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This week we have:
Cover reveal and trailer for Bad Moon to on 22nd May
A short story - Desiccated Water
A Reader’s Question: Would you ever consider the St Mary’s or Time Police books becoming a TV series?
In History and Happening we have Commemorating the Legacy of Climbing Boys
Jodi Taylor Book Recommendation: A Field Guide to the English Clergy by The Revd Fergus Butler-Gallie 💙📚
The Book of the Month is White Silence
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BOOK 4 IN THE GRIPPING SUPERNATURAL SERIES BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S
I will send the serpent.
I always send the serpent.
It's kind of my signature move.
Things are not going well for Elizabeth Cage.
It all started with the Christmas she can't quite remember.
There's blood on her doorstep every morning.
Something unpleasant is heading her way.
And then there's the sinister note threatening her life.
The one that seems to have been written by Elizabeth herself . . .
Please note: signed copies will be available to pre-order when the new website lanches next week.
Enjoy a free short story read by Jodi Taylor - Desiccated Water
Sharon Crosby asks: Would you ever consider the St Mary’s or Time Police books becoming a TV series?
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Commemorating the Legacy of Climbing Boys
In Christmas Past, the Farrell family returns to 19th-century London, where Matthew had been forced to work as a climbing boy.
From the late 16th to the 19th century, chimney cleaning was a vital yet hazardous occupation in Britain. It was often assigned to young boys known as "climbing boys." Climbing girls were also employed, although they were less common. These children, some as young as four, were employed to navigate the narrow, winding flues of chimneys, scraping away soot and creosote to prevent fires and maintain airflow.
Origins and Practices
The use of climbing boys became prevalent as coal replaced wood as the primary fuel source in the 17th century. Coal combustion produced a sticky residue, necessitating regular chimney maintenance. The design of chimneys evolved to include tighter bends and narrower flues, some as small as 9 inches by 9 inches, making it impossible for adults to perform the cleaning.
Jodi Taylor Book Recommendation: A Field Guide to the English Clergy by The Revd Fergus Butler-Gallie 💙📚
These portraits reveal the Anglican church in all its colourful madness. 💙📚 https://amzn.to/4h2EmpR
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The Book of the Month for February is WHITE SILENCE
Jodi Taylor, best known for her Chronicles of St Mary’s series, takes a thrilling detour into the world of supernatural suspense with White Silence, the first book in the Elizabeth Cage series. Blending mystery, the paranormal, and Taylor’s trademark wit, White Silence is an engaging and fast-paced book that keeps the reader on edge from start to finish.
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The Reading Companion and History Briefings eBook for Just One Damned Thing After Another. The eBook is 99p on Amazon
It contains:
A foreword by Jodi Taylor
Background information on the characters
History Briefings giving information on the four main jumps in the book
Floor plans of St Mary’s Institute for Historical Research
A list of British idioms and expressions
How to make tea like a Brit
A recipe for Toad in the Hole
A full series guide and reading order for The Chronicles of St Mary’s series
Two suggestions, actually (from another author): 1) in your Amazon link, please delete everything after the ASIN (the number after dp) it’s just stuff that tells Amazon where you got the link. And 2) for your readers outside of Britain, could you please use Books2read links? It creates a universal link so that if you click it in the UK it’ll take you to Amazon.uk, if I click it in the US, it’ll take me to Amazon.com, etc. And here’s an actual comment: I love all of your books. Have you ever considered writing another regency? You’ve got a sequel to “Bachelor” just waiting to be written.
I would love either but only if Jodi retained control of the scripts and they stayed true to the books. I loved that the Harry Potter movies did that, but I’ve been disappointed in too many series and movies that too so many liberties (usually by adding more sex, violence, or characters to skew to plots toward someone’s agenda but not remaining true to the story line and/or characters that made the books so enjoyable. Bridgerton comes to mind. And True Blood.