Maggie Ollerenshaw

1222 metres above sea level and the worst snow storm in recent Norwegian history is raging. Marooned in a mountain pass, 269 travellers are forced to abandon their train and decamp into an old mountain hotel. But as dawn breaks one of them will be found dead, murdered. Retired police inspector Hanne Wilhelmsen is asked to investigate...

By 1870 Emma Grady has spent seven years as a convict in Australia. Now, having earned her ticket of leave, she lives for the day when she will return to England, to face those who cheated and betrayed her. And to Marlow Tanner, the man she loves, and whose tragic child she had borne and lost. Book 2 of series.

The Essential Family Guide to Caring for Older People is the ultimate source of information and help for families with care responsibilities.

Deborah Stone draws on her extensive experience working in elder care to offer practical advice on every aspect of the field in depth. Topics range from how to get help immediately, legal information, care funding options, a guide to useful technology and advice on the main physical and mental health issues that affect older people.

Plus guidance is given on dealing with social services and ensuring you choose the right care for your situations.

Crucially, the book also offers help on how to cope as a carer with practical advice on juggling family, work and your caring responsibilities while looking after yourself.

Set in 1920s Liverpool and London, Hettie, an orphan, is brought up by her Ellie Pride and her husband. Hettie decides to follow her dreams in the world of theatre, but in London tragedy strikes. Hetteie is forced to decide between her heart and her head.

In these days of pandemic, war and political turbulence, hope can seem to be in short supply. But hope is one of the theological virtues and it is far more profound than mere optimism.

Today, pessimism and despair seem all too prevalent. What can we do about the poor and starving, about those who seem to be locked in interminable conflict and families weighed down by the consequences of breakdown? Sister Teresa White's book is an antidote to all this.

the author shows how hope breeds courage and courage breeds hope. But hope is not a matter of wishful thinking. Drawing on St Augustine, the author shows moreover that hope has two essential components. Not just courage but anger as well. The expression of our anger can lead to greater clarity with our discernment and spiritual perception.

After the death of her mother, Phoebe Mulligan has no choice but to move to Blackburn and throw herself on the mercy of her uncle Edward. Unfortunately she is unaware of the guilty secret of her uncle’s past.

The outbreak of WW2 touches each of the inhabitants of Pearl Street in a different way, but they all face their hardship and heartbreak with courage and humour. This is a poignant story of families torn apart and neighbours united by war.

Linny escaped a life of grinding poverty in Liverpool by transforming herself into a young lady and fleeing to India in the early days of the Raj. There she found love, heartache and also freedom but what did she have to sacrifice along the way?

Eighty-nine-year-old Margaret has lived on Garnon Crescent all her life, except for those few years she never talks about. She knows all the neighbours; their hopes, their heartbreaks.

Only recently, Margaret's memory isn't what it used to be. She is sure Barbara, her best friend and neighbour, told her something important. Something she was supposed to remember.

When Barbara is found dead, Margaret determines to recover her missing memory. She and her grandson James begin to investigate, but soon strange incidents occur in her home. Margaret's daughter thinks her memory is getting worse, but Margaret knows somebody wants her out of the way.

Because Margaret holds the key to solving this crime. If only she could remember where she put it.

The new houses in Victoria Square were built on a parcel of land that once belonged to the Macara family. Rachel holds a barbecue for the whole square, and as the new residents become acquainted confidences are shared.

Although Kate Spencer and Monica Parry have enough to do running their homes and raising their boisterous families, they can't ignore the cry for help from a neighbour's teenage daughter.

For over twenty years Molly Bennett and Nellie McDonough have been best friends, supporting each other and always willing to help anyone in trouble. They realise they have a job to do when they hear about a mother who hasn't seen her son for years.

Laura Thyme and Rosemary Boxer are helping to refurbish the churchyard at Baffington when they discover a body, pierced through the heart with an arrow. Many villagers have motive, means and opportunity, so Rosemary and Laura must weed through the suspects to find the murderer!

When Bella Wallis discovers a crested cigar case at the scene of a murdered prostitute she is determined to solve the mystery and avenge the girl’s death. However the powerful and dangerous man to whom the case belongs is equally determined to silence her.