcett now lives in Devon, close to her family. She is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and the West Country Writers’ Association. Her previous novels include Rumours and Red Roses and Just Another Day, both published by Robert Hale.
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Pity the Lonely Dreamers
Not What It Seems Pamela Fudge
Grace Thompson
When the opportunity comes for Valentina to leave South Wales behind, and head to London, she grasps it with both hands. Living in the midst of the music scene changes her attitude and, growing in confidence and experience, Valentina attempts to move out from the shadow of her friend, Phil, and his dream of being a star. With new friends and big ambitions Valentina learns to stand on her own, and make for herself the life of which she dreams.
Book Details Pity the Lonely Dreamers 978-0-7198-0999-6 Summer 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 224pp BPTM excl. Canada rights
Not What It Seems 978-0-7198-0960-6 Summer 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 224pp World rights
Evie was divorced with three young children and Owen was widowed with two of his own when they were introduced by friends. As a practical arrangement, setting up house together worked beautifully, but now it is time to ditch their unconventional setup and lead their own lives. It’s going to be a long and difficult road if they are to separate their lives and home for good…
Grace Thompson Grace Thompson lives in Swansea. She has a son and a daughter, as well as five grandchildren. Her previous books, also published by Hale, include Nothing is Forever, Gull Island and Goodbye to Dreams. Pamela Fudge Pamela Fudge has enjoyed writing since she was a child. Her previous books, also published by Robert Hale, include Second Best, A Change for the Better, Never Be Lonely and Turn Back Time. You can find out more about her at: www.pamfudge.co.uk
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The Moon Around Sarah Paul Lederer
Sarah will not speak. Born with the ability, but having lost the inclination, she lives in silence, surrounded by the noise of her bickering family, who are gathered to discuss the selling of the family homestead. But there is no room for sentiment and a young, selectively mute girl is not a burden any of them want to shoulder. During an escape from the madness in which she was raised, Sarah is befriended by a young man who finds her silence eloquent. Knowing nothing about her, and unable to learn, he must communicate with her via a deeper language. And Sarah must re-learn her understanding of people, and men, if she is to escape from underneath the black cloud of her family. A haunting and sophisticated account of the human mind’s ability to shut out the world’s darkest horrors and flourish at the touch of kindness, The Moon Around Sarah is a finely observed tribute to the strength of the soul.
Book Details 978-0-7198-1040-4 Autumn 2013 ÂŁ19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 224pp World rights
Paul Lederer Born in southern California, Paul returned home after years of extensive travel abroad. His work is wide and varied, but his concentration has remained fixed on the lonely and the needy of the heart, the lost ones such as Sarah.
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E.V. Thompson Other titles by E.V. Thompson include: The Bonds of Earth 978-0-7090-9965-9 Blue Dress Girl 978-0-7090-9846-1
Book Details Hawke’s tor 978-0-7090-9374-9 Spring/Summer 2013 £7.99 198 x 129 mm paperback 288pp World rights
The Music Makers 978-0-7090-9843-0 Summer 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 448pp World rights
Homeland 978-0-7198-1035-0 Autumn/Winter 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 416pp World rights
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Hawke’s Tor
The brutal murder of a promiscuous young wife and the disappearance of her baby son bring Superintendent Amos Hawke and Sergeant Tom Churchyard to a tiny moorland village in nineteenth-century Cornwall, where the residents harbour dark secrets.
The Music Makers
In the troubled countryside of Ireland, the 1840s are harrowing years; the seasons when potato crops fail and the gaunt spectre of hunger stalks the landscape. Against this stark landscape stands Liam McCabe, one-time fisherman of Kilmar, now turned to politics. But Liam will need more than just the support of the women in his life as he confronts new and dangerous enemies spinning a web of corruption across his tormented nation.
Homeland
Three men, all emigrants of Scotland, head off to find new lives in far-distant countries: James Cameron, hounded by debt and scandal, heads for the vast wilderness of Upper Canada where he amasses a fortune that will bless future generations; Hugh MacCrimmon is forced to America when an act of brave defiance makes fleeing his only option; and Angus Ross, victim of tragedy, is transported to a convict colony in Australia, left with nothing but his pride. For over a hundred years these families will help carve empires and fight for their countries. But their paths will cross again: in passion, in hatred, in combat – and in their urge to claim their cherished heritage. E.V. Thompson E.V. Thompson was born in London. After spending nine years in the Royal Navy, he served as a Vice Squad policeman in Bristol, became an investigator for British Overseas Airways, then headed Rhodesia’s Department of Civil Aviation Security Section before returning to England and becoming a full-time award-winning writer. His first novel, Chase the Wind, won the Best Historical Novel Award, and since then more than thirty novels have won him thousands of admirers around the world. In 2011 E.V. Thompson was awarded an MBE for services to literature and to the Cornish community. He died in 2012.
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A Crown of Despair
Operation Kingfisher
Jenny Mandeville
Hilary Green
Having sent his last wife to the block, the tyrannical Henry VIII sets his lustful sights upon the recently widowed Catherine Parr. In mourning for her late husband, and desperately in love with another, Catherine is forced to choose between the man she loves and a crown of despair. As Henry’s sixth wife and queen, she battles to contain her fear and revulsion of her bloated and monstrous new husband.
