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Star  by Danielle Steel

Star

Danielle Steel

"Young, innocent and strikingly beautiful Crystal Wyatt was an outcast, envied and resented by all but her devoted father, with whom she shared a deep love for their remote California ranch. When her father dies, Crystal is alone and unprotected. Devastating...

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The ascent  by Allison Buccola

The ascent

Allison Buccola

"Twenty years ago, the members of a reclusive commune outside Philadelphia vanished without a trace. The mystery of their disappearance has never been solved. No sightings of the members were ever verified, and no bodies ever found. But the group did leave one...

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Stuart Woods' finders keepers  by Brett Battles

Stuart Woods' finders keepers

Brett Battles

"After attending an Arrington properties meeting on Martha's Vineyard at the group's newest location, The Vineyard Arrington, Stone Barrington returns to New York City to catch up with his old friend Jack Coulter over lunch, who requests Stone's help in...

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Killer on the road  by Stephen Graham Jones

Killer on the road

Stephen Graham Jones

"Sixteen-year-old Harper has decided to run away from home after she has another blow-out argument with her mother. However, her two best friends, little sister, and ex-boyfriend all stop her from hitchhiking her way up Route 80 in Wyoming by joining her on an...

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The perfumer's secret  by Fiona Schneider

The perfumer's secret

Fiona Schneider

"When the Second World War swept through Paris, Iris Penhallam paid the ultimate price to save the ones she loved. Fifty years later, her niece is determined to track down the truth of Iris's forgotten years. Stella Penhallam needs a miracle. So, when her...

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Ruins  by Amy (Novelist) Taylor

Ruins

Amy (Novelist) Taylor

"At a crossroads in their lives, a couple arrives in Greece to house-sit for a friend. Emma is searching for a meaningful next step beyond work or motherhood, and Julian is struggling to come to terms with the failure of his academic career. Their visions for...

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The in-laws  by Sinéad Moriarty

The in-laws

Sinéad Moriarty

"Amanda. Katie. Melanie. Three wildly different women with one big problem - their impossible mother-in-law, Nancy. When an unexpected crisis hits the family business, the sisters-in-law find themselves navigating stormy waters. Amanda is back in town and...

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The woman who laughed  by Simon Mason

The woman who laughed

Simon Mason

"In the first months of 2020 there was a spate of murders of Black sex workers in northern cities. One of them was Ella Bailey, last seen talking to a punter in an alley in Sheffield city centre, and although no trace of her was ever found, the punter, Michael...

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We don't talk about Carol  by Kristen L. Berry

We don't talk about Carol

Kristen L. Berry

"In the wake of her grandmother's passing, Sydney Singleton finds a hidden photograph of a little girl who looks more like Sydney than her own sister or mother. She soon discovers the mystery girl in the photograph is her aunt, Carol, who was one of six North...

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I make my own fun  by Hannah Beer

I make my own fun

Hannah Beer

"She's the woman who has everything. But she wants more. She wants you... Everyone knows Marina, the A-list movie star. But very few know Marina, the absolute monster. Years at the top have proved that whatever Marina wants, she gets. But when she meets...

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A far better thing  by H. G. Parry

A far better thing

H. G. Parry

"Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell meets 'A Tale of Two Cities' in H. G. Parry's 'A Far Better Thing', a heart-rending fantasy of faery revenge set during the French Revolution. The faeries stole Sydney Carton as a child, and made him a mortal servant of the Faery...

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Shaw Connolly lives to tell  by Gillian French

Shaw Connolly lives to tell

Gillian French

"Shaw Connolly is no stranger to trauma. As a fingerprints analyst, she's one of the first on-site for crimes, including murder scenes and a mysterious string of arsons popping up throughout the rural Maine community her department serves. But the tragedy of...

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Emma on fire  by James Patterson

Emma on fire

James Patterson

"You-all of you-are sleepwalking through global catastrophe. And I intend to wake you up. What Emma Caroline Blake has planned at New Hampshire's Ridgemont Academy is shocking. Her school blames a heartbreaking tragedy in her family. Her best friends point to...

