Published by: Central Avenue PublishingPages: 416Date published: 12/01/2021Date read: 27/06/2021 In the twilight of a November evening, Sir Henry March, a man of wealth and charm — and a secret agent for the Crown — comes across a badly beaten Eliza Broad, desperate to escape her cruel stepfather. Knowing she has nowhere to go, SirContinue reading “The Inkeeper’s Daughter The Gentleman Spy Mysteries Book 1 – Bianca M. Schwarz”
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The Dictionary of Lost Words – Pip Williams
Published by: Chatto WindusPages: 336Date released: 08/04/2021Date read: 13/05/2021 In 1901, the word ‘bondmaid’ was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, Esme spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, a garden shed in Oxford where her father and a team ofContinue reading “The Dictionary of Lost Words – Pip Williams”
The Mystery of Henri Pick – David Foenkinos
Published by: Pushkin PressPages: 288Date released: 07/05/2020Date read: 02/08/2020 In the small town of Crozon in Brittany, a library houses manuscripts that were rejected for publication: the faded dreams of aspiring writers. Visiting while on holiday, young editor Delphine Despero is thrilled to discover a novel so powerful that she feels compelled to bring itContinue reading “The Mystery of Henri Pick – David Foenkinos”
The Animals at Lockwood Manor – Jane Healey
Published by: MantlePages: 352Date released: 10/03/2020Date read: 22/05/2020 Thirty-year-old Hetty Cartwright is tasked with the evacuation and safekeeping of the natural history museum’s collection of mammals. Once she and her exhibits arrive at Lockwood Manor, however, where they are to stay for the duration of the war, Hetty soon realises that she’s taken on moreContinue reading “The Animals at Lockwood Manor – Jane Healey”
Holding – Graham Norton
Published by: Hodder & StoughtonPages: 304Date released: 11/10/2016Date read: 04/01/2021 The remote Irish village of Duneen has known little drama, and yet its inhabitants are troubled: Sergeant P.J. Collins hasn’t always been this overweight; Brid Riordan, a mother of two, hasn’t always been an alcoholic; and elegant Evelyn Ross hasn’t always felt that her lifeContinue reading “Holding – Graham Norton”
The Lost Apothecary – Sarah Penner
Published by: Legend PressPages: 264Date released: 02/03/2021Date read: 17/03/2021 Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. But the apothecary’sContinue reading “The Lost Apothecary – Sarah Penner”
The Sanatorium – Sarah Pearse
Published By: Bantam PressPages: 368Date Published: 18/02/2021Date Read: 21/02/2021 An imposing, isolated hotel, high up in the Swiss Alps, is the last place Elin Warner wants to be. But she’s taken time off from her job as a detective, so when she receives an invitation out of the blue to celebrate her estranged brother’s recentContinue reading “The Sanatorium – Sarah Pearse”
And Then There Were None – Agatha Christie
Published by: HarperCollinsPages: 256Date released: 03/12/2015Date read: 17/01/2021 First, there were ten – a curious assortment of strangers summoned as weekend guests to a little private island off the coast of Devon. Their host, an eccentric millionaire unknown to all of them, is nowhere to be found. All that the guests have in common isContinue reading “And Then There Were None – Agatha Christie”
The Push – Ashley Audrain
Published by: Pamela Dorman BooksPages: 320Date released: 05/01/2021Date read: 26/01/2021 Blythe Connor is determined that she will be the warm, comforting mother to her new baby Violet that she herself never had. But in the thick of motherhood’s exhausting early days, Blythe becomes convinced that something is wrong with her daughter – she doesn’t behaveContinue reading “The Push – Ashley Audrain”
The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman
Published by: PenguinPages: 382Date released: 03/09/2020Date read: 14/09/2020 In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves The Thursday Murder Club. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty, but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. When aContinue reading “The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman”
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