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  • Location: St Mary Mead (fictional)

Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple)

1930s: The first Miss Marple and the start of some of the most classic murder mystery stories  in the world

  • Location: Indonesia

Lost in Shangri-La

1940s: A remarkable journey in all senses of the word.  A remarkable journey to undertake via fiction too.

  • Location: Finland, Kiev, Paris

The Wine of Solitude

WW1: The most autobiographical of all Irène Némirovsky’s novels

  • Location: New York

Mrs Poe

1840s: A mystery based on true facts but with a large sprinkling of artistic license which makes a tale about one of the most mysterious writers…

  • Location: London

The Complete Jack the Ripper A-Z

1888- 1891: This is widely regarded as the ‘bible’ of Ripper studies

Featured Book

The Tumbling Girl

1876: So much sass and sexiness in one book!

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