Published By: SpherePages: 352Released On: 10/04/2025 89-year-old Margaret has lived on Garnon Crescent all her life, except for those few years she never talks about. She knows all the neighbours; their hopes, their heartbreaks. Only recently, Margaret’s memory isn’t what it used to be. She is sure Barbara, her best friend and neighbour, told herContinue reading “The Margaret Code – Richard Hooton”
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Fair Play – Louise Hegarty
Published By: PicadorPages: 288Released On: 03/04/2024 Abigail and her brother Benjamin have always been close. To celebrate his birthday, Abigail hires a grand old house and gathers their friends together for a murder mystery party. As the night goes on, they drink too much and play games. Relationships are forged, consolidated or frayed. Someone kissesContinue reading “Fair Play – Louise Hegarty”
Death at the White Hart – Chris Chibnall
Published By: Michael JosephPages: 368Released On: 27/03/2025 When Nicola Bridge moves back to Dorset after years as a CID detective in the big city, the last thing she expects is for the picturesque village of Fleetcombe to become a grisly crime scene. Jim Tiernan, landlord of the White Hart pub, has been found dead, theContinue reading “Death at the White Hart – Chris Chibnall”
The Woman in the Wallpaper – Lora Jones
Published By: SpherePages: 512Released On: 20/02/2025 Paris, 1789. The Oberst Factory, which crafts exquisite wallpaper for the most fashionable French homes, is a place shrouded in mystery. Most enigmatic is the woman pictured in each of its prints, rumoured to be the late Mrs Oberst, who died in peculiar circumstances. When sisters Lara and SofiContinue reading “The Woman in the Wallpaper – Lora Jones”
Life Hacks For a Little Alien – Alice Franklin
Published By: RiverrunPages: 304Released On: 13/02/2025 Little Alien lives with her mum and her dad in the South-East of England. Her mum has a ‘how-to’ guide for every situation, and her dad is always kind and always right. And there is her best friend Bobby, who coincidentally has a bob. But it is only whenContinue reading “Life Hacks For a Little Alien – Alice Franklin”
BLOB – Maggie Su
Published By: SceptrePages: 256Released On: 06/02/2025 Vi Liu’s life is a mess. Having dropped out of college, she’s stuck in a job she hates at a local hotel. Her ex-boyfriend has blocked her and she’s lashing out at her family and co-workers. One night, drunk outside a drag club, she stumbles across a mysterious sentientContinue reading “BLOB – Maggie Su”
Bethnal Green – Amélie Skoda
Published By: ManillaPages: 352Released On: 30/01/2025 Penang, 1971. When Suyin is offered the opportunity of a lifetime – a place as a trainee nurse in London’s Bethnal Green Hospital – she jumps at the chance to leave her job as a seamstress and unite with her sister, who left for the same path a yearContinue reading “Bethnal Green – Amélie Skoda”
The Lamb – Lucy Rose
Published By: W&NPages: 336Released On: 30/01/2025 Margot and Mama have lived by the forest since Margot can remember. When Margot is not at school, they spend quiet days together in their cottage, waiting for strangers to knock on their door. Strays, Mama calls them. Mama loves the strays. She feeds them wine, keeps them warm.Continue reading “The Lamb – Lucy Rose”
An Ethical Guide To Murder – Jenny Morris
Published By: Simon & SchusterPages: 416Released On: 16/01/2025 If you had the power between life and death, what would you do?Thea has a secret. She can tell how long someone has left to live just by touching them. Not only that, but she can transfer life from one person to another – something she findsContinue reading “An Ethical Guide To Murder – Jenny Morris”
2024 Debuts
I really enjoyed looking back on 2023 at all the utterly fabulous new authors I had discovered, so thought I’d do it again for 2024! Not every book on this page was released in 2024 – although most are; instead there are books I have read in 2024 that just happened to be that author’sContinue reading “2024 Debuts”
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