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The Scold's Bridle by Minette Walters
Category: Fiction
Mean, bitter Mathilda Gillespie has been dead for days - wrists slashed, pills spilled, body cold in the bath. Her death shouts suicide, but would even Mathilda have been crazy enough to force over her own head a rusted metal cage grotesquely laced with nettles and daisies? Minette Walters takes us on a ...Show more
The Scold's Bridle POD by Minette Walters
Category: Crime Fiction
A compelling and unpredictable tour of the tensions between generations. Mean, bitter Mathilda Gillespie has been dead for days - wrists slashed, pills spilled, body cold in the bath. Her death shouts suicide, but would even Mathilda have been crazy enough to force over her own head a rusted metal cage ...Show more
The Sculptress by Minette Walters
Category: Fiction
'It was a slaughterhouse, the most horrific scene I have ever witnessed...Olive Martin is a dangerous woman. I advise you to be extremely wary in your dealings with her.' The facts of the case were simple: Olive Martin had pleaded guilty to killing and dismembering her sister and mother, earning herself ...Show more
The Sculptress by Minette Walters
Category: Crime Fiction
This Picador Classic edition of Minette Walters' The Sculptress features an introduction by Stephanie Merritt, journalist and author of While You Sleep. 'It was a slaughterhouse, the most horrific scene I have ever witnessed . . . Olive Martin is a dangerous woman. I advise you to be extremely wary in y ...Show more
The Swift and the Harrier by Minette Walters
Category: Fiction
An unforgettable novel of England's Civil War, from the bestselling author of The Last Hours and The Turn of Midnight. Dorset, 1642. When bloody civil war breaks out between the King and Parliament, families and communities across England are riven by different allegiances. A rare few choose neutrality. ...Show more
The Swift and the Harrier by Minette Walters
Category: Fiction
'Once again, Minette Walters has given us an historical fiction to rival no other...brimming with historical detail while still maintaining an accessibility that would rival a contemporary novel. The characterisation is superb, the drama intense, and the historical retelling fascinating.' - Theresa Smit ...Show more