Published By: HarperCollinsPages: 384Released On: 10/04/2025 Molly the maid is no stranger to secrets… She sees everything behind closed doors at the Regency Grand hotel: wiping away the dust and grime of guests passing through. But one secret lies much closer to home. An old trinket – a faux Fabergé egg – is revealed to be aContinue reading “The Maid’s Secret – Nita Prose”
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The Midnight King – Tariq Ashkanani
Published By: ViperPages: 352Released On: 10/04/2025 ‘This is a work of fiction. This is not a confession.’ Lucas Cole is a bestselling writer. He is also a father, a widower, and a beloved celebrity in his small town. He is an unassuming man - tall, thin and quietly friendly. Lucas Cole is also a serialContinue reading “The Midnight King – Tariq Ashkanani”
Deep Dark – Zohra Nabi
Published By: Simon & Schuster ChildrenPages: 352Released On: 27/03/2025Reading Age: 9+ The dark was deep; it opened like a cavernous mouth and swallowed the boy whole.Cassia Thorne leads a double life. By day, she sells ballads at Bartholomew Fair. By night she spends her evenings locked up in Fleet Prison. Cassia has plans of escapingContinue reading “Deep Dark – Zohra Nabi”
The Prince Without Sorrow – Maithree Wijesekara
Published By: HarperVoyagerPages: 384Released On: 27/03/2025 Welcome to the Ran Empire. Where winged serpents fly through the skies. Giant leopards prowl the earth. And witches burn blue as they die. A prince born into violence. Prince Ashoka is considered an outcast for opposing his father Emperor Adil Maurya’s brutal destruction of the Mayakari witches. AContinue reading “The Prince Without Sorrow – Maithree Wijesekara”
Michael Rosen’s Pocket Shakespeare – Michael Rosen
Published By: Walker BooksPages: 192Released On: 03/04/2025Reading Age: 9-12Illustrated By: Chris Riddell Thanks to NetGalley and Walker Books for the advanced copy of this title in return for an honest review. Why have I – a 31 year old woman with no children of her own – read a book aimed at 9-12 year olds,Continue reading “Michael Rosen’s Pocket Shakespeare – Michael Rosen”
Death at the White Hart – Chris Chibnall
Published By: Michael JosephPages: 368Released On: 27/03/2025 When Nicola Bridge moves back to Dorset after years as a CID detective in the big city, the last thing she expects is for the picturesque village of Fleetcombe to become a grisly crime scene. Jim Tiernan, landlord of the White Hart pub, has been found dead, theContinue reading “Death at the White Hart – Chris Chibnall”
The Time Traveling Healer – Jim Bates
Pages: 128Released On: 26/01/2025 When he fails to help curb the worldwide pandemic in the 21st Century, time-traveling healer Torak loses confidence in himself. When his boss Master Healer Robbikan sends him back in time to help with a plague that is sweeping the land of Anon, Torak vows to do better with this secondContinue reading “The Time Traveling Healer – Jim Bates”
The New Neighbours – Claire Douglas
Published By: PenguinPages: 400Released On: 13/03/2025 Do you trust the couple next door?When Lena overhears a conversation between her next-door-neighbours she thinks she must have misheard. After all, the Morgans are a kind, retired couple who have moved to a suburban street in Bristol where nothing ever happens. But it sounded like they were planningContinue reading “The New Neighbours – Claire Douglas”
Laura Pearson
Hello! I’m Laura and I live in a village in Leicestershire with my husband, our two children and our cat. I’ve previously lived in London and New York and sometimes miss big cities (but mostly don’t). I help run the Bookload on Facebook alongside writing novels. I love reading, games, chocolate and watching reality TV,Continue reading “Laura Pearson”
The CIA Book Club – Charlie English
Published By: William CollinsPages: 384Released On: 13/03/2025 From copies of Orwell to Agatha Christie, the Western effort was to undermine the censorship of the Soviet bloc, offer different visions of thought and culture to the people, and build relationships with real readers in the East. Historian Charlie English follows the characters of the era, withContinue reading “The CIA Book Club – Charlie English”
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