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Dreadgod  by Will Wight

Dreadgod

Will Wight

"The battle in the heavens has left a target on Lindon's back. His most reliable ally is gone, the Monarchs see him as a threat and he has inherited one of the most valuable facilities in the world. At any moment his enemies could band together to kill him. If...

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Sugar  by Edward Narain

Sugar

Edward Narain

"In Suva, the bustling capital of Fiji, a tropical cyclone is looming. In this city of dazzling contradictions, three strangers are living worlds apart. Hannah is a young Australian expat who volunteers at a local health organization while leading a heady life...

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The friendship list  by Beth (Novelist) author. Miller

The friendship list

Beth (Novelist) author. Miller

"Wiping away her tears, Kay looks at her old photos, of friends who have come and gone through life's big moments. But then there's Rose, her one constant through everything. Now Rose is missing. Does the key to finding her lie in their past? It should have...

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The distance between us  by Maggie O'Farrell

The distance between us

Maggie O'Farrell

"On a cold London afternoon Stella encounters a man she has not seen for many years, whose face she instantly recognises - or thinks she does. At exactly the same moment, in Hong Kong, Jake is realising that the crowd around him, celebrating Chinese New Year,...

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The hand that first held mine  by Maggie O'Farrell

The hand that first held mine

Maggie O'Farrell

"Fresh out of university and in disgrace, Lexie Sinclair is waiting for life to begin. When the sophisticated Innes Kent turns up on her doorstep in rural Devon, she realises she can wait no longer, and leaves for London. There, Lexie carves out a new life for...

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This must be the place  by Maggie O'Farrell

This must be the place

Maggie O'Farrell

"A reclusive former film star living in the wilds of Ireland, Claudette Wells thinks nothing of firing a gun if strangers get too close to her house. Why is she so fiercely protective of her family, and what made her walk out on her career at the height of her...

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Labyrinth  by Kate Mosse

Labyrinth

Kate Mosse

"A long-buried secret. A life-changing quest. JULY 1209. In Carcassonne, seventeen-year-old Alaïs Pelletier is given a mysterious book by her father, which he claims contains the secret of the true Grail. Although Alaïs cannot understand the strange words and...

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The sunrise  by Victoria Hislop

The sunrise

Victoria Hislop

"In the summer of 1972, Famagusta in Cyprus is the most desirable resort in the Mediterranean, a city bathed in the glow of good fortune. An ambitious couple open the island's most spectacular hotel, where Greek and Turkish Cypriots work in harmony. Two...

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The whispering girls  by Jennifer (Crime fiction author) Chase

The whispering girls

Jennifer (Crime fiction author) Cha...

"Dressed only in an oversized t-shirt, with a burlap sack covering her head, the body of a girl swings gently from the branches in the breeze. A newly-lit candle burns on the ground below. The killer was here just moments ago... Taking a much-needed break in a...

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The antique store detective and the deadly inheritance  by Clare Chase

The antique store detective and the deadly inheritance

Clare Chase

"A mysterious death and a missing ruby necklace... it's clearly a case for antique store owner and amateur sleuth Bella Winters! Nobody was surprised when Clemmie Crowe passed away - she'd been sick for a long time. But Bella Winter isn't sure it's as simple...

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Ralph's party  by Lisa Jewell

Ralph's party

Lisa Jewell

"Meet the residents of the London brownstone on 31 Almanac Road who together weave a tangled web of romance. Ralph, a ne'er-do-well artist, suddenly realizes he's head over heels in love with his new flatmate Jem, the most fun and sensible girl he's ever...

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A fellowship of curses & cats  by J. (Jenetta) Penner

A fellowship of curses & cats

J. (Jenetta) Penner

""The cat distribution system strikes again ... and this time it's magical. When a spell gone wrong brings more than just magic to Theo Brylar's life, things in Adenashire get a little ... purrplexing. Suddenly, cats of all shapes and sizes are drawn to the...

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A winter wedding adventure  by Leonie Mack

A winter wedding adventure

Leonie Mack

"Adventure guide Kira Watling is not a natural with guest lists and flower arranging... But the destination wedding agency she works for always goes above and beyond. And it's her job to escort an important guest from Salzburg to the venue, a gorgeous chalet...

