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Read Jodi Taylor with your reading group!

We are delighted to offer the first book in both of Jodi Taylor’s acclaimed fantasy series, The Chronicles of St Mary’s and The Time Police series.

Just One Damned Thing After Another, the first book in St Mary’s, follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets who hurtle their way around History.

If the whole of History lay before you, where would you go?

When Dr Madeleine Maxwell is recruited by the St Mary’s Institute of Historical Research, she discovers the historians there don’t just study the past – they revisit it.

But one wrong move and History will fight back – to the death. And Max soon discovers it’s not just History she’s fighting…

In Doing Time, Jodi introduces an irresistible spinoff from the internationally bestselling Chronicles of St Marys.

A long time ago in the future, the secret of time travel became known to all. Unsurprisingly, the world nearly ended. There will always be idiots who want to change history.

Enter the Time Police. An all-powerful, international organisation tasked with keeping the timeline straight. At all costs.

Their success is legendary. The Time Wars are over. But now they must fight to save a very different future – their own.

This is the story of Jane, Luke and Matthew – the worst recruits in Time Police history. Or, very possibly, three young people who might change everything.

If you’re a fan of Doctor Who, you’ll love Jodi’s books!

We are offering 20 copies of each title for reading groups everywhere to get started with Jodi Taylor.

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