Published By: PenguinPages: 480Released On: 12/12/2019 In a large house in London’s fashionable Chelsea, a baby is awake in her cot. Well-fed and cared for, she is happily waiting for someone to pick her up. In the kitchen lie three decomposing corpses. Close to them is a hastily scrawled note. They’ve been dead for severalContinue reading “The Family Upstairs – Lisa Jewell”
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Urban Scarecrows – Jim Chambers
Published By: SilverwoodPages: 276Released On: 25/05/2022 The Labour Party election victory of 2019 ushers into power a radical socialist government which swiftly mutates to a British form of totalitarian Marxism in its quest for social justice and equality. Dominic Green, a Labour Party activist and celebrity chef, is caught up in the economic and socialContinue reading “Urban Scarecrows – Jim Chambers”
Elodie’s Library of Second Chances – Rebecca Raisin
Published By: HQPages: 304Released On: 04/08/2022 When Elodie applies for the job of librarian in peaceful Willow Grove, she’s looking forward to a new start. As the daughter of a media empire, her every move has been watched for years, and she longs to work with the thing she loves most: books. It’s a chanceContinue reading “Elodie’s Library of Second Chances – Rebecca Raisin”
The Book of Gothel – Mary McMyne
Published By: OrbitPages: 400Released On: 28/07/2022 Haelwise has always lived under the shadow of her mother, Hedda – a woman who will do anything to keep her daughter protected. For with her strange black eyes and even stranger fainting spells, Haelwise is shunned by her village, and her only solace lies in the stories herContinue reading “The Book of Gothel – Mary McMyne”
Looking For Jane – Heather Marshall
Published By: Hodder and StoughtonPages: 390Released On: 11/08/2022 2017: When Angela discovers a mysterious letter containing a life-shattering confession in a stack of forgotten letters, she begins to look for the intended recipient. Her search takes her to the 1970s and 80s, when a group of daring women operated an illegal underground abortion network knownContinue reading “Looking For Jane – Heather Marshall”
The Highland Hens – Judy Leigh
Published By: BoldwoodPages: 356Released On: 04/08/2022 In the imposing Glen Carrick House overlooking Scotland’s famous Loch Ness, lives eighty-eight-year-old Mimi McKinlay, cared for by her three adult sons. Hamish has inherited his mother’s musical talents, Fin is the responsible brother, and Angus has the complicated and brooding personality to match his dashing good looks. ButContinue reading “The Highland Hens – Judy Leigh”
The Worst Girl Gang Ever – Bex Gunn and Laura Buckingham
Published By: HQPages: 304Released On: 04/08/2022 Following pregnancy loss, it can feel like you’ve forgotten how to speak and need to learn a new language. You can tell your story to a room full of people but if no-one speaks this new language, they won’t understand. They will try but ultimately, they won’t fully graspContinue reading “The Worst Girl Gang Ever – Bex Gunn and Laura Buckingham”
That Bonesetter Woman – Frances Quinn
Published By: Simon and SchusterPages: 448Released On: 21/07/2022 It’s usual, they say, for a young person coming to London for the first time to arrive with a head full of dreams. Well, Endurance Proudfoot did not. When she stepped off the coach from Sussex, on a warm and sticky afternoon in the summer of 1757,Continue reading “That Bonesetter Woman – Frances Quinn”
The Locked Away Life – Drew Davies
Published By: BookouturePages; 326Released On: 04/08/2022 At the grand old age of eighty-two, Esther Saul has just one regret in life.Since her heart got blown to smithereens decades ago, Esther has never been the same. She has barricaded herself in a vine-covered manor house, on top of a hill and far away from the villagers and theirContinue reading “The Locked Away Life – Drew Davies”
Small Miracles – Anne Booth
Published By: Harvill SeckerPages: 384Released On: 04/08/2022 The 1990s are proving tough for the convent. The order of the Sisters of Saint Philomena is down to its three last nuns. The place that Sisters Margaret, Bridget and Cecilia call home is in dire need of repairs and, with no savings and no new recruits, theyContinue reading “Small Miracles – Anne Booth”
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