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The Dark Hours – Amy Jordan

Published By: HQPages: 384Released On: 30/01/2025 1994: When Gardaí Julia Harte and Adrian Clancy are called out to a sleepy housing estate in Cork to investigate a noise complaint, they are entirely unprepared for what they find. What happens next will haunt Julia for the rest of her days, leaving her plagued with nightmares andContinue reading “The Dark Hours – Amy Jordan”

At the Bottom of the Garden – Camilla Bruce

Published By: MagpiePages: 368Released On: 30/01/2025 Clara Woods has a secret. At the bottom of the garden is a flowerbed, long overgrown, where her murdered husband rests in peace – or so she always thought. Then the girls arrived. Lily and Violet, her adolescent nieces, are recently orphaned and in urgent need of care. RaisingContinue reading “At the Bottom of the Garden – Camilla Bruce”

I Bet You’d Look Good In a Coffin – Katy Brent

Published By: HQPages: 336Released On: 30/01/2025 My name is Kitty Collins and I’m a serial killer. I don’t want to kill. It’s just so hard to resist. Some men really, really deserve it. Men like Blaze Bundy, an anonymous influencer spreading misogyny online. He’s making it very hard for me to control my murderous urges. Meanwhile I’mContinue reading “I Bet You’d Look Good In a Coffin – Katy Brent”

Hunt For the Golden Scarab – M.G Leonard

Published By: Macmillan Children’s BooksPages: 256Released On: 30/01/2025Reading Age: 9-11 Sim and his mum never live anywhere long. When dangerous strangers appear one night, Sim finds out why. His mum has been keeping secrets: she has the power to open doors in time. Running for their lives, Sim and his friends are determined to outwitContinue reading “Hunt For the Golden Scarab – M.G Leonard”

The Blackbirds of St Giles – Lila Cain

Published By: Simon and SchusterPages: 496Released On: 30/01/2025 It’s 1782, Daniel and his sister Pearl arrive in London with the world at their feet and their future assured. Having escaped a Jamaican sugar plantation, Daniel fought for the British in the American War of Independence and was rewarded with freedom and an inheritance. ButContinue reading “The Blackbirds of St Giles – Lila Cain”

BLOB – Maggie Su

Published By: SceptrePages: 256Released On: 06/02/2025 Vi Liu’s life is a mess. Having dropped out of college, she’s stuck in a job she hates at a local hotel. Her ex-boyfriend has blocked her and she’s lashing out at her family and co-workers. One night, drunk outside a drag club, she stumbles across a mysterious sentientContinue reading “BLOB – Maggie Su”

Bethnal Green – Amélie Skoda

Published By: ManillaPages: 352Released On: 30/01/2025 Penang, 1971. When Suyin is offered the opportunity of a lifetime – a place as a trainee nurse in London’s Bethnal Green Hospital – she jumps at the chance to leave her job as a seamstress and unite with her sister, who left for the same path a yearContinue reading “Bethnal Green – Amélie Skoda”

Princess Brainy: A Filmscript for Fairies – Stephen Games

Published By: Envelope BooksPages: 162Released On: 04/03/2023 Princess Raine is a smart kid—a very smart kid. And that’s her problem. No one likes smart kids, especially when they’re unaware of the effect they have on Other People. Even her Dad (that’s the king) finds her too much. To make things worse, she has two funny,Continue reading “Princess Brainy: A Filmscript for Fairies – Stephen Games”

The Garden – Nick Newman

Published By: DoubledayPages: 288Released On: 30/01/2025 In a place and time unknown, two elderly sisters live in a walled garden, secluded from the outside world. For as long as they can remember, Evelyn and Lily have only had each other. What was before the garden, they have forgotten; what lies beyond it, they do notContinue reading “The Garden – Nick Newman”

The Lamb – Lucy Rose

Published By: W&NPages: 336Released On: 30/01/2025 Margot and Mama have lived by the forest since Margot can remember. When Margot is not at school, they spend quiet days together in their cottage, waiting for strangers to knock on their door. Strays, Mama calls them. Mama loves the strays. She feeds them wine, keeps them warm.Continue reading “The Lamb – Lucy Rose”