Published By: VikingPages: 240Released On: 12/11/2026 The year is 1907 and Maurice Ravel is one of the most admired young composers in France. In Belle Epoque Paris he cuts a charismatic, dandyish figure, whose technically flawless music hides a deep emotional core, and whose unpredictable talent is as hard to pin down as his mysteriousContinue reading “Lessons in Harmony – Jonathan Coe”
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The Enigmas – Emilia Hart
Published By: The Borough PressPages: 384Released On: 18/03/2027 It is 1940, and Beatrice Bone does not want to turn twenty-eight. She longs for adventure like the heroines of her favourite novels, but instead finds herself locked away in her parents’ house by a mother determined to keep her safe from a world at war. ThenContinue reading “The Enigmas – Emilia Hart”
Murder on the Royal Crescent – Harriet F. Townson
Published By: VikingPages: 304Released On: 29/10/2026 On a frosty day in December 1936, librarian and part-time detective Dora Wildwood is summoned to Bath. She has no idea what will unfold but she is glad to go; recent events have left her longing to disappear. Arriving on the world-famous Royal Crescent, Dora quickly learns of DaisyContinue reading “Murder on the Royal Crescent – Harriet F. Townson”
Murder Most Proper – Josie Lloyd
Published By: HQPages: 320Released On: 08/10/2026 Alice Beeton runs a tight ship. Like her distant relative – the somewhat more famous Mrs Beeton – she believes there should be a place for everything, but she’s not so sure she’s in her place. Since a whirlwind romance with a billionaire swept her best friend, Jinx, off her feet andContinue reading “Murder Most Proper – Josie Lloyd”
The Winter Guest – Karen Swan
Published By: PenguinPages: 400Released On: 08/10/2026 1961In the streets of Paris, Lise Erlach is in love. Twenty-two years old, the beautiful young Ambassador’s wife enjoys the very best the city has to offer: glittering receptions, a magnificent residence and an address book filled with the numbers of the Parisian elite. She is wanted at everyContinue reading “The Winter Guest – Karen Swan”
The House of Cursed Daughters – C.J Cooke
Published By: HarperCollinsPages: 400Released On: 22/10/2026 Three women. Seven centuries. One unbreakable blood curse… It began in fire… Paris, 1307. When eleven-year-old Princess Isabella of France watches four men burn at the stake, a dying knight curses her bloodline: love will destroy everything she holds dear. It was forged in madness… Bedlam, 1865. Lois wakesContinue reading “The House of Cursed Daughters – C.J Cooke”
The Librarian’s Secret – Neil Alexander
Published By: EmblaPages: 352Released On: 15/10/2026 1938. Shy nineteen-year-old, Nora O’Brien, leaves behind her life in rural Ireland and boards a ship bound for Australia – carrying little more than a valise and a secret. On board she meets glamorous and unconventional Flo, and begins a thrilling but dangerous journey of self-discovery.2004. Helen cannot forgetContinue reading “The Librarian’s Secret – Neil Alexander”
The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse – Heather Morris
Published By: FirefinchPages: 384Released On: 22/10/2026 In 1942, the Nazis come for a Jewish family living in Montparnasse, occupied Paris. In the chaos of their arrest, eleven-year-old Josie flees to the only person she trusts: her piano teacher, Andrée Levallois, secretly an operative in the French Resistance. Andrée takes her in as a member ofContinue reading “The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse – Heather Morris”
Adam and Eve – Jeffrey Archer
Published By: HarperCollinsPages: 480Released On: 06/10/2026 November 11th, 1918. As the guns of the Great War fall silent, two babies draw their first breath. Eve is the daughter of an Earl. Adam, a shepherd’s son. Yet from their first meeting they form an extraordinary bond that neither privilege nor prejudice can break. Then on aContinue reading “Adam and Eve – Jeffrey Archer”
The Shadows of Kensington Gore – Ross Montgomery
Published By: VikingPages: 368Released On: 22/10/2026 London, 1911. Coronation fever. Suffragette unrest. A city crackling with tension. When a policeman is found brutally murdered on the streets of Kensington, blame falls on the three women seen fleeing the scene. Their sole witness? Stephen Pike: ex-borstal boy, under-butler extraordinaire and assistant to the most unconventional detectiveContinue reading “The Shadows of Kensington Gore – Ross Montgomery”
