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A month in the country  by J. L. (Joseph Lloyd) Carr

A month in the country

J. L. (Joseph Lloyd) Carr

"A sensitive portrayal of the healing process that took place in the aftermath of the First World War, J.L. Carr's A Month in the Country includes an introduction by Penelope Fitzgerald, author of Offshore, in Penguin Modern Classics. A damaged survivor of the...

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Bonjour, Sophie  by Elizabeth Buchan

Bonjour, Sophie

Elizabeth Buchan

"Can she escape the darkness of her past in the City of Light? It's 1959 and time for eighteen-year-old Sophie's real life to start. Her existence in the village of Poynsdean, Sussex, with her austere foster-father, the Reverend Osbert Knox, and his frustrated...

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The bell tower  by Roger Jon Ellory

The bell tower

Roger Jon Ellory

"Death Row duty comes with three simple rules: Do not make it personal. Do not question the system. Do not take justice into your own hands. Garrett Nelson will break every one of them. Injured during a drug bust, Deputy Garrett Nelson finds himself out of the...

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The things we keep  by Sally Hepworth

The things we keep

Sally Hepworth

"Anna Forster is only thirty-eight years old, but her mind is slowly slipping away from her. Armed only with her keen wit and sharp-eyed determination, she knows that her family is doing what they believe to be best when they take her to Rosalind House, an...

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The lighthouse secret  by Carmel Harrington

The lighthouse secret

Carmel Harrington

"Family secrets never stay buried... 1951, Ireland On the windswept Cork coast, the lighthouse-keepers' wives wait, watching the sea. Their husbands are coming home. But one secret can never be revealed. 2023, Maine. Decades later, Mollie Kenefick, receives an...

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Overstaying  by Ariane Koch

Overstaying

Ariane Koch

"Koch's narrator is an impudent young woman, a contemporary Bartleby living alone in her parents' old house in the small hometown she hates but can't bring herself to leave. When a visitor turns up, promisingly new, she takes him in, and instantly her life...

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Under the paper moon  by Shaina Steinberg

Under the paper moon

Shaina Steinberg

"Five years after working for the Office of Strategic Services with Nick, whom she gets close to until the World War II end brings with it an act of deep betrayal, former spy Evelyn, now working as a PI, finds herself back in Nick's orbit when her latest case...

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Days of wonder  by Caroline Leavitt

Days of wonder

Caroline Leavitt

"As a teenager, for a moment, Ella Fitchburg found love--yearning, breathless love--that consumed both her and her boyfriend, Jude, as they wandered the streets of New York City together. But her life was unexpectedly upended when she was accused of trying to...

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The lost memories  by Lorna (Novelist) Cook

The lost memories

Lorna (Novelist) Cook

"Suffolk, 1944. American pilot Charlie's second tour is about to draw to a close, but his heart is forever changed when he meets Kitty, a local girl with dreams of joining the Women's Land Army. As love blooms, the pair are all too aware that every perilous...

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Crow moon  by Suzy Aspley

Crow moon

Suzy Aspley

"Strathbran, Scotland. A village steeped in folklore and impenetrable mists and a horrifying mystery... Martha Strangeways is struggling to find purpose in her life, after giving up her career as an investigative reporter when her young twins died in a house...

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A calamity of souls  by David Baldacci

A calamity of souls

David Baldacci

"Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants in this courtroom drama from #1...

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Murder road  by Simone St. James

Murder road

Simone St. James

"April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn. And now they're on a long dark road, late at night, when they see a woman up ahead, clearly in trouble. They stop and pick her up. It's only once she's in the car that they see the blood. Then headlights appear in the...

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Death on the Thames  by Alan Johnson

Death on the Thames

Alan Johnson

"THERE'S BLOOD ON THE WATER. NO ONE IS SAFE... 1999. A young Detective Constable Louise Mangan crosses the Thames one misty morning in pursuit of a killer. She finds a tranquil community on a leafy island close to Hampton Court Palace, but soon realises that...

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Lucky  by Jane Smiley

Lucky

Jane Smiley

"Before Jodie Rattler became a star, she was a girl growing up in St. Louis. One day in 1955, when she was just six years old, her Uncle Drew took her to the racetrack, where she got lucky--and that roll of two-dollar bills she won has never since left her...