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We are all guilty here  by Karin Slaughter

We are all guilty here

Karin Slaughter

"Welcome to North Falls - a small town where everyone knows everyone. Or so they think. Until the night of the fireworks. When two teenage girls vanish, and the town ignites. For Officer Emmy Clifton, it's personal. She turned away when her best friend's...

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Island calling  by Francesca Segal

Island calling

Francesca Segal

"On remote Tuga de Oro, vet Charlotte Walker's caseload of donkeys, cows, and ailing lizards has only increased. She still can't believe the humiliating truth about her father. Probably, she ought to feel worse than she does. But the islanders have taken...

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Atmosphere  by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Atmosphere

Taylor Jenkins Reid

"Joan Goodwin has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember. Thoughtful and reserved, Joan is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University and as aunt to her precocious niece, Frances. That is, until she...

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The Italian flame  by Rosanna Ley

The Italian flame

Rosanna Ley

"Dorset, 1965: twenty-five-year-old aspiring artist Marilyn longs to escape to London, but her family relies on her wages from the hotel on the cliff. Then one day Marilyn meets Bruno, an intriguing Italian, and the two fall madly in love, painfully aware of...

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Stay hidden  by Paul Doiron

Stay hidden

Paul Doiron

"A woman has been shot to death by a deer hunter on an island off the coast of Maine. To newly promoted Warden Investigator Mike Bowditch, the case seems open and shut. But as soon as he arrives on remote Maquoit Island he discovers mysteries piling up one on...

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Before the fall  by Noah Hawley

Before the fall

Noah Hawley

"The elite have everything: money, cars, private jets and beautiful families. David Whitehead and Ben Kipling are the top of the elite, both influential men with jobs in the media and finance, both travelling back to New York on a private jet after a vacation...

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When the ocean flies  by Heather G. Marshall

When the ocean flies

Heather G. Marshall

"An email from a stranger tells Alison Earley that her natural father, whom she has known for only six years, has died suddenly. What begins as a short trip back to Scotland for a funeral soon becomes a journey that puts adoption, sexuality, and identity on a...

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Tramps like us  by Joe Westmoreland

Tramps like us

Joe Westmoreland

"Between the beginnings of gay liberation and the pre-AIDS era of the 1970s and early 1980s, a gay American teenager runs away from Kansas City and his father's homicidal tendencies, on a journey first to New Orleans and then to San Francisco, discovering a...

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The cowboy of my dreams  by A. J. Pine

The cowboy of my dreams

A. J. Pine

"As a successful country music star, scandal seems to follow Ash Murphy wherever he goes. There's only one place he can sneak off to where the world can't find him: his family ranch. Ash plans to rest up and lay low, working with his brothers and their new...

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Mission critical  by Mark Greaney

Mission critical

Mark Greaney

"Court Gentry's flight on a CIA transport plane is interrupted when a security team brings a hooded man aboard. The mysterious passenger is being transported to England where a joint CIA/MI6 team will interrogate him about a mole in Langley. When they land at...

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Sleeping worlds have no memory  by Yaroslav Barsukov

Sleeping worlds have no memory

Yaroslav Barsukov

"Refusing the queen's order to gas a crowd of protesters, Minister Shea Ashcroft is banished to the border to oversee the construction of the biggest defensive tower in history. However, the use of technology taken from refugees from another reality makes the...

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A gentleman of questionable judgment  by Grace Burrowes

A gentleman of questionable judgment

Grace Burrowes

"While attending a two-week horse race meeting along with his fiancée, Miss Hyperia West, Lord Julian Caldicott finds himself drawn into the high-stakes investigation of suspected horse race rigging."--Provided by publisher.

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A gentleman under the mistletoe  by Grace Burrowes

A gentleman under the mistletoe

Grace Burrowes

"Lord Julian Caldicott is standing in for his ducal brother as manager of Yuletide merriment at the family seat. Alas for his lordship, nothing is going as planned. Cranky relatives arrive uninvited, family squabbles ensue, and Julian's annual case of the blue...

