Published By: HQPages: 400Released On: 13/04/2023 When 79-year-old Arthur Edwards gathers his family together to share some important news, no one is prepared for the bombshell he drops: he’s gay, and after a lifetime in the closet, he’s finally ready to come out. Arthur’s 21-year-old grandson, Teddy, has a secret of his own: he’s alsoContinue reading “Arthur and Teddy Are Coming Out – Ryan Love”
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Death of a Bookseller – Alice Slater
Published By: Hodder and StoughtonPages: 384Released On: 27/04/2023 Roach – bookseller, loner and true crime obsessive – is not interested in making friends. She has all the company she needs in her serial killer books, murder podcasts and her pet snail, Bleep. That is, until Laura joins the bookshop. Smelling of roses, with her cuteContinue reading “Death of a Bookseller – Alice Slater”
In the Blink of an Eye – Jo Callaghan
Published By: Simon and SchusterPages: 416Released On: 19/01/2023 In the UK, someone is reported missing every 90 seconds.Just gone. Vanished. In the blink of an eye. DCS Kat Frank knows all about loss. A widowed single mother, Kat is a cop who trusts her instincts. Picked to lead a pilot programme that has her paired withContinue reading “In the Blink of an Eye – Jo Callaghan”
WishYouWas – Alexandra Page
Published By: Bloomsbury ChildrenPages: 288Released On: 30/09/2021 It’s 1952 in smog-shrouded London. Christmas might be fast approaching, but with her mum away and Uncle Frank busy running the post office, Penny Black is lonelier than ever. All that changes when Penny discovers a small, fluffy, funny, springy and – most importantly – talking creature in the postContinue reading “WishYouWas – Alexandra Page”
The Second Chance Holiday Club – Kate Galley
Published By: Head of ZeusPages: 400Released On: 08/12/2022 Evelyn Pringle isn’t the sort to make rash decisions. Or any decisions, really – she’s always left that sort of thing up to her husband. But he’s been found dead, wearing his best suit, with a diamond ring in his pocket that doesn’t fit her. When EvelynContinue reading “The Second Chance Holiday Club – Kate Galley”
The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair – Natasha Hastings
Published By: Harper CollinsPages: 400Released On: 27/10/2022 It’s a cold winter during the Great Frost of 1683. Thomasina and Anne are the best of friends, one running her father’s sweet shop and the other the apprentice at the family apothecary – together they sell their goods on the frozen River Thames. When a family tragedyContinue reading “The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair – Natasha Hastings”
Stone Broke Heiress – Danielle Owen-Jones
Published By: BookouturePages: 309Released On: 21/03/2022 Bella Whittington’s caviar-and-Cristal life comes crashing down when she walks on on her fiancé and best friend tangled up on page 34 pf the Kama Sutra, limbs everywhere. But her plan to dull the pan with Daddy’s credit card is totalled by the news that they’ve lost the familyContinue reading “Stone Broke Heiress – Danielle Owen-Jones”
The Last Supper – Rosemary Shrager
Published By: Little, BrownPages: 288Released On: 24/02/2022 When an old television rival, Deirdre Shaw, is found dead at the Cotswolds manor house where she was catering for a prestigious shooting weekend, Prudence is asked to step into the breach. Prudence is only too happy to take up the position and soon she is working inContinue reading “The Last Supper – Rosemary Shrager”
The Arctic Curry Club – Dani Redd
Published By: Avon BooksPages: 400Released On: 09/12/2021 “For my whole life I had been looking for home. But why would that be in a place that I’d left? perhaps i had to keep moving forward in order to find it.” Soon after upending her life to accompany her boyfriend Ryan to the Arctic, Maya realisesContinue reading “The Arctic Curry Club – Dani Redd”
How To Kill Your Family – Bella Mackie
Published By: Borough PressPages: 368Date Published: 22/07/2021 I have killed several people (some brutally, others calmly) and yet I currently languish in jail for a murder I did not commit. When I think about what I actually did, I feel somewhat sad that nobody will ever know about the complex operation that I undertook. GettingContinue reading “How To Kill Your Family – Bella Mackie”
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