‘Three women in their 70s – bruised by life, discarded by society, bursting with anger – reunite for one last, life changing weekend’– The Weekend [ Book Description ] Sylvie, Jude, Wendy and Adele have a lifelong friendship of the best kind: loving, practical, frank and steadfast. But when Sylvie dies, the ground shifts dangerously…
“Anyone can say something beautiful in the moment. Anyone can deliver the right line. But that’s not real. That doesn’t prove anything. What matters is what a person is really like. What matters is what a person is prepared to reveal to you in real time in the real world, when there is no soundtrack…
‘A serial killer is leaving displayed body parts all over Cumbria.A strange message is left at each scene: #BSC6‘– The Curator [ Book Description ] It’s the end of the year and a serial killer is leaving displayed body parts all over Cumbria. A strange message is left at each scene: #BSC6 Called in to…
‘A powerful and terrifyingly relevant literary debut combining the speculative power of Station Eleven with a taut, shocking thriller’– The Waiting Rooms [ About the Book ] Decades of spiralling drug resistance have unleashed a global antibiotic crisis. Ordinary infections are untreatable: a scratch from a pet can kill. A sacrifice is required to keep…
‘Accessible, acerbic, smart, fun and full of wit.Poised to be the hottest debut of 2020′– Exciting Times [ Book Description ] When you leave Ireland aged 22 to spend your parents’ money, it’s called a gap year. When Ava leaves Ireland aged 22 to make her own money, she’s not sure what to call it,…
One TableFourteen ChairsIs love on the menu?– The Restaurant [ About the Book ] When chef Emily is left at the altar in front of her family and friends, she swears off love and instead throws herself into her new business: a restaurant with a difference. There’s only one communal table, designed with the single…
‘A story of motherhood, music, loss and redemption, set in the latter part of WWI and post-Armistice.’– Lucia’s War [ About the Book ] London, 1949. Opera singer Lucia Percival is due to perform her last concert. But she has no intention of going onstage. A terrible secret from the First World War has finally…
‘Based on real events, this is the gripping story of a man operating in the darkest of circumstances – and the unimaginable sacrifices war demands of those who fight it.‘– The Winter Agent [ About the Book ] February, 1944. A bitter winter grips occupied France, where Marc Reece leads an SOE circuit facing deadly…
‘In the afternoon everything came to a standstill. The fragrant khus-khus tatties were lowered over every window and door, and the bhistis drenched them with water…..As the water evaporated from the sweet-smelling grass blinds and the punkahs circulated cool air around the darkened rooms, it was possible in those couple of hours to drift off…
Three brothers are at the funeral.One lies in the coffin– Our Little Cruelties [ About the Book ] Three brothers are at the funeral. One lies in the coffin. Will, Brian and Luke grow up competing for their mother’s unequal love. As men, the competition continues – for status, money, fame, women … They each…