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Winter nights at the Bay Bookshop  by Jessica Redland

Winter nights at the Bay Bookshop

Jessica Redland

"Nestled amongst the comforting shelves of her beloved Bay Books, newly single Lily Appleton finds the peace and quiet she needs. But with Christmas just around the corner, Lily has to find an extra pair of hands to help her share the bookish magic. After...

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Christmas spirits at Honeywell house  by Sharon Booth

Christmas spirits at Honeywell house

Sharon Booth

"Snow is falling and festive lights are twinkling in beautiful Rowan Vale, the Cotswold living history village, where tourists mingle unknowingly with the ghosts of Christmas past... When Clara first arrived in Rowan Vale to visit her boyfriend, Jack, she had...

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Christmas for the shop girls  by Rachel Brimble

Christmas for the shop girls

Rachel Brimble

"Christmas sees Pennington's at its most glorious, thronged with shoppers, its grand staircase and balcony adorned with holly, mistletoe, tinsel and lights. It should be the happiest time, but dramas are simmering beneath the surface. For shop girl Cornelia...

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A new family on Puddleduck Farm  by Della Galton

A new family on Puddleduck Farm

Della Galton

"Phoebe Dashwood and Sam Hendrie welcome their beautiful baby daughter into their already busy lives. With motherhood now top of Phoebe's to-do list alongside being a vet, and running an animal sanctuary there's no time for daydreaming. As Phoebe battles...

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This here is love  by Princess Joy L. Perry

This here is love

Princess Joy L. Perry

"Young Bless, the only child left to her enslaved mother, stubbornly crafts the terms of her vital existence. She stands as the lone bulwark between her mother and irreparable despair, her mother's only possibility of hope, as Bless reshapes the boundaries of...

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The whisper place  by Mindy Mejia

The whisper place

Mindy Mejia

"How do you find a woman who doesn't exist? As a former police officer and a psychic detective, Max Summerlin and Jonah Kendrick may not be the most conventional business partners. But together, they have decades of investigative experience, and opening Celina...

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To love a liar  by L. V. Matthews

To love a liar

L. V. Matthews

"PC Chris Fletcher is a man with secrets. Hiding away in remote Scotland, he awaits the verdict on the death of his ex-lover, Sophia Roy. His innocence hangs by a thread, but telling lies is what Chris was trained to do. With him is his loyal wife, Jillian,...

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Love in a cold climate  by Nancy Mitford

Love in a cold climate

Nancy Mitford

"'How lovely green velvet and silver. I call that a dream, so soft and delicious, too.' She rubbed a fold of the skirt against her cheek. 'Mine's silver lame, it smells like a bird cage when it gets hot but I do love it. Aren't you thankful evening skirts are...

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Regency outrageous scandals  by Lucy Ashford

Regency outrageous scandals

Lucy Ashford

The widow's scandalous affair: "Sparring partners...to scandalous lovers. Since discovering Raphael Lefevre, Marquis of Montpellier, had danced with her to win a wager, cool beauty Lady Serena has openly criticised the rogue's behaviour. Then he rescues her...

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The drop  by Michael Connelly

The drop

Michael Connelly

"Harry Bosch has been given three years before he must retire from the LAPD, and he wants cases more fiercely than ever. In one morning, he gets two. DNA from a 1989 rape and murder matches a 29-year-old convicted rapist. Was he an eight-year-old killer or has...

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Indrajit  by 1980- author. Yogi

Indrajit

1980- author. Yogi

"682 CE: The hurricane of Islamic armies threatens to sweep the last Hindu kingdom of Afghanistan into oblivion. Will it survive the storm? The Hindu kingdom of Kapisa is the jewel of the Silk Route. Stupendous riches pour in from all corners of the known...

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Last to leave the room  by Caitlin Starling

Last to leave the room

Caitlin Starling

"The city of San Siroco is sinking. The basement of Dr. Tamsin Rivers, the arrogant, selfish head of the research team assigned to find the source of the subsidence, is sinking faster. As Tamsin grows obsessed with the distorting dimensions of the room at the...

