Published By: Hodder & StoughtonPages: 336Released On: 01/05/2025 1910. With the disappearance of her mother and the sudden death of her father, Lena instantly loses any security she has within the circus she has known all her life. She is advised to sell the carousel her father cared for like a child and look for aContinue reading “The Show Woman – Emma Cowing”
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My Name Is Emilia del Valle – Isabel Allende
Published By: BloomsburyPages: 352Released On: 06/05/2025 Emilia del Valle was always destined for great things. Abandoned at birth by her Chilean aristocrat father, Emilia comes of age in nineteenth-century San Francisco as an independent and fiercely ambitious young woman, decades ahead of her time. She will do whatever it takes to pursue her life’s passionContinue reading “My Name Is Emilia del Valle – Isabel Allende”
The Midnight Carousel – Fiza Saeed McLynn
Published By: Michael JosephPages: 400Released On: 24/04/2025 Paris, 1900 Celebrated carousel-maker Gilbert works night and day to finish his masterpiece in time for the city’s Exposition Universelle. But Gilbert is struggling in the wake of his wife and son’s tragic deaths, and as he finalises his creation, a dangerous idea forms in his mind . . . Chicago,Continue reading “The Midnight Carousel – Fiza Saeed McLynn”
The Darkening Globe – Naomi Kelsey
Published By: HarperNorthPages: 384Released On: 24/04/2025 Each time the globe turns, murder strikes… 1597, London. When Beatrice’s husband returns from exploring the New World, he comes home with unexpected company: a mysterious woman, and an enormous painted globe. As Hugh refuses to explain who their female guest is, Beatrice’s foreboding grows. The unwieldy globe now strikesContinue reading “The Darkening Globe – Naomi Kelsey”
The CIA Book Club – Charlie English
Published By: William CollinsPages: 384Released On: 13/03/2025 From copies of Orwell to Agatha Christie, the Western effort was to undermine the censorship of the Soviet bloc, offer different visions of thought and culture to the people, and build relationships with real readers in the East. Historian Charlie English follows the characters of the era, withContinue reading “The CIA Book Club – Charlie English”
A Fortune Most Fatal – Jessica Bull
Published By: Michael JosephPages: 368Released On: 27/03/2025 “Who are you, Miss Austen, but a young lady of little experience and no consequence?” Welcome to Kent, 1797. Following many years apart, Jane Austen is set to spend the summer with her estranged brother, Neddy. As heir to wealthy widow Mrs Knight’s fortune, it is imperative thatContinue reading “A Fortune Most Fatal – Jessica Bull”
Murder at Gulls Nest – Jess Kidd
Published By: FaberPages: 336Released On: 13/03/2025 The first in a sparkling new 1950s seaside mystery series, featuring sharp-eyed former nun Nora Breen. Somewhere in the north, a religious community meets for Vespers. Here on the southeast coast, Nora Breen prepares for braised liver and a dining room full of strangers. After thirty years in aContinue reading “Murder at Gulls Nest – Jess Kidd”
The Fisherman’s Gift – Julia Kelly
Published By: Harvill SeckerPages: 368Released On: 06/03/2025 Winter, 1900. A little boy washes up on the beach of a small fishing village in Scotland, barely alive. He bears an uncanny resemblance to teacher Dorothy’s son, lost to the sea many years before. When the village is snowed in, Dorothy agrees to look after the childContinue reading “The Fisherman’s Gift – Julia Kelly”
Sycorax – Nydia Hetherington
Published By: QuercusPages: 400Released On: 27/02/2025 Born of the sun and moon, shaped by fire and malady, comes a young woman whose story has never been told . . . They call her Sycorax. Seer. Sage. Sorceress. Outcast by society and all alone in the world, Sycorax must find a way to understand her trueContinue reading “Sycorax – Nydia Hetherington”
The Lamplighter’s Bookshop – Sophie Austin
Published By: HarperCollinsPages: 368Released On: 01/03/2025 In the shadowy aisles of The Lamplighter’s Bookshop, secrets lie as thick as the dust … When Evelyn Seaton answers an advertisement for an assistant at a forgotten bookshop in York, she is not the only one with something to hide. There she meets the enigmatic and prickly WilliamContinue reading “The Lamplighter’s Bookshop – Sophie Austin”
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