Nancy Drew meets Downton Abbey in this collection of fresh mysteries set in Victorian Engl&.

When Rose Raventhorpe's butler

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Rose Rivers lives in a beautiful house with her artist father, her difficult, fragile mother & her many siblings.

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Although it's hard to believe now, Rose West was once a beautiful little girl with long, glossy dark hair & big brown eyes. Looking at those pictures of her, it is almost impossible to comprehend that she would grow up to become one of Britain's most notorious female murderers. Crime Writer Jane Cater Woodrow looks back at the start of Rose's life to piece together what it was that turned her into a monster. Was there always a predisposition to cruelty or did something happen in her young life? This book has 274 pages & is 19.8cm x 12.9cm x 1.9cm. ...

Although it's hard to believe now, Rose West was an exceptionally beautiful little girl with long, glossy dark hair & big brown eyes. Strangers would stop & stare at her in the street & she could entrance people from an early age. Looking at photos of young Rosie as a child, it is almost impossible to comprehend that she would grow up to become one of Britain's most notorious female murders. What happened to that little girl to make her capable of such violence? Or was there something wrong
- a predisposition to cruelty
- which she was born with? Crime writer Jane Carter Woodrow goes back to the start of Rose's life to piece together what turned her into a monster. In doing so, she presents us with a profile of the young Rose West & a fascinating insight into the mind of a killer. Rose's early life made her the perfect partner for Fred West when they met just before her sixteenth birthday. But the young teenager would kill for the first time a few months later, alone & unaided, while Fred was in prison. Her part in the killings is very different to that which many people believe even today.

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One bright autumn morning, Rose & her cheeky companion, Banjo the playful dog, head off to fly their kite.

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The first book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s
- the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime
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Carolyn Caldicott’s Rosehips on a Kitchen Table combines old-fashioned recipes & tips for cooking seasonal ingredients sourced from the hedgerows, as well as local suppliers & farmers’ markets.

The recipes combine unusual yet traditional ingredients such as nettles, rosehips & elderberries, as well as plenty of ideas for dealing with seasonal gluts & finding & cooking easily foraged food.

There are chapters on Gleaning, Gluts, Growing your Own & Gathering (from shops or hedgerow) plus a section on how to make something out of the most unusual ingredients.

Caroline’s tried & trusted recipes include delights such as Cob Nut & Rocket Pesto with Maris Piper & Parsnip Gnocchi, Sloe & Elderberry Cider, Wild Garlic & Heritage Potato Dauphinoise & Quince Poached in Vanilla & Cinnamon Syrup.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9780711233881
• Author: Carolyn Caldicott
• Publisher: Frances Lincoln
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 128
• Dimensions: 19 x 18 x 2cm













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Tucked away on the Cornish coastline & brimming with history, Roseland seemed to belong to another century... The summers spent at Rosel&, the sprawling ancestral home of her best friend, Eloise, were among the happiest of Cathy’s life. Tucked away on the Cornish coastline & brimming with history, Roseland seemed to belong to another century. Cathy has barely been back since Eloise’s death a decade ago. So she is shocked when Jack, the love of Eloise’s life & father of her children, announces that he is getting married, & that the wedding will take place at Rosel&. As Cathy & Eloise’s family gather at the house for the first time in years, long buried secrets & resentments come to the surface. Nobody likes Jack’s new bride, but is she really the imposter everybody claims, or are they merely haunted by memories of Eloise? & how can Cathy look to the future, when the past refuses to let go? Utterly captivating & beautifully told, with echoes of du Maurier’s Reb... ...

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Rosemary Woodhouse & her struggling actor-husb&, Guy, move into the Bramford, an old New York City apartment building with an ominous reputation & only elderly residents. Neighbours Roman & Minnie Castavet soon come nosing around to welcome them; despite Rosemarys reservations about their eccentricity & the weird noises that she keeps hearing, her husband starts spending time with them. Shortly after Guy lands a plum Broadway role, Rosemary becomes pregnant, & the Castavets start taking a special interest in her welfare. As the sickened Rosemary becomes increasingly isolated, she begins to suspect that the Castavets circle is not what it seems. ...