Occupied France is a dangerous place for two teenagers, especially when they are the children of a French mother and a British father. Desperate to escape and get back to England they take refuge and find themselves immersed in the complex and clandestine Operation Kingfisher. There is one method of escape which remains previously unconsidered: a risky dash via the canals …
Set in the infamous royal court of Henry VIII, Catherine’s story is one of survival and courage amid the harsh reality of duty, treason, religion and war.
Hilary Green presents a thrilling foray into the underground escape routes and fugitive culture of WWII in this new and electrifying novel, which is sure to delight her army of fans.
Book Details A Crown of Despair 978-0-7198-0857-9 Spring 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 224pp BPTM excl. USA, dependencies and the Phillipines
Operation Kingfisher 978-0-7198-1051-0 Autumn 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 224pp World rights
Jenny Mandeville Jenny Mandeville lives in the rural south west of England. She has a keen interest in history, particularly Tudor history. A Crown of Despair is her first novel. Hilary Green Hilary Green is a trained actress and spent many years teaching drama and running a youth theatre company. She has also written scripts for BBC Radio and won the Kythira short story prize. Hilary now lives in the Wirral and is a fulltime writer.
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Crowning Deception
Autumn Softly Fell
Clifford Peacock
Dominic Luke
Romanian King Carol flees to Paris at the beginning of WWII, leaving behind his longtime mistress, Magda, who is to follow him. But on the eve of the German invasion, Magda and her secret lover, Grigor, have other plans, and steal priceless gems from the palace.
Abandoned by her father and left in the care of an uncle she has never met before, eightyear-old Dorothea Ryan finds herself cast away in a big strange house in the middle of the countryside. But as time passes and hopes of ever going back to London start to fade, Dorothea becomes more and more enmeshed in her new life at Clifton Park.
Royalty, espionage, love, deceit and betrayal are tightly woven into a galloping plot across hazardous German-occupied Europe.
Book Details Crowning Deception 978-0-7198-1053-4 Summer 2013 ÂŁ19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 224pp World rights
Autumn Softly Fell 978-0-7198-1080-0 Autumn 2013 ÂŁ19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 224pp World rights
This beautifully written story of identity and loyalty pulls its readers deep into contemplation, leaving them emerging triumphant from a stupor of remarkable storytelling.
Clifford Peacock Clifford Peacock has been a soldier, colonial service officer and was a university lecturer prior to retirement. He and his wife live in Northumberland. His previous novel, The Cruel Trade, was also published by Robert Hale. Dominic Luke Dominic Luke was born in London and studied history at the University of Birmingham. He lives in Northamptonshire and his previous novels, Aunt Letitia and Snake in the Grass, were also published by Robert Hale.
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Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts
Breaths of Suspicion Roy Lewis
Steve Hayes & David Whitehead
Following a prolonged cocaine binge, Sherlock Holmes is closer to death than Dr Watson has ever seen him before. Fearing for Holmes’ well-being, the pair repair to France, to enjoy a leisurely convalescence at the home of Holmes’s old friend, Henri Gillet. But even before the pair reach Paris they become tangled up in a perilous mystery of the like even they have never seen before…
Book Details Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts 978-0-7198-0794-7 Spring 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 224pp World rights
Breaths of Suspicion 978-0-7198-0913-2 Spring 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 224pp World rights
As his rise in the legal profession accelerates, Edwin James seeks a seat in Parliament. However, James finds that he must first act as an election agent in what is quickly seen as the most corrupt election in mid-Victorian England. In spite of the powerful backing of senior politicians, including the Prime Minister Lord Palmerston, he finds he is still dogged by old scandals and unforgiving enemies.
Steve Hayes & David Whitehead Steve Hayes is a prolific novelist and also has enjoyed a fantastic career as a screenwriter in America. David Whitehead has lived in London his whole life and can lay claim to a large body of work for Robert Hale. Roy Lewis Roy Lewis is a well-established crime writer who has written over sixty novels. He lives in the north of England where he sets many of his books. His previous books include Design for Murder and The Goddess of Death.
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The Jacobite Murders G.M. Best Lady Overbury takes up residence in Queen Square to enjoy Bath’s many pleasures in the autumn of 1745 but unwittingly becomes involved in a series of brutal murders. With the help of Beau Nash, the city’s famous Master of Ceremonies, and the novelist Henry Fielding, she sets out to discover the identity of the killer and becomes involved in the love affair between the beautiful heiress, Sophia Westbrook, and her admirer, Tom Jones, whose parentage is shrouded in mystery. As the murder count rises it becomes clear that Bath has become the centre of a Jacobite plot to ensure the success of the rebellion of Bonnie Prince Charlie and the overthrow of the king. The Methodist preacher, Charles Wesley, helps Sophia Westbrook uncover vital clues and there is a desperate race to catch the killer and prevent the Highlanders seizing control of London.
Book Details 978-0-7198-0877-7 Spring 2013 £19.99 234 x 156mm hardback 224pp World rights
G.M. Best Brought up in the north-east, G.M. Best studied history at Exeter College, Oxford, and went on to be the headmaster of Kingswood School in Bath. He is currently Warden of the New Room in Bristol, a research fellow at Wesley College, Bristol, and a member of the Methodist Heritage Committee. His previous novels, Oliver Twist Investigates and Wuthering Heights Revisited, were also published by Robert Hale.
