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”
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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”
The Newer World – Sebastian Barry
Published By: Faber Pages: 272Released On: 10/09/2026 I knew as I made my way home that there was no home. All the old things. . . were gone forever. Against a rapidly shifting landscape, Tennyson Bouguereau – freed man, devoted brother, nascent singer, conflicted soldier and wanted man – journey to find meaning and belonging.Continue reading “The Newer World – Sebastian Barry”
The Midnight Guests – Alex Hay
Published By: Headline ReviewPages: 352Released On: 10/09/2026 1926. Diana Gold, owner and impresario, throws open the doors to the most opulent new hotel in London. As the champagne flows and the chandeliers shimmer, millionaires and gamblers rub shoulders with film stars and royalty. Though, things at the Hotel Artemis aren’t quite what they seem –Continue reading “The Midnight Guests – Alex Hay”
The Library of Lost Stories – Eloise Williams
Published By: FireflyPages: 240Released On: 03/09/2026Reading Age: 10+ It’s Christmas 1976 in a small town in South Wales, and eleven-year-old Noni and her dad are hiding from the bailiffs, behind the sofa. There’s no money left and Noni’s dad – who used to fix all the town’s broken things seems to be the most brokenContinue reading “The Library of Lost Stories – Eloise Williams”
This Door of the Seas – Val McDermid and Jo Sharp
Published By: PolygonPages: 176Released On: 06/08/2026 At the end of the seventeenth century, a brave group of Scots sail for a jungle-coastline on the other side of the world, the junction between North and South America. Their objective: to establish a trading colony that would assure their hard-strapped country’s future, as the East India CompanyContinue reading “This Door of the Seas – Val McDermid and Jo Sharp”
Eleven Days: The Fascinating True Account of Agatha Christie’s Mysterious Disappearance – Laura Thompson
Published By: Bedford SquarePages: 224Released On: 27/08/2026 In December of 1926, Agatha Christie vanished. Eleven days later, after frenzied media speculation, she was discovered alive and well. A century on, there are questions that have never been answered. Now Christie biographer Laura Thompson seeks to penetrate the story of the greatest mystery ever created byContinue reading “Eleven Days: The Fascinating True Account of Agatha Christie’s Mysterious Disappearance – Laura Thompson”
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