Rachel Ward

Do You Want to Write a Cozy Mystery But Don't Know Where To Start?Are you new to writing and daunted by the thought of tackling a full-length novel? Have you started writing a novel but find yourself stuck in the middle?Or are you considering writing in a new genre?There has never been a better time to write a cozy mystery, and this book will guide you through the process from ideas to first draft and beyond.Rachel Ward is an award-winning author of thrillers and cozy mysteries. Her cozy series, The Supermarket Mysteries, set in a small English market town, has hit the UK top ten Cozy Mystery chart on Amazon UK. With fifteen years' experience covering a range of genres and publishers, Rachel offers easy-to-read and practical advice.Write Your Cozy Mystery examines the essential elements of cozy mysteries and takes you through the process of writing a novel step by step including: Generating ideasCreating characters your readers will lovePlottingSettingBringing the warmthWhat to do when you get stuckWhat to do next when you've completed a first draftThis practical book offers the tips, exercises and encouragement you'll need to get started and keep going.Rachel Ward says, 'If you love cozy mysteries as much as I do, then I can help you write YOUR cozy mystery.'Praise for Write Your Cozy Mystery from the UK's top cozy mystery writers: 'A must-have for every wannabe cozy mystery writer' - Orlando Murrin, author, Knife Skills for Beginners.'This is a great primer for anyone who wants to get into cozy crime. Rachel knows her stuff and writes with clarity and warmth. She ably marshals a wide range of sources, as well as including lots of useful exercises. Recommended ' - SJ Bennett, author, Her Majesty Investigates series.'Write Your Cozy Mystery is packed with nuggets of wisdom, encouragement and humour. It's a great read for anyone interested in understanding or working in the sub-genre.' - Derek Farrell, author, Danny Bird Mysteries.

DISCOVER YOUR NEW FAVOURITE AMATEUR SLEUTH SERIES. A QUIRKY MURDER MYSTERY SET IN THE SLEEPY SOMERSET TOWN OF KINGSLEIGH.Finders keepers, losers . . . Dead?Checkout girl Bea Jordan has a knack for stumbling into trouble. Even so, nothing can ruin her picnic in the allotment with her best friend, green-thumbed Ant.With the annual Kingsleigh Flower and Produce Show approaching, she feels he's had little time for her. Especially with the drama of a prize-winning tomato thief on the loose.But a grizzly discovery is waiting for them by the pumpkin patch . . .The body of Dylan Bradley, their old history teacher. Someone stuck a trowel in his head and left him for dead.But who would want to hurt Dylan? Bea has a feeling it has something to do with the ruby ring he dug up in the allotment.Then the discovery of a second body throws the townsfolk into full-blown turmoil. Now Bea must juggle small-town secrets, rivalries and murder with her growing feelings for Ant.Can she dig up the truth before the killer strikes again, or has Bea finally planted the seed for her own demise?AN ABSOLUTELY GRIPPING COZY MYSTERY FULL OF TWISTS AND TURNS AND LOVEABLE CHARACTERS.Meet the workers of Kingsleigh Costsave. There's Bea, a maths whizz with a heart of gold. Ant, a hapless high-school drop-out. And wisecracking Dot, in her late fifties and always beautifully coiffed.If you love Richard Osman, Janice Hallett, Peter Boland, the Reverend Richard Coles and Ian Moore, prepare to be enchanted by this cozy character-driven mystery

Practical strategies, checklists, and planning tools to help couples navigate the pregnancy, childbirth, and newborn stages together Preparing for the birth of your child is a life-changing experience, but it doesn't have to be an overwhelming one. Couples can tackle everything that needs to get done if they work together as a team, all while setting the foundation for a strong partnership that carries them through the next stage as first-time parents. The Couples' Pregnancy Guide offers supportive advice, strategies, and checklists couples need to create a plan that works for their unique relationship. There's no script for how things will go in pregnancy, but you can get through it with confidence and optimism when you do it together. The Couples' Pregnancy Guide features: - A month-by-month breakdown of discussion-worthy topics, from prenatal screenings and parental leave to childcare options and birth plans - Guidance on how to support your partner to improve communication, strengthen emotional attunement, and lay the groundwork for a strong parenting team -Checklists and worksheets to share responsibilities and empower non-birthing partners, and brainstorm solutions when joint decisions are particularly tricky -Practical advice for challenges like easing tight finances, moving past communication impasses, and advocating for yourself in medical settings