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A mother's sorrow  by Margaret Dickinson

A mother's sorrow

Margaret Dickinson

"Sheffield, 1892. Patrick Halliday rules his family with a rod of iron. He's hard on both his wife and his elder daughter, Flora, but he spoils his youngest, Mary Ellen, because she reminds him of his beloved mother. When Mary Ellen, aged seventeen, finds that...

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The cryptic clue  by Amanda Hampson

The cryptic clue

Amanda Hampson

"In ZigZag Lane, in the heart of Sydney's rag-trade district, tea ladies Hazel, Betty and Irene find themselves in hot water. Having already solved a murder, kidnapping and arson case, and outwitting an arch criminal, they have proved themselves a useful...

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Every move you make  by C. L. Taylor

Every move you make

C. L. Taylor

"The only way to stop a stalker is to become one yourself... Alex, Lucy, River and Bridget. Four people with one thing in common: they are all being stalked. Their lives are filled with daily terror. Always watching. Always waiting. And never knowing what - or...

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Seven summers  by Paige Toon

Seven summers

Paige Toon

"Six summers ago Liv and Finn meet working in a bar on the rugged Cornish coastline, their futures full of promise. When a night of passion ends in devastating tragedy they are bound together inextricably. But Finn's life is in LA with his band, and Liv's is...

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Extinction  by Douglas J. Preston

Extinction

Douglas J. Preston

"Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Frances Cash investigates after a billionaire's son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered by a gang of eco-terrorists at a park where extinct animals are brought back through genetic manipulation."--Provided by...

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Goodbye Birdie Greenwing  by Ericka Waller

Goodbye Birdie Greenwing

Ericka Waller

"Birdie Greenwing has been at a loose end ever since her beloved twin sister and husband passed away. Too proud and stubborn to admit she is lonely, Birdie's world has shrunk. But then some new neighbours move in to the house next door. Jane wants a fresh...

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As young as this  by Roxy Dunn

As young as this

Roxy Dunn

"Elliot. Joe. Tommy. Nathanael. Wren. Oliver. Malik. Zach. Frank. Patrick. Noah. These are the men Margot has loved, liked, lusted over. Since she was seventeen, she's pictured them like stepping stones - each one bringing her closer to finding someone to...

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The spy  by Ajay Chowdhury

The spy

Ajay Chowdhury

"Detective Kamil Rahman is working for the Met Police when he gets the call from MI5. They've received intelligence of a terrorist plot, and it's Kamil they need. Posing as a disaffected cop and working in his friend Anjoli's restaurant on Brick Lane, Kamil...

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Funny story  by Emily Henry

Funny story

Emily Henry

"Daphne always loved the way Peter told their story. That is until it became the prologue to his actual love story with his childhood bestie, Petra. Which is how Daphne ends up rooming with her total opposite and the only person who could possibly understand...

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One last word  by Suzanne Park

One last word

Suzanne Park

"Sara Chae is the founder of the app One Last Word, which allows you to send a message to whomever you want after you pass. Safeguards are in place so the app will only send out when you're definitely, absolutely, 100% dead, but when another Sara Chae dies and...

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The beautiful people  by Michelle Gable

The beautiful people

Michelle Gable

"It's 1961, and for Margo Hightower, everything is about to change. True, her engagement is off, her family has fallen in scandal, and she's completely broke. But she's just been hired as assistant to photographer Slim Aarons - famous for his vibrant pictures...

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The husbands  by Holly Gramazio

The husbands

Holly Gramazio

"One night Lauren finds a strange man in her flat who claims to be her husband. All the evidence - from photos to electricity bills - suggests he's right. Lauren's attic, she slowly realises, is creating an endless supply of husbands for her. There's the one...

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The underground library  by Jennifer (Jennifer L.) Ryan

The underground library

Jennifer (Jennifer L.) Ryan

"On the day Juliet Lansdown reports to work for the first time at Bethnal Green Library, it isn't the bustling hub she's been expecting. But, in the face of German attacks, she's intent on making it a place where all of their neighbours feel safe and welcome....

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The spoiled heart  by Sunjeev Sahota

The spoiled heart

Sunjeev Sahota

"Nayan Olak hasn't risked love since his young son died. Instead he has ploughed his grief and energy into his work at the union, trying to create the world he would have wanted for his boy. Now he's running for the leadership: a huge moment for Nayan, the...

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Death in the details  by Katie Tietjen

Death in the details

Katie Tietjen

"Maple Bishop is ready to put WWII and the grief of losing her husband, Bill, behind her. But when she discovers that Bill left her penniless, Maple realizes she could lose her Vermont home next and sets out to make money the only way she knows how- by selling...

