Sneak preview of the bookcover for The 9:45 To Bletchley

The 9:45 To Bletchley

The fourth novel in the Dudley Sisters Saga 

by

Madalyn Morgan

Ena Dudley, the youngest Dudley sister, works in a local engineering factory manufacturing dials and rotors for a secret location that she only knows as Station X. In November 1940 - after the bombing of Coventry - a set of circumstances lead Ena to Bletchley Park. Some months later Ena becomes involved with sabotage and spies, and while trying to clear her name, she falls in love. 

Date of publication for the fourth book in The Dudley Sisters Saga
June 1st on Kindle and shortly afterwards in paperback.

A sneak preview of the fabulous photographs for the book cover 

Photograph courtesy of: Toni Frissell / Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Image courtesy of Living Archive Milton Keynes

My new author photograph

Visiting Bletchley Park before publication of, The 9:45 To Bletchley.

Click the link below to see the photographs and read about my wonderful day at Bletchley Park.


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A review from a fellow novelist.

Hi Madalyn, welcome!

The Second World War still holds a fascination for people. This is evident in the popularity of books generally covering this subject. Madalyn we, as novelists, have an opportunity to bring fact to life through fiction and you do this so well. We can tread in our parents’ footsteps and re-visit the scenes that are still etched into so many memories. Some of these are so painful they are never spoken about. Storytelling is a great healer and Madalyn’s insight into how four young women dealt with the challenges, dangers and heartache they faced during World War Two, each in their own unique way, lifts the lid on the personal life that went on behind closed doors.

Madalyn Morgan’s latest novel: China Blue, tells Claire’s story…

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China Blue by Madalyn Morgan | Review | Historical Novels Review

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CHINA BLUE

by

MADALYN MORGAN

China Blue is Claire Dudley’s SOE Code name. We follow Aircraftwoman Claire from recruitment for special services, due to her exceptional language skills, through her secretive training. Along with her friend, Edwina, she develops the skills required, including learning to parachute and spending time living with a French family in Northumberland. Eventually she is airdropped into Occupied France.

Claire is bold and efficient in her nerve-wracking work, but against all the rules she falls in love. The Gestapo arrests her lover, but despite this she continues to work with the resistance.

The author must have done a lot of research, and I found the details of the training and methods of resistance work interesting. The situation that develops is touching and at times heart-wrenching.

There were a few awkward gaps in the narration and the ending was slightly hurried. Some of the most exciting action is related by other characters, rather than witnessed first hand. A little more editing could perhaps have avoided this and made the story more immediate.

The writing is clear and easy to read and the book presentation is excellent, with an appealing cover design.

 REVIEWED BY

Theresa Tomlinson

The 9:45 To Bletchley

Wrote Dec 2015

40,000 words into the fourth book in the Dudley Sisters Saga. 

Ena Dudley's story, The 9:45 To Bletchley, opens in a factory in Lowarth

in November 1941 - the night the Luftwaffe bomb Coventry. 

A set of circumstances lead her to Bletchley, involvement with spies and love.

Ena's character traits and plot - no spoilers though

And later the book cover. 

For now, I just wanted to share the joy of getting back into writing

after not being able to write a decent shopping list.

A giant leap for the Indie Author

Bookshops and libraries are becoming more, local author and Indie, friendly. Visiting W. H. Smith in Rugby last week, I spotted a well laid-out shelf labelled, Local Authors. The last time I was in the shop it wasn’t there, so, exited by this, I made an appointment to see the Manageress the following day. I took in two copies of each of my novels with me and after reading the book-blurb on the back covers, she took all of them there and then. The Dudley sisters are in several small bookshops, but to see them on the shelves of a High Street store like, W.H. Smith, was an ambition realised.

Feeling confident, I called into my local library where I had left a copy of each of my novels some time ago. The manageress said she would love them in the main library, the mobile library too, and was 99.9% sure head office would agree. I borrow books from my local library, because I want to add to the libraries borrowing numbers. Too many libraries in the Midlands, and I'm sure in the rest of the country, are being closed down through lack of funding. 

My novels are printed on demand (POD), which even at author price cost as much as some of the books on sale at W. H. Smith. So, to be competitive, I lose money on them – and I shall donate to the library. But I gain, because my novels will be read by readers who either don’t have access to Amazon, or prefer to browse before they buy, or borrow, a book.  To me that is a win win situation.

A lovely surprise

Checking the Junk Folder, which for some reason since I downloaded 10 a week ago half my emails end up in it, I found an email with an attachment from an author friend. Junk mail, indeed!  Anyway, I immediately moved the email to the In Box and opened the attachment. To my delight and surprise there was a photograph of my three novels, sitting next to hers, in W.H. Smith, Rugby.  Foxden Acres, Applause, and China Blue, are also in my cousin's shop, Oh Lovely, on Church Street, Lutterworth. 

Books by Indie authors going into shops on the High Street is a small step in scheme of things, but it's a giant leap for the Independently published.

The Dudley Sisters Saga, by Madalyn Morgan. Video & Posters, by Gary Walker

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