Published By: Seven DialsPages: 299Released On: 22/02/2024 Great Yarmouth, September 1900: A young woman is found dead on the beach, a bootlace tied tightly around her neck. Despite her death attracting national attention in the press, nobody claims her. Detective Inspector Robert Lingwood of the Great Yarmouth police force declares he will not rest until theContinue reading “The Mysterious Mrs Hood – Kim Donovan”
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The Bone Hunters – Joanne Burn
Published By: SpherePages: 352Released On: 08/02/2024 In 1824, Lyme Regis is as tumultuous as the sea that surrounds it. When twenty-four-year-old Ada Winters – poor, peculiar and brilliant – uncovers a set of unusual fossils on the cliffs, she believes she has found the answer to her scientific frustrations and her family’s financial struggles.Meanwhile, DoctorContinue reading “The Bone Hunters – Joanne Burn”
The Knowing – Emma Hinds
Published By: Bedford Square PublishersPages: 304Released On: 18/01/2024 In the slums of 19th-century New York. A tattooed mystic fights for her life. Her survival hangs on the turn of a tarot card. Powerful, intoxicating and full of suspense. The Knowing is a darkly spellbinding novel about a girl fighting for her survival in the decaying criminal underworlds.Continue reading “The Knowing – Emma Hinds”
Guinevere: The Quest for Excalibur – Fil Reid
Published By: Dragonblade PublishingPages: 399Released On: 06/09/2023 Twelve years ago, 21st-century librarian Gwen decided to remain in the Dark Ages with the man she loves above all else – a man around whom endless well-known tales of legend and magic have been spun. King Arthur. Over the years, she’s carved a life for herself byContinue reading “Guinevere: The Quest for Excalibur – Fil Reid”
What the River Knows – Isabel Ibañez
Published By: HodderscapePages: 416Released On: 14/11/2023 Bolivian-Argentinian Inez Olivera belongs to the glittering upper society of nineteenth century Buenos Aires, and like the rest of the world, the town is steeped in old world magic that’s been largely left behind or forgotten. Inez has everything a girl might want, except for the one thing sheContinue reading “What the River Knows – Isabel Ibañez”
Sisters Under the Rising Sun – Heather Morris
Published By: ZaffrePages: 400Released On: 28/09/2023 1942. Singapore is falling to the Japanese Army. English musician Norah Chambers places her eight-year-old daughter Sally on a ship leaving Singapore, desperate to keep her safe. As the island burns, Australian nurse Nesta James joins the terrified cargo of people, including the heartbroken Norah, crammed aboard the HMS VynerContinue reading “Sisters Under the Rising Sun – Heather Morris”
The Yorkshire Farm Girl – Diane Allen
Published By: PanPages: 320Released On: 17/08/2023 Life is hard for the Fothergill family as they try to make a living on their farm in the Yorkshire Dales. Bob Fothergill has set his sights on buying his own farm instead of renting the one they currently hold. Sally his teenage daughter, wishes her father would seeContinue reading “The Yorkshire Farm Girl – Diane Allen”
The Drums of War – Michael Ward
Published By: Sharpe BooksPages: 237Released On: 18/08/2022 London 1642. The King has fled London with the drums of war ringing in his ears. Across the country, lines are being drawn and armies raised. Influential royalist Lady Carlisle switches sides and presses spice trader Thomas Tallant and his partner Elizabeth Seymour into Parliament’s service. Soon ThomasContinue reading “The Drums of War – Michael Ward”
The Birdcage Library – Freya Berry
Published By: HeadlinePages: 400Released On: 22/06/2023 Dear Reader, the man I love is trying to kill me…1932. Emily Blackwood, a young adventuress and plant hunter, travels north for a curious new commission. A gentleman has written to request she catalogue his vast collection of taxidermied creatures before sale. On arrival, Emily finds a ruined castle, itsContinue reading “The Birdcage Library – Freya Berry”
Fyneshade – Kate Griffin
Published By: ViperPages: 384Released On: 18/05/2023 Many would find much to fear in Fyneshade’s dark and crumbling corridors, its unseen master and silent servants. But not I. For they have far more to fear from me…On the day of her beloved grandmother’s funeral, Marta discovers that she is to become governess to the young daughterContinue reading “Fyneshade – Kate Griffin”
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