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The Ending Writes Itself | SIGNED INDIE EDITION
7th April 2026 SIGNED COPY Six authors. One private island. Seventy-two hours to write the ending. World-famous author Arthur Fletch is dead. His final novel, the most anticipated book in history, remains unfinished. But the ending won’t write itself. When six struggling authors are invited to Fletch’s private Scottish island and presented with the opportunity of a lifetime, the plot thickens: whoever writes a worthy ending will receive a game-changing book deal and two million dollars. Why have they been chosen to attend? Who is behind the invitation? And just how far would they go to secure a place on the bestseller list? They have just seventy-two hours, a typewriter and a blank page. All they have to do is write… Starting is often the hardest part. But getting to the end could be murder.
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The House of Wolf | SIGNED
2025 Signed Edition
Rome
Father Asser is waiting to die. His idealism has landed him in a papal prison on trumped-up charges of heresy, until salvation arrives in an unexpected form. Cardinal Balotelli also dreams of a better world, free from the ravages of the Norlanders. He has a vital job for Asser, one that could shape the future of Europe.Wessex
King Aethelwolf’s power is fading, but none of his feckless children are fit to rule. His eldest sons would rather fight each other than the blood-thirsty Norland invaders. His daughter, Swift, is clever and cunning, but often blinded by her ambition. Finally there’s Alfred, his once-promising younger son, whom nobody has seen in years. Then Wolf meets a young priest with a proposition from Rome that could change everything. LindisfarneRhiannon is a slave with a profound hatred for her Saxon captors. When she meets Guthrum, a Norlander hell-bent on wiping Wessex from the map, they set out on a journey of destruction. So begins an epic struggle between greed and idealism, ambition and betrayal, freedom and tyranny. Because change always meets with resistance and, on the path to power, nobody can be trusted. -
The Poisoned King | SIGNED
2025 Signed edition
Author: Katherine Rundell
Hardback | 336 pages 143 x 224 x 27 | 414g The unmissable new story in the Impossible Creatures series, for fans of Philip Pullman, Percy Jackson and Skandar.‘There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell’ – Michael Morpurgo
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The Waterfall | SIGNED
2025 Signed Edition A story about stories within stories, as four interconnected mysteries take the reader through the ages, from Shakespeare’s day to a 19th-century Gothic former Priory, to 1920s Venice, and finally to 1940s California. We begin with the last testament of William Shakespeare as he investigates the real-life murder mystery of his friend, playwright Christopher Marlowe. The second story is a 19th-century Gothic tale about the discovery of Shakespeare’s manuscript, set in an isolated former Priory, now a clinic for those who cannot sleep. The third is a lighter Golden Age detective tale set in Venice, where private investigator Honora Feldman looks into a baffling case of theft and murder in the British expat community, with the Gothic story at its heart. And finally, a 1940s American Noir, as Ken Kourian finds that a serial killer is recreating all the murders in The Waterfall, the companion book to his friend Oliver Tooke’s The Turnglass.
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Limited edition Historical Maps of the River Colne by Ken Rickwood
New – from Colchester author Ken Rickwood
Historical Map of the River Colne from its source to the sea
Limited edition Historical Maps of both the River Colne and the River Stour are available Limited 1st edition of 200 numbered prints. Ken Rickwood’s latest publications are pictorial representations of two of his favourite East Anglian rivers, the Colne and the Stour. Beautifully drawn and coloured, each is in the form of a linear map measuring 21cm x 82cm, and is crammed with historical information about mills, bridges and many other features of interest. Many maps from earlier centuries were printed on linen backed paper and kept in a protective case. In keeping with the subject matter each of these new maps is printed on linen textured paper and are presented in a colourful slipcase. With a limited edition of 200 copies, these unique maps are individually numbered, signed and stamped by the author. Available now at £25 each plus postage If you would rather avoid postage fees, please email the shop to arrange payment and collection Ken Rickwoods books include: Stour Secrets 2008 [out of print] Stour Odyssey 2010 The Colne 2013 Colchester’s Secret Roman River 2019 [out of print] Blackwater 2021 Colchester’s Shrub End 2023 -
Limited edition Historical Maps of the River Stour by Ken Rickwood
New – from Colchester author Ken Rickwood
HISTORICAL MAP OF THE NAVIGABLE RIVER STOUR
Limited edition Historical Maps of the River Colne and the River Stour. Limited 1st edition of 200 numbered prints. Ken Rickwood’s latest publications are pictorial representations of two of his favourite East Anglian rivers, the Colne and the Stour. Beautifully drawn and coloured, each is in the form of a linear map measuring 21cm x 82cm, and is crammed with historical information about mills, bridges and many other features of interest. Many maps from earlier centuries were printed on linen backed paper and kept in a protective case. In keeping with the subject matter each of these new maps is printed on linen textured paper and are presented in a colourful slipcase. With a limited edition of 200 copies, these unique maps are individually numbered, signed and stamped by the author. Available now at £25 each plus postage If you would rather avoid postage fees, please email the shop to arrange payment and collection Ken Rickwoods books include: Stour Secrets 2008 [out of print] Stour Odyssey 2010 The Colne 2013 Colchester’s Secret Roman River 2019 [out of print] Blackwater 2021 Colchester’s Shrub End 2023