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Death at Knytte
The Ghosts of Mayfield Court
Jean Rowden
Norman Russell
Nobody believes Lord Pickhurst’s new young wife is as demure and devoted as she seems, but where in the wilds of the West Country would she find a suitable paramour? When there is a spate of jewel robberies and a brutal murder Sergeant Beddowes must solve the riddle of how the elderly Lord Pickhurst died, or an innocent man will go to the gallows, while the guilty get away scot free.
Book Details Death at Knytte 978-0-7198-0982-8 Summer 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 224pp World rights
The Ghosts of Mayfield Court 978-0-7198-1032-9 Summer 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 224pp World rights
When Maximilian Paget inherits Mayfield Court, he and his niece Catherine find it to be half-ruined, and haunted by the wraith of a murdered child. Catherine discovers a child’s skeleton, bringing rural Detective Inspector Saul Jackson and his bibulous but shrewd sergeant, Herbert Bottomley, to investigate. When Uncle Max is murdered, and the killer has left a trail of corpses in an attempt to secure a hidden fortune, Catherine herself faces imminent death and a monstrous betrayal.
Jean Rowden Jean Rowden lives in Northamptonshire with her husband. Her previous novels include Gone Astray and Lost Innocents, both were published by Robert Hale. Norman Russell Norman Russell was born in Lancashire but has lived most of his life in Liverpool. After graduating from Jesus College, Oxford, he served a term in the army. Among his previous novels published by Robert Hale are The Dorset House Affair and The Calton Papers.
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The Lovegrove Hermit
The Dead Queen’s Garden
Rosemary Craddock
Nicola Slade
Visiting Lovegrove Priory with her brother and niece, Charlotte Tyler is enchanted by their hostess, Amelia Denby, the writer of sensational Gothic novels. Miss Denby’s eccentricity extends to the grounds of her country house where she has etablished a hermitage complete with a mysterious character who has a seemingly tragic past. But when the hermit is found shot dead all eyes turn in on the house party, and a further death makes clear that one of them is guilty…
Young Victorian widow, Charlotte Richmond, has lately found herself tripping over the occasional corpse, but surely Christmas can’t present the same hazard? Oh yes it can …. She’s puzzled and anxious, but learns a surprising amount about gardening, unpleasant ailments and how to conduct a rat-hunt.
Book Details The Lovegrove Hermit Book details: 978-0-7198-1106-7 Winter 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 224pp World rights
The Dead Queen’s Garden 978-0-7198-1038-1 Winter 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 224pp World rights
Boxing Day finds her fighting for her life armed only with the least likely weapon ever! Another enthralling tale from Nicola Slade.
Rosemary Craddock Rosemary Craddock was born in Staffordshire and has lived there for most of her life. She has been writing since childhood and has published many novels. Nicola Slade Nicola Slade had her first short stories published in her early twenties and wrote for children and for women’s magazines for a number of years. She currently lives in Hampshire. Her previous novels, Murder Fortissimo and A Crowded Coffin, were also published by Robert Hale.
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A Crowded Coffin
Money Never Sleeps
Nicola Slade
Stella Whitelaw
It is late summer and former headmistress, Harriet Quigley, is enjoying life.
Fancy Jones, bestselling crime writer, discovers that someone is trying to kill her.
Her cousin Sam is moving next door and the only cloud on the horizon is village gossip. But with a sudden death in Winchester Cathedral, a treasure hunt that attracts unwelcome attentions, and history that looms uncomfortably close, Harriet finds herself trapped somewhere very nasty – and she’s not alone.
When she is invited to lecture at a writers’ conference in the Derbyshire Dales, she leaps at the chance to leave London and hopefully escape the threat of her assassin. But events turn sour when a body is found floating in a lake at the conference venue, and bizarre things start happening to Fancy.
Book Details A Crowded Coffin 978-0-7198-0795-4 Spring 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 224pp BPTM excl. Canada rights
Money Never Sleeps 978-0-7198-0747-3 Spring 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 224pp World rights
Nicola Slade Nicola Slade had her first short stories published in her early twenties and wrote for children and for women’s magazines for a number of years. She currently lives in Hampshire. Her previous novels, Death is the Cure and Murder Fortissimo were also published by Robert Hale. Stella Whitelaw Stella Whitelaw began her writing career as a cub reporter and rose to become the first female chief reporter in London. Her previous novel, Portrait of a Murder, was also published by Robert Hale.
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A Narrow Margin of Error
Walk a Narrow Mile Faith Martin
Faith Martin
Ex-DI Hillary Greene, now working as a civilian consultant to her former Thames Valley bosses, is happy to be handed another cold case murder file. Who killed a young Oxford student at his digs over ten years ago, and why? But tracking down a killer isn’t Hillary’s only problem. She’s picked up a stalker – and his ‘gifts’ begin to lead her to a number of missing women.
Book Details A Narrow Margin of Error 978-0-7198-0797-8 Spring 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 224pp World rights
Walk a Narrow Mile 978-0-7198-1054-1 Summer 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 224pp World rights
Ex-DI Hillary Greene is still traumatized by a stalker who, it now appears, was responsible for a string of other cases involving missing girls. Her bosses are worried she is not up to the job and Hillary, too, suffers despair at her failure to make progress. It seems that with this particular attacker there is always a next time. Another tense, thrilling outing for the everpopular Hillary Greene from the pen of gifted storyteller Faith Martin.
