Since they first met at university twenty years ago, Maggie and Will have spent the last two weeks of every summer in France with their close friends, Lydia and Roland. Both families have been looking forward to this cherished annual ritual. But this year things are different. Will has been hiding something from his wife,… Continue reading Family Friends by Chloë Ashby
The Angel of Death by Trevor Wood
DCI Jack Parker is BACK… Death is stalking the streets of Newcastle. An anonymous killer is offering the terminally ill a dignified escape. Mercy to some. Murder to others. KILLER DCI Jack Parker doesn’t want the case. He has a secret of his own – an early-onset dementia diagnosis he’s desperate to conceal. But the… Continue reading The Angel of Death by Trevor Wood
The Castle of Stories by Matt Cain
Stories don’t always unfold the way you expect them to… When 45-year-old Adam inherits a rundown farmhouse and castle in Tuscany from a great uncle he didn’t know existed, he quits his job in Manchester to renovate the property. He’s thrilled his boyfriend of two years, newly divorced and out-of-the-closet Theo, is joining him. But… Continue reading The Castle of Stories by Matt Cain
The Spy and The Snake by M.J. Robotham
THE NEW TRAILBLAZING NOVEL FROM INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR, MANDY ROBOTHAM One mission. One fake husband. One very real problem. Maggie Flynn has finally earned her place at of MI5-but with promotion comes paperwork. No more disguises, no more danger, just meetings, memos, and the quiet realisation that life feels a little too safe. With her… Continue reading The Spy and The Snake by M.J. Robotham
A Deadly Summer by Claire Back
A derelict hotel. A hidden body. A girl who has not been missed. When disillusioned detective Nia Tremeyrick stumbles upon a 30-year-old cold case in her Pembrokeshire seaside town, she relishes the chance to prove herself to her arrogant male colleagues. But with the identity of the victim remaining a mystery, and her own family… Continue reading A Deadly Summer by Claire Back
The Haunting of A Brontë by Amelia Blackwell
Pemberley, 1799. Like many a Regency heroine, Georgiana Darcy is pining for the man she loves. The difference being, her lover is in 1995, while she has been left behind in 1799 waiting for the mysterious device that transports her through time to re-activate. Thorp Green Hall, 1845. But when her Motorola pager finally comes… Continue reading The Haunting of A Brontë by Amelia Blackwell
The Last Place You Look by Nikki Smith
From the author of The Beach Party comes a glamorous and gripping summer thriller, perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl and Lucy Clarke’s The Hike. LEO THOUGHT HE KNEW HIS WIFE. UNTIL SHE DISAPPEARED. Leo Kennedy has it all: money, looks, the perfect marriage and luxury homes in the UK and South Africa. But when his wife Addison… Continue reading The Last Place You Look by Nikki Smith
Love on Lake Como by Joy Skye
A new life, an old secret, and one unforgettable Italian summer. Falling for him wasn’t part of the itinerary. For Indie Summer, fleeing to Lake Como after walking away from her manipulative boyfriend feels like salvation. With everything she owns crammed into a single suitcase, she heads to Italy to work a season at a… Continue reading Love on Lake Como by Joy Skye
Roman Mornings by Matson Taylor
A glorious novel of hope and healing for fans of Armistead Maupin, Fredrik Backman and Kate Atkinson. 1952, Trastevere, Rome. An idyllic maze crammed full of narrow streets and eccentric characters. A young English woman, Clementine Severs, arrives armed with a teaching certificate and enough idealism to fill a host of Grecian urns. By 1976,… Continue reading Roman Mornings by Matson Taylor
The Scandalous Ladies Football Club by Frances Quinn
Welcome to the British Ladies Football Club London, 1897. Minnie Newton – twenty-eight-year-old schoolteacher and women’s rights advocate – has a passion for football. But in Victorian society, football is a men’s game. That is, until Minnie decides to take matters into her own hands and place an ad in the newspaper, asking for volunteers… Continue reading The Scandalous Ladies Football Club by Frances Quinn
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