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A gentleman of sinister schemes  by Grace Burrowes

A gentleman of sinister schemes

Grace Burrowes

Lord Julian Caldicott has been tasked with discovering who wants the Marquess of Dalhousie dead. Two attempts have already been made on Dalhousie's life, and the evidence Julian uncovers casts suspicion on members of the marquess's own family. The dashing heir...

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Russian nonsensical  by Edward D. Webster

Russian nonsensical

Edward D. Webster

"Pastor Clem Dudas is a man of exquisite contradictions; a charismatic preacher who features rattlesnakes in his worship, a businessman developing fake AI 'political exposés', a schemer with clandestine Russian connections. Bud Randolph shares Clem's politics,...

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American nonsensical  by Edward D. Webster

American nonsensical

Edward D. Webster

"Nineteen years ago, a bizarre mother-son preaching team, Sarah and Jeff Lamb, disappeared. Now, in 2020, with the country in a Covid-19 panic and an election frenzy, Jake Christian goes missing. Jake's hot wife, Hannah, asks detectives, Stan and Bud, to track...

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Stalkers  by Paul Finch

Stalkers

Paul Finch

"All he had to do was name the woman he wanted. It was that easy. They would do all the hard work. Detective Sergeant Mark 'Heck' Heckenberg is investigating the disappearance of 38 different women. Each one was happy and successful until they vanished without...

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How to dodge a cannonball  by Dennard Dayle

How to dodge a cannonball

Dennard Dayle

"How to Dodge a Cannonball tells the story of a friendless, fatherless, and guileless white teenager named Anders who volunteers for the Union army as a flag-twirler to escape his abusive mother. In desperate acts of self-preservation, he...

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Weepers  by Peter Mendelsund

Weepers

Peter Mendelsund

"Ed is a weeper. A professional weeper. He's a card-carrying member of an eccentric union hired to cry at funerals, wakes, services and burials. It's an odd job, but his services are sorely needed these days, as the town, the region, the country as a whole has...

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The ten teacups  by Carter Dickson

The ten teacups

Carter Dickson

"Writing as Carter Dickson, the master of the locked room mystery John Dickson Carr returns to the Crime Classics series, pitching his series amateur detective Henry Merrivale against a seemingly watertight mystery: after the police are sent a note warning...

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Fear death by water  by Emily (Writer and script editor) Cook

Fear death by water

Emily (Writer and script editor) Co...

"Northumberland, 1838. The TARDIS crash lands on board a sinking steamship. Stranded, the Doctor and the few survivors fight for their lives - while the local lighthouse keeper's daughter, Grace Darling, risks her life to row to their rescue. Lauded a heroine,...

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The other brother  by Tierney Page

The other brother

Tierney Page

"April thinks she has life sorted: a home of her own, a job she loves, and a fiancé, Lucas, who adores her ... Except it turns out he's hiding something that she simply can't forgive. Heartbroken, April retreats from the world, only surfacing when her best...

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How to hold someone in your heart  by Mizuki Tsujimura

How to hold someone in your heart

Mizuki Tsujimura

Ayumi is searching for the best way to balance the responsibility of his special powers with his own desires as a young man in the real world. According to strict rules, meetings must take place under a full moon: -A young film star finds resolution with the...

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Spectral scream  by Hannah Fergesen

Spectral scream

Hannah Fergesen

"When a psychic shriek for help nearly overwhelms the TARDIS, the Doctor and Belinda track the source to a distant planet. There they find a sentient, telepathic bioship named Adama and ragged colonists descended from the original crew. Adama is dying, and...

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Drive me home  by Carly Robyn

Drive me home

Carly Robyn

"Charlotte Walker's life had always been a well-scripted story, until she took an unexpected detour to London and is met with an intriguing offer comes her way from an unlikely source - her brother's best friend Lucas Adler, AlphaVite Racing's star driver,...

