Happy New Year

Wishing you all a Happy, Safe and Peaceful New Year.

Swirral Edge, Helvellyn from Red Tarn (c) John Bainbridge 2020

Merry Christmas to You All

A peaceful Christmas and New Year to all our readers. This has been a hard year for everyone – we hope 2021 will be much better for us all.

An Edwardian Christmas Parlour at the Beamish Living History Museum

Looking for a Wintry Mystery?

If you enjoy a wintry mystery, you might enjoy our novella The Holly House Mystery. Available in paperback and on Kindle.

It’s an affectionate homage to Golden Age detective fiction and the enclosed world of country house murder.

Christmas week 1931. The body of a young house-maid lies near the ruins of an ancient priory. How did she die… with only one set of footprints in the snow? Inspector Chance investigates murder in a snow-bound, Sussex village. As New Year approaches, can he work out whodunit before the house-party ends…

My Walking Books — Walking the Old Ways

Looking for a last-minute walking book for a stocking-filler or just for yourself? Do try one of mine…. Wayfarer’s Dole – my walking memoirs In a series of solitary journeys on foot the writer and novelist John Bainbridge explores the ethos of rambling and hiking in rural England and Scotland. On his journey he seeks […]
My Walking Books — Walking the Old Ways

Looking for a Christmas Mystery?

Looking for a Christmas mystery? A Christmas Malice is available in paperback and on Kindle. Here’s the link…

December 1873. Inspector Abbs is spending Christmas with his sister in a lonely village on the edge of the Norfolk Fens. He is hoping for a quiet week while he thinks over a decision about his future. However all is not well in Aylmer. Someone has been playing malicious tricks on the inhabitants. With time on his hands and concerned for his sister, Abbs feels compelled to investigate…

A NEW Inspector Abbs novel will be published in the New Year…