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Maya's laws of love  by Alina Khawaja

Maya's laws of love

Alina Khawaja

"Maya Mirza is so convinced she's unlucky in love and life that she's come up with a list of laws to explain it. Most importantly... Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. But that's about to change. Maya's headed to Pakistan for an arranged marriage with a...

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The Haven  by Fiona Neill

The Haven

Fiona Neill

"The Sawyer family were meant to have the adventure of a lifetime during their summer holiday at an experimental eco-community in one of England's most ancient forests, led by the enigmatic Mo. For Cass, the eldest Sawyer sibling and a lonely and unhappy...

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How to kill a guy in ten ways  by Eve Kellman

How to kill a guy in ten ways

Eve Kellman

"After one too many terrifying encounters, Millie Masters sets up a hotline for women who feel unsafe walking home alone at night: Message M. But very quickly she realises that there's much more to be done to help the women who call in. Because the men just do...

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Annie Bot  by Sierra Greer

Annie Bot

Sierra Greer

"Annie is a robot, created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner, Doug. Playful and eager to please, she has dinner ready for him every night, wears the outfits he buys for her, and adjusts her libido to suit his whims. Maybe the apartment isn't...

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Leave no trace  by Jo (Strategist) Callaghan

Leave no trace

Jo (Strategist) Callaghan

"One detective driven by instinct, the other by logic. It will take both to find a killer who knows the true meaning of fear . . . When the body of a man is found crucified at the top of Mount Judd, AIDE Lock - the world's first AI Detective - and DCS Kat...

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The sweet blue distance  by Sara Donati

The sweet blue distance

Sara Donati

"In 1845 Carrie Ballentyne was forced to leave the only home she'd ever known in the mountains of upstate New York, and her separation from Bonner, Ballentyne, and Savard relatives weighs heavily. In time Carrie finds footing as a midwife, but she never feels...

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Sanctuary  by Garry Disher

Sanctuary

Garry Disher

"Grace is a thief: a good one. She was taught by experts and she''s been practising since she was a kid. She specialises in small, high-value items - stamps, watches - and she knows her Jaeger-LeCoultres from her Patek Philippes. But it's a solitary life,...

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Earth  by John Boyne

Earth

John Boyne

"It's the tabloid sensation of the year: two well-known footballers standing in the dock, charged with sexual assault, a series of vile text messages pointing towards their guilt. As the trial unfolds, Evan Keogh reflects on the events that have led him to...

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The last murder at the end of the world  by Stuart Turton

The last murder at the end of the world

Stuart Turton

"Solve the murder to save what's left of the world. Outside the island there is nothing: the world destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island: it is idyllic. 122 villagers and 3 scientists, living in peaceful harmony....

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Toxic prey  by John Sandford

Toxic prey

John Sandford

"Gaia is dying. That, at least, is what Dr. Lionel Scott believes. A renowned expert in tropical and infectious diseases, Scott has witnessed the devastating impact of illness and turmoil at critical scale. Society as it exists is untenable, and the direct...

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A killing on the hill  by Robert Dugoni

A killing on the hill

Robert Dugoni

"The Great Depression. High-level corruption. And a murder that's about to become Seattle's hottest mystery. It's the kind of story that can make a reporter's career. If he lives to write about it."--

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The no. 1 lawyer  by James Patterson

The no. 1 lawyer

James Patterson

"Stafford Lee Penney is the best defence lawyer in Mississippi - he's never lost a case. Until now. Hot on the heels of his latest courtroom victory, his wife is brutally murdered. Devastated, Stafford Lee spirals into a losing streak that forces to abandon...

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I is another  by Jon Fosse

I is another

Jon Fosse

"The Other Name follows the lives of two men living close to each other on the west coast of Norway. The year is coming to a close and Asle, an aging painter and widower, is reminiscing about his life. He lives alone, his only friends being his neighbor,...

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The Red Hollow  by Natalie Marlow

The Red Hollow

Natalie Marlow

"Warwickshire, 1934. Deep in a hamlet in the Warwickshire countryside, Red Hollow Hall is a male-only sanitorium run by the charismatic psychiatrist Dr Moon. However, all is not well, and Dr Moon's patients are leaving Red Hollow in droves. Recent...