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Inspector Imanishi investigates  by Seichō Matsumoto

Inspector Imanishi investigates

Seichō Matsumoto

"As the first rays of morning light hit the rails at Kamata Station, a man's body is found on the tracks. With only two leads - a distinctive accent and a single word, 'kameda' - senior inspector Imanishi Eitaro is called in to solve the puzzle. Setting aside...

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Jamaica road  by Lisa (Novelist) Smith

Jamaica road

Lisa (Novelist) Smith

"South London, 1981: Daphne is the only Black girl in her class. All she wants is to keep her head down, preferably in a book. The easiest way to survive is to go unnoticed. Daphne's attempts at invisibility are upended when a boy named Connie Small arrives...

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Amplitudes

Amplitudes

"Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity is a speculative fiction anthology exploring queer and trans lives across imaginative futures--from dystopian cities to galactic nightclubs. Blending protest, desire, and whimsy, the collection reclaims sci-fi...

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The naked eye  by Yōko Tawada

The naked eye

Yōko Tawada

"A young Vietnamese woman is invited to speak at an International Youth Conference in East Berlin. On her arrival, she is kidnapped to a small town on the other side of the Berlin Wall. There she falls under a strange spell of domestic-sexual boredom with her...

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The story of a single woman  by Chiyo Uno

The story of a single woman

Chiyo Uno

"She left her home, just a girl, determined to live alone. But wasn't this the very life her late father had most fervently forbidden? As an older woman, Kazue looks back on her tumultuous younger years with piercing clarity. Growing up in a tiny Japanese...

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Scenes from a tragedy  by Carole Hailey

Scenes from a tragedy

Carole Hailey

"When an empty passenger plane crashes in the Lake District, Carly Atherton's hopes of getting back together with the man she loves vanish - Luke Emery was one of the two pilots on board. Investigating the story behind the doomed flight might just be the...

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Paperboy  by Callum McSorley

Paperboy

Callum McSorley

"DCI Alison McCoist is back: newly promoted and even less popular. Chuck Gardner is the proud owner of both a confidential paper-shredding business and a serious betting habit. When Chuck finds some scandalous paperwork and McCoist investigates a rat-nibbled...

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Murder by candlelight

Murder by candlelight

"As the nights draw in and the old year slips away, the haunting season begins. Twigs scrape at windowpanes in the darkness, mysterious footprints are found in the snow, and all sorts of mysteries, monsters and nastiness are in the offing. Bringing together...

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Legion  by William Peter Blatty

Legion

William Peter Blatty

"When a young boy is found murdered in a mock crucifixion, Lieutenant Kinderman investigates the crime, and wonders if there is a connection to a series of murders that took place twelve years before."--Provided by publisher.

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The sisters  by Jonas Hassen Khemiri

The sisters

Jonas Hassen Khemiri

"A family saga about the lives of three sisters and a narrator named Jonas, spanning three decades and three continents"--

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The road to hope  by Rachael Johns

The road to hope

Rachael Johns

"Nurse Lauren Simpson is known in Hope Junction for the wrong reasons - and she's over it. Watching the man she's always loved marry someone else is the last straw - she decides to get out of Hope. But her resolve is tested when the hot new locum doctor...

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A song for the dying  by Stuart MacBride

A song for the dying

Stuart MacBride

"Eight years ago, the Inside Man abducted and killed four women. He left another three in critical condition, their stomachs slit open and a plastic doll stitched inside. Then he disappeared. Until now. Ash Henderson was a Detective Inspector on the initial...

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Sharpe's Waterloo  by Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe's Waterloo

Bernard Cornwell

"Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe, sidelined on the Royal staff, magnificently siezes command at the final moment of the great victory. It is 1815. Sharpe is serving on the personal staff of the Prince of Orange, who refuses to listen to Sharpe's reports of an...