Faith Martin Faith Martin was born in Oxford. She began her working life as a secretary but left to pursue her dream of becoming a writer. Walk a Narrow Mile picks up where A Narrow Margin of Error left off in the Hillary Greene series.
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Vengeance
Psycho
Roy Chester
Robert Bloch
DCI Falcon and the team rally round to support forensic psychiatrist Fiona Nightingale after she is attacked by an unknown assailant in a manner frighteningly reminiscent of a previous attack.
She was a fugitive, lost in a storm. That was when she saw the sign: motel – vacancy. The sign was unlit, the motel dark.
As they investigate further, the prime suspect is identified as Debbie Connelly – one of Fiona’s former patients and a woman hell-bent on vengeance against the doctor who had locked her away…
Book Details Vengeance 978-0-7198-0816-6 Spring 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 224pp World rights
Psycho 978-0-7198-1081-7 Spring 2013 £7.99 198 x 129 mm paperback 192pp BPTM excl. Canada rights
Psycho is not a tale for queasy stomachs or faint hearts. Filled with horrifying suspense, the climax, instead of being a relief, will hit the reader with bone-shattering force.
Roy Chester Roy Chester was the Proudman Professor of Oceanography at the University of Liverpool until his retirement in 2001. His previous novels include The Toy Breaker and The God Slayer, which were both published by Robert Hale. Robert Bloch Robert Albert Bloch (1917–1994) was a prolific and celebrated writer of crime, horror and science fiction. Psycho was Bloch’s most famous work, and it was on this chilling novel that the classic film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock was based.
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Blood on the Wall
Missing Persons
Jim Eldridge
Meurig Jones
Along the line of Hadrian’s Wall, someone is murdering people and taking their heads. Is this a ritualistic killer or a revenge mission?
A young man’s drinking binge sets in motion a sequence of violent and lethal crimes, leading Swansea detective, DI Harry Lambert – suspecting foul play in a suicide verdict – to continue his own investigations. Trusting his own instincts, he uncovers the worst case of treachery he has ever known…
Detective Inspector Andreas Georgiou of Carlisle CID is brought back from suspension to investigate, but with an accusation of brutality on his record and superior officer set on hanging him out to dry, his work will be anything but straightforward.
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Jim Eldridge Jim Eldridge is an award-winning writer. As a scriptwriter, he created fifteen series for BBC and ITV. Full details about Jim’s writing can be found at www.jimeldridge.com. Meurig Jones An actor for more than forty years, having started as a child actor, Meurig has appeared in countless theatre and TV productions. He lives in Tunbridge Wells and his previous novels (written under the name David Barry) include Mr Micawber Down Under, also published by Robert Hale.
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The Sacrifice
Death Warmed Up
Mike Uden
John Paxton Sheriff
When private eye Pamela Andrews and her daughter, Anna, are chosen to investigate a high-profile case concerning the whereabouts of a missing girl, they wonder why.
Jack Scott and Sian Laidlaw are forced to remain in Gibraltar with Jack’s mother when she breaks her ankle – Eleanor believes she was pushed.
With no help from the police and nothing much to work on, it soon becomes a daunting mission. Hunting down an abductor is one thing, becoming the next victim is quite another.
When a chance meeting with a young photographer, Pru Wise, leads them into the path of trouble and up against a ruthless diamond robber it becomes clear that there are some dangerous forces at work.
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Death Warmed Up 978-0-7198-0914-9 Spring 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 224pp World rights
Mike Uden Mike Uden started work as a runner in a Soho postproduction company but progressed to working on such seminal films as Yellow Submarine and Performance. The Sacrifice is his first published novel. John Paxton Sheriff John Paxton Sheriff has published four books on writing technique, thirty-five Western novels and seven crime novels. His previous works include Rock to Death, which was also set in Gibraltar.
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Killer in Black
One Murder Too Many
Paul Bennett
Terrell L. Bowers
In a small town in Texas five ex-mercenaries reunite when one of their number, Red, halfComanche, half-Texan, is threatened. Presidential candidate Senator O’Hara likes to keep his town whiter than snow and he’s taken a dislike to Red. The town’s sheriff won’t risk his job by helping so it’s down to Johnny Silver and his band of comrades to sort out the Senator, and his prejudices…
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Kari Underwood, an investigative reporter, becomes involved in a curious double murder which puts her in a killer’s crosshairs. With Kari’s life in danger, Jason Keane leaves his position in the Sutton CID and returns to America to protect her. Betrayal, deceit, blackmail and a vicious drug cartel all play a part in what could mean the death of both Kari and the man she loves.
Paul Bennett Paul Bennett was born in London and educated at Alleyn’s School in Dulwich. He lives in Essex with his family and his previous novels, Catalyst and Mercenary, were also published by Robert Hale. Terrell L. Bowers Raised on farms in the United States, Terrell L. Bowers has written over sixty books. His previous novels include Heads I Win…Tails You Die, which was also published by Robert Hale.
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Peroxide Homicide
After the Execution
Matthew Malekos
James Raven
When working a night shift at Manchester’s inner-city morgue, forensic pathologist Karen Laos finds herself with the body of an unknown male, apparently murdered by a killer she had pursued six years before.
