Why is Nothing Ever Simple?, Jodi Taylor
Why is Nothing Ever Simple?, Jodi Taylor
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Why is Nothing Ever Simple?

Author: Jodi Taylor

Narrator: Zara Ramm

Unabridged: 2 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Headline

Published: 12/25/2019


Synopsis

A special Chronicles of St Mary's Christmas short story that is sure to entertain. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor.

It's Christmas at St Mary's and time for the traditional illicit jump. Except this one is perfectly legal. It's Major Guthrie's last jump. To the Battle of Bannockburn, no less. An important moment in History for two nations - one that warrants everyone's full attention.

But Max soon finds herself grappling with a near-lethal game of pooh sticks, another avian incursion and two turbulent teenagers intent on piloting their own illegal jump. And that's all before they even get near fourteenth-century Scotland.

For this is St Mary's and nothing is ever simple . . .

Readers love Jodi Taylor:

'Once in a while, I discover an author who changes everything... Jodi Taylor and her protagonista Madeleine "Max" Maxwell have seduced me'

'A great mix of British proper-ness and humour with a large dollop of historical fun'

'Addictive. I wish St Mary's was real and I was a part of it'

'Jodi Taylor has an imagination that gets me completely hooked'

'A tour de force'

(P)2019 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

About Jodi Taylor

LOSE TRACK OF TIME IN THE WORLD OF JODI TAYLORJodi Taylor is the internationally bestselling author of over thirty novels and more short stories than you can shake a stick at. Her Chronicles of St Mary's series follows a bunch of disaster-prone individuals who investigate major historical events in contemporary time. Do NOT call it time travel! She is also the author of the Time Police books. Set in the same world as St Mary's, this spinoff charts the highs and lows of an all-powerful, international organisation tasked with keeping the Timeline straight no matter what the cost. Efficient and disciplined, obviously they're nothing like St Mary's. Except when they are. And when a short story set in the same world accidentally grew into a full-length novel, the Smallhope & Pennyroyal series was born, following the adventures of two unlikely partners in crime.Jodi is also known for her gripping supernatural thrillers featuring the mysterious Elizabeth Cage together with the enchanting Frogmorton Farm series - a fairy story for adults. Born in Bristol and now living in Gloucester (facts both cities vigorously deny), she spent many years with her head somewhere else, much to the dismay of family, teachers and employers, before finally deciding to put all that daydreaming to good use and write a book. And then another twenty nine after that. And she hasn't finished yet.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sara

Another yearly Christmas tradition, this year we follow Max and co. into the battle of Bannockburn on Guthrie’s final jump. We encounter Scots, Englishmen, a rather good axe, as well as the rather excellent Pennyroyal and Lady Amelia Smallhope. I enjoyed looking a little closer at the ever enigmatic......more

Goodreads review by Bradley

What does Christmas Cheese and Scottish Independence have in common? A Jodi Taylor Xmas time-jump tradition. Only a little alcohol was consumed. Merry Christmas!......more

Goodreads review by Trish

Another Christmas tradition. Another short story from our disaster magnets giving us a better idea of certain characters and showing their backstory in greater detail. There is always a difference between what we think happened in history and what actually happened. Luckily, St. Mary's Institute of His......more