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The Antarctica conspiracy  by Derin Edala

The Antarctica conspiracy

Derin Edala

"It hasn't been easy, but under the careful hand of its makeshift crew, the starship Courageous limps towards its destination. With every passing day, the promise of ground under their feet and a new, safe home looms closer. But Aspen and the crew have only...

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Merde at the Paris Olympics  by Stephen Clarke

Merde at the Paris Olympics

Stephen Clarke

"Englishman Paul West is living in Paris (where he arrived long before Emily, by the way) and he's gearing up for the 2024 Olympics. Paul accepts a job with a French group who are campaigning to get pétanque adopted as an official Olympic event. In Paul's...

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Breach of containment  by Elizabeth Bonesteel

Breach of containment

Elizabeth Bonesteel

"Space is full of the unknown ... most of it ready to kill you. When hostilities between factions threaten to explode into a shooting war on the moon of Yakutsk, the two major galactic military powers, Central Corps and PSI, send ships to defuse the situation....

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Swag  by Elmore Leonard

Swag

Elmore Leonard

"A rollicking tale of the 1970s Detroit criminal underworld from legendary crime writer Elmore Leonard. 'The Ten Golden Rules for Successful Armed Robbery' if rigidly adhered to will catapult two trainee robbers--Frank and Stick--into Detroit's criminal elite....

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A joyful springtime at Rookery House  by Rosie Hendry

A joyful springtime at Rookery House

Rosie Hendry

"Spring 1943. After a visit to see her mother in Sussex with Ned, it's time for VAD nurse, Evie Jones, to say a fond farewell to Rookery House and seek a new home in Great Plumstead. When an unusual opportunity arises, will it be all she hopes for? Marianne is...

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Wishes and whispers  by Annie Seaton

Wishes and whispers

Annie Seaton

"Oliver Johnson's life revolves around dawn-to-dusk work on his family's cane farm--until his well-meaning sister Amelia creates his online dating profile in an attempt to help Oliver forget the girl he dreams of meeting again one day. Between awkward video...

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Slow trek to triumph  by Juliette Duncan

Slow trek to triumph

Juliette Duncan

"Frank and Maggie have finally set off on their much awaited and longed for road trip. They relish the time together, exploring new places, meeting new people. But their trip is interrupted when Frank grows ill. How could this have happened? He was the epitome...

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The devils  by Joe Abercrombie

The devils

Joe Abercrombie

"Plague and famine stalk the land, monsters lurk in every shadow and greedy princes care for nothing but their own ambitions. Only one thing is certain: the elves will come again, and they will eat everyone. Sometimes, only the darkest paths lead towards the...

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The end of ordinary  by Edward (Science fiction writer) Ashton

The end of ordinary

Edward (Science fiction writer) Ash...

"Drew Bergen is an Engineer. He builds living things, one gene at a time. He's also kind of a doofus. Six years after the Stupid War--a bloody, inconclusive clash between the Engineered and the UnAltered--that's a dangerous combination. Hannah is Drew's...

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Coming home to Maple Tree Lodge  by Alison Sherlock

Coming home to Maple Tree Lodge

Alison Sherlock

"A family and hotel in desperate need of help... Maple Tree Lodge Hotel has been home to the Jackson family for over a century. Following the sudden loss of his father, architect Ben Jackson discovers the hotel is close to financial ruin and if the hotel is to...

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In this together  by Laura Carter

In this together

Laura Carter

"After years of putting work first, Andrea's love life is a mess. She's in a relationship that she knows is wrong yet can't turn to her best friends. If she told Hannah and Rosalie her lover's identity it would tear their friendship apart. But keeping secrets...

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Once upon a thyme  by Jane Lovering

Once upon a thyme

Jane Lovering

"All her life, Natalie Fisher has been taught not to ask questions. Why risk uncovering uncomfortable truths, when you can stay in the safety of blissful denial? Since taking over the family herb farm, Natalie has stuck with what she knows, rarely venturing...