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Code name Butterfly  by Embassie Susberry

Code name Butterfly

Embassie Susberry

"In the City of Light, one woman will stand against darkness. Paris, 1941. With Nazi occupation imminent, journalist Elodie Mitchell plans to return home to Chicago. But an unexpected invitation to a Josephine Baker show changes everything. Mistaken for the...

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The guest  by B. A. Paris

The guest

B. A. Paris

"Iris and Gabriel have just got home from a make-or-break holiday. But a shock awaits them. One of their dearest friends, Laure, is in their house - sleeping in their bed, wearing Iris' clothes, even rearranging the furniture. She has walked out on her husband...

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Where hope prevails  by Janette Oke

Where hope prevails

Janette Oke

"When Beth Thatcher returns to Coal Valley, she has much to be excited about. She anticipates Jarrick's proposal of marriage and perhaps a spring wedding. The mine is expanding, and there are more schoolchildren than ever. But the town's rapid growth brings...

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Five little pigs  by Agatha Christie

Five little pigs

Agatha Christie

"Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were other suspects; the stockbroker who went to market; the amateur herbalist who stayed at home; the three-time divorcee who had roast beef and the devoted governess who had...

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The lost world  by Michael Crichton

The lost world

Michael Crichton

"It has been six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end--the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, and the island indefinitely closed to the public. There...

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Threepenny dreams  by Anna Jacobs

Threepenny dreams

Anna Jacobs

"Recently widowed, Hannah Firth is still young , young enough to dream of a new life. When her spiteful daughter-in- law uses her as an unpaid servant, Hannah tries to leave, but she is unaware of the depths that Patty's spite will lead her to."--Publisher.

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The Rivertown vet  by Jennifer Scoullar

The Rivertown vet

Jennifer Scoullar

"Local vet Jana Malinski is content with her quiet life in Rivertown helping her sister run a wombat sanctuary on their family's serene property by the Murray River. But Jana's routine is up-ended after a chance encounter with handsome lawyer and single dad...

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Water baby  by Chioma Okereke

Water baby

Chioma Okereke

"She's the Pearl of Makoko and the world is her oyster. In Makoko, the floating slum off mainland Lagos, Nigeria, nineteen-year-old Baby yearns for an existence where she can escape the future her father has planned for her. With opportunities scarce, Baby...

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The library thief  by Kuchenga Shenjé

The library thief

Kuchenga Shenjé

"The library is under lock and key. But its secrets can't be contained... 1896. After he brought her home from Jamaica as a baby, Florence's father had her hair hot-combed to make her look like the other girls. But as a young woman, Florence is not so easy to...

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Indian burial ground  by Nick Medina

Indian burial ground

Nick Medina

"A man lunges in front of a car. An elderly woman silently drowns herself. A corpse sits up in its coffin and speaks. On this reservation, not all is what it seems, in this new spine-chilling mythological horror. All Noemi Broussard wanted was a fresh start....

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The practice, the horizon, and the chain  by Sofia Samatar

The practice, the horizon, and the chain

Sofia Samatar

"The boy was raised as one of the Chained, condemned to toil in the bowels of a mining ship out among the stars. His whole world changes--literally--when he is yanked 'upstairs' and informed he has been given an opportunity to be educated at the ship's...

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The hemlock queen  by Hannah Whitten

The hemlock queen

Hannah Whitten

"The corrupt king August is dead. Prince Bastian has seized the throne and raised Lore--a necromancer and former smuggler--to his right-hand side. Together they plan to cut out the rot from the heart of the royal court and help the people of Dellaire. But not...

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Vladivostok Circus  by Élisa Shua Dusapin

Vladivostok Circus

Élisa Shua Dusapin

"Tonight is the opening night. There are birds perched everywhere, on the power lines, the guy ropes, the strings of light that festoon the tent ... when I think of all those little bodies suspended between earth and sky, it makes me smile to remind myself...

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Spitting gold  by Carmella Lowkis

Spitting gold

Carmella Lowkis

"Paris, 1866. When Baroness Sylvie Devereux receives a house-call from Charlotte Mothe, the sister she disowned, she fears her shady past as a spirit medium has caught up with her. But with their father ill and Charlotte unable to pay his bills, Sylvie is...

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The evolution of Annabel Craig  by Lisa Grunwald

The evolution of Annabel Craig

Lisa Grunwald

"Dayton, Tennessee. 1925. It is in this sleepy mountain town where Annabel, a devout woman, falls in love with George Craig, a cosmopolitan defense attorney. Annabel's outlook on everything from life to love to the law is shaped by her faith; George sees the...

