Published By: PenguinPages: 304Released On: 27/01/2022 By day, Ivy Boscawen mourns the loss of her son Tim in the Great War. But by night she mourns another boy – one whose death decades ago haunts her still. For Ivy is sure that there is more to what happened all those years ago: the fire atContinue reading “The Key In The Lock – Beth Underdown”
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The Twyford Code – Janice Hallett
Published By: ViperPages: 384Released On: 13/01/2022 Forty years ago, Steven Smith found a copy of a famous children’s book, its margins full of strange markings and annotations. He took it to his remedial English teacher, Miss Isles, who became convinced it was the key to solving a puzzle. That a message in secret code ranContinue reading “The Twyford Code – Janice Hallett”
Filmquake – Ian Haydn Smith
Published By: QuartoPages: 208Released On: 04/01/2022 FilmQuake introduces 50 movies that shook the cinematic world, telling the fascinating stories behind their creation, reception and legacy. From unbelievable developments kn technology (Citizen Kane 1941) to feminist triumphs (Wanda 1970); films that kickstarted New Queer Cinema (Paris is Burning 1990) to others that challenged laemakers (A ShortContinue reading “Filmquake – Ian Haydn Smith”
Wishing Under a Starlit Skye – Lisa Hobman
Published By: BoldwoodPages: 339Released On: 13/01/2022 Glentorrin bakery owner, and lone parent, Caitlin Fraser, is single and finally ready to mingle. With her daughter, Grace, about to become a teenager, and her friends all settling down, Caitlin decides she deserves a shot at happiness too. Resisting the pull of dating apps, Caitlin embarks upon aContinue reading “Wishing Under a Starlit Skye – Lisa Hobman”
Write It All Down – Cathy Rentzenbrink
Published By: Pan MacmillanPages: 240Released On: 06/01/2022 Why do we write and what stops us? How does the urge to express ourselves fight with the worry that no one will care or that we will get in trouble? How do we identify and overcome everything that gets in our way so we can start makingContinue reading “Write It All Down – Cathy Rentzenbrink”
Hare House – Sally Hinchcliffe
Published By: MantlePages: 320Released On: 06/01/2022 In the first brisk days of autumn, a woman arrives in Scotland having left her job at an all-girls school in London in mysterious circumstances. Moving into a cottage on the remote estate of Hare House, she begins to explore her new home – a patchwork of hills, moorlandContinue reading “Hare House – Sally Hinchcliffe”
Where the Shadows Beckon: The Blood of Eith #1 – Gillian Grant
Released On: 04/01/2022 As a hunter, Evren Hanali of Orenlion has probably seen it all and done even more, even though she likes to fade into the background. She prefers a solitary existence, doing the jobs she’s commissioned for an not much else. But fate has other plans. It seems she has a destiny –Continue reading “Where the Shadows Beckon: The Blood of Eith #1 – Gillian Grant”
The Violin Conspiracy – Brendan Slocumb
Published By: AnchorPages: 352Released On: 01/02/2022 Ray McMillian loves playing the violin more than anything, and nothing will stop him from pursuing his dream of being a professional musician. Not his mother, who thinks he should get a real job, not the fact that he can’t afford a high-caliber violin, not the racism inherent inContinue reading “The Violin Conspiracy – Brendan Slocumb”
A Wedding at Hedgehog Hollow – Jessica Redland
Published By: BoldwoodReleased On: 06/01/2022 Life at Hedgehog Hollow is never dull, although Samantha hopes that the new year ahead will be a little less chaotic as she prepares to marry the love of her life, Josh. But disaster strikes when she checks the rescue centre’s bank account after the festive season and discovers itContinue reading “A Wedding at Hedgehog Hollow – Jessica Redland”
Theatre of Marvels – Lianne Dillsworth
Published By: Random HousePages: 400Released On: 14/04/2022 Unruly crowds descend on Crillick’s Variety Theatre. Young actress, Zillah, is headlining tonight. An orphan from the slums of St Giles, her rise to stardom is her ticket out – to be gawped and gazed at is a price she is willing to pay. Rising up the echelonsContinue reading “Theatre of Marvels – Lianne Dillsworth”