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The perfect escapist listen, for all fans of Cathy Bramley and Scarlett Bailey. A Year at the Star and Sixpence is Holly Hepburn's four Star and Sixpence novellas collected together as a novel for the first time. When sisters Nessie and Sam inherit a little pub in a beautiful country village, they jump at the chance to escape their messy lives and start afresh. But when they arrive at the Star and Sixpence, it's not quite what they imagined - it's pretty much derelict, ruined by debts, and it's going to be a huge job....

Nestled in the quiet countryside sits the cosy village of Little Monkham, home of the Star and Sixpence, a renovated pub owned by sisters Sam and Nessie. As the locals welcome the new season, it appears that change is afoot in their tiny community, and not all of it for the better...Nessie is moving in with her boyfriend, leaving Sam alone in the pub. But with the arrival of new chef Gabriel causing a flutter among the women of the village, it seems that Sam might not be so lonely after all.

The BRAND NEW instalment in Holly Hepburn's Baker Street Mystery series - a historical cozy crime series perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes!

‘Heartwarming and gloriously romantic’ HEIDI SWAIN ‘Perfect to curl up with on sunny days or cold winter nights’ CRESSIDA McLAUGHLIN ‘I devoured this gorgeous book as quickly as a tin of Scottish shortbread’ VERONICA HENRY Maura has everything she ever wanted from life – a quirky...

When Hope loses her husband, she fears her happiest days are behind her. With her only connection to London broken, she moves home to York to be near her family and to begin to build a new life. Taking a job at the antique shop she has always admired, she finds herself crossing paths with two very different men. Will, who has recently become the guardian to his niece after the tragic death of her parents. And Ciaran, who she enlists to help solve the mystery of an Egyptian antique. Two men who represent two different happy endings.

When Daisy’s mother falls ill she is forced to return home. With her twin sons in tow, she moves back to Half Moon Farm, her family’s ancient hop farm. But a new life in the Kent countryside isn’t necessarily as idyllic as it might seem. Daisy’s relationship with her mother is complicated and the tumbledown farm isn’t the only thing that needs rebuilding. Daisy and her sons must adjust to life with estranged family, a leaking roof, and no WiFi. Luckily for Daisy, she might yet find some distraction.

Harriet White is settling into life in the post room of the Baker Street building society. Until she discovers a letter in The Times challenging Sherlock Holmes to prove his status as the world’s greatest detective by solving an impossible mystery. The letter, signed Professor James Moriarty, advises Holmes that the crime will be committed within the next seven days. Holmes himself must deduce which crime is the correct one to investigate. Dismissing the letter as a prank – after all, Sherlock Holmes isn't real – Harry goes about her business.

On paper, Merina Wilde has it all: a successful career writing the kind of romantic novels that make even the hardest hearts swoon, a perfect carousel of book launches and parties to keep her social life buzzing and a childhood sweetheart who thinks she’s a goddess. But Merry has a secret: the magic has stopped flowing from her fingers. Try as she might, she can’t summon up the sparkle that makes her stories shine.

The picture house by the sea is the Palace at Polwhipple - a lovely art deco cinema nestled in front of azure Cornish seas. But it is long past its heyday now, and its only saving grace is Ferrelli's, the family run ice-cream concession in the foyer, which is widely known as the best ice cream for miles. So when Ferdie, the owner of Ferelli's, breaks his leg, his granddaughter Gina drops everything to come and help out.

Eve has always lived on Ennisfarne, an idyllic island just off the coast of Northumberland and only accessible when tides are low. There she runs a bar overlooking Darling Cove, a heavenly horseshoe-shaped beach named after her seafaring ancestors, whose links to the Farne Islands stretch back centuries. Logan is a famous photographer desperate to evade the limelight after a difficult break-up. Renting a cottage from Eve, he chooses Ennisfarne in the hope of anonymity but is immediately spellbound by its natural beauty.

When Harriet White rebuffs the advances of her boss at the Baker Street building society where she works, she finds herself demoted to a new position… a very unusual position. Deep in the postal department beneath the bank, she is tasked with working her way through a mountain of correspondence addressed to Baker Street’s most famous resident: Mr Sherlock Holmes.

Sadie is a single mum, nursing a broken heart. Her best friend from childhood, Cat, is burned out from working long hours as a chef in Paris. In need of a change, they decide to invest in their dream - running their own handmade biscuit shop in gorgeous Castle Court, a three-storey food court tucked away behind Chester's bustling streets. They soon discover that Castle Court has its own community - a little haven of delight against the stresses of the outside world. But not everyone welcomes the new business.

