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Tina Baker

Hiya. Tina here. I’ve always wanted to be a writer – ever since a poem I wrote went up on the wall in Infants School. It was important to learn to read and write as my mum struggled and my grandad signed his name with an X. They were fairground people – it’s hard toContinue reading “Tina Baker”

The Blueprint – Rae Giana Rashad

Published By: HarperCollinsPages: 320Released On: 13/02/2024 Solenne Bonet lives in Texas where choice no longer exists. An algorithm determines a Black woman’s occupation, spouse, and residence. Solenne finds solace in penning the biography of Henriette, an ancestor who’d been an enslaved concubine to a wealthy planter in 1800s Louisiana. But history repeats itself when Solenne,Continue reading “The Blueprint – Rae Giana Rashad”

The Long and Winding Road – Lesley Pearse

Published By: Michael JosephPages: 384Released On: 29/02/2024 Born during the Second World War, Lesley’s innocence came to an abrupt end when a neighbour found her, aged 3, coatless in the snow. The mother she’d been unable to wake had been dead for days. Sent to an orphanage, Lesley soon learned adults couldn’t always be trusted.Continue reading “The Long and Winding Road – Lesley Pearse”

Deborah Jenkins

I’m an – ahem – ‘mature’ woman (in years, but not behaviour I’m afraid), married with two adult children and a recent value-added, gorgeous granddaughter. For many years I was a class teacher but now only teach small groups for a few hours a week. I’ve always written from around the age of eight. ItContinue reading “Deborah Jenkins”

Jericho’s Dead – William Hussey

Published By: ZaffrePages: 400Released On: 29/02/2024 Former CID detective Scott Jericho is done with murder. Done with puzzles. Done with the dark rage that seems to haunt him. That is until a vicious serial killer targets someone close to him. Now Jericho is back, his thirst for justice remorseless. But time is running out. FortuneContinue reading “Jericho’s Dead – William Hussey”

The Mysterious Mrs Hood – Kim Donovan

Published By: Seven DialsPages: 299Released On: 22/02/2024 Great Yarmouth, September 1900: A young woman is found dead on the beach, a bootlace tied tightly around her neck. Despite her death attracting national attention in the press, nobody claims her. Detective Inspector Robert Lingwood of the Great Yarmouth police force declares he will not rest until theContinue reading “The Mysterious Mrs Hood – Kim Donovan”

Spy Artist Prisoner – George Tomaziu

Published By: Envelope BooksPages: 232Released On: 03/03/2022 Romania allied itself with the Nazis in the Second World War to protect itself from the Soviet Union and to promote its own brand of fascist nationalism. When George Tomaziu, who had spent the 1930s preparing for a career as an artist, was invited to spy for Britain,Continue reading “Spy Artist Prisoner – George Tomaziu “

I Promise It Won’t Always Hurt Like This – Clare Mackintosh

Published By: SpherePages: 288Released On: 07/03/2024 Grief is universal, but it’s also as unique to each of us as the person we’ve lost. It can be overwhelming, exhausting, lonely, unreasonable, there when we least expect it and seemingly never-ending. Wherever you are with your grief and whoever you’re grieving for, I Promise It Won’t Always HurtContinue reading “I Promise It Won’t Always Hurt Like This – Clare Mackintosh”

Fran Hill

Fran is a newly-retired secondary school English teacher now freed from school bells and timetables to write full-time. ‘Full-time’ means ‘fitting it in around Homes Under the Hammer, listening to podcasts and helping with church activities or grandchildren’. She lives in Warwickshire, England, and often writes in local cafés, inspired by the buzz and chatter.Continue reading “Fran Hill”

The Bone Hunters – Joanne Burn

Published By: SpherePages: 352Released On: 08/02/2024 In 1824, Lyme Regis is as tumultuous as the sea that surrounds it. When twenty-four-year-old Ada Winters – poor, peculiar and brilliant – uncovers a set of unusual fossils on the cliffs, she believes she has found the answer to her scientific frustrations and her family’s financial struggles.Meanwhile, DoctorContinue reading “The Bone Hunters – Joanne Burn”