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A Midsummer's equation  by Keigo Higashino

A Midsummer's equation

Keigo Higashino

"Manabu Yukawa, the physicist known as "Detective Galileo," has traveled to Hari Cove, a once popular summer resort town that has fallen on hard times. He is there to speak at a conference on a planned underwater mining operation, which has sharply divided the...

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Murder in bloom  by Liz Fielding

Murder in bloom

Liz Fielding

"One part jealousy. Two parts rage. Somewhere in Abby's sleepy little village, the perfect murder is brewing... Abby enters the Maybridge Flower Show, never dreaming for one moment that she'll win the gold. Or an invitation to appear on telly, alongside...

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The rivaled crown  by Holly Renee

The rivaled crown

Holly Renee

"I swore I would never return to this palace. Never kneel before my father again. But I have been dragged back into his gilded cage, trapped beneath his rule, and bound to a fate I had tried to escape. My body is his to break, my magic his to wield. And no...

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The hunted heir  by Holly Renee

The hunted heir

Holly Renee

Verena was the lost princess of Marmoris, the very thing we had spent our entire lives looking for, and I had let her go. The lingering taste of her mixed with the deep ache in my chest over her betrayal haunted my days and nights. I knew she was hiding...

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The veiled kingdom  by Holly Renee

The veiled kingdom

Holly Renee

"Fleeing my father's cruelty, the wicked king who robbed me of a future, I face death in the streets, caught between a rebellion and a tyrant's reign. Captured by those sworn to kill me, the rebels remain blind to my true identity, the missing daughter of the...

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A home with the pack  by Cassia Moonglen

A home with the pack

Cassia Moonglen

"Luna took a quiet temp job in a small mountain town to reset her life, not unravel it. But after a terrifying blackout and a violent encounter she can't explain, she wakes in the home of two strangers who tell her something impossible: she's a wolf shifter....

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Murder at Honeychurch Hall  by Hannah Dennison

Murder at Honeychurch Hall

Hannah Dennison

"Former TV celebrity host Kat Stanford is just days away from starting her dream antique business with her newly widowed mother Iris when she gets a huge shock. Iris has recklessly purchased a dilapidated carriage house, on an isolated country estate,...

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Saint Valentine's Day murder  by Karen Baugh Menuhin

Saint Valentine's Day murder

Karen Baugh Menuhin

"1924 Valentine's Day. One man lies dead, the other shot and badly injured. Why they chose to fight a duel on a cold and frosty morning is a mystery. Every Valentine's day, Lady Bancroft holds a ball at Bancroft Hall for a handpicked list of high societies'...

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Meet me at the grand  by Lindsay Harrel

Meet me at the grand

Lindsay Harrel

"Tourism director Dani Sullivan is on a mission to bring Jonathon Island back to life. Her plan? Reopen the Grand Sullivan Hotel. But there's one problem-the big-city hotel developer she's forced to work with has a sleek, modern vision, and it's everything...

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Meet me on Lilac Lane  by Andrea Christenson

Meet me on Lilac Lane

Andrea Christenson

""Mia Jonathon Franklin has been living a nightmare for the last two years--ever since her husband and high school sweetheart died in a fishing boat accident, leaving her to care for her two young kids on her own. She's managed to stay afloat, but her...

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Martha's daughter  by David Haynes

Martha's daughter

David Haynes

"Steeped in everyday gossip and lives, this collection ranges from the magically real life of a city's crumbling superhero to a rundown motel whose long-term guests are lucky to call home. In the titular novella the first hours are chronicled after Cynthia...

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The kaboom boys  by Elaine Hume Peake

The kaboom boys

Elaine Hume Peake

"A historical saga of courage, sacrifice, and the unbreakable bonds of friendship. With the specter of the Great Depression behind him and the horrors of Nazi-occupied Europe ahead, Edward Hume leaves his Pennsylvania coal mining town to volunteer as one of...