Harriet White is no stranger to odd correspondence. Ensconced in the basement of the Baker Street building society, her job is to reply to the mail they receive on behalf of Sherlock Holmes. But while letters to the fictional sleuth may be plentiful, telegrams are rare, and so when she receives one describing the grave situation of celebrated author Philip St John, her interest is piqued. The writer describes St John as being consumed by terror, seeing ghostly apparitions on the fens, and only at ease in the company of his loyal wolfhound.

Harriet White arbejder i en bank på Baker Street 221b og besvarer breve, der er sendt til gadens mest berømte beboer, den fiktive mesterdetektiv mr. Sherlock Holmes. En dag modtager hun et telegram, der omhandler den berømte forfatter Philip St John, og straks er hendes interesse vakt. Kort tid efter tager Harriet til Cambridgeshire under dække af at være Holmes' assistent. Personalet på herresædet Thurmwell Manor tror, at der hviler en forbandelse over deres herre.

London, 1932. Da Harriet White afviser sin chefs tilnærmelser i banken på Baker Street 221b, hvor hun arbejder, bliver hun flyttet ned i postrummet i kælderen. Her får hun til opgave at gennemgå et bjerg af breve adresseret til Baker Streets mest berømte beboer, mr. Sherlock Holmes. Selv om Sherlock Holmes er en fiktiv person, ankommer det ene brev efter det andet, hvor folk beder ham om hjælp til at løse diverse mysterier. En ung kvinde er forsvundet under mystiske omstændigheder efter at have arbejdet som tjenestepige, og Harriet kan ikke modstå fristelsen til at snuse lidt rundt.

Dette er tredje del af fire i Holly Hepburns hyggelige fortælling "Sidste omgang på byens pub". Søstrene Nessie og Sam har knoklet for at få succes med deres lille pub Star and Sixpence i landsbyen Little Monkham. Da de slår dørene op til endnu en sæson, viser det sig, at der er forandringer på vej i det lille samfund. Nessie flytter sammen med sin kæreste, og Sam tager imod pubbens nye kok, Gabriel. Men mens han og Sam kommer tættere på hinanden, truer en uventet gæst med at afsløre en hemmelighed, der vil vende op og ned på alt.

Dette er anden del af fire i Holly Hepburns hyggelige fortælling "Sidste omgang på byens pub". Søstrene Nessie og Sam har knoklet for at få succes med deres lille pub Star and Sixpence i landsbyen Little Monkham. Da de slår dørene op til endnu en sæson, viser det sig, at der er forandringer på vej i det lille samfund. Nessie flytter sammen med sin kæreste, og Sam tager imod pubbens nye kok, Gabriel. Men mens han og Sam kommer tættere på hinanden, truer en uventet gæst med at afsløre en hemmelighed, der vil vende op og ned på alt.

Dette er første del af fire i Holly Hepburns hyggelige fortælling "Sidste omgang på byens pub". Søstrene Nessie og Sam har knoklet for at få succes med deres lille pub Star and Sixpence i landsbyen Little Monkham. Da de slår dørene op til endnu en sæson, viser det sig, at der er forandringer på vej i det lille samfund. Nessie flytter sammen med sin kæreste, og Sam tager imod pubbens nye kok, Gabriel. Men mens han og Sam kommer tættere på hinanden, truer en uventet gæst med at afsløre en hemmelighed, der vil vende op og ned på alt.

Dette er fjerde og sidste del i Holly Hepburns hyggelige fortælling "Sidste omgang på byens pub". Søstrene Nessie og Sam har knoklet for at få succes med deres lille pub Star and Sixpence i landsbyen Little Monkham. Da de slår dørene op til endnu en sæson, viser det sig, at der er forandringer på vej i det lille samfund. Nessie flytter sammen med sin kæreste, og Sam tager imod pubbens nye kok, Gabriel. Men mens han og Sam kommer tættere på hinanden, truer en uventet gæst med at afsløre en hemmelighed, der vil vende op og ned på alt.

Ein kleiner Trödelladen voller kunterbunter Schätze, ein lang gehegter Traum und ein Städtchen zum Verlieben... Nach einem Schicksalsschlag zieht es Hope zurück in ihr Heimatstädtchen, ins verträumte York mit seinen hübschen kleinen Gassen und den windschiefen Fachwerkhäusern. Am Schaufenster des kleinen Trödelladens hat sie sich schon als Kind die Nase platt gedrückt, um das kunterbunte Sammelsurium an Kostbarkeiten zu bestaunen. Dass sie ausgerechnet dort einen Job ergattert, scheint wie ein Wink des Schicksals.