This Door of the Seas : Darkland Tales - Jo Sharp Publication Date:06/08/2026

This Door of the Seas : Darkland Tales - Jo Sharp Publication Date:06/08/2026The Darien Venture was the singular event at the end of the seventeenth century that fundamentally altered Scotland's future. It took place on the other side of the world, amid the jungle coastline at the junction between the continents of North and South America. And most of us know next to nothing about it. Now it's time to remedy that. Award winning novelist Val McDermid and Geographer Royal for Scotland Jo Sharp unite in this revelatory novella to

for The Bookshop by the Bay"A delightful story about family

and richly imagined

ranging from the traditional to the contemporary

recalling their shared childhood and asking if they can meet

Jackson Lamb is on his way to Oxford

justice and finding help in unexpected places

Yet when we learn to listen to it properly and act on it wisely

and the colours and brushstrokes employed are analysed to uncover surprising new stories about each artist and their work

Revealing the artful symmetry and underlying principles that connect Summer beach reads to Classical Chinese poetry

author of The Court of Broken Knives'Fans of Anthony Ryan's Blood Song will love this' Django Wexler

as well as being named the UK's best restaurant multiple times

THE BRAND NEW REVELATORY ROYAL MEMOIR FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR PAUL BURRELL