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What books are on your summer reading list this year?

J.A. Ratcliffe I’ve just finished Patrick O’Brien’s Desolation Island and have started C.S. Forrester’s Mr Midshipman Hornblower. Also on my list is Colson Whitehead…moreI’ve just finished Patrick O’Brien’s Desolation Island and have started C.S. Forrester’s Mr Midshipman Hornblower. Also on my list is Colson Whitehead’s Underground Railroad, Arthur Haley's Roots and a revisit to Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Two themes of my reading are seafaring in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and slavery.

This is because I am researching for a stand-alone book about one of the characters in my Smuggler’s Town Mysteries. My readers will know that Will Gibbs travels to America and returns with a new friend and some money and the book will tell this story. I need to get a feel for seafaring and gain an insight into the slave trade, treatment of slaves and free slaves. I’m also hoping to visit Newfoundland and then Boston, Massachusetts.(less)

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What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

J.A. Ratcliffe There hasn't been any real mystery, but my Great Grandmother led a fascinating life, including being a suffragette, a follower of Disraeli and a membe…moreThere hasn't been any real mystery, but my Great Grandmother led a fascinating life, including being a suffragette, a follower of Disraeli and a member of the Primrose League. She was born in 1874 and I'm amazed I knew someone from that era. A story of her life would be interesting to write, especially as I'm not the political animal that she obviously was.(less)

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	The Thirteenth Box: A Smugglers' Town Mystery by J.A. Ratcliffe (Goodreads Author), Domini Deane (Illustrator) 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Moonrakers of Avon: A Smugglers' Town Mystery 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Face of Sam: A Smugglers' Town Mystery by J.A. Ratcliffe (Goodreads Author), Domini Deane (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Face of Sam it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fifty Years of the Ionosphere 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The physical principles of wireless. Foreword by E.V. Appleton Methuen's Monographs on Physical Subjects 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars