Published By: MagpiePages: 320Released On: 01/05/2025 Ernie has had three grand passions in his long life: his dear wife Phyllis, a vintage Norton Dominator motorcycle, and his mini-me son, Stephen. Now, as dementia overwhelms Ernie and takes away everything he can remember about the everyday, memories of those far away times remain crystalline and cherished.Continue reading “The Everyday and Far Away – Jacqueline Jones”
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The Passengers on the Hankyu Line – Hiro Arikawa
Published By: DoubledayPages: 240Released On: 05/06/2025Translated By: Allison Markin Powell The contents of each traveller’s heart is a mystery known only to themselves. Trundling through the scenic countryside of Kyoto and Osaka is the Hankyu line, a burgundy-coloured electric train that has been carrying its commuters to their destinations for decades. Over the course ofContinue reading “The Passengers on the Hankyu Line – Hiro Arikawa”
The Dark Maestro – Brendan Slocumb
Published By: DoubledayPages: 416Released On: 13/05/2025 Curtis Wilson is a cello prodigy, growing up in the Southeast D.C. projects with a drug dealer for a father. But through determination and talent, and the loving support of his father’s girlfriend, Larissa, Curtis claws his way out of his challenging circumstances and rises to unimagined heights inContinue reading “The Dark Maestro – Brendan Slocumb”
The Woman Who Met Herself – Laura Pearson
Published By: BoldwoodPages: 304Released On: 23/05/2025 What would you do, if you met your double? Debbie Jones thinks life is an adventure. Even having lost her husband a year ago, she’s ready for whatever the world might throw her way. Being in her sixties doesn’t mean it’s all over for her yet, and she lovesContinue reading “The Woman Who Met Herself – Laura Pearson”
Be Patient – Tilly Rose
Published By: MonorayPages: 320Released On: 17/04/2025 It’s the sleepover from hell that no one prepared you for. The doctors have gone to medical school, the nurses have gone to uni – but what about the patients?Be Patient is a warm, darkly comic account of Tilly’s desperate search for a diagnosis, against the backdrop of a hilariouslyContinue reading “Be Patient – Tilly Rose”
Human Remains – Jo Callaghan
Published By: Simon & SchusterPages: 384Released On: 24/04/2025 Fresh from successfully closing their first live case, the Future Policing Unit are called in to investigate when a headless, handless body is found on a Warwickshire farm. But as they work to identify the victim and their killer, the discovery of a second body begins to sparkContinue reading “Human Remains – Jo Callaghan”
The Correspondent – Virginia Evans
Published By: Michael JosephPages: 400Released On: 15/05/2025 Every morning at around half past ten, Sybil Van Antwerp sits down to write letters – to her brother, to her best friend, to the president of the university who will not allow her to attend a class she desperately wants to take, to her favourite authors toContinue reading “The Correspondent – Virginia Evans”
They Had It Coming – Nikki Smith
Published By: Penguin Pages: 368Released On: 22/05/2025 Keep your friends close and your enemies closer . . . Nate and Layla, Jude and Sophie. They’ve been a four for as long as they can remember: fancy dinners, dancing ’til dawn . . . Even living and working together. So when Nate and Layla suddenly quitContinue reading “They Had It Coming – Nikki Smith”
A Beautiful Way to Die – Eleni Kyriacou
Published By: AriesPages: 416Released On: 08/05/2025 PLAY THEIR GAMEHollywood, 1953. Young actress Ginny Watkins is turning heads. Even the legendary – and married – actor Max Whitman can’t resist the allure of the hottest new starlet. He promises Ginny the world, in return for the right favour. DO WHAT THEY SAYLondon, 1954. Stella Hope, once the mostContinue reading “A Beautiful Way to Die – Eleni Kyriacou”
Cleopatra – Natasha Solomons
Published By: Manilla PressPages: 400Released On: 08/05/2025 Cleopatra, Egyptian Princess, grows up the favoured daughter of the Pharoah, hiding amongst the scrolls in the great library of Alexandria with her beloved slave Charmian, longing for the chance one day to write her own story. Then when her father dies, willing that Cleopatra rule with herContinue reading “Cleopatra – Natasha Solomons”
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