It is spring in Baker Street, and London is preparing itself for the wedding of the year. It will be an international spectacle in which the young and popular Count Rudolph Absberg, a political exile from his native land, will take the hand of the beautiful and accomplished Princess Sophia Kubinova. A lot depends on… Continue reading Mrs Hudson and the Capricorn Incident by Martin Davies @AllisonandBusby #HolmesandHudsonMystery
Murder in the Tuscan Hills by TA Williams
It’s murder in paradise! A picturesque scene… As grape harvest season rolls around, retired DCI Dan Armstrong and his beloved canine companion, Oscar, are looking forward to a nice quiet September. But when Dan is contacted about a mysterious death out in the Tuscan Hills, it seems that work must come before pleasure. A suspicious… Continue reading Murder in the Tuscan Hills by TA Williams
The Sober Diaries by Clare Pooley
How one mother gave up drinking and started living. This is Bridget Jones Dries Out. Clare Pooley is a Cambridge graduate and was a Managing Partner at one of the world’s biggest advertising agencies, and yet by eighteen months ago she’d become an overweight, depressed, middle-aged mother of three who was drinking more than a… Continue reading The Sober Diaries by Clare Pooley
The Bookshop of Secrets by Kerry Barrett @kerrybean73 @HQstories
In a bookshop nestled in the sprawling streets of Lisbon, a shopkeeper leads a double life… Looking for a new start after her father’s death, Lara Hope arrives in Lisbon in search of a family she’s never met. As war storms across Europe, Lara finds solace and belonging in her landlady’s tranquil bookshop in one… Continue reading The Bookshop of Secrets by Kerry Barrett @kerrybean73 @HQstories
The Many Futures of Maddy Hart by Laura Pearson @raresources @LauraPAuthor @BoldwoodBooks
Suddenly Maddy is right there… in her own future. And it’s all wrong, yet again. It happens to her every time. When the kisses lead to the bedroom, just when she thinks she might have found the one… Just for a split second, Maddy disappears, and she finds that she’s living her own life. But ten years… Continue reading The Many Futures of Maddy Hart by Laura Pearson @raresources @LauraPAuthor @BoldwoodBooks
The Paris Dancer by Nicola Rayner
Paris, 1938. Annie Mayer arrives in France with dreams of becoming a ballerina. But when the war reaches Paris, she’s forced to keep her Jewish heritage a secret. Then a fellow dancer offers her a lifeline: a ballroom partnership that gives her a new identity. Together, Annie and her partner captivate audiences across occupied Europe, using… Continue reading The Paris Dancer by Nicola Rayner
The Secrets of the Rose by Nicola Cornick review
1715: With the country on the brink of rebellion, Dorothy Forster’s life at Bamburgh Hall is ruled by the men in her life – her feckless brothers stirring up trouble at court, her elderly father with his dangerous secrets and the man she loves who the world seems determined to keep her apart from. As tensions… Continue reading The Secrets of the Rose by Nicola Cornick review
The Island Getaway by Lucy Diamond
The dream holiday just got complicated . . . On the sun-drenched island of Kefalonia, the new arrivals at The Ionian Escape hotel are hoping for a break from everyday life. But some of them are bringing a lot of baggage . . . Disgraced TV star Miranda Vallance feels like the worst person in… Continue reading The Island Getaway by Lucy Diamond
Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister @GillianMAuthor @MichaelJBooks
It’s Camilla’s first day back at work, her daughter’s first day at nursery. But husband Luke is nowhere to be seen. The only trace of him is an unfinished note. Camilla tries to put it out of her mind; there must be a rational explanation.At work, there are welcomes back, and too many distractions. Then… Continue reading Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister @GillianMAuthor @MichaelJBooks
Death in the Arctic by Tom Hindle @TomHindle3 @centurybooksuk
A frozen wilderness. A killer in the skies. When aspiring travel writer Chloé Campbell is invited aboard a luxury airship flying to the North Pole, she thinks she’s bagged the opportunity of a lifetime. But she hasn’t had long to admire the dazzling icy views before a fellow passenger is found dead in their cabin.… Continue reading Death in the Arctic by Tom Hindle @TomHindle3 @centurybooksuk
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