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Honey  by Victor Lodato

Honey

Victor Lodato

"Meet a woman as tenacious as Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge and as irresistible as Andrew Sean Greer's Arthur Less: Honey Fasinga, the glamorous daughter of a notorious New Jersey mobster, is returning home at last, ready to reckon with her violent past....

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Nothing but the bones  by Brian Panowich

Nothing but the bones

Brian Panowich

"In McFalls County, local crime boss Gareth Burroughs runs everything on the mountain. And Nelson 'Nails' McKenna has been his enforcer since he was a teenager, though his heart's not really in the dirty work. Then one night in a local roadhouse, Nails goes...

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A fondness for truth  by Kim (Mystery fiction writer) Hays

A fondness for truth

Kim (Mystery fiction writer) Hays

"Andi Eberhart is riding her bicycle home on an icy winter night when she is killed in a hit-and-run. Her devastated partner, Nisha, is convinced the death was no accident. Andi had been receiving homophobic hate mail for several years, and the letters grew...

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Feline fatale  by Rita Mae Brown

Feline fatale

Rita Mae Brown

"Spring flowers may be about to bloom in Crozet, Virginia, but Harry is thinking about snow. Her dear friend Ned Tucker is in the House of Delegates, advocating for a bill to improve road clearing during bad weather, and Harry and Ned's wife, Susan, have gone...

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The poison pen  by Paige Shelton

The poison pen

Paige Shelton

"Edinburgh is mourning recent the death of Queen Elizabeth II when Bookseller Delaney Nichols's boss comes to her with a most unusual assignment. An old friend of his, living in an estate in the village of Roslin, has found what could be a priceless relic on...

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The House of Mirrors  by Erin Kelly

The House of Mirrors

Erin Kelly

"Summer, 2021. Nell has come home at her family's insistence to celebrate an anniversary. Fifty years ago, her father wrote The Golden Bones. Part picture book, part treasure hunt, Sir Frank Churcher created a fairy story about Elinore, a murdered woman whose...

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Wild love  by Elsie Silver

Wild love

Elsie Silver

"She's been driving him wild for years ... the good kind of wild. The kind of wild that comes with wanting your best friend's little sister and knowing you can't have her... Forbes may have labelled Ford Grant the World's Hottest Billionaire, but all he cares...

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Crime and cherry pits  by Amanda Flower

Crime and cherry pits

Amanda Flower

"Shiloh Bellamy can hardly believe it -- for the first time in her family farm's seventy-year history, she has managed to score a highly coveted booth at the Cherry Farm Market in Traverse City, Michigan. It's a huge win in her master plan to bring the...

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In her place  by Edel Coffey

In her place

Edel Coffey

"Ann devoted years to her mother's care. Now, in a bid to escape the emptiness of her old flat and the paperwork caused by her death, Ann finds herself in a bar upstate. She has been so good for so long, she deserves a little fun. Justin is also grieving but...

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The wrong sister  by Claire (Journalist) Douglas

The wrong sister

Claire (Journalist) Douglas

"You've known her all your life. Or have you? Tasha and her older sister Alice might look alike, but they couldn't be more different. Tasha's married with two children and still living in her home town near Bristol, while Alice is a high-flying scientist...

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City in ruins  by Don Winslow

City in ruins

Don Winslow

"Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond his wildest dreams rich. The former dock worker, Irish mob soldier and fugitive from the law is now a respected businessman - a Las Vegas casino mogul and billionaire silent partner in a group that owns two lavish hotels. Finally,...

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The new couple in 5B  by Lisa Unger

The new couple in 5B

Lisa Unger

"Rosie and Chad Lowan are barely making ends meet in New York City when they receive life-changing news: Chad's late uncle has left them his luxury apartment at the historic Windermere in glamorous Murray Hill. With its prewar elegance and impeccably uniformed...

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A Sicilian affair  by Susan Lewis

A Sicilian affair

Susan Lewis

"A fresh start where no-one knows her name is exactly what Catie is looking for from her Sicilian escape. When Catie meets handsome Giancarlo, she has stumbled across a love that could last forever... If only she can admit the truth about her past. But the...

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The hidden storyteller  by Mandy Robotham

The hidden storyteller

Mandy Robotham

"Hamburg, 1946 The war is over, and Germany is in ruins. Posted to an Allied-run Hamburg, reporter Georgie Young returns to the country she fled seven years prior - at the onset of the conflict - to find it unrecognisable. Amongst the stark horrors of a...

