Published By: Simon & SchusterPages: 400Released On: 06/11/2025 When Edie O’Sullivan wins a two-day Christmas break in a hotel on a remote Scottish island, she’s looking forward to a picture-perfect Christmas full of winter walks, roaring fires, good books and even better whisky. But when a guest dies in mysterious circumstances, Edie realises that they haveContinue reading “The Christmas Cracker Killer – Alexandra Benedict”
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Utterly British Maps – Helen McKenzie
Published By: The National TrustPages: 136Released On: 11/11/2025 All the latest data is used to map Britain’s preoccupations and quirks – from favourite crisp flavours to morris dancers, from oldest pubs to most haunted places. A brilliantly dip-inable and sharable little book. Packed with information too good to keep to yourself. A fun and fascinatingContinue reading “Utterly British Maps – Helen McKenzie”
New Beginnings for Christmas – Sally Page
Published By: HarperCollinsPages: 128Released On: 30/10/2025 A single Christmas can change everything… This Christmas, Malcolm is determined to give his dearest friend Rev Ruth the perfect festive lunch – a heartfelt thank-you for her boundless generosity. But when Ruth’s kind spirit turns their quiet meal into a community feast, Malcolm’s dreams – and nerves –Continue reading “New Beginnings for Christmas – Sally Page”
The Shapeshifter’s Daughter – Sally Magnusson
Published By: John MurrayPages: 272Released On: 06/11/2025 Before she was a hideous monster, the queen of the underworld was simply Hel. But cast as a girl out of lofty Asgard, realm of the gods, by Odin the Allfather, Hel’s fate as the terrible goddess of death is sealed. Half beauty, half crone, she has reigned forContinue reading “The Shapeshifter’s Daughter – Sally Magnusson”
The Silver Book – Olivia Laing
Published By: Hamish HamiltonPages: 288Released On: 06/11/2025 It is September 1974. Two men meet by chance in Venice. One is a young English artist, in panicked flight from London. The other is Danilo Donati, the magician of Italian cinema, the designer responsible for realising the spectacular visions of Fellini and Pasolini. Donati is in VeniceContinue reading “The Silver Book – Olivia Laing”
Flat Earth – Anika Jade Levy
Published By: AbacusPages: 224Released On: 06/11/2025 Avery is flailing financially and emotionally. Struggling with graduate school and the collection of cultural reports she is supposed to be writing, she dates older men for money, and others for the oblivion their egos offer. In desperation, she takes a job at a right-wing dating app. Meanwhile herContinue reading “Flat Earth – Anika Jade Levy”
The Woman From Bookclub – Carrie Hughes
Published By: HeraPages: 384Released On: 06/11/2025 THE FIRST RULE OF BOOK CLUB: PROTECT THE SISTERHOOD.THE SECOND RULE OF BOOK CLUB: NO HUSBANDS.OH, AND THE THIRD RULE OF BOOK CLUB: NO MURDERS. Welcome to Book Club. Emma has it all. Jules knows it all. Rosa’s seen it all. Marianne’s done it all. Lucy watches it all.Continue reading “The Woman From Bookclub – Carrie Hughes”
The Wax Child – Olga Ravn
Published By: VikingPages: 144Released On: 06/11/2025 It was a black night in the year 1620 when Christenze Krukow made the wax child, when she melted down beeswax and set it in the image of a small human. For days, she carried it tucked beneath her arm, shaping it with the warmth of her flesh, givingContinue reading “The Wax Child – Olga Ravn”
The Dinner Party – Viola van de Sandt
Published By: Tinder PressPages: 320Released On: 04/11/2025 I remember everything that happened in those three minutes at the beginning of the evening, him and me in the kitchen. That, and what happened at the end: the knife, and what I did with it. Franca left the Netherlands behind to start her new life in EnglandContinue reading “The Dinner Party – Viola van de Sandt”
The Samurai Detectives: Volume 1 – Shotaro Ikenami
Published By: PenguinPages: 176Released On: 30/10/2025 It has been half a year since Akiyama Daijiro became a samurai; half a year since he left his father Kohei – once the most skilled swordsman in the land – to set up his own blade school by the cool of the river. Ever since, amid the swaying bambooContinue reading “The Samurai Detectives: Volume 1 – Shotaro Ikenami”
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