Published By: DoubledayPages: 176Released On: 07/11/2024 On the face of it, Freya lives a gilded existence, dancing solely to her own tune. She has all the trappings of wealth and privilege, a responsible job as a surgeon specialising in skin grafts, a beautiful flat in a sought-after development, and a flash car. But it wasn’tContinue reading “Fire – John Boyne”
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The Christmas Eve Murders – Noelle Albright
Published By: Quercus Pages: 336Released On: 07/11/2024 It’s Christmas Eve at the Merry Monarch. Nestled amongst the Yorkshire Dales, the pub is preparing to host its annual scavenger hunt for its rabble of regulars. There’s the landlord, Mickey, his wife Sofia and their wayward son, James; local policeman Alex and his supernaturally minded deputy Don; asContinue reading “The Christmas Eve Murders – Noelle Albright”
The Booker Prize 2024
Each year I say I’m going to read the prize shortlists – the Booker Prize, the Women’s Prize for Fiction etc. – and what happens every time is I buy all of the books, they go on my shelves with the 1,300 others I have, and I never read them. But this time, I’ve actuallyContinue reading “The Booker Prize 2024”
The Portrait Girl – Nicole Swengley
Published By: Breakthrough BooksPages:Released On: 10th October 2024 1880 A young woman sits for the painting of a miniature portrait – a fashionable betrothal gift – while secretly contemplating a terrifying decision that will change everything. This Year Freya Wetherby’s life is falling apart. Her jewellery business has failed and her boyfriend has betrayed her.Continue reading “The Portrait Girl – Nicole Swengley”
Miss Beeton’s Murder Agency – Josie Lloyd
Published By: HQPages: 400Released On: 24/10/2024 Alice Beeton never meant to wind up single and childless on the wrong side of fifty. Like her distant relative Mrs Beeton – yes, that Mrs Beeton – she had hoped to have her own spic-and-span household by now. In reality, she lives in an immaculate but dingy basementContinue reading “Miss Beeton’s Murder Agency – Josie Lloyd”
Cathryn Kemp
Writing has been a way of life for me for 25 years. I was a cub reporter on the local paper, and quickly moved up to the national press. A few years later, I became life-alteringly ill, spent years in and out of hospital, writing diaries and stories all the way through, which culminated inContinue reading “Cathryn Kemp”
The Rhino Keeper – Jillian Forsberg
Published By: History Through FictionPages: 270Released On: 22/10/2024 2022 – College student Andrea Clarkson uncovers a historical mystery while studying abroad in Holland. From hidden desk drawers come unusual historical documents featuring a rhinoceros. On a lichen-covered eighteenth-century grave, the same animal is carved. When an expanding river forces exhumation, what she finds buried thereContinue reading “The Rhino Keeper – Jillian Forsberg”
The Secret Christmas Bookshop – Cressida McLaughlin
Published By: HarperCollinsPages: 384Released On: 24/10/2024 In a village by the sea, where wintry skies bring a dusting of sparkling snow, somebody is opening an unexpected gift… When Sophie receives a surprise package, she’s intrigued to find a beautifully bound book inside. Sophie is desperate to discover the mystery sender, and her hunt draws toContinue reading “The Secret Christmas Bookshop – Cressida McLaughlin”
A Winter Wedding at Primrose Hall – Jill Steeples
Published By: BoldwoodPages: 269Released On: 20/10/2024 As the year draws to an end at Primrose Hall, Pia and her Lord of the Manor fiancé Jackson are putting the finishing touches to their annual Carols by Candlelight evening. The past twelve months have not all been plain sailing – Jackson’s father Rex had a serious healthContinue reading “A Winter Wedding at Primrose Hall – Jill Steeples”
The Bad Seeds – C.J Skuse
Published By: HQPages: 384Released On: 24/10/2024 Newly married, with a loving family surrounding her, everything’s coming up roses for ex-serial killer Rhiannon Lewis, right? Wrong. Her husband has just been shot, and the daughter she left behind in the UK is desperately ill. She’s got no choice but to flee the States and return home,Continue reading “The Bad Seeds – C.J Skuse”
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