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The forever cottage  by Jill Steeples

The forever cottage

Jill Steeples

"Tess Alexander lives an enviable life with her husband Charles, at Hollyhocks Cottage in the idyllic Cotswold village of Lower Leaping. Dreaming of their early retirement, Tess's plans are dashed when Charles shares some devastating news and suddenly she's...

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The girl from Normandy  by Rachel Sweasey

The girl from Normandy

Rachel Sweasey

"Paris, 1940: Marie-Claire steps into the Gare de Lyon, not knowing it will be the last time she'll see her husband and son. Fleeing occupied Paris, she travels into the countryside of Normandy, and stumbles upon a chateau near Caen and a growing resistance...

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A new dawn for the Mill Girls  by Chrissie Walsh

A new dawn for the Mill Girls

Chrissie Walsh

"West Yorkshire 1897. A new mistress for Lockwood Mill. Verity Lockwood despises life at Far View House, where her father and mill owner, Jebediah Lockwood, drowns his fortune--and his wits--in drink. With debts mounting, whispers spread - how much longer can...

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The bride's secret  by Rosie (Novelist) Walker

The bride's secret

Rosie (Novelist) Walker

"I gaze into my fiance's eyes as I toast to our love, relieved that tomorrow we'll be married. After we say 'I do', no one from my past will ever be able to find me. On our wedding day, I wake with a smile. Today I get to marry the love of my life. He may not...

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The secret mistress  by Ellie Monago

The secret mistress

Ellie Monago

"Our first mistake was trusting him. Our second was underestimating how far we would both go to hide our own dark secrets... THE WIFE: Before my husband died, we were the perfect couple. Or so I thought. When a woman claiming to have been his mistress shows up...

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Twisted bones  by Helen Phifer

Twisted bones

Helen Phifer

"When Detective Morgan Brookes is urgently called to her Aunt Ettie's cottage, hidden in Covel Woods, she rushes to the scene. Panicked Ettie is shaken having discovered the chilling remains of a woman in the river, one skeletal hand reaching out from the deep...

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Death of a sandscratcher  by Mandy Morton

Death of a sandscratcher

Mandy Morton

"Hettie and Tilly book themselves into the Sandscratchers Villa for a seaside holiday. The feline duo find themselves plunged into a spate of alarming fairground murders as a carefree vacation turns into a holiday nightmare. As the deckchairs unfold and the...

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Beyond the veil  by Nicky Shearsby

Beyond the veil

Nicky Shearsby

"When David Mallory confesses to murder, no one assumes the body is two hundred years old. Clinical psychologist, Newton Flanigan, is subsequently drawn into a sinister path unravelling a series of murders spanning two centuries. David is hiding secrets of...

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Rage of eagles  by William W. Johnstone

Rage of eagles

William W. Johnstone

"Jamie Ian and Kate MacCallister are together now, buried side by side on a ridge overlooking the huge Colorado valley they had settled and the town they had founded. It's up to their children now to carry on the MacCallister legacy. Falcon MacCallister is...

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The good losers  by Meg Bignell

The good losers

Meg Bignell

"Callie March is fascinated by human absurdity, including the habits of the upper class. So when she pushes her screen-addicted teenage son to join a local rowing club, she is thrilled to discover a whole new world of odd behaviours, irrational obsessions and...

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The immigrants  by Moreno Giovannoni

The immigrants

Moreno Giovannoni

"'Although if they are asked before they die, they all say they came here for a better life, they do not always find a better life, do they?' In the Victorian town of Mitref, tobacco is grown, an Italian cinema and cafe open, and people travel back and forth...

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An ill wind  by Margaret (Author and playwright) Hickey

An ill wind

Margaret (Author and playwright) Hi...

"When a massive wind farm is erected on its outskirts, a small Victorian town is ripped apart in the deadliest of ways. High on a hill above the small Victorian town of Carrabeen, 300 wind turbines constantly spin. Except one is now deadly still - a body...

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Make a killing  by Kimberly G. Giarratano

Make a killing

Kimberly G. Giarratano

"Private Investigator Billie Levine should be ecstatic. She's finally getting the cheating spouse cases she's always wanted. Nothing to do but sit back, snap incriminating photos, and get paid. Except Jeremy Yang is competing for work with his own P.I. firm....