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The House of Wolf  by Tony Robinson

The House of Wolf

Tony Robinson

"Rome. Father Asser is waiting to die. His idealism has landed him in a papal prison on false charges of heresy, but then salvation arrives in an unexpected form. Cardinal Balotelli also dreams of a better Europe, free from the ravages of the Norlanders. He...

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Diary of a cat  by Mayumi Nagano

Diary of a cat

Mayumi Nagano

"Meet Chimaki and Norimaki - two young cats lost in the sprawling metropolis of Tokyo, sniffing out cat-lovers who might be kind enough give them a ride or place to sleep for the night . . . Until they find a new home with the Horai family, an eccentric...

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Bookstore girls  by Kei Aono

Bookstore girls

Kei Aono

"Can two very different women put aside their differences to save the bookstore they love? Riko Nishioka is assistant manager of the flagship Pegasus bookstore in Kichijoji. After working her way up from a part-time position, she is now, aged forty, a...

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Appointment in Paris  by Jane Thynne

Appointment in Paris

Jane Thynne

"April 1940, and Britain is in turmoil. Chamberlain's government is faltering, and a German invasion may be only weeks away. A body, wearing the uniform of a Luftwaffe captain, is found in the grounds of Trent Park - a stately home and now a prison to house...

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The vanishing act  by Jo Jakeman

The vanishing act

Jo Jakeman

"When artist Eloise Ford hears that human remains found in an abandoned mine are believed to be those of long-missing teenager Elizabeth King, the shock sends her reeling. It can't be true. Eloise knows this for a fact because - she is Elizabeth King. Now, her...

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You could be happy here  by Erin Van Rheenen

You could be happy here

Erin Van Rheenen

"Lucy-single, childless, in her thirties-studies insects and ecosystems to try to make sense of human behavior. But she is mystified by a series of events that shatter her idea of who she is and where she belongs. Her mother dies prematurely, her sister claims...

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Hot wax  by M. L. Rio

Hot wax

M. L. Rio

"Summer, 1989: ten-year-old Suzanne is drawn like a magnet to her father's forbidden world of electric guitars and tricked-out cars. When her mother remarries, she jumps at the chance to tag along on the concert tour that just might be Gil and the Kills' wild...

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Dust  by Michael Brissenden

Dust

Michael Brissenden

"Lake Herrod, a once-thriving community, now lies in the shadow of a nearly dry lake. The town, like the water, is evaporating and its residents are left clinging to what little remains. When Aaron Love discovers a fresh corpse near the cracked lakebed --...

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Amity  by Nathan Harris

Amity

Nathan Harris

"New Orleans, 1866. The Civil War might be over, but formerly enslaved Coleman and June have yet to find the freedom they've been promised. Two years ago, the siblings were separated when their old master, Mr. Harper, took June away to Mexico, where he hoped...

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The secret book society  by Madeline Martin

The secret book society

Madeline Martin

"London, 1895: Trapped by oppressive marriages and societal expectations, three women receive a mysterious invitation to an afternoon tea at the home of the reclusive Lady Duxbury. Beneath the genteel facade of the gathering lies a secret book club--a...

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Wild card  by Elsie Silver

Wild card

Elsie Silver

"Sebastian Rousseau is a grumpy, hot as hell fire pilot who is too damn good with his hands. It's the perfect combination. But unfortunately for me, he's also my ex-boyfriend's dad. A chance meeting brought us together and a missed connection has kept us...

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The secret crush book club  by Karmen Lee

The secret crush book club

Karmen Lee

"For single mom Dani, life is very busy as she juggles work and family. After her sister moves out, she finds herself lonely and wanting someone to share her days with. Librarian Zoey came to Peach Blossom eager to start her new job and research her book. She...

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Things we keep hidden  by Jill Lynn

Things we keep hidden

Jill Lynn

"A threatening note. Long-buried secrets. Their friendship tested. The last time lifelong friends Payton, Isley and Clara were together, Clara broke their unwritten rule and brought up the one thing they never talk about. And now, more than twenty years after...

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In the time of five pumpkins  by Alexander McCall Smith

In the time of five pumpkins

Alexander McCall Smith

"The rains are coming, but not just yet. When they do, there will be green shoots of growth throughout Botswana. Pumpkins will flourish - particularly those of Mma Potokwani, matron of a children's home and old friend of Precious Ramotswe. Mma Potokwani and...

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The secret of secrets  by Dan Brown

The secret of secrets

Dan Brown

"The world's most celebrated thriller writer returns with his most stunning novel yet--a propulsive, twisty, thought-provoking masterpiece that will entertain readers as only Dan Brown can do. Robert Langdon, esteemed professor of symbology, travels to Prague...

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Tomlinson's wake  by Randy Wayne White

Tomlinson's wake

Randy Wayne White

"In the wake of a killer hurricane, Doc Ford's best friend, Tomlinson, insists that he died when his beloved sailboat hit a reef off the Mosquito Coast of Honduras. He now lives to tell the tale, but only because he was brought back to life--temporarily--by a...

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Lover forbidden  by J. R. Ward

Lover forbidden

J. R. Ward

When Lyric goes out for the night, she's not ready for a brush with death - and she's really not ready for the male who comes out of nowhere and saves her. Her family, especially her father, Qhuinn, are so relieved she's okay, but all she can think about is...

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Making things better  by Anita Brookner

Making things better

Anita Brookner

"Captures the quandaries of aging, the misunderstanding of an increasingly modern, alien world; awkward conversations with passersby; even more awkward conversations with passersby, even more awkward encounters with longtime friends and acquaintances; the...

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The anatomy of songs  by Megan White

The anatomy of songs

Megan White

"Bestowed the Songs of both Life and Death, Kasira Severen spends her days as a Daughter of Silba, curing the Lowtown of their ailments. When the sun sets, however, she becomes the city's most notorious assassin. Now under her father's command, she's hunting...

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The long, long trail  by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

The long, long trail

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

"In 1917 the Great War rages on, and for the Hunters, their friends and their servants the war is where they live now. David has returned from the Front a shadow of his former self; his sister Diana, newly married, copes with pregnancy alone, her husband at...

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City of vengeance  by D. V. Bishop

City of vengeance

D. V. Bishop

"Florence. Winter, 1536. A prominent Jewish moneylender is murdered in his home, a death with wide implications in a city powered by immense wealth. Cesare Aldo, a former soldier and now an officer of the Renaissance city's most feared criminal court, is given...

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The home-maker  by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

The home-maker

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

"Although this novel first appeared in 1924, it deals in an amazingly contemporary manner with the problems of a family in which both husband and wife are oppressed and frustrated by the roles they are expected to play. Evangeline Knapp is the perfect,...

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My lover's lover  by Maggie O'Farrell

My lover's lover

Maggie O'Farrell

"When Lily meets Marcus at a gallery opening in London, she is immediately attracted to him. In less than a week, she falls deeply in love with the magnetic but elusive architect and moves into his echoing loft apartment in East London. Nothing could have...

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Endling  by Maria Reva

Endling

Maria Reva

"Ukraine, 2022. Yeva is a loner and a maverick scientist who lives out of her mobile lab. She scours the country's forests and valleys, trying and failing to breed rare snails, while her relatives urge her to settle down and finally start a family of her own....

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Jack the Ripper  by Gyles Daubeney Brandreth

Jack the Ripper

Gyles Daubeney Brandreth

"London. 1894. 'I am not a detective, chief constable.' 'No, but you are a poet, a freemason and a man of the world. All useful qualifications for the business in hand.' So says Police Chief Macnaghten to Oscar Wilde, in a Chelsea drawing room in the company...

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Nights of rain and stars  by Maeve Binchy

Nights of rain and stars

Maeve Binchy

"Four strangers, with nothing in common but a need to escape, meet in a Greek taverna high above the small village of Aghia Anna. From Ireland, America, Germany and England they have each left behind their homes and their old lives, when a shocking tragedy...

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A few of the girls  by Maeve Binchy

A few of the girls

Maeve Binchy

"The Irish do love telling stories, and we are suspicious of people who don't have long, complicated conversations. There used to be a rule in etiquette books that you should invite four talkers and four listeners to a dinner party. That doesn't work in...

