Two short tales written as contributions to the Quick Reads initiative include Chickenfeed, a story in letters inspired by the 1924 “chicken farm murder” in 1924 East Sussex; and The Tinder Box, in wh
'Wonderful and sweeping, with a fabulous sense of place and history.' Kate Mosse on The Last Hours As the year 1349 approaches, the Black Death continues its devastating course across England. In Dors
When the Black Death enters England through the port in Dorsetshire in June 1348, no one knows what manner of sickness it is—or how it spreads and kills so quickly. The Church cites God as the c
This Picador Classic edition of Minette Walters’ The Sculptress features an introduction by Stephanie Merritt, journalist and author of While You Sleep. ‘It was a slaughterhouse, the most horrific sce
Muna’s fortunes changed for the better on the day that Mr. and Mrs. Songoli’s younger son failed to come home from school.Before then her bedroom was a dark windowless cellar, her activities confined
