The Art of Wandering verve Harriet Littlemore is an aspiring

Harriet Littlemore is an aspiring journalist from a 'good' family

She's working night shifts at a radio station when her quick wits

A new client - a successful financial advisor - has been found stabbed to death on the beach near his palatial Jersey Shore home

But the race becomes life-and-death when one of the jockeys doesn't make it to the finish line

as well as charting the rise of iconic British series like Coronation Street and Z-Cars

The Art of Wandering verve Harriet Littlemore is an aspiringThe Art of Wandering is a history of that curious hybrid, the writer as walker. From the Ancient world to the modern day, the role of the walker continues to evolve, from philosopher and pilgrim, vagrant and visionary, to experimentalist and radical. From Rousseau and De Quincey to Virginia Woolf and Werner Herzog, this seemingly innocuous activity has inspired a literary tradition encompassing philosophy and poetry, the novel and the manifesto.