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Books with at least one protagonist who’s over 40 when the book takes place.

Showing books 1-17 of 17

Claiming the Tower : The cover has a vibrant orange-gold background. Two women in 1850s dresses are silhouetted in the centre, one handing the other a cup of drinking chocolate. Below them is the silhouette of a castle with towers and crenellations.

Claiming the Tower

A deep vibrant purple background with three figures in 1860s Victorian dress, two women and a man. One of the women is reaching out her hand to the man at the right, with a large country house silhouetted below them. They're surrounded with a swirl of stars.

At Home to Company

Cover of Complementary. Two women in Edwardian dress in silhouette stand talking with each other. One is taller and calmer, the other is shorter, gesturing. They are on a green background, with an artist's palette in the bottom right.

Cover of Seven Sisters. A thin angular woman and man in 1920s dress silhouetted on a background of lavender and grey. Bright green curling vines are inset in the top right.

Cover of Goblin Fruit. A man and woman in 1920s dress are silhouetted on a glowing red and golden yellow background. She turns toward him and he holds her hand. A bottle of golden liquid is inset in the top right corner.

Cover of Fool's Gold. A silhouetted man and woman turn toward each other on a brilliant green and purple background. He wears a long jacket, his back to the viewer, while she faces the viewer in a 1920s dress. A pile of coins is inset in the top left.

Cover of On The Bias. A man and woman in 1920s clothing are silhouetted against a pale green, yellow, and purple background. A brightly coloured rooster is inset in the top right.

Cover of Magician's Hoard. A man and woman in 1920s dress silhouetted on a teal background shading to sandy brown. A hedgehog is inset in the top right.

Magician's Hoard

Cover of The Hare and the Oak. A man and woman silhouetted on a brown and green background. She wears a dress with long sleeves and calf-length skirts, he wears a suit and half-cloak. A hare leaping out of an oak leaf is inset in the top left.

The Hare and the Oak

Cover of Winter's Charms, a seasonal novella collection. Three figures are silhouetted on a blue background with snowflakes, in front of a roaring fireplace decorated with a red and green garland. One man is sitting in a chair, gesturing, a woman stands wearing a transluscent shawl, and another man leans his hand on the mantlepiece. Oranges and cinnamon sticks are inset in the top left.

Chasing Legends

Cover of Facets of the Bench: a man and woman in silhouette. She shows him a necklace as he sits in a wheelchair with forearm crutches propped against the chair.

Facets of the Bench

Distilling Sunlight: A man and woman in 1920s clothing - he has a peaked cap - stand silhouetted on a glowing golden and amber background swirled with stars. They're holding bottles of beer, the same gold as the background, with hops and other ingredients inset in the upper right corner.

Distilling Sunlight

The cover of Best Foot Forward has a deep red background with map markings in a dull purple. Two men in silhouette stand, looking up at a point in the top left. An astrology chart with different symbols picked out takes up the left side of the image, with glowing stars curving up to the title.

Best Foot Forward

The cover of Nocturnal Quarry has Alexander silhouetted seated in a chair, leaning forward, one leg crossed over the other against a purple background with a map of Manhattan. An astrological chart to the left has the symbols for the Sun, Mercury, and Mars in close conjunction in Leo and Virgo, glowing against the pale grey of the chart.

Nocturnal Quarry

The cover of Old As The Hills has a man with a cane and a woman silhouetted on a green ground with a map. She holds out her hand, he is putting something into it, forming a doorway between them. An astrological chart behind them shows the symbols for Venus, the Sun, Jupiter, and Saturn highlighted behind a splash of glowing stars.

Old As The Hills

The cover of Upon A Summer's Day shows a man in a suit silhouetted over a map of northern Wales in a muted green. He is gesturing, holding his cane in one hand, a cap on his head. Behind him is an astrological chart, with Jupiter and Saturn highlighted in the sign of Taurus.

Upon A Summer's Day

Brave Truth : Two men in suits, cut for 1950, silhouetted on a bright orange and red background with a stone tower behind them. The man on the left is stockier, hands grasped behind his back, the slighter man in the centre stands ready to move in any direction, one hand reaching for bottles of amber cider on a table to the right. Stars circle around them.

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