Lee Jordan has spent ten years on death row for a murder he didn’t commit. When he finally enters the death chamber he’s strapped to a gurney and given an injection of lethal drugs in front of witnesses.
Reunited with ageing policeman Detective Inspector James Nakonski, they must identify, locate and catch the killer taunting them both.
But that’s not the end of it. Jordan is still alive. And to stop him talking he has to die all over again – before he brings down the entire American justice system…
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Matthew Malekos Matthew Malekos is an ex-psychiatric nurse. He lives on the island of Cyprus with his civil partner. James Raven James Raven was a journalist for most of his working life, before setting up his own production company. James has previously written five novels published by Robert Hale, including Rollover and Urban Myth.
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Deadly Serious
Death in Transit
Jean Chapman
Keith Moray
When Jim Maddern – well-respected police sergeant – begins to act completely out of character, ex-Met officer John Cannon is concerned. He discovers that death threats have been sent to Maddern and his family via the local paper after Maddern stumbled on the paperboy’s criminal lineage.
The lack of light pollution makes West Uist an ideal place for astronomical observation. But tension between the influx of amateur stargazers and the West Uist Astrological Society is clear from the start, and when a body is found floating in Kyleshiffin harbour it is unclear whether there has been a tragic accident or a murder.
On Lincolnshire’s waterways, in the woods, the villages and Cannon’s own public house, the gangland rivalries, revenge and retribution will reach their bitter end.
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Death in Transit 978-0-7198-0984-2 Summer 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 224pp World rights
A chalked astrological sign gathers significance when a second body and another sign is discovered. This time there is no doubt – it is murder most foul.
Jean Chapman Jean Chapman began her writing career as a freelance journalist before going on to write fiction. Her previous books include Both Sides of the Fence and A Watery Grave, both published by Robert Hale. Keith Moray Keith Moray is a part-time doctor, columnist and novelist. He lives and works in Wakefield. His previous novels include Murder Solstice and Flotsam and Jetsam, both published by Robert Hale.
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The Big Fiddle
Jack’s Heir
Roger Silverwood
Michael Litchfield
When a man is found dead, and his carer, a good-time girl, is suspected of his murder, Detective Inspector Angel is drawn into an intricate web of family lies and deceit. The dead man’s daughter is hiding something, and his granddaughter seems incapable of telling anyone the truth.
A serial killer is stalking young women, seemingly at random. The slayings are barbaric, but there is no evidence of rape, and sexual gratification doesn’t appear to be a motive. Despite the arbitrary nature of the crimes, there is a template structure to the modus operandi.
The pressure is on for Angel to unravel the mystery and identify the killer before another body is found.
With time running out, the final piece of the jigsaw appears to come from the grave. It seems, in this fast-paced thriller, that the dead do talk, and are willing to reveal their secrets…
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Roger Silverwood Roger Silverwood was educated in Gloucestershire before National Service. He later worked in the toy trade and as an antiques dealer before retiring. This is the twentieth episode in the highly successful Inspector Angel series. Michael Litchfield A journalist for many years, Michael Litchfield wrote for the Daily Mail and Sunday Express. His previous novels, Last Bus to the Grave, Deadline and The One a Month Man, were also published by Robert Hale.
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Run for Home
We’ll Be Watching You
Dan Latus
Eileen Robertson
British counter-intelligence officer Harry Gibson finds the murdered bodies of his three colleagues in their safe house in Prague and knows he has to get out before he becomes the fourth. Harry must submerse himself in the dangerous and changing landscape of Prague if he is to uncover the far-reaching conspiracy in the ranks of his own service. In this exciting thriller Dan Latus has produced another must-read book for his fans.
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We’ll be Watching You 978-0-7198-1072-5 Autumn 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 224pp World rights
Christine Brett has two problems: one, her disempowering divorce and the other, caring for her invalid mother, Emily. Matters don’t improve when Christine becomes obsessed with Neighbourhood Watch and reports her neighbours for trivial offences. Visiting the local supermarket she witnesses a robbery, and is distressed to find the face of the getaway driver familiar. Christine is right to be afraid: if she can identify the getaway driver, then it’s likely that he can recognize her…
Dan Latus Dan Latus lives in Northumberland and grew up in Teeside, which served as his inspiration for this particular novel. His previous novels include Never Look Back, Risky Mission and Out of the Night, which were all published by Robert Hale. Eileen Robertson Eileen Robertson lives in Gosport. We’ll Be Watching You is her third novel. Her previous novels Miss McGuire is Missing and Blackmail for Beginners were also published by Robert Hale.
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Murder at Maddleskirk Abbey Nicholas Rhea
After Constable Nick of Aidensfield and Heartbeat fame’s retirement, he helped create a small private police force of monk-constables serving Maddleskirk Abbey and its adjoining college. The body of an unknown man is discovered in a huge stone coffin in the crypt and Nick and DCS ‘Nabber’ Napier of the local constabulary welcome the assistance of the monk-constables or monkstables as they become known, as their knowledge of the abbey, its history, practices and personnel proves invaluable to the detectives. When the murder investigation hots up, a prominent pupil of the college goes missing and the monkstables find themselves pitched into an intense criminal investigation as they search for the missing boy. With help from retired Sgt Oscar Blaketon and ex-PC Alf Ventress, plus some input from Claude Jeremiah Greengrass, Nick’s experience is put to the test as a killer stalks the hushed corridors of Maddleskirk Abbey.
