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Lavender Reed, Bow Street Runner and his¿daughter, ¿Calista, you may have met in my¿earlier book, ¿Murder Most Foul (2021).¿¿Cally, as she is known, is Anglo-Indian.¿ ¿¿ The present story is set in the first half of¿the 19th¿century, during the Napoleonic¿wars and the Regency period.¿ Cally¿and her adoptive sister, Polly, rebel¿against almost every rule in the book.¿ At a time when most young women of¿their class are housebound, decorous and¿...

It was the simultaneous death of Mr Thomson Bonar, at age 70, and Mrs Anne Bonar, at age 59, on the night of Sunday 31st May, which brought unfortunate notoriety to the village in 1813.Their tomb in St Nicholas Churchyard recalls their fervent prayer, that they might leave this world together, a wish so horribly and mysteriously fulfilled.Loaded with the blessings and the veneration of all who knew them and each unconscious of the other's fate...

Although only 10 miles from central London, Chislehurst luxuriates in 800 acres of public green space.Colin Yardley, long-time resident of the town and ex-trustee of the Commons, explains the origin of these green acres, speculates on what the coming century may bring and suggests the retention of the best features of the lockdown period and the wilding of our environment. A pessimist, foreseeing multiple pandemics, as well as the risk of apoc...