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Let Loose the Tigers

Passions run high when the past releases its secrets (Queenie's Story, Book 2)
By Josephine Cox
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Queenie Bedford escapes her past in Blackburn only to return in 1965 to support her friend Sheila, imprisoned alongside her mother Maisie for running a brothel. Taking over a dilapidated Edwardian house in Blackpool, Queenie transforms it into a respectable guesthouse while encountering the troubled Hannah Jason, locked away for murder and searching for her long-lost son. As Queenie's former love Rick Marsden relentlessly searches for her, their intertwined quests threaten to reveal deep, long-hidden secrets.
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Queenie Bedford fled her native Blackburn and the bitter knowledge that she and Rick Marsden, the man she loved, could never marry. But in 1965, she returned north again to stand by her friend Sheila Thorogood, imprisoned for running a brothel with her mother Maisie. Though Rick had vowed to find her, Queenie took care that he should not know of her whereabouts.

The magnificent Edwardian house in Blackpool was sadly neglected, but Queenie moved in with the ailing Maisie and set about transforming it into a sparklingly clean, highly respectable guesthouse. Meanwhile, Queenie was to meet the frail and confused Hannah Jason, locked away years ago for murder and desperate for news of her long-lost son.

As Rick continued his dogged search for Queenie, she set out to find Hannah's son. But both of their enquiries threatened to unlock the cage where crucial secrets had long been held captive.

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ISBN: 9781472235657

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 March 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Headline Book Publishing

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 136.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 220g

Pages: 304

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About the Author

Josephine Cox was born in a cotton-mill house in Blackburn, one of ten children. At the age of sixteen, Josephine met and married her husband Ken, and had two sons. When the boys started school, she decided to go to college and eventually gained a place at Cambridge University. She was unable to take this up as it would have meant living away from home, but she went into teaching - and started to write her first full-length novel. Her strong, gritty stories are taken from the tapestry of life.

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