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”
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Notes on a Drowning – Anna Sharpe
Published By: OrionPages: 320Released On: 23/01/2025 Alex knows she risks getting fired from her law firm if she takes on another unpaid case, but when she hears Rosa’s desperate voice at the other end of the phone, she knows she has to help: the body of Rosa’s shy teenage sister, Natalia, has been dragged, lifeless, from theContinue reading “Notes on a Drowning – Anna Sharpe”
The Lotus Shoes – Jane Yang
Published By: SpherePages: 400Released On: 28/01/2025 As a child, Little Flower is sold to Linjing’s wealthy family to become a muizai. In a fit of childish jealousy over her new handmaiden’s ladylike bound feet and talent for embroidery, Linjing ensures Little Flower can never leave her to ascend in society. Despite their starkly different places inContinue reading “The Lotus Shoes – Jane Yang”
Famous Last Words – Gillian McAllister
Published By: Michael JosephPages: 416Released On: 30/01/2025 It’s Camilla’s first day back at work, her daughter’s first day at nursery. But husband Luke is nowhere to be seen. The only trace of him is an unfinished note. Camilla tries to put it out of her mind; there must be a rational explanation. At work, thereContinue reading “Famous Last Words – Gillian McAllister”
The Boy I Love – William Hussey
Published By: Andersen PressPages: 304Released On: 23/01/2025 At just nineteen, Stephen has already survived a year at the front. Now he is returning to the trenches to lead a platoon, despite his wounds. Broken-hearted from the loss of his first love, Stephen wonders what he’s fighting for. Then he meets Private Danny McCormick, a smart,Continue reading “The Boy I Love – William Hussey”
The Vulpine – Polly Crosby
Published By: ScholasticPages: 368Released On: 16/01/2025Reading Age: 12+ Ora has always been fascinated by chilling fairy stories of the Vulpine – the mythical, fox-like monsters who live below ground, emerging at night to snatch ‘imperfect’ babies and children. Because Ora knows that disability and illness have no place in her world. To succeed is toContinue reading “The Vulpine – Polly Crosby”
An Almost Perfect Summer – Jill Mansell
Published By: Headline ReviewPages: 432Released On: 16/01/2025 Nick is the most intriguing man Nella has met in a while. He’s a 9 in the looks department (no one gets a 10), he makes her laugh, and he keeps her company when she ends up in A&E. But they live hundreds of miles apart.Then Nella loses her job. There’s a perfectContinue reading “An Almost Perfect Summer – Jill Mansell”
An Ethical Guide To Murder – Jenny Morris
Published By: Simon & SchusterPages: 416Released On: 16/01/2025 If you had the power between life and death, what would you do?Thea has a secret. She can tell how long someone has left to live just by touching them. Not only that, but she can transfer life from one person to another – something she findsContinue reading “An Ethical Guide To Murder – Jenny Morris”
The Queen of Fives – Alex Hay
Published By: Headline ReviewPages: 416Released On: 30/01/2025 They whisper her name in every corner of town.The lady with a hundred faces, a thousand lives.Five moves, five days – for such are the rules of her game. 1898. Quinn Le Blanc, London’s most talented con woman, has five days to pull off the seemingly impossible: trickContinue reading “The Queen of Fives – Alex Hay”
Strange Pictures – Uketsu
Published By: Pushkin VertigoPages: 240Released On: 16/01/2025Translated By: Jim Rion A series of drawings by a pregnant woman conceal a chilling warning. A child’s picture of his home contains within it a dark secret message. A sketch made by a murder victim in his final moments leads an amateur sleuth into a terrifying investigation. CanContinue reading “Strange Pictures – Uketsu”
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