Published By: Michael JosephPages: 352Released On: 13/04/2023 Meet Isobel, Jen and Zelda.Three women whose bodies and minds are not their own. They belong to the Church.Life and death decisions are taken by others on their behalf.Who they might marry.Whether they start a family. Isobel and Jen know nothing of the world.But when Isobel’s husband leavesContinue reading “Oh, Sister – Jodie Chapman”
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The Girl With the Red Hair – Buzzy Jackson
Published By: Michael JosephPages: 464Released On: 11/05/2023 1940, Amsterdam. You’re nineteen years old. The war has stolen your future and your country is under siege. The people you love are no longer safe. Will you stand aside as the menace as Nazi evil tightens its grip on your homeland? Or do you unleash your fury,Continue reading “The Girl With the Red Hair – Buzzy Jackson”
Toby and the Wizards of Wildhaven – Sally Doherty
Pages: 240Released On: 11/03/2023 An abandoned island. Crowded dungeons. Friendship and betrayal. When the witches invite Toby on holiday, he’s looking forward to a break from his dilapidated house and leaking roof. But they arrive on the island of Wildhaven to find a trail of destruction. Discarded boots and ripped cloaks litter the cave floor.Continue reading “Toby and the Wizards of Wildhaven – Sally Doherty”
The Missing American – Julie Highmore
Published By: The Book FolksPages: 265Released On: 11/04/2023 New to the private investigator game, Edie Fox is delighted when a handsome American client with disconcertingly dazzling teeth asks her to find his missing cousin, Isabella. Especially when he leaves her a bundle of cash to get started. However, the case quickly gets complicated, and soContinue reading “The Missing American – Julie Highmore”
The Stories Grandma Forgot (and How I Found Them) – Nadine Aisha Jassat
Published By: Orion ChildrenPages: 240Released On: 25/05/2023 Twelve-year-old Nyla’s dad died when she was four, or that’s what she’s been told. So when Grandma Farida insists she saw him in the supermarket, Nyla wonders if she is ‘time-travelling’ again – the phrase she uses when Grandma forgets. But when Grandma asks Nyla to find herContinue reading “The Stories Grandma Forgot (and How I Found Them) – Nadine Aisha Jassat”
The Ferryman – Justin Cronin
Published By: OrionPages: 560Released On: 02/05/2023 The islands of Prospera lie in a vast ocean: in splendid isolation from the rest of humanity, or whatever remains of it. . .Citizens of the main island enjoy privileged lives, attended to by the support staff who live on a cramped neighbouring island, where whispers begin to growContinue reading “The Ferryman – Justin Cronin”
Midnight – Amy McCulloch
Published By: Michael JosephPages: 384Released On: 22/06/2023 With her life back in London falling apart, Olivia cannot believe her luck when she’s invited on a once-in-a-lifetime Antarctic cruise with her boyfriend, Aaron.Olivia has never been anywhere so spectacular: huge cliffs of ice loom high on the horizon, penguins dive through the sparkling sea, and aboveContinue reading “Midnight – Amy McCulloch”
The House of Whispers – Anna Mazzola
Published By: OrionPages: 268Released On: 06/04/2023 Rome, 1938. As the world teeters on the brink of war, talented pianist Eva Valenti enters the house of widower Dante Cavallera to become his new wife. On the outside, the forces of Fascism are accelerating, but in her new home, Eva fears that something else is at work,Continue reading “The House of Whispers – Anna Mazzola”
The Cats We Meet Along the Way – Nadia Mikail
Published By: Guppy BooksPages: 192Released On: 03/02/2022 Seventeen-year-old Aisha hasn’t seen her sister June for two years. And now that a calamity is about to end the world in nine months’ time, she and her mother decide that it’s time to track her down and mend the hurts of the past. Along with Aisha’s boyfriend,Continue reading “The Cats We Meet Along the Way – Nadia Mikail”
Cursed Bread – Sophie Mackintosh
Published By: Hamish HamiltonPages: 192Released On: 02/03/2023 Elodie is the baker’s wife. A plain, unremarkable woman, ignored by her husband and underestimated by her neighbours, she burns with the secret desire to be extraordinary. One day a charismatic new couple appear in town – the ambassador and his sharp-toothed wife, Violet – and Elodie quicklyContinue reading “Cursed Bread – Sophie Mackintosh”
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