Published By: Headline ReviewPages: 352Released On: 10/09/2026 1926. Diana Gold, owner and impresario, throws open the doors to the most opulent new hotel in London. As the champagne flows and the chandeliers shimmer, millionaires and gamblers rub shoulders with film stars and royalty. Though, things at the Hotel Artemis aren’t quite what they seem –Continue reading “The Midnight Guests – Alex Hay”
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The Library of Lost Stories – Eloise Williams
Published By: FireflyPages: 240Released On: 03/09/2026Reading Age: 10+ It’s Christmas 1976 in a small town in South Wales, and eleven-year-old Noni and her dad are hiding from the bailiffs, behind the sofa. There’s no money left and Noni’s dad – who used to fix all the town’s broken things seems to be the most brokenContinue reading “The Library of Lost Stories – Eloise Williams”
Cinnamon Crumb, Baking Detective: The Great Cake Caper – Harry Woodgate
Published By: UsbornePages: 352Released On: 10/09/2026Reading Age: 8-11 Meet Cinnamon Crumb. In the town of Marzipan, home to bakers of near-magical talent, Cinnamon burns toast. She’s no baker – but she is about to become a baking detective. Because all is not sweet between Marzipan’s two rival superstar bakers, Victoria Sponge and Madeleine Macaron. TheyContinue reading “Cinnamon Crumb, Baking Detective: The Great Cake Caper – Harry Woodgate”
Scion – James Islington
Published By: GollanczPages: 240Released On: 01/09/2026 My job, when you think about it, isn’t so different from a lot of people’s. The more old-fashioned crowd do still get hung up on the ‘killing people’ part of it, I guess, but that’s a them problem: it’s been perfectly legal to take out lifers for ages. Besides,Continue reading “Scion – James Islington”
Georgie – Malachy Doyle
Published By: Firefly PressPages: 128Released On: 15/09/2026Reading Age: 10+ 14-year-old Georgie hasn’t spoken in years. Withdrawn, isolated and full of rage, no one trusts him and no one gets close to him. But then he is moved to a new home in the Welsh countryside. Instead of an empty room with a bare mattress onContinue reading “Georgie – Malachy Doyle”
The Salt King – Natasha Pulley
Published By: GollanczPages: 432Released On: 20/08/2026 Avelyn Brocken is a Jesuit at the Vatican. Originally from the salt mining town of Hreodwater in East Anglia, his only ambition is never to go back. But when rumours of miracles being performed there are followed by a bizarre video showing that someone trying to leave then enclaveContinue reading “The Salt King – Natasha Pulley”
They Can’t Burn Us All – Cathryn Kemp
Published By: BantamPages: 400Released On: 13/08/2026 Westfjords, Iceland. 1655 Þuríður Jónsdóttir has grown up praying to the old gods and watching her father and brother practise rune magic. But now, a witch-hunting craze is sweeping across the land of ice and fire, fuelled by the Protestant Reformation. Unlike elsewhere in Europe, those condemned as witchesContinue reading “They Can’t Burn Us All – Cathryn Kemp”
Traitors’ Nest – Frances Hardinge
Published By: First InkPages: 432Released On: 27/08/2026Reading Age: 12+ Castles traded places sometimes. Everyone knew that. It was always something that might happen, except that it never had. Until all of a sudden it did. Far above the valleys and villages of the Kingdom of Thaletal, a Great Game is played. Players move castles around the realmContinue reading “Traitors’ Nest – Frances Hardinge”
To Dance with Death – Brittney Arena
Published By: Bloomsbury ArcherPages: 384Released On: 13/08/2026 Once a spy for the ruthless King Illian, Vasalie sacrificed herself to kill him and prevent a prophesied war. But Illian’s brother, Anton – the king she allied with and had only just begun to love – struck a deal with the goddess of the underworld, to bringContinue reading “To Dance with Death – Brittney Arena”
Death Writ Large – Susie Dent
Published By: ZaffrePages: 400Released On: 13/08/2026 A mysterious letter. A silenced scholar. A city paved with injustice. When mysterious symbols appear as graffiti around Oxford, lexicographer Martha Thornhill recognises them from an alphabet created by a deceased writer whose papers she once worked on. But this is no publicity stunt, and tensions intensify when furtherContinue reading “Death Writ Large – Susie Dent”
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