Canal Fiction Books

Book - The Boat Girls Ref: 1713
by Margaret Mayhew.

It is 1943, and three very different girls are longing to do their bit for the war effort.

The three become friends when they join the band of women working the canal boats, delivering goods and doing a man's job while the men are away fighting. A tough, unglamorous task - but one that brings them all unexpected rewards.

Softback. 432 pages. 4¼" x 7" approx.
Price: £6.80

Book - Getaway With Murder Ref: 406
by Leo McNeir.

Fictional mystery about two unsolved murders separated by 350 years. Based around a Northamptonshire village and the Grand Union Canal.

Soft back. 316 pages, 6" x 9¼" approx.
Price: £7.75

Book - Death in Little Venice Ref: 527
by Leo McNeir.

Why do the police try to link Marnie Walker with the discovery of the body of a famous MP? Who is going to great lengths to try to eliminate her? Marnie finds herself pursued by unseen predators. She, and the dead man's best friend, ally and fellow MP try to get to the bottom of the mystery, but the police regard them both as suspects.

In the heart of London's Little Venice, in the idyllic setting of her canalside Northamptonshire home and in the corridors of power at Westminster, there seems to be no escape.

Softback, 286 pages. 6¼" x 9¼" approx.
Price: £7.75

Book - Kiss and Tell Ref: 680
by Leo McNeir.

Marnie Walker has a succesful and growing business, a home in idyllic surroundings and a boat on the Grand Union Canal. Life does not get much better, until a stranger arrives on the scene, a fugitive with a shameful past, hounded by the media, accused of hypocrisy and depravity. But is he as guilty as everyone believes?

From rural Northamptonshire to London's Docklands and Little Venice, they try to keep a step ahead of their pursuers. Other hazards like a violent mugger and Marnie's ex-husband also feature.

Nothing is quite what it seems....

Softback, 336 pages. 6" x 9¼" approx.
Price: £7.75

Book - Devil in the Detail Ref: 827
by Leo McNeir.

A golden summer full of promise stretched ahead for Marnie Walker, but change is in the air.Disturbing forces are on the move, bringing mayhem to the streets of neighbouring cities and threatening the community. The long hot summer becomes explosive.

In the middle of all this a strange boat arrives, unlike any that they have seen before. It soon becomes clear that the owner has a mysterious and possible sinister past.

Softback, 370 pages. 6" x 9¼" approx.
Price: £8.75

Book - No Secrets Ref: 1295
by Leo McNeir.

For Marnie Walker it began as nothing more than a business deal, but a sudden death changes everything. Gradually, and against her better judgement, she becomes drawn into an involvement with the convicted murderer that leads to a campaign led by the most unlikely protagonist.

From the charming Grand Union Canal to picturesque Little Venice and to London's stylish Docklands, the story unfolds in a series of twists and turns. But the biggest surprise is the last one of all...

Softback, 351 pages. 6" x 9¼" approx.
Price: £8.75

Book - Sally Ann's Summer Ref: 1754
by Leo McNeir.

Marnie Walker was given the job of looking after her sister's narrowboat 'Sally Ann' while she and her husband went away for a year. Marnie was less than enthusiastic.

A gangland power struggle had broken out in Little Venice and a hunt was on for undefined valuables, and Marnie had been identified as the key to finding them. Taking off for the summer, Marnie embarked on her travels blissfully ignorant of the malevolent forces following in her wake.

Softback, 286 pages. 6" x 9¼" approx.
Price: £8.99

Book - The Narrowboat Girl Ref: 487
by Annie Murray.

Maryann Nelson is devastated at the loss of her father, then her mother marries the local undertaker, Norman Griffin. Norman is not at all what he seems, as Maryann and her sister discover..

The chance of a new life opens up for Maryann when she befriends Joel Bartholomew. Aboard his narrowboat 'Esther Jane', she finds herself falling in love with life on the canal, until Joel's feelings for Maryann begin to change, awakening all the old nightmares that she had thought long buried. In panic and confusion she takes flight.....

Softback. 458 pages. 4½" x 7" approx.
Price: £6.80

Book - Water Gypsies Ref: 873
by Annie Murray. (A sequel to 'The Narrowboat Girl')

It is 1942, and after a childhood of suffering in Birmingham, Maryann Bartholomew has built a life of happiness and safety with her husband Joel and their children, working the canals on his narrowboat, the 'Esther Jane'. The walls of her security are broken down when Joel suffers an accident and, to keep the boats working, Maryann is forced to allow Sylvia and Dot, two wartime volunteers, into the privacy of her life.

And when she discovers that someone keeps calling for her a Birmingham's Tyseley Wharf, the dark memories of her past begin to overwhelm her.

Softback. 458 pages. 4¼" x 7" approx.
Price: £6.80

Book - Chocolate Girls Ref: 903
by Annie Murray.

A spellbinding saga of three very different women whose lives become entwined by war and their work at the Cadbury's chocolate factory in Bourneville - and their love for a child.

Softback. 518 pages. 4¼" x 7" approx.
Price: £6.80