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A city of flames  by Rina Vasquez

A city of flames

Rina Vasquez

"Nara has always desired justice. Could hunting dragons bring her peace at last? When a fire dragon attacks her village, the perfect opportunity presents itself - now she can take revenge on the creatures that killed her father. But the dragon she's determined...

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Day One  by Abigail Dean

Day One

Abigail Dean

"When a lone gunman enters a primary school in a beautiful Lake District town, the effects of the tragedy radiate through idyllic Stonesmere with devastating consequences. At the epicentre of the tragedy is Marty, daughter of the teacher who dies trying to...

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Baby does a runner  by Anita Rani

Baby does a runner

Anita Rani

"Baby Saul has had it with just about everything. She's fed up with her job and her colleagues, her love life is permanently casual, she's grieving for her dad and if her mother and the aunties don't stop asking her when she's going to settle down and start...

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Your absence is darkness  by 1963- author. Jón Kalman Stefánsson

Your absence is darkness

1963- author. Jón Kalman Stefánsson

"A spellbinding saga about the inhabitants and inheritors of one rural community, by one of Iceland's most beloved novelists. A man comes to awareness in a church in rural Iceland, not knowing why he's there or how he arrived. When a local woman offers to...

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Oar than friends  by Lulu Moore

Oar than friends

Lulu Moore

"Arthur Osbourne-Cloud has always had his future mapped out for him - graduate Oxford and follow his dreadful father into politics. Except Arthur wants to do anything but that. He's more than happy filling his days rowing for golds at the Olympics or World...

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The Highland girls on guard  by Helen Yendall

The Highland girls on guard

Helen Yendall

"Scotland, 1943. It's a long hot summer in Scotland but the Women's Timber Corps have more than forest fires to worry about. Upper class Seffy has spent months proving herself to the other young women, but when new recruits arrive, she quickly feels lost...

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The collapsing wave  by Douglas Johnstone

The collapsing wave

Douglas Johnstone

"Six months since the earth-shattering events of The Space Between Us, the revelatory hope of the aliens' visit has turned to dust and the creatures have disappeared into the water off Scotland's west coast. Teenager Lennox and grieving mother Heather are...

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Deliver me  by Malin Persson Giolito

Deliver me

Malin Persson Giolito

"Dogge is from affluent Rönnviken. Billy lives in the concrete towers of Våringe, only a few hundred yards across a highway, but a world apart. They met as six-year-olds at Rönnviken's playground and have been unlikely best friends ever since. From the...

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Finding Sophie  by Imran Mahmood

Finding Sophie

Imran Mahmood

"For the last seventeen years, Harry and Zara King's lives have revolved around their only daughter, Sophie. One day, Sophie leaves the house and doesn't come home. Six weeks later, the police are no closer to finding her than when they started. Harry and Zara...

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Made for murders  by Peter Tremayne

Made for murders

Peter Tremayne

"It is the early 1600s and the City of London sees Queen Elizabeth living out her dying days as Scottish King James waits in the wings to take to the throne. Meanwhile, in Southwark, along the south bank of the River Thames, Master Hardy Drew, Constable of the...

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The kingdom is a golden cage  by Lilly Inkwood

The kingdom is a golden cage

Lilly Inkwood

"Once upon a time there was a princess, locked in a tower, forced to bend to her father's will... But Celine is no ordinary princess, and she has no intention of being a damsel in distress. Celine has a lover, Hugo, whose cunning plan to rescue her is tied up...

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Cypher  by John (Novelist) French

Cypher

John (Novelist) French

"As the Great Rift unfolds in the night sky above Terra and daemons walk upon the birth world of mankind, the Primarch Roboute Guilliman returns, heralding a dark new age. During the breaking storm, Cypher and his band of Fallen escape from the most secure...

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Broken heart  by Tim Weaver

Broken heart

Tim Weaver

"A woman drives to a secluded beauty spot on the Somerset coast. CCTV watches her enter but doesn't see her leaving. In fact, Lynda Korin is never seen again. How can someone just disappear? Her sister calls missing persons investigator David Raker. For him,...

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Invitation to a beheading  by Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov

Invitation to a beheading

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov

"Written in Berlin in 1934, this novel takes the reader into the fantastic prison-world of Cincinnatus, a man condemned to death and spending his last days in prison, not quite knowing when the end will come."--Publisher.

