*This has been made into a hugely successful film starring Reese Witherspoon, the follow-up to which, RED, WHITE AND BLONDE was released in 2003. It's now being made into a Broadway show.
For Sarah Hawke, daughter of an impoverished miner, life offers little beyond the grime of 1890s Glasgow and the drudgery of back-breaking work. Until a mysterious stranger enters her life?a stranger
Struggling artist Richard is persuaded by his benefactor to leave his home town for the grand salons of London. He is encouraged to paint the beautiful Charlotte's portrait, and in doing so, the coupl
Chattie Cornfeld was murdered while jogging in the park. She ran her own small marketing company and lived comfortably, perhaps too comfortably for her income. At first it looked as though she was th
Josh Retallick and his wife Miriam take on an exciting new challenge as owners of Ruddlemoor china clay works on the outskirts of St. Austell.?But a family tragedy forces Josh to leave almost immediat
Doris Stokes was a celebrated medium who confounded skeptics by the uncanny accuracy of her readings in the early 1980s. In Australia she filled the Sydney Opera House and was mobbed in the streets. I
From the moment he pulled on the Liverpool shirt in 1971 to his unexpected return to the game with Fulham, Kevin Keegan has been a pivotal influence on the way football is played, managed, and perceiv
SOE agent Rosie Ewing, who has recently escaped from being deported to a death camp, is being flown home. However, as she returns, two SOE agents are arrested and held in Paris by the Gestapo—o
"There's a sign hanging just inside the broad and battered front door of our ramshackle farmhouse that reads "Deu Vos Guard." On the day we bought our tiny patch of Catalonia, a new friend who lives a
In the first-ever parody of one of the best-selling novels of all time, a nasty murder points to lots of sinister and important mysteries that will change the world. Why, for example, did the dead man
Ten years ago Zana Muhsen escaped from the life of slavery in the Yemen into which her father had sold her as a child bride, leaving behind her baby son, her sister Nadia, and Nadia's two small childr
In 2001, Will Young shot to fame as the first winner of Pop Idol. It was clear right from the start that he would never be a typical pop star - and more than ten years later he is still one of the UK'
In 2001, Will Young shot to fame as the first winner of Pop Idol. It was clear right from the start that he would never be a typical pop star - and more than ten years later he is still one of the UK'
Daniel Retallick has grown to manhood during the years of flood tide in the chronicles of Africa. The son of Josh and Miriam Retallick, he settles with his wife and children on a homestead in a valley
There's an epidemic sweeping the UK. Symptoms include: acute embarrassment at the mere notion of "making a fuss," extreme awkwardness when faced with any social greeting beyond a brisk handshake, and
The 18th episode in the popular Cambridge series of medieval mysteries, featuring the physician-cum-sleuth, Matthew Bartholomew It is drawing near to the end of term, and the University at Cambridge i
