Published By: VikingPages: 336Date Published: 16/09/2021 It’s the following Thursday. Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He’s made a big mistake, and he needs her help. His story involves stolen diamonds, a violent mobster, and a very real threat to his life. AsContinue reading “The Man Who Died Twice – Richard Osman”
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Make Do and Mend in Applewell – Lilac Mills
Published by: Canelo EscapePages: 304Date published: 26/08/2021Date read: 14/08/2021 Lottie has always been thrifty. As a mother of three, it’s even more important that she stretches the household budget as far as possible. Luckily, Lottie’s penchant for taking broken items and upcycling them has worked wonders for living on a shoestring. Henry can’t face tellingContinue reading “Make Do and Mend in Applewell – Lilac Mills”
The Spirit Engineer – A.J West
Published by: DuckworthPages: 304Date published: 07/10/2021Date read: 16/08/2021 Belfast, 1914. Two years after the sinking of the Titanic, high society has become obsessed with spiritualism in the form of seances that attempt to contact the spirits of loved ones lost at sea. William is a man of science and a sceptic, but one night withContinue reading “The Spirit Engineer – A.J West”
Greece Actually – Sue Roberts
Published by: BookoutureDate Published: 13/08/2021Date Read: 25/07/2021 Take one sea-view villa, add two dates with a Greek God, a few glasses of wine, a dash of accidental nudity, and a heavy dose of sunshine. Recipe for a perfect getaway… or an absolute disaster? Small, shy, safe. That’s how Becky lives ever since her last romantic calamity landedContinue reading “Greece Actually – Sue Roberts”
A Home In The Sun – Sue Moorcroft
Published by: AvonPages: 384Date published: 19/08/2021Date read: 09/08/2021 Home is where the heart is…but what if your heart is broken? When Judith loses her partner, she loses her life in Malta too – including the beautiful view from her sun-warmed balcony of the sparkling blue waters of Sliema Creek. Back in England, Judith finds aContinue reading “A Home In The Sun – Sue Moorcroft”
A Midwinter Match – Jane Lovering
Published by: Boldwood BooksDate Published: 19/08/2021Date Read: 09/07/2021 Ruby Oldbridge needs to learn to take her own advice. A brilliant counsellor at work in York, she is however floundering in her own life. Her romantic track record is woeful, her finances are in a pickle, and she’s back in a house-share after splitting up withContinue reading “A Midwinter Match – Jane Lovering”
Emily Noble’s Disgrace – Mary Paulson-Ellis
Published by: Pan Macmillan/MantlePages: 384Date published: 19/08/2021Date read: 11/08/2021 The case is unexceptional, that is what I know. A house full of stuff left behind by a dead woman, abandoned at the last . . . When trauma cleaner Essie Pound makes a gruesome discovery in the derelict Edinburgh boarding house she is sent toContinue reading “Emily Noble’s Disgrace – Mary Paulson-Ellis”
The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman – Julietta Henderson
Published by: Bantam PressPages: 311Date released: 01/04/2021Date read: 31/05/2021 What do you get when you cross a painfully awkward son, lofty comedic ambition and a dead best friend? Norman. Norman and Jax were a legendary comedic duo in waiting. They had a plan to take them all the way to the Edinburgh Fringe in justContinue reading “The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman – Julietta Henderson”
A Narrow Door – Joanne Harris
Published by: OrionPages: 448Date published: 04/08/2021Date read: 06/08/2021 Now I’m in charge, the gates are my gates. The rules are my rules. It’s an incendiary moment for St Oswald’s school. For the first time in its history, a headmistress is in power, the gates opening to girls. Rebecca Buckfast has spilled blood to reach thisContinue reading “A Narrow Door – Joanne Harris”
The Cancer Ladies’ Running Club – Josie Lloyd
Published by: HQPages: 431Date released: 25/06/2020Date read: 26/05/2021 Sometimes we find friendship in the most unexpected of places… When Keira receives her breast cancer diagnosis, she doesn’t want to have to tell her children or her husband Tom, and she doesn’t want to step back from work. She doesn’t want to sit in a hospitalContinue reading “The Cancer Ladies’ Running Club – Josie Lloyd”
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