Books

The Marginalia at Michaelmas: A Holborn Cipher Society Mystery (The Holborn Cipher Society Mysteries Book 1)

In gaslit Holborn, where barristers hurry beneath dripping eaves and rare books carry more secrets than sermons, Lady Elinor Vale has learned to live quietly. Once a disgraced debutante, she now restores damaged volumes in a narrow antiquarian shop, reading stains, torn bindings, and forgotten marginalia with the care society refuses to grant...

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The Letter In The Lock: A Canal Boat Mystery

From the series: The Canal Boat Mysteries

When Margaret and Peter Ellis decide to downsize and begin a new chapter of life aboard a narrowboat named Second Wind, they expect peaceful days exploring England’s historic canals, meeting interesting people, and perhaps mastering the art of brewing tea in a gently moving galley.

What they do not expect is to discover a carefully hidden letter...

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The Westbound Line (The Westbound Line Saga Book 1)

The Westbound Line

A Novel of Mystery & Destiny by J. Alan Dean

When Elara boards the midnight train bound for nowhere, she expects only silence and shadows. But the Westbound Line is no ordinary journey — it remembers. Each carriage holds echoes of forgotten choices, and each stop reveals a truth she’s tried to outrun. As the mist thickens...

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Blog

My wife mentioned that a lot of you might not know what a "canal boat" is. We have recently begun watching shows about canal boats on BritBox and Prime Video. They are also called narrowboats and traverse the thousands of miles of canals in Britain. The are basically an RV on the water. They are called narrowboats because they are narrow, about 6 ft wide and maybe 60 ft long. Lots of people simply downsize from the house to a narrowboat. The shows on BritBox are wonderful. The detail life on...