Published By: AvonPages: 384Released On: 01/08/2024 My life is a mess. My marriage is falling apart, and I’d hoped the arrival of our baby girl would bring us closer together. Yet, as she grows, I see less of a resemblance to my husband, stirring unsettling questions. I was hoping a visit from my friend, VictoriaContinue reading “When You Were Mine – Emma-Claire Wilson”
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Cabaret Macabre – Tom Mead
Published By: AriesPages: 320Released On: 01/08/2024 Sleuth and illusionist Joseph Spector investigates his most complex case yet in this gripping new locked-room murder mystery from Tom Mead, set in an English country house just before the Second World War. Hampshire, 1938. Victor Silvius is confined in a private sanatorium after attacking prominent judge Sir GilesContinue reading “Cabaret Macabre – Tom Mead”
Costanza – Rachel Blackmore
Published By: Renegade BooksPages: 432Released On: 01/08/2024 Rome, 1636. History calls her a Muse. Temptress. Fallen woman. This is her story. In the scorched city of Rome, the cobbled streets hum with gossip and sin. Costanza Piccolomini is a respectable young wife – until she meets Gianlorenzo Bernini, the famed sculptor and star of Roman society, whoseContinue reading “Costanza – Rachel Blackmore”
Sipsworth – Simon Van Booy
Published By: Bedford Square PublishersPages: 240Released On: 18/07/2024 Following the deaths of her husband and son, Helen Cartwright returns from sixty years in Australia to the English village of her childhood. Her only wish is to die quickly and without fuss. Helen retreats into her home on Westminster Crescent, becoming a creature of routine andContinue reading “Sipsworth – Simon Van Booy”
Imposter Syndrome – Joseph Knox
Published By: DoubledayPages: 384Released On: 11/07/2024 ‘When you’re living a lie, you find it’s best to avoid close attachments…’ Lynch, a burned out con-artist, arrives, broke, in London, trying not to dwell on the mistakes that got him there. When he bumps into Bobbie, a rehab-bound heiress – and when she briefly mistakes him forContinue reading “Imposter Syndrome – Joseph Knox”
Spiral – Cameron Ward
Published By: PenguinPages: 400Released On: 01/08/2024 You’re on a routine flight from London to LA. Hundreds of people are on board – including your estranged son, Theo. Ten hours into the flight, something goes terribly wrong. The engines fail. The plane enters a steep dive. You, and everyone else on board, die instantly. Then, youContinue reading “Spiral – Cameron Ward”
The Wilds – Sarah Pearse
Published By: SpherePages: 432Released On: 16/07/2024 Out here, it’s easy to get lost… After the dark events that scarred her childhood, Kier Templer escaped her hometown and twin to live her life on the road. They’ve never lost contact until, on a trip to a Portuguese national park, Kier vanishes without a trace. Detective ElinContinue reading “The Wilds – Sarah Pearse”
The Future of the Self – Joanna Nadin
Published By: Melville HousePages: 128Released On: 04/07/2024 Look in the mirror – what do you see? We all feel, instinctively, that self exists. That somewhere inside us, under the clothes, the make-up, and self-tan, lurks a hard ‘pearl’, a kernel of truth called ‘me’. And it’s big business uncovering that ‘authentic’ kernel. It’s also aContinue reading “The Future of the Self – Joanna Nadin”
Alter Ego – Helen Heckety
Published By: Renegade Pages: 352Released On: 18/07/2024 Six months ago, something happened that changed everything for Hattie. The next morning, she came up with The Plan. It was time for a whole new life. That’s how Hattie ends up in a little cabin in the middle of nowhere, where the woodland stretches for miles andContinue reading “Alter Ego – Helen Heckety”
The Spellshop – Sarah Beth Durst
Published By: TorPages: 384Released On: 11/07/2024 Every home needs a little magic . . . Kiela has always had trouble dealing with people, and as librarian at the Great Library of Alyssium, she hasn’t had to. She and her assistant, Caz, a sentient spider plant, have spent most of the last eleven years sequestered amongContinue reading “The Spellshop – Sarah Beth Durst”