And unusually, the paperback is ready before the ebook! If you prefer turning pages to swiping, please follow the link https://geni.us/TCWPB
Jacqueline Beard Writer
Lawrence Harpham Murder Mysteries & Constance Maxwell Dreamwalker Mysteries
And unusually, the paperback is ready before the ebook! If you prefer turning pages to swiping, please follow the link https://geni.us/TCWPB
The Felsham Affair is available for pre-order in the Amazon kindle store with a release date of 20th September. The paperback version will be ready soon after, but invariably takes a little while longer. I will post the link when the paperback is available for purchase. This Felsham Affair is set in Suffolk and East …
Corvus corone aka the carrion crow appears throughout ‘The Fressingfield Witch’. In fact, the book was nearly entitled ‘Crowfall.” It features a crow which was adopted as an unofficial family crest following the Witch Trials and was subsequently used to create terror amongst those of a superstitious nature. Fear and prejudice has long been held …
The Fressingfield Witch was inspired by articles from national and local papers about Mary Ann Corbyn and her alleged use of witchcraft to procure the death of her step-granddaughter. Below is an extract from the Framlingham Weekly News 12 April 1890: “An inquest was held on Wednesday evening at Gooch’s Farm House, Fressingfield, before C W Chaston …
When Joshua Bowers left for work in March 1881, he did not expect to be summoned home to be told that his second wife had taken her life and murdered two of their children. The day began like any other with Joshua walking to the farm of J Walter Hills where he was employed as …
Checking through my Goodreads books yesterday, I realised how deeply entrenched my book tastes have become. Everything I enjoy most is set in England and involves a good old-fashioned murder, preferably not too graphic. Not surprising really since I was bought up on a diet of Agatha Christie & P G Wodehouse. This intransigent reading …
During my research for Vote for Murder, I came across the following extract in a letter from P Jones to his friend and cousin Major Jones in which he mentioned murderess Mary Emily Cage, my inspiration for the book. The letter entitled, The brutality and cruelty of the British people , describes several British murders during 1851 including two Suffolk murders & the …
It’s always lovely to log onto Amazon and find a new review, and even better if it’s a five star review. I am grateful for each and every review, believing that any writer can learn something from a reader’s comments, be they good, bad or indifferent. In this case I was especially pleased to receive the following accolade, not just because my reader …
On 23rd March 1851, James Cage took his last breath, poisoned to death by his wife, Mary. The Press were quick to report on the murder and before long produced damning reports of Mary and her ‘depraved’ character, as evidenced in the extract from the 9 August 1851 Norfolk Chronicle, below: “It will be remembered …
“Alfred said he was afraid of this but continued without preamble stating that Mary had been found guilty of murder by poison and would die within a week. There was nothing that could prevent her execution, so any renewal of our friendship would inevitably be of short and painful duration.” Extract from the diary of …
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