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To the moon  by Jang Ryujin

To the moon

Jang Ryujin

"In Seoul, three young women meet while working mundane desk jobs at a confectionary manufacturer. They become fast friends, taking their conversations out of the group chat as they bond over their 'average' employee report cards, the incompetence of their...

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The path through the Coojong trees  by Léonie Kelsall

The path through the Coojong trees

Léonie Kelsall

"Once upon a time, Natasha believed in love. At nineteen, her heart was captivated by a man who promised her the world, only to vanish, leaving her to carry the weight of shattered dreams - and the child she never expected. A decade later, Natasha is focused...

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Love overdue  by Ali Berg

Love overdue

Ali Berg

"The last time Lauren Green saw Jamie Sultana, they were seventeen and he'd just shredded her heart like a bad first draft. Back then, Lauren was a frizzy-haired bookworm who dreamed of becoming the next Margaret Atwood. Jamie was the impossibly charming boy...

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Right place, right time  by Ali McNamara

Right place, right time

Ali McNamara

"Eve has always loved antiques. She loves the way an item from the past can offer a glimpse of another world, of another time. It's why she painstakingly researches the stories behind every item in Rainy Day Antiques, her little Cambridge shop, to share with...

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Your friend and mine  by Jessica Dettmann

Your friend and mine

Jessica Dettmann

"When Margot receives an email from her best friend it comes as a shock ... seeing as Tess died twenty years ago. Margot is catapulted back to 2000, meeting the confident English backpacker visiting Sydney, where their intense friendship led to plans to travel...

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Broke road  by Matthew (Journalist) Spencer

Broke road

Matthew (Journalist) Spencer

"A late-night phone call is never good news for Homicide Detective Sergeant Rose Riley. This time she's being sent up to the Hunter Valley, where a woman has been found dead in her home. Rose grew up further along the valley. She knows that for every vineyard...

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Dead ends  by Samantha Byres

Dead ends

Samantha Byres

"All-round chaos merchant Nell Jenkins has returned to her small hometown to fulfil family duties for the mother and brother she's barely seen since she escaped as a teen. But her homecoming isn't the triumph it should be. She has nothing to show for her time...

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The sunbaker  by P. A. (Crime novelist) Thomas

The sunbaker

P. A. (Crime novelist) Thomas

"When overworked forensic pathologist Nicola Fox arrives for a long-overdue break at her holiday house in Brunswick Heads, on the NSW north coast, she's shocked to discover someone sunbaking on one of the sun lounges in her backyard. And that the sunbaker has...

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Do not disturb  by Freida McFadden

Do not disturb

Freida McFadden

"Quinn Alexander has committed an unthinkable crime. To avoid spending her life in prison, Quinn makes a run for it. She leaves behind her home, her job, and her family. She grabs her passport and heads for the northern border before the police can discover...

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Rumoured  by Kelly Mancaruso

Rumoured

Kelly Mancaruso

"Harlow Hayes: the pop star. I'm a global sensation adored by millions, and my star only seems to keep rising. The icon. My fans say I speak directly to them through my music, that I know who they are. How else could I write such visceral, personal lyrics?...

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My sister and other lovers  by Esther Freud

My sister and other lovers

Esther Freud

"For as long as Lucy can remember, she's been caught between loyalty to her rootless, idealistic mother and devotion to her fierce and exacting sister, Bea. From her unsettled childhood to her turbulent teenage years, she's been forced to make a choice. But as...

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All superheroes need PR  by Elizabeth (Novelist) Stephens

All superheroes need PR

Elizabeth (Novelist) Stephens

"Over two decades ago, forty-eight young, gifted superheroes fell to Earth and were eventually marketed as opposing brands: heroes and villains. Now, one exceptionally gruff bad guy is looking to hop teams. Hello, PR director Vanessa Theriot. His real name is...