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Echoes  by Maeve Binchy

Echoes

Maeve Binchy

"Growing up in a seaside town, Clare O'Brien and David Power shout their hearts' desires into the echo cave, praying that their destiny will lead them far away from Castlebay, the small town in which they live. Years later, in Dublin, their paths cross again -...

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The stone circle  by Elly Griffiths

The stone circle

Elly Griffiths

"DCI Nelson has been receiving threatening letters telling him to 'go to the stone circle and rescue the innocent who is buried there'. He is shaken, not only because children are very much on his mind, with Michelle's baby due to be born, but because although...

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The neighbour  by Lisa Gardner

The neighbour

Lisa Gardner

"It was a case guaranteed to spark a media feeding frenzy - a young mother, blonde and pretty, disappears without trace from her South Boston home, leaving behind her four-year-old daughter as the only witness, and her handsome, secretive husband as the prime...

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The secret adversary  by Agatha Christie

The secret adversary

Agatha Christie

"A crime novel in which two desperate youngsters, short of money and restless for excitement, place an advertisement saying they are willing to do anything and to travel anywhere, but their first assignment for a sinister client plunges them into more danger...

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Magpie  by Alan (Novelist) Ryan

Magpie

Alan (Novelist) Ryan

"Jim Macken talks to trees. He dances around the fire and has made peace with the flies. In a bid to escape a mundane life, the broken-hearted Irish backpacker has gone walkabout in the West Australian Goldfields. The scorched land is hurting. The summer rains...

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The son  by Jo Nesbø

The son

Jo Nesbø

"Sonny is a model prisoner. He listens to the confessions of other inmates at Oslo jail, and absolves them of their sins. Some people even whisper that Sonny is serving time for someone else: that he doesn't just listen, he confesses to their crimes. Inspector...

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No longer human  by Osamu Dazai

No longer human

Osamu Dazai

"Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels himself incapable of understanding human beings. His attempts to reconcile himself to the world around him begin in early...

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Murder in Hollywood  by Millicent Binks

Murder in Hollywood

Millicent Binks

"1934. Opal Laplume's star is on the rise when she gets a job making costumes for Hollywood's biggest talkie star, Jane Margeaux. But when Jane is fatally shot on set by a prop gun, and security guard Augusto finds a bullet missing from his pistol, it falls to...

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Changing seasons for the country nurse  by Kate Eastham

Changing seasons for the country nurse

Kate Eastham

"In the quiet Lancashire countryside of 1936, city-trained nurse Lara Flynn must contend with far more than muddy lanes and boisterous farm dogs. Still recovering from a past trauma and an ill-fated love affair, she's determined to prove herself as a capable...

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The girl from the war room  by Catherine (Novelist) Law

The girl from the war room

Catherine (Novelist) Law

"1941: A world away from idyllic childhood summers spent in Devon, Cassie Marsh steps through the sandbagged entrance to the War Room, determined to do her part for the war effort. The air crackling with tension, the urgency of whispered conversations, the...

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Mince pies and murder  by Judy Leigh

Mince pies and murder

Judy Leigh

"As Christmas approaches in the Cornish town of Seal Bay, festive cheer fills the air. Sparkling trees and twinkling lights adorn every corner, and Morwenna Mutton, the sharp-witted sexagenarian sleuth, is eagerly counting down the days. But when local author...

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Falling for you  by Emily Maple

Falling for you

Emily Maple

"I LOVE autumn. It's my favourite season - the crisp October air, the smell of pumpkin-spiced lattes, wearing my bright red hand-knitted scarf and beanie. But most of all, I love the costume I made for tonight's Halloween party. I'm going as a bat, with huge,...

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One fine day  by Mollie Panter-Downes

One fine day

Mollie Panter-Downes

"It is a summer's day in 1946. The English village of Wealding is no longer troubled by distant sirens, yet the rustling coils of barbed wire are a reminder that something, some quality of life, has evaporated. Together again after years of separation, Laura...

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Rebecca  by Daphne Du Maurier

Rebecca

Daphne Du Maurier

"Everyone knows that Maxim de Winter was obsessed with his glamorous wife - and devastated by her tragic death. So when he proposes to a shy, anxious young woman after a whirlwind meeting in the South of France, no one is more surprised than the new bride...

