Published By: The Borough PressPages: 384Released On: 18/03/2027 It is 1940, and Beatrice Bone does not want to turn twenty-eight. She longs for adventure like the heroines of her favourite novels, but instead finds herself locked away in her parents’ house by a mother determined to keep her safe from a world at war. ThenContinue reading “The Enigmas – Emilia Hart”
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Murder on the Royal Crescent – Harriet F. Townson
Published By: VikingPages: 304Released On: 29/10/2026 On a frosty day in December 1936, librarian and part-time detective Dora Wildwood is summoned to Bath. She has no idea what will unfold but she is glad to go; recent events have left her longing to disappear. Arriving on the world-famous Royal Crescent, Dora quickly learns of DaisyContinue reading “Murder on the Royal Crescent – Harriet F. Townson”
The Winter Guest – Karen Swan
Published By: PenguinPages: 400Released On: 08/10/2026 1961In the streets of Paris, Lise Erlach is in love. Twenty-two years old, the beautiful young Ambassador’s wife enjoys the very best the city has to offer: glittering receptions, a magnificent residence and an address book filled with the numbers of the Parisian elite. She is wanted at everyContinue reading “The Winter Guest – Karen Swan”
The House of Cursed Daughters – C.J Cooke
Published By: HarperCollinsPages: 400Released On: 22/10/2026 Three women. Seven centuries. One unbreakable blood curse… It began in fire… Paris, 1307. When eleven-year-old Princess Isabella of France watches four men burn at the stake, a dying knight curses her bloodline: love will destroy everything she holds dear. It was forged in madness… Bedlam, 1865. Lois wakesContinue reading “The House of Cursed Daughters – C.J Cooke”
The Librarian’s Secret – Neil Alexander
Published By: EmblaPages: 352Released On: 15/10/2026 1938. Shy nineteen-year-old, Nora O’Brien, leaves behind her life in rural Ireland and boards a ship bound for Australia – carrying little more than a valise and a secret. On board she meets glamorous and unconventional Flo, and begins a thrilling but dangerous journey of self-discovery.2004. Helen cannot forgetContinue reading “The Librarian’s Secret – Neil Alexander”
The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse – Heather Morris
Published By: FirefinchPages: 384Released On: 22/10/2026 In 1942, the Nazis come for a Jewish family living in Montparnasse, occupied Paris. In the chaos of their arrest, eleven-year-old Josie flees to the only person she trusts: her piano teacher, Andrée Levallois, secretly an operative in the French Resistance. Andrée takes her in as a member ofContinue reading “The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse – Heather Morris”
The Shadows of Kensington Gore – Ross Montgomery
Published By: VikingPages: 368Released On: 22/10/2026 London, 1911. Coronation fever. Suffragette unrest. A city crackling with tension. When a policeman is found brutally murdered on the streets of Kensington, blame falls on the three women seen fleeing the scene. Their sole witness? Stephen Pike: ex-borstal boy, under-butler extraordinaire and assistant to the most unconventional detectiveContinue reading “The Shadows of Kensington Gore – Ross Montgomery”
The Riptide – Gareth Rubin
Published By: Simon and SchusterPages: 512Released On: 24/09/2026 1804, Isle of Ray, Essex. Lysander Rose has spent his life searching for the truth about his mother, abducted when he was just a baby. When the men who took her return for him, Lysander is forced to flee – leaving behind everything he knows. But inContinue reading “The Riptide – Gareth Rubin”
Farewell to Eden – Sebastian Faulks
Published By: Hutchinson HeinemannPages: 368Released On: 17/09/2026 Philip Deval, a soldier recently returned from the beaches of Normandy, arrives in Palestine on a peace-keeping mission in the final days of the British Mandate. The Sea of Galilee glitters in the distance as war-weary troops marvel at the novelty of oranges and sun – a paradiseContinue reading “Farewell to Eden – Sebastian Faulks”
Craftland: A Journey Through Britain’s Lost Arts and Vanishing Trades – James Fox
Published By: VintagePages: 368Released On: 03/09/2026 (Paperback) From the Isles of Scilly to the Scottish Highlands, James Fox travels the length of Britain to seek out the country’s last great craftspeople. Stepping inside the workshops of blacksmiths and wheelwrights, cutlers and coopers, bellfounders and watchmakers, we glimpse not only our past but another way ofContinue reading “Craftland: A Journey Through Britain’s Lost Arts and Vanishing Trades – James Fox”