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Beneath the burning sea  by Amanda Bouchet

Beneath the burning sea

Amanda Bouchet

"Separated from everyone they know and love, sworn warriors (and warring allies) Bellanca and Carver are on a gods-given mission: travel to the famed real of Atlantis, fight through every danger that awaits them, and find the Shard of Olympus in order to end...

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Ride the wave  by Katherine (Novelist) Reilly

Ride the wave

Katherine (Novelist) Reilly

"Twelve years ago, Leo Silva was a world champion surfer-until reckless partying and tabloid scandals ended his career. After a mysteriously sudden and early retirement, Leo retreated to a sleepy seaside village in Portugal, where he's remained out of the...

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A Cornish love story  by Cressida McLaughlin

A Cornish love story

Cressida McLaughlin

"The most romantic house in Cornwall has got a new owner. Journalist Georgie Monroe has watched as it has been transformed into a high-tech glass palace, renovated by a mystery buyer. When she's invited to report on an event there, she comes face to face not...

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The tarot reader of Versailles  by Anya Bergman

The tarot reader of Versailles

Anya Bergman

"It is the early days of the French Revolution and, on the streets of Paris, terror reigns. Marie Anne Adelaide Lenormand is a young woman with an extraordinary power - through her tarot cards, she can commune with the dead, revolutionaries and the aristocracy...

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Nock loose  by Patrick Marlborough

Nock loose

Patrick Marlborough

"The perfect read to surpass the wildest dreams (and nightmares) of the most dedicated cosplay fanatic. Bodkins Point is a tiny town with a big secret and an annual, screwball medieval festival. And Agincourt will make you a hero if it doesn't kill you. And...

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Burned bridges  by John Gilstrap

Burned bridges

John Gilstrap

"The lovely farm nestled in the heart of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle looks like the perfect refuge from the backstabbing maelstrom of DC politics. But this seemingly peaceful new home is anything but safe for former FBI director Irene Rivers and her...

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Sometimes you stay  by Liz Johnson

Sometimes you stay

Liz Johnson

"Travel vlogger Cretia Martin's home is wherever her suitcase lands. But when she bumps into a handsome man on Prince Edward Island and her equipment falls into the harbor, she's forced to stay awhile at the Red Door Inn. As she gets to know the man and the...

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Vampire Hunter D. Omnibus book eight  by Hideyuki Kikuchi

Vampire Hunter D. Omnibus book eight

Hideyuki Kikuchi

"Vampire Hunter D Omnibus Book Eight collects three different complete novels. White Devil Mountain Parts One and Two is the setting of the first: a frightening peak perpetually shrouded in snow-and a desolate gravesite for Duke Gilzen, a vampiric Noble hated...

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A novel murder  by E. C. Nevin

A novel murder

E. C. Nevin

"Welcome to the Killer Lines Crime Festival! In the quaint town of Hoslewit, the biggest names in crime writing have congregated to celebrate all things bookish and murderous. With a programme packed with seminars and signings, egos and alcohol, it's sure to...

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Kane  by Graham Hurley

Kane

Graham Hurley

"Washington DC, 1941. Quincy Kane, hero of the Boston Police Department and scourge of organised crime, is now a Secret Service agent. His meteoric rise means he's trusted to guard the most important man in the country: President Roosevelt. Then Imperial Japan...

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What not to do on vacation  by Rachel (Rachel Anne) Magee

What not to do on vacation

Rachel (Rachel Anne) Magee

"Savannah is on a mission to reconnect the Prestly sisters the best way she knows how: reliving their carefree childhood summers at the beach. She's booked the same beach house, convinced her sisters to take the month off, and even made a bucket list to fit in...

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Letters from strangers  by Susan (Director) Walter

Letters from strangers

Susan (Director) Walter

"Jane's father is far from perfect. But his sudden death brings crushing grief. As Jane grapples with her pain, life delivers another blow: a stack of letters pointing to a secret life. A life her father shared with another woman... who may have had his child....

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