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Nicholas Rhea Nicholas Rhea is the pen-name for Peter N. Walker, formerly an inspector with the North Yorkshire Police and the creator of the Constable series, the inspiration for the long-running and critically acclaimed ITV drama series Heartbeat. As Peter N. Walker, he is the author of Portrait of the North York Moors and a number of murder and mystery titles. He lives in North Yorkshire.
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Hard Luck Story
Sister Slaughter
Richard Haley
Raymond Haigh
Crane, a private investigator, is engaged by Josie Mellors to shadow her husband whom she suspects of having an affair. But Mr Mellors, Crane discovers, is loyal to his wife, just not to the letter of the law. Controlled by a powerful gang leader, Mellors operates under such a convincing guise of total respectability that his affectionate family have no knowledge of his other life. When, by coincidence, details of his criminal activities emerge, the impact on the Mellors family is devastating and leads to a murderous climax.
A frightened child hides amongst the trees surrounding her home. Her mother, brother and sister have been taken away, her stepfather is bedridden, and she is too scared to go into the house to comfort him. But when a woman with a big black gun arrives, life becomes dangerous and exciting. Samantha Quest has been sent to protect the girl’s stepfather and discover his secrets, but can Quest snatch them all from the jaws of death?
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Richard Haley Richard Haley worked as a wool broker and a personnel manager before retiring to write thrillers. His previous books include The Murderer’s Son, Blood and Money, Written in Water, The Beckford Don, The Casino Girl and A Fatal Ambition. He currently lives in Surrey. Raymond Haigh Raymond Haigh was born in Doncaster where he went on to work in local government. He began writing in the 1980s with the publication of the first of his five Paul Lomax novels. This is his sixth Samantha Quest story.
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Running Against the Tide
The Toll of the Sea Theresa Murphy
Joanna Barnden
It’s 1800 and with the new century comes a rising tide of optimism, especially in the port of London where the ambitious West India Dock is being built. On the great river the traders and the watermen work together, but away from its banks they are divided by the chasms of class and social expectation. When Virginia Marcombe, daughter of a great shipping magnate, falls for Edward Allerdice, an apprentice lighterman, storms soon start to brew across the choppy waters of the Thames.
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The Toll of the Sea 978-0-7198-0793-0 Spring 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 224pp World rights
A terrific storm on a night in the mid-1850s brings tragedy to Adamslee, an impoverished village on the south-west coast of England. The Paloma, a ship returning from the Crimea, runs aground with the loss of 412 lives of soldiers, their wives and children. But there is one survivor, the mysterious and handsome Joby Lancer who becomes deeply entangled with the lives of the local villagers, including a village girl, a farmer’s wife and highwayman ‘Buckingham Joe’.
Joanna Barnden Joanna Barnden was born in St Andrews and is now a creative-writing tutor for the Open University. She has written numerous short stories for various women’s magazines. Running Against the Tide is her first full-length novel. Theresa Murphy Theresa Murphy was born in Portland, Dorset. She has written numerous novels, published by Robert Hale, including Coming to the Edge, The Honey Gatherers and McFeeley’s Rebellion.
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Wheels of Grace Tania Crosse
Grace Dannings has lived her entire young life in the safe and idyllic Dartmoor village of Walkhampton, working as a maid at a farm within sight of her own humble family home. Her only wish is that nothing will ever change in her contented, happy existence. But it is May 1914 and the village is alive with talk of the situation in Europe. When war breaks out, its ugly tentacles reach everyone in the village, leaving no one untouched among Grace’s family, neighbours and friends. Grace sees it as her duty to step into the breach wherever she is needed, beginning with the wheelwrights’ at the heart of the village. Grappling with her own anguish and loss, she discovers supreme fulfilment in a new vocation, but at what personal cost? A poignant, sensitive and intensely moving account of one village’s war, and the endurance of those who waited at home for news of their loved ones.
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Tania Crosse Tania Crosse was born in London but at a very young age moved to Surrey where her love of the countryside took root. Using meticulous historical research and her love of Dartmoor, she began penning novels set in the area from Victorian times to the 1950s, all based closely on local history. Wheels of Grace is her ninth published novel. www.tania-crosse.co.uk
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Darkest Before the Dawn Gwen Kirkwood
Joe Lennox becomes bitter and deranged and blames Billy Caraford when his son is killed in a car accident, but Billy has lost his best friend and is badly injured himself. Despite the misgivings of his parents, he is still determined to be a farmer. He summons his courage to go to university, but privately he regards himself as a cripple, convinced no woman could love him or want to be his wife. Kimberley is orphaned when her father dies. She moves to Scotland with her aunt but she is nervous about changing schools until Billy helps her find new friends. Both Kim and her aunt become involved in the affairs of the Caraford family and, as Kim grows into a lovely young woman, she finds the strength of character to confront problems and fight for the life and the love she craves.
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Gwen Kirkwood Gwen Kirkwood was born, and schooled, in Yorkshire but moved to Scotland to work. After meeting her husband, a Scottish dairy farmer, she has spent most of her adult life north of the border. Gwen has written fifteen family sagas and also six shorter romances. Another Home, Another Love was also published by Robert Hale.
