Published By: AvonPages: 448Released On: 05/06/2025 HE RUNS INTO THE FLAMES A HERO. HE EMERGES FROM THE ASHES A SUSPECT. Steve thought he had left his troubled past behind. Living a quiet life with his wife and children, everything changes the night he rescues a baby from a burning house, becoming an unexpected national hero.Continue reading “Into the Fire – G.D Wright”
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The Mourning Necklace – Kate Foster
Published By: MantlePages: 304Released On: 29/05/2025 They said I would swing for the crime and I did. I wear the rope-bruise like a necklace. 1724. In a tavern just outside Edinburgh, Maggie Dickson’s family drown their sorrows, mourning her death yet relieved she is gone. Shame haunts them. Hanged for the murder of her newbornContinue reading “The Mourning Necklace – Kate Foster”
The Chemist – A.A Dhand
Published By: HQPages: 432Released On: 22/05/2025 Local pharmacist and pillar of the community, Idris Khan, spends his days doling out methadone to the hundreds of addicts in his care. They trust Idris with their secrets, and so he knows more than his mild manner suggests. So when his childhood sweetheart, Rebecca, doesn’t turn up forContinue reading “The Chemist – A.A Dhand”
Hive – DL Orton
Published By: Rocky Mountain PressPages: 354Released On: 07/01/2025 In a crumbling biodome surrounded by endless seas and swarms of microdrones, humanity’s last survivors cling to hope. For Isabel, a dying scientist, and Diego, the man she loves, time is running out—literally. The Earth is ravaged, and the biodome that was meant to save them isContinue reading “Hive – DL Orton”
Sunshine After the Rain – Jessica Redland
Published By: BoldwoodPages: 372Released On: 15/05/2025 For the last seven years Mel has been hiding; from life, from her friends and from those who love her the most – her family. But being at home in her beloved Lake District has been far too painful for Mel to contemplate. Because seven years ago, Mel lostContinue reading “Sunshine After the Rain – Jessica Redland”
Be Mine – Lizzy Barber
Published By: DaturaPages: 400Released On: 13/05/2025 Beth is a new mother struggling to find her place in the world. She is exhausted, mentally and physically, but her anxieties are not simply the fears of a first-time mum. A terror burns in her, fuelled by a secret past she is lucky to have escaped. When aContinue reading “Be Mine – Lizzy Barber”
The Everyday and Far Away – Jacqueline Jones
Published By: MagpiePages: 320Released On: 01/05/2025 Ernie has had three grand passions in his long life: his dear wife Phyllis, a vintage Norton Dominator motorcycle, and his mini-me son, Stephen. Now, as dementia overwhelms Ernie and takes away everything he can remember about the everyday, memories of those far away times remain crystalline and cherished.Continue reading “The Everyday and Far Away – Jacqueline Jones”
The Passengers on the Hankyu Line – Hiro Arikawa
Published By: DoubledayPages: 240Released On: 05/06/2025Translated By: Allison Markin Powell The contents of each traveller’s heart is a mystery known only to themselves. Trundling through the scenic countryside of Kyoto and Osaka is the Hankyu line, a burgundy-coloured electric train that has been carrying its commuters to their destinations for decades. Over the course ofContinue reading “The Passengers on the Hankyu Line – Hiro Arikawa”
Women’s Prize Longlist 2025
Last year, I decided I would read the Women’s Prize shortlist before the winner was announced. But like a lot of well-thought plans, I only got round to reading one of them, even though I bought them all. So, following that success, I decided to go one further and read the 2025 longlist before theContinue reading “Women’s Prize Longlist 2025”
The Dark Maestro – Brendan Slocumb
Published By: DoubledayPages: 416Released On: 13/05/2025 Curtis Wilson is a cello prodigy, growing up in the Southeast D.C. projects with a drug dealer for a father. But through determination and talent, and the loving support of his father’s girlfriend, Larissa, Curtis claws his way out of his challenging circumstances and rises to unimagined heights inContinue reading “The Dark Maestro – Brendan Slocumb”
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