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The wolf sea  by Robert Low

The wolf sea

Robert Low

"A band of brothers, known as the Oathsworn, committed only to each other, feared by many, rises again, setting sail on the wolf sea in search of vengeance and glory. Washed up in a hostile city, battle-weary and out of luck, the Oathsworn lie waiting for...

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In a not so perfect world  by Neely Tubati Alexander

In a not so perfect world

Neely Tubati Alexander

"A delightful Caribbean-set novel about an ambitious designer of apocalyptic video games with a strategy for (almost) everything who discovers what happens when her best-laid plans go off course."--

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Cape Rage  by Ron Corbett

Cape Rage

Ron Corbett

"The FBI has a hundred undercover agents who can work in the city, but Danny Barrett is the one they call when they need someone to investigate crimes in the wilderness. This case is a particularly difficult one. For more than a century the Danby family have...

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If the boot fits  by Karen Witemeyer

If the boot fits

Karen Witemeyer

"When Samantha Dearing's rancher father hosts a ball to find her a husband, she balks at the prospect of marrying a man not of her own choosing. After a mystery guest saves her brother's life and then disappears, leaving only his boot behind, her search for...

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Never fall again  by Lynn Huggins Blackburn

Never fall again

Lynn Huggins Blackburn

"Landry Hutton, quiet artist-in-residence of The Haven, came to Gossamer Falls to build a new life and a new home for her and her daughter - with the unexpected help of a handsome former Marine. But when danger threatens them, can Callum Shaw help protect both...

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One last shot  by Susan May Warren

One last shot

Susan May Warren

"When music star Oaken Fox joins Alaska Air One Rescue for a reality show, he must work with Boo Kingston, a female EMT who isn't impressed with his fame. She needs a trained rescuer - especially if they're going to find a group of lost hikers. But when a...

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Set in stone  by Kimberley Woodhouse

Set in stone

Kimberley Woodhouse

"When paleontologist Martha Jankowski discovers an intact dinosaur skeleton, she has the opportunity to make a name for herself, but only if she can uncover the full skeleton before another competing dig. As she races against the clock, she meets a man who...

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Song of the huntress  by Lucy Holland

Song of the huntress

Lucy Holland

"Britain, 60AD. Hoping to save her lover, her land, and her people from the Romans, Herla makes a desperate pact with the king of the Otherworld. But years pass unheeded in his realm, and she escapes to find everyone she loved long dead. Cursed to wield his...

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Rainbow black  by Maggie Thrash

Rainbow black

Maggie Thrash

"Lacey Bond is a 13-year-old girl in New Hampshire growing up in the tranquility of her hippie parents' rural daycare center. Then the Satanic Panic hits. It's the summer of 1990 when Lacey 's parents are handcuffed, flung into the county jail, and faced with...

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Bad animals  by Sarah Braunstein

Bad animals

Sarah Braunstein

"Now that her brilliant botanist daughter is off at college, buttoned-up Maeve Cosgrove loves her job at a quiet Maine public library more than anything. But when a teenager accuses Maeve of spying on her romantic escapades in the mezzanine bathroom, she winds...

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Wolf at the table  by Adam Rapp

Wolf at the table

Adam Rapp

"As late summer 1951 descends on Elmira, New York, Myra Larkin, thirteen, the oldest child of a large Catholic family, meets a young man she believes to be Mickey Mantle. He chats her up at a local diner and gives her a ride home. The matter consumes her until...

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The weavers of Alamaxa  by Hadeer Elsbai

The weavers of Alamaxa

Hadeer Elsbai

"The Daughters of Izdihar - a group of women fighting for the vote and against the patriarchal rule of Parliament - have finally made strides in having their voices heard... only to find them drowned out by the cannons of the fundamentalist Ziranis. As long as...

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A midnight puzzle  by Gigi Pandian

A midnight puzzle

Gigi Pandian

"Secret Staircase Construction is under attack, and Tempest Raj feels helpless. After former client Julian Rhodes tried to kill his wife, he blamed her "accident" on the home renovation company's craftsmanship. Now the family business - known for bringing...

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The rumor game  by Thomas Mullen

The rumor game

Thomas Mullen

"Boston. June, 1943. Wartime tensions are running high, and an atmosphere of distrust and unease is dividing friends and neighbors. The two protagonists of Thomas Mullen's gripping historical thriller find themselves at the center of a dangerous tinderbox,...

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