Published By: Macmillan Two HootsPages: 120Released On: 12/09/2023Age Range: 12+ On the island of Merlank, the Dead must not be allowed to linger. The very sight of their ghosts can kill you. When young Milo is thrust into the role of Ferryman following his father’s sudden death, he is the one who must carry awayContinue reading “Island of Whispers – Frances Hardinge”
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Panacea – Matt Niel Oosthuizen
Pages: 189Released On: 23/04/2023 Earth’s population: 1700: 6.0 x 10^81900: 1.65 × 10^92000: 6.14 x 10^92100: 1.087 x 10^102700: 3.15 x 10^52878: 024800: 1.4 x 10^2 History repeats itself, unless it prevents itself. Estranged parent and child civilizations collide. Who will win the fight for Planet B? ***** Thanks to Matt for gifting me aContinue reading “Panacea – Matt Niel Oosthuizen”
The Crash – Robert Peston
Published By: ZaffrePages: 400Released On: 14/09/2023 London, 2007. It’s summer in the City: the economy is booming, profits are up and the stock market sits near record highs.But journalist Gil Peck is a lone voice worrying it can’t last. Deep in the plumbing of the financial system, he has noticed strange things happening which could threatenContinue reading “The Crash – Robert Peston”
Murder on a Yorkshire Moor – Ric Brady
Published By: The Book FolkPages: 191Released On: 07/02/2023 A mysterious death and a world of problems for a retired cop On a walk up the moor near Ilkley in Yorkshire, ex-detective Henry Ward and his loyal terrier Tessa stumble across the body of a young man, who is clearly deceased.Probing further, Henry decides that ifContinue reading “Murder on a Yorkshire Moor – Ric Brady”
Life and Otter Miracles – Hazel Prior
Published By: PenguinPages: 400Released On: 14/09/2023 Nineteen-year-old Phoebe and her widower father Al have recently moved to Devon, to a small cottage with a river at the end of the garden.Struggling with her own closely guarded issues, Phoebe doesn’t go out much. Instead, she spends her time at home, watching detective dramas and playing detective herself – trying toContinue reading “Life and Otter Miracles – Hazel Prior”
The Spy’s Daughter – Bianca M. Schwarz
Published By: Central AvenuePages: 288Released On: 05/09/2023 Emily March, the illegitimate daughter of Sir Henry March, has all she needs: bountiful wealth, ample beauty, and abundant talent. But will this be enough to secure the one thing she truly wants: a loving marriage and her own family? However, it’s not her illegitimacy that stands inContinue reading “The Spy’s Daughter – Bianca M. Schwarz”
Assassin Eighteen – John Brownlow
Published By: Hodder and StoughtonPages: 480Released On: 15/08/2023 ‘I am waiting for someone to kill me. Tonight would be a good night for it.’Agent Seventeen, the most infamous hitman in the world, has quit. But whoever wants to become Assassin Eighteen must track him down and kill him first.So when a bullet hits the glassContinue reading “Assassin Eighteen – John Brownlow”
The Yorkshire Farm Girl – Diane Allen
Published By: PanPages: 320Released On: 17/08/2023 Life is hard for the Fothergill family as they try to make a living on their farm in the Yorkshire Dales. Bob Fothergill has set his sights on buying his own farm instead of renting the one they currently hold. Sally his teenage daughter, wishes her father would seeContinue reading “The Yorkshire Farm Girl – Diane Allen”
The Turnglass – Gareth Rubin
Published By: Simon and SchusterPages: 512Released On: 31/08/2023 Imagine you’re holding a book in your hands. It’s not just any book though. It’s a tête-bêche novel, beloved of nineteenth-century bookmakers. It’s a book that is two books: two intertwined stories printed back-to-back. Open the book and the first novella begins. It ends at the middleContinue reading “The Turnglass – Gareth Rubin”
The Death I Gave Him – Em X. Liu
Published By: SolarisPages: 432Released On: 14/09/2023 A lyrical, queer sci-fi retelling of Shakespeare’s Hamlet as a locked-room thriller. A Twenty-First Century Hamlet. Hayden Lichfield’s life is ripped apart when he finds his father murdered in their lab, and the camera logs erased. The killer can only have been after one thing: the Sisyphus Formula theContinue reading “The Death I Gave Him – Em X. Liu”
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