‘A strange new city offers a young girl hope. Can it also offer a lost soul a second chance?‘The Storyteller of Casablanca [ About the Book ] Morocco, 1941. With France having fallen to Nazi occupation, twelve-year-old Josie has fled with her family to Casablanca, where they await safe passage to America. Life here is…
‘A gripping new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Pursuit of Happiness and The Moment’– Afraid of the Light [ About the Book ] Brendan has always lived a careful, constrained life. A salesman who never liked the work, he’s a man who has stayed in his marriage and his faith because it was what…
‘It starts with the panic, the sound of sharp knocking. The pounding on Annelise’s door, a crash in her skull, jolting her from sleep.They’re coming.’– Send For Me [ About the Book ] Germany 1930s. Annelise is a dreamer: imagining her future while working at her parents’ popular bakery in Feldenheim, Germany, anticipating all the…
‘Save her son . . . or save herself?‘– The Lies We Tell I am delighted to be launching the blog tour today for The Lies We Tell by Jane Corry. Just published June 24th with Penguin it is described as ‘a twisty, thought-provoking drama with a nail-biting dilemma at it’s heart.’ It is a…
‘Welcome to Willow Close, where everyone is a suspect….’– Suspects [ About the Book ] As young couple Nina and Conrad move into their first house together in Willow Close, they see horrified neighbours gather by a police cordon in the street – one of the residents has been attacked and brutally killed in the…
Russell Banks’ first new novel in a decade– FOREGONE [ About the Book ] At the center of Foregone is famed Canadian American leftist documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife, one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam. Fife, now in his late seventies, is dying of cancer in Montreal…
‘A poignant bestselling novel full of French charm and memorable characters.‘– Fresh Water for Flowers [ About the Book ] Violette Toussaint is the caretaker at a cemetery in a small town in Bourgogne. Her daily life is lived to the rhythms of the hilarious and touching confidences of random visitors and her colleagues—three gravediggers,…
Atlantic Wars: From the Fifteenth Century to the Age of Revolution by Geoffrey Plank (Oxford University Press) is shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2021. The shortlist for the Wolfson History Prize 2021, the UK’s most prestigious history writing prize, was announced April 21st. Celebrating the best historical non-fiction titles from the past year, six…
Inner Alchemy: The Path of MasteryNEW BOOK ON MASTERING CONSCIOUSNESS IN EVERYDAY CONDITIONS RELEASED TO HELP PEOPLE DEAL WITH THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF 2021 AND BEYOND Inner Alchemy: The Path of Mastery by Zulma Reyo, the revised and updated edition, was just published in hardback May 27th with LightEn. I am delighted to be rounding…
‘A darkly gripping debut novel about a teenage girl’s fierce struggle to reclaim her life from her abusive father.‘– Dark Horses [ About the Book ] Fifteen-year-old equestrian prodigy Roan Montgomery has only ever known two worlds: inside the riding arena, and outside of it. Both, for as long as she can remember, have been…