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Forged  by Danielle Teller

Forged

Danielle Teller

"In the Gilded Age, a time of abject poverty and obscene wealth, a desperate and ambitious young woman strikes out for a new life in the rising industrial cities of America. Naive Fanny is thrust into a Darwinian world where she is cast out and preyed upon,...

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We used to dance here  by Dave Tynan

We used to dance here

Dave Tynan

"[These stories] are a portrait of both Dublin and Dubliners in flux, exploring life on the margins, toxic masculinity and frustrated ambitions. With dog tracks, late-night radio talk shows, pubs, messy break-ups, industrial accidents and the reality of...

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The Wisteria Crescent chronicles  by Kate (Kate Louise) Forster

The Wisteria Crescent chronicles

Kate (Kate Louise) Forster

"It is a truth universally acknowledged... that a widowed woman in possession of a large Georgian home but no money for tea or toilet paper must find a creative solution. For 70-year-old Marion Gaynor, the answer lies in opening her doors-and her heart-to two...

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The vow  by Stefanie London

The vow

Stefanie London

"Twelve years ago, school friends Sofia, Ellie and Rose made a vow. They promised never to talk about that fateful night. Never to tell anyone what they did. Since then, they've all followed very different paths but as they come together to celebrate Ellie's...

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What the dead can do  by Peter Rosch

What the dead can do

Peter Rosch

When a commercial flight crashes, all 184 people on board perish - with the singular exception of a two-year-old boy named Ethan, who's entrusted to family friends Matthew and Nicole per his late parents' wishes. From the afterlife, Ethan's parents, Tag and...

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The Edinburgh murders  by Catriona McPherson

The Edinburgh murders

Catriona McPherson

"Edinburgh, 1948. Welfare Officer Helen Crowther has enough on her plate between her hectic job, her complicated love life, and her growing reputation as a troublemaker. Last year's scandal did nothing to help with the disapproval she already gets as a woman...

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Let's give 'em pumpkin to talk about  by Isabelle (Novelist) Popp

Let's give 'em pumpkin to talk about

Isabelle (Novelist) Popp

"She's a little edgy. He's a lot of sunshine. Love's about to catch them completely off gourd... Textile artist Sadie Fox did not sign up for this. When she agreed to come home to Pea Blossom, Indiana, it was to care for her father's beloved pumpkin patch. The...

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The house of water  by Fflur Dafydd

The house of water

Fflur Dafydd

"Iona Griffri returns home one evening to find her family murdered and her father, Eurov, missing. Her family home is entirely submerged in water, and a strange, unnamed girl lies dead in her bed. As the police declare her father the main suspect, Iona is...

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The missing hour  by Robert (Novelist) Rutherford

The missing hour

Robert (Novelist) Rutherford

"Witnesses, CCTV, even DNA. All the evidence is there. Your husband is a murderer. Or is he? Everything points to his guilt - except the fact that he was with you. Four hundred miles away. Apart from one single hour. Imagine a world where the guilty always get...

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The shopgirl of Ironbridge  by Mollie Walton

The shopgirl of Ironbridge

Mollie Walton

"Ironbridge, 1892. When 18-year-old Maria Keay is offered an exciting job in a department store in Shrewsbury, she is keen to spread her wings and leave her hometown behind, including her childhood sweetheart Charlie Woodvine, the local schoolteacher. She...

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The spider covenant  by Brian Klein

The spider covenant

Brian Klein

"On 10 August 1944, with Germany on the verge of a crushing and humiliating defeat, Heinrich Himmler, the second most powerful Nazi and head of the notorious SS, holds a clandestine meeting in Strasbourg, with a handful of elite industrialists and bankers. A...

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Piece of my heart  by Peter Robinson

Piece of my heart

Peter Robinson

"In an era of free love and rebellion, a dead body is discovered among the detritus of a recently concluded rock festival: a beautiful young woman stabbed so savagely through the chest that a piece of her heart was sliced off. Now . . . A freelance journalist,...

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