Published By: CorvusPages: 400Released On: 05/10/2023 Three women. Three secrets.Claudia’s life imploded ten years ago when she was convicted of the murder of her child. Now she has done the unthinkable and confessed to manslaughter in order to be granted parole – her only hope of finding out what really happened to Tilly.Sara is married toContinue reading “The Babysitter – Emma Curtis”
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The Book of Beginnings – Sally Page
Published By: HarperCollinsPages: 416Released On: 28/09/2023 Jo Sorsby is hiding from her past when she agrees to run her uncle’s beloved stationery shop. Glimpsing the lives of her customers between the warm wooden shelves, as they scribble little notes and browse colourful notebooks, distracts her from her bruised heart. When she meets Ruth, a vicarContinue reading “The Book of Beginnings – Sally Page”
Christmas at the Cat Café – Jessica Redland
Published By: BoldwoodPages: 393Released On: 15/09/2023 It had always been Tabby’s dream to work with cats and an inheritance from her beloved nanna has finally made that a reality. Idyllic Castle Street in Whitsborough Bay couldn’t be a better place for pastry chef Tabby to open a cat café with her boyfriend, Leon. But when LeonContinue reading “Christmas at the Cat Café – Jessica Redland”
Fortune – Ellen Won Steil
Published By: Lake UnionPages: 347Released On: 10/10/2023 One drop of blood for a chance at a multimillion-dollar windfall. Is it a philanthropic gesture from a billionaire widow? Some suspect a darker motive behind the DNA lottery―one tied to the eighteen-year-old mystery of an infant’s unidentified remains that mars the history of idyllic Rosemary Hills, Iowa.Continue reading “Fortune – Ellen Won Steil”
A Classic Christmas Treasury – Various
Published By: Rock Point/QuartoPages: 240Released On: 28/09/2023 Cosy up with your favourite Christmas stories and discover new wintry tales with this keepsake holiday anthology. Just in time for the holidays, A Classic Christmas Treasury gathers together many of the season’s classics and introduces new, diverse stories from around the globe in one decorative holiday volume.Continue reading “A Classic Christmas Treasury – Various”
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop – Satoshi Yagisawa
Published By: Manilla PressPages: 160Released On: 04/07/2023 When twenty-five-year-old Takako’s boyfriend reveals he’s marrying someone else, she reluctantly accepts her eccentric uncle Satoru’s offer to live rent-free in the tiny room above his shop. Hidden in Jimbocho, Tokyo, the Morisaki Bookshop is a booklover’s paradise. On a quiet corner in an old wooden building, theContinue reading “Days at the Morisaki Bookshop – Satoshi Yagisawa”
Island of Whispers – Frances Hardinge
Published By: Macmillan Two HootsPages: 120Released On: 12/09/2023Age Range: 12+ On the island of Merlank, the Dead must not be allowed to linger. The very sight of their ghosts can kill you. When young Milo is thrust into the role of Ferryman following his father’s sudden death, he is the one who must carry awayContinue reading “Island of Whispers – Frances Hardinge”
Panacea – Matt Niel Oosthuizen
Pages: 189Released On: 23/04/2023 Earth’s population: 1700: 6.0 x 10^81900: 1.65 × 10^92000: 6.14 x 10^92100: 1.087 x 10^102700: 3.15 x 10^52878: 024800: 1.4 x 10^2 History repeats itself, unless it prevents itself. Estranged parent and child civilizations collide. Who will win the fight for Planet B? ***** Thanks to Matt for gifting me aContinue reading “Panacea – Matt Niel Oosthuizen”
The Crash – Robert Peston
Published By: ZaffrePages: 400Released On: 14/09/2023 London, 2007. It’s summer in the City: the economy is booming, profits are up and the stock market sits near record highs.But journalist Gil Peck is a lone voice worrying it can’t last. Deep in the plumbing of the financial system, he has noticed strange things happening which could threatenContinue reading “The Crash – Robert Peston”
Murder on a Yorkshire Moor – Ric Brady
Published By: The Book FolkPages: 191Released On: 07/02/2023 A mysterious death and a world of problems for a retired cop On a walk up the moor near Ilkley in Yorkshire, ex-detective Henry Ward and his loyal terrier Tessa stumble across the body of a young man, who is clearly deceased.Probing further, Henry decides that ifContinue reading “Murder on a Yorkshire Moor – Ric Brady”
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