"Hugo Goes to the Library" is the second book in the "Hugo and Autism" series which follows a boy with autism as he and his family navigates their everyday life. This series is told from Hugo's little brother's point of view, Alex and is an educational social story for both those familiar with Autism Spectrum Disorder and those new to the subject. So pick up this book, read it, share it with others and catch a small glimpse into what its like living with a child with autism. Come learn about the many steps it takes just to master simple tasks, like how to safely cross a parking lot, or how to ask for help.

Bea’s favourite customer, Julie, hasn’t been seen for weeks. Her abusive husband, Dave, claims she’s left him but Bea can’t shake the feeling something worse has happened. When a body is found, it seems to confirm her fears – until it comes out that the corpse is fifteen years old. Where is Julie? Who is the dead girl? And what was her connection to Bea’s late father? Ant and Bea are back with their most personal case yet.

‘I’m scared of anyone with a knife and a grudge’ New Year dawns and something is rotten in Kingsleigh. With a body on the bypass and pet cats going missing, supermarket sleuths Ant and Bea have a new case. But juggling problems at work and home takes its toll – and as they near the truth, more than one secret is going to come out.

This brilliant dictionary and thesaurus will help young children learn new vocabulary, check their spellings and find inspiration for exciting words to use in their writing and conversation. Includes simple definitions of over 2,500 words, over 500 colourful illustrations and a thesaurus of synonyms organised by topic for easy reference.

Accompanying a major scholarly exhibition at The Courtauld Gallery, this book explores one of the most beautiful and enigmatic objects in The Courtauld's collection: the so-called 'Courtauld wallet', a brass container richly inlaid with gold and silver, imitating a lady's textile or leather bag, and probably made in Mosul in northern Iraq around 1300. No other object of this kind is known. Decorated all round with courtly figures and on the top with an elaborate banqueting scene featuring an enthroned couple, it has long been recognized as a masterpiece of Arab metalwork. Yet, despite the superb quality of its design and craftsmanship and its status as a unique object, this exceptional metalwork bag has never been properly published. Thus it remains little known outside a small circle of specialists, and little understood even within that circle. Encompassing a variety of multidisciplinary essays by distinguished historians and art historians - on subjects ranging from music at the Mongol court, Mosul under Mongol governorship and Mongol marriage customers to the role of women under the Ilkhanids - this publication aims to explore the origins, function and iconography of this splendid luxury object as well as the cultural context in which it was made and used. It will bring together other images of enthroned Mongols with female consorts, as well as scenes of hunters, revelers an musicians in a variety of media, including illustrated manuscripts, ceramics, textile, and metalwork. By presenting the bag alongside carefully selected contemporary material, it will provide an insight into courtly life under the Mongols in the newly conquered areas of their empire, and will also provide an unrivaled opportunity to investigate the inlaid brass tradition in Mosul after the Mongol Conquest. Objects made before and after this seismic event will be reproduced side by side to demonstrate how the Mosul metalworkers adapted their work for their new patrons.

Knowing that nothing lasts forever, Jem avoids relationships, but when she meets a boy called Spider, and they plan a day out together, her life takes a new twist and turn. Waiting for the London Eye, she sees everyone in the queue has the same number - something terrible is going to happen.

Sheds light on the form and extent of unionist and loyalist women's political participation. This title shows that unionist and loyalist women are more active political participants than the tea-making stereotype suggests; they have varied political roles, although these are often invisible.