Bella Ellis

The Diabolical Bones by Bella Ellis

30 December, 2020

Christmas is approaching but there is little good cheer in the bitterly cold air in Haworth, Yorkshire, in December 1845. The literary geniuses turned sleuths Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë are about to investigate their second sinister case and it has a grim gothic chill to…

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The Vanished Bride

By Catherine Turnbull

20 January, 2020

Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë become female detectives when they set off across the wet and wild Yorkshire moors in pursuit of the truth in 1845, with this crime debut for Rowan Coleman, writing as Bella Ellis. A young bride is missing from her home…

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Catherine Turnbull: Top five books of 2019

By Catherine Turnbull

18 December, 2019

I’m always partial to modern historical crime novels and thrillers and my selection includes books set in the 1840s and the 1930s, 40s and 50s. I also enjoy short stories and include a collection spanning the 1930s to the present day. Some things never change,…

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The Vanished Bride

By Catherine Turnbull

17 December, 2019

Written by Bella Ellis — Would you believe the premise that three spinster sisters living in a Victorian parsonage would have the experience and nous to solve a crime? And really, would you believe that the work of such seemingly innocent and almost unworldly women could have…

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Ten books featuring real writers as sleuths

By Catherine Turnbull

11 November, 2019

One of the best things about the crime fiction genre is the passion of the authors working in it. They put no end of research into their books and will read the classics of the genre over and over again in order to learn from…

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The Diabolical Bones by Bella Ellis

The Vanished Bride

Catherine Turnbull: Top five books of 2019

The Vanished Bride

Ten books featuring real writers as sleuths

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