Fiction – Page 49 – Books By Your Bedside

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”

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”

The List of Suspicious Things – Jennie Godfrey

Published By: Hutchinson HeinemannPages: 528Released On: 15/02/2024 ‘What if we decided to try and find him?’ ‘What on earth are you on about?’ she said. ‘How are we going to catch the Yorkshire Ripper, when the police haven’t even managed to?’ I sighed. Her questioning my ideas was a recent and unwelcome element to ourContinue reading “The List of Suspicious Things – Jennie Godfrey”

The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder – C.L Miller

Published By: MacmillanPages: 384Released On: 29/02/2024 WHAT ANTIQUE WOULD YOU KILL FOR?Freya, it’s down to you to finish what I started. . . Freya Lockwood has avoided the quaint English village in which she grew up for the last 20 years. That is until news arrives that Arthur Crockleford, antiques dealer and Freya’s estranged mentor, hasContinue reading “The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder – C.L Miller”

The Manic Mission – C.J Simone

Pages: 374Released On: 20/12/2023 Which one will be the mafia’s next victim?Gabe Giordano, the sexy young lead of the upcoming band Shine, will do anything to prove he’s no monster like his mob-connected father. Emboldened by mania, Gabe slips out after nightclub gigs and embarks on a secret redemptive mission against the dirtiest of mobsters. ButContinue reading “The Manic Mission – C.J Simone”

The Book of Doors – Gareth Brown

Published By: BantamPages: 416Released On: 15/02/2024 If you could open a door to anywhere, where would you go?In New York, bookseller Cassie Andrews is living an unassuming life when she is given a gift by a favourite customer. It’s a book – an unusual book, full of strange writing and mysterious drawings. And at theContinue reading “The Book of Doors – Gareth Brown”

Betrothal and Betrayal – Janet McGiffin

Published By: Scotland Street PressPages: 260Released On: 01/05/2023 Seventeen-year-old Thekla needs her quick wits and knife to track down her betrothed, a soldier who has left her at the altar for the third time. Elias the monk travels with her to Constantinople where she meets Irini of Athens, an extraordinarily beautiful orphan who has beenContinue reading “Betrothal and Betrayal – Janet McGiffin”

What We Did In The Storm – Tina Baker

Published By: ViperPages: 400Released On: 15/02/2024 Everyone brings their secrets to the island…On the beautiful and windswept island of Tresco, two worlds live side by side. The wealthy visitors come by helicopter to stay at their lavish time-share properties. The estate staff travel by boat, and work all hours to keep them happy, to keepContinue reading “What We Did In The Storm – Tina Baker”