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An Interview with T.G.Campbell

I am pleased to chat with author T.G. Campbell to the blog today to discuss her books and writing. Thank you for featuring me on your blog, Val. It is always a pleasure to discuss my books and writing. T.G. Campbell writes gripping crime mysteries set in nineteenth century London with the case being investiged by the members of The Bow Street Society. The Bow Street Society is a fictional group of amateur detectives, operating in Victorian London. What inspired you to write y

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6 days ago7 min read

Pirates Ho! by Eleanor Swift-Hook

It is a great pleasure to welcome historical fiction writer Eleanor Swift-Hook back to my blog today to discuss seventeenth century England and the pirates who patrolled the waves. Thank you for your time today, Eleanor. It is lovely to be back on your blog today, Val. It is interesting how terminology changes its meanings over time. For example, today if you refer to ‘the Dunkirk spirit’ it conjures up the idea of working together, against the odds. But go back four hundred

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Dec 13, 20253 min read

The Case of The Curious Client by T.G. Campbell

I first met author T.G.Camp bell when both of us attended an event to celebrate our novels being considered for dramatisation. It is therefore no surprise that when we met again at Authors at the Armouries in Leeds I bought one of her novels to read on my journey home. The Blurb In The Case of the Curious Client, the Bow Street Society are hired by Mr Thaddeus Dorsey to locate a missing friend he knows only as ‘Palmer’ after he fails to keep a late night appointment with him

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Nov 22, 20253 min read