‘To betray, you must first belong…‘Edith and Kim [ About the Book ] In June 1934, Kim Philby met his Soviet handler, the spy Arnold Deutsch. The woman who introduced them was called Edith Tudor-Hart. She changed the course of 20th century history. Then she was written out of it. Drawing on the Secret Intelligence…
‘For fans of Elena Ferrante and Maggie O’Farrell‘– The Family [ About the Book ] Two daughters. Two families. One inescapable fate.Sofia Colicchio is a free spirit, loud and untamed. Antonia Russo is thoughtful, ever observing the world around her. Best friends since birth, they live