Kirsty Manning

Kirsty Manning has delivered yet again with this epic novel about women, love, and heartbreak. With passion and sensitivity, Manning takes the reader on a journey that is near-impossible to tear yourself away from. Without a doubt her finest work. A triumph! - Sally Hepworth, author of The Soulmate Manning's multilayered story is both terrifying and triumphant. Her talent for...

Kirsty Manning has delivered yet again with this epic novel about women, love, and heartbreak. With passion and sensitivity, Manning takes the reader on a journey that is near-impossible to tear yourself away from. Without a doubt her finest work. A triumph! - Sally Hepworth, author of The Soulmate 'Manning's multilayered story is both terrifying and triumphant. Her talent for...

What a keen eye for a brilliant story! Bestselling author Kirsty Manning sure knows how to breathe life and heart into historical events. Here, she takes a real-life historical story and weaves it into a compelling and multifaceted novel. Team this with rigorous research, an immediate, poignant and dynamic writing style, and you have Manning's superb sixth novel, The Hidden...

Travelling between lush gardens in France, windswept coastlines of Tasmania, to Tuscan hillsides and beyond, The Midsummer Garden lures the reader on an unforgettable culinary and botanical journey. 1487 Artemisia is young to be in charge of the kitchens at Chateau de Boschaud but, having been taught the herbalists' lore, her knowledge of how food can delight the senses is...

Kirsty Manning has woven, blended, sewn the threads of history, family secrets, the past and the present into a page-turning, beautiful novel. Her talent for researching and writing a seamless dual-narrative story with characters reflecting tragedy and trauma lived, and survived, will enthral and educate. Her approach and style to the multiple cultures and countries reinforces that humanity will rise...

A Charlie James Mystery 'This book is everything you are looking for . . . it transports, titillates and ultimately, satisfies. Run, don't walk, to get your copy!' - Sally Hepworth, author of Mad MabelIntrepid reporter Charlotte 'Charlie' James arrives in Paris in 1938 eager to make a fresh start, but little does she know the trouble that awaits her......

A superb evocation of pre-war Paris ... a mystery I couldn't put down. - Kerry Greenwood A glittering party, a dead body, and a room full of alluring suspects, this book is everything you are looking for. With deft light strokes, Kirsty Manning takes the reader on an Agatha Christie-style journey in 1930s Paris, led by infallible hero, journalist Charlie...

The inimitable Charlotte 'Charlie' James returns in her second exciting mystery. At a glitzy gala in the ballroom of the Hotel Ritz, young American tourist Maisy Bell meets an intriguing man and accepts his charming offer to take her on a day trip. But when Maisy doesn't return to the Ritz the following day, alarm bells ring and Maisy's aunt...

Manning expertly guides readers back and forth... Like a skilled lapidary, she shapes and polishes the narrative to gradually reveal character facets and the stories that gems carry over time... Characteristics of the gems themselves are carefully etched to reveal surprises, answers to riddles, and moments of deep emotion. Plotline layers unfold, illuminating shades of dark and light. This is...