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As the Cards Fall
Take Hold of Tomorrow
Christina Green
Karen Abbott
At the turn of the century, Bella Reed – orphaned and working as a companion– receives a letter from someone claiming to be her uncle. Travelling to an ancient and neglected farm in remote Dartmoor, Bella meets members of her hitherto unknown family and is astonished to discover she is to be her uncle’s heiress. But Bella is accustomed to city life and quickly finds the comfortless farmhouse and its hard rural life difficult to accept.
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Determined for a better future, Ellen, a kitchen maid, takes every opportunity to further herself and is promoted to lady’s maid. But the advancement in her status attracts declarations of love from three very different men: John, the master’s son; Charlie, a farmer’s lad; and Leslie, her mistress’s fiancée. Jealousy and betrayal plague her life once more and grasping hold of a better tomorrow is a dream that is beginning to slip away.
Christina Green Christina Green was born in Essex and now lives in Devon. A writer for many years she has produced over thirty books including The Far Land and Drifting Shadows. Karen Abbott Karen Abbott was born in Lancashire but now lives in Rainford, Merseyside. Having taken early retirement, Karen now dedicates herself to writing full-time and has had thirty novellas published. Her previous novels, A Most Rebellious Debutante and A Father for Daisy, were also published by Robert Hale.
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No Skylarks Sing Millie Vigor
After the death of her first husband, Catherine Jameson found solace in her island home of Shetland and the company of her young son, Robbie. Now married to Norrie Williams, and mother to three more children, Catherine is forging a new life for herself and her family. Life with Norrie is good, but there are signs foreshadowing change looming on the horizon. Catherine’s new husband struggles to contain his temper and his urge to drink and, feeling neglected and unloved, she is attracted to a stranger who arrives in the valley. With ageing relatives to care for and a son who is determined to make his living as a fisherman, against her wishes, life grows increasingly difficult. As passions deepen with the handsome newcomer, events take a disastrous turn. With no one to turn to and too ashamed to ask the doctor for help, Catherine is isolated and desperate and facing some heartbreaking decisions.
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Millie Vigor Millie Vigor was born in Dorset and was educated at Ludwell village school. She lives in Shetland and her first novel, Catherine of Deepdale, was published by Robert Hale in 2012.
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To Dream Again
Divided Loyalty
Jeanne Whitmee
Roberta Grieve
The outbreak of war brings mixed feelings for Judy Truman and it is a relief to get away from the East End and her disastrous marriage. With her two small daughters, she is evacuated to a Norfolk seaside town and billeted on kindly Maggie and Bill Hurst.
When war comes Celia Raines is forced to remain in her office job instead of helping out on her father’s farm, a lifetime ambition she has held since childhood.
A meeting with a young airman, Pete Gresham, teaches her that men can be gentle and loving. But a shock from her past crushes her hopes of the future and Judy must use her natural determination to carry her through.
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Romance blossoms between Celia and Matthew Dangerfield, an RAF friend of her brother Edgar. Both men are engaged on bombing missions over Germany but Matt confides to Celia that Edgar is beginning to have doubts about his role in the war. When their plane is shot down Celia’s loyalties are put to the test, and she must risk everything for her chance of happiness.
Jeanne Whitmee Jeanne Whitmee originally trained as an actress and later taught Speech and Drama until taking up writing full-time. She has written many novels including Should I Forget You, The Wise Child and True Colours, which were also published by Robert Hale. Roberta Grieve Roberta Grieve is secretary of the Chichester Writers’ Circle and editor of the Chichester Literary Society’s quarterly newsletter. Her previous novels include Love or Duty and Full Circle, also published by Robert Hale. www.robertagrieve.co.uk
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A Time for Peace
Raven’s Gold
Sylvia Broady
Ann Cliff
A time of peace follows the victory of WWII, but with peace comes unforeseen problems. When Rose meets a demobbed airman named Joe and his motherless son, she gives them her support and friendship and gradually her heart. But when Rose’s brother, Freddie, comes home from Germany with a pregnant wife, the woman is shunned by neighbours as the enemy. In a time for peace, the strength of Rose and Joe’s love is tested.
Jane Ashby’s pleasant life in the city comes to an abrupt end when her father and brother decide to take up gold prospecting and she is forced to relocate with them to a small, remote gold field. And, when one of the settlers takes her off by force to save her from a night in the bush she resents being made a virtual prisoner on his farm. Can Jane come to terms with this uncivilised country and become a settler’s wife?
Can they sustain their love in such adversity and build a future together?
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Raven’s Gold 978-0-7198-1167-8 Winter 2013 £19.99 234 x 156 mm hardback 224pp World rights
Sylvia Broady Sylvia Broady was born in East Yorkshire and has lived there all her life. Her previous novel, The Yearning Heart, was also published by Robert Hale. Ann Cliff Ann Cliff was born in Yorkshire and brought up in a farming family. She now lives in Australia and her previous novels include Shadows on the Moor and Poacher’s Moon, also published by Robert Hale.
INDEX A
Abbott, Karen, 59 After the Execution, 50 All Along the River, 18 Allfree, P.S., 24 As the Cards Fall, 59 Autumn Softly Fell, 39
B
Barnden, Joanna, 56 Become a Fly Fisher, 12–13 Bennett, Paul, 49 Bertin, Felicity, 2 Best Laid Plans, 33 Best, G.M., 41 Big Fiddle, The, 52 Bloch, Robert, 46 Blood on the Wall, 47 Blue Dress Girl, 36 Bohnet, Jennifer, 31 Bonds of Earth, The, 36 Bowers, Terrell L., 49 Breaths of Suspicion, 40 Broken Places, 32 Burrows-Smith, Hannah, 11
C
Carruthers, Gerard, 27 Chapman, Jean, 51 Chester, Roy, 46 Chichester Harbour, 21 Chitty, Antonia, 3 Clare, Steve, 7 Cliff, Ann, 62 Coles, Polly, 14–15 Colours of Nature, 4 Conolly, Pauline, 16, 23 Craddock, Rosemary, 43 Crosse, Tania, 57 Crowded Coffin, A, 44 Crown of Despair, A, 38 Crowning Deception, 39
D
Dale, Patrick, 8–9 Darkest Before the Dawn, 58 Davison, Steve, 20 Dawson, Victoria, 3 Dead Queen’s Garden, The, 43 Deadly Serious, 51 Death at Knytte, 42 Death in Transit, 51 Death Warmed Up, 48 Divided Loyalty, 61
E
Eldridge, Jim, 47 Enormous Yes, An, 32
F
Fawcett, Patricia, 33 Firth, Howie, 22 Flies That Catch Trout, 13 Food and your Special Needs Child, 3 Forgiving Sand, The, 31 Foster, Allan, 16 Foster’s English Oddities, 16 French Marble Clock, The, 6 Fudge, Pamela, 34
G
G. E.M. Skues: The Man of the Nymph, 30 Ghosts of Mayfield Court, The, 42 Green, Christina, 59 Green, Hilary, 38 Grieve, Roberta, 61
H
Haigh, Raymond, 55 Haley, Richard, 55 Ha rd Luck Story, 55 Hawke’s Tor, 36–37 Hawks of the Hadhramaut, 24 Hayes, Steve, 40 Hayter, Tony, 30 History of the English Language in 100 Places, A, 19 Home in the Country, A, 28 Homeland, 37
I
I’m on the Train!’, 32
J
Jack’s Heir, 52 Jacobite Murders, The, 41 Jefferson, David, 25 Jones, Meurig, 47 Journey Through Assessment, The, 3
K
Kil ler in Black, 49 Kirkwood, Gwen, 58
L
Latus, Dan, 53 Lawton, Terry, 12, 13 Le Flem, Theresa, 31 Lederer, Paul, 35 Lewis, Roy, 40 Litchfield, Michael, 52 Live Long, Live Strong, 8 Lock, Joan, 26 Lovegrove Hermit, The, 43 Lucas, Bill, 19 Luke, Dominic, 39
M
Mandeville, Jenny, 38 Martin, Faith, 45 Matthew Malekos, 50 Maugy, Sandrine, 4 Maurice Lindsay’s The Burns Encyclopaedia, 27 Mawe, Sheelagh, 28 Maxted, Peter, 17 McCue, Kirsteen, 27 Micklethwaite, Alan, 5 Missing Persons, 47 Money Never Sleeps, 44 Moon Around Sarah, The, 35 Moray, Keith, 51 Mulvey, Christopher, 19 Murder at Maddleskirk Abbey, 54 Murphy, Theresa, 56 Music Makers, The, 36–37
N
Narrow Margin of Error, A, 45 Natural Beauty of Cornwall, The, 17 No Gym? No Problem!, 9 No Skylarks Sing, 60 North Wessex Downs, The, 20 Not What It Seems, 34
O
Ogden-Hooper, Emma, 2 One Murder Too Many, 49 Operation Kingfisher, 38 Orkney, 22
P
Passion for Mountains, A, 11 Peacock, Clifford, 39 Peroxide Homicide, 50 Perriam, Wendy, 32 Pity the Lonely Dreamers, 34 Politics of Washing, The, 14–15 Princess Alice Disaster, The, 26 Promise to Obey, 33 Psycho, 46 Purdie, David, 27
R
Raven, James, 50 Raven’s Gold, 62 Restoration Stone Carving, 5 Rhea, Nicholas, 54 Robertson, Eileen, 53 Rowden, Jean, 42 Rowing and Sculling, 10 Run for Home, 53 Running Against the Tide, 56 Russell, Norman, 42
S
Sacrifice, The, 48 Sagues, Liz, 21 Sayer, Bill, 10 Shadows of Conflict, 31 Sheriff, John Paxton, 48 Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts, 40 Silverwood, Roger, 52 Sister Slaughter, 55 Slade, Nicola, 43, 44 Smith, Stephen, 29 Stained Glass, 7 Stop! Armed Police!, 29
T
Take Hold of Tomorrow, 59 Thompson, E.V., 36–37 Thompson, Grace, 34 Thorpe, Nicolas M., 6 Time for Peace, A, 62 To Dream Again, 61 Tobruk: A Raid Too Far, 25 Toll of the Sea, 56
U
Uden, Mike, 48 Upstream Wet Fly, The, 13
V
Vengeance, 46 Vigor, Millie, 60
W
Walk a Narrow Mile, 45 Water Doctor’s Daughters, The, 23 We’ll Be Watching You, 53 Wheels of Grace, 57 Whitehead, David, 40 Whitelaw, Stella, 33, 44 Whitmee, Jeanne, 61
Y
Yummy Discoveries, 2
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