Claire | February 9, 2012
If you have read my review on Miss Dimple Disappears, you will know that I loved Mignon F. Ballard’s first book. Well, I loved this one too! It’s so nice, at the end of a hectic, brain-stretching day, to curl up with a book that you can relax with and unwind to. I described the [...]
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Tags: Mignon F Ballard, Miss Dimple, murder mystery, Second World War, World War II
Claire | December 20, 2011
Congratulations to MelanieP, J A Shuler and Anne Elizabeth who won Miss Dimple book sets from our recent giveaway! I’ve emailed you three for your addresses and St Martin’s Press will send your books out as soon as possible. Thanks to all who entered! If you didn’t win but want to get your hands on [...]
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Claire | December 12, 2011
To celebrate last week’s release of “Miss Dimple Rallies to the Cause”, the latest book by Mignon F Ballard, Minotaur Books/St Martin’s Press have offered our visitors the chance to win a set of Miss Dimple books – 2 books: Miss Dimple Disappears and Miss Dimple Rallies to the Cause. There are 3 sets up [...]
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Tags: Mignon F Ballard, Miss Dimple, war
Claire | November 12, 2011
I’ve been going through a phase of reading historical mysteries and it’s been great fun because I’ve been exposed to new authors and a whole new genre. “Miss Dimple Disappears” by Mignon F. Ballard is set in Georgia in 1942, the Second World War so four hundred years away from my usual reading matter! In [...]
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Claire | March 8, 2011
Although I usually limit my historical fiction reading to Tudor or Medieval themed novels, my interest was piqued when I was sent an email regarding Rebecca Dean’s new novel, “The Golden Prince”, which was followed by the book arriving on my doorstep. Why was my interest piqued? I think it was because I have never [...]
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Tags: Edward VIII, historical fiction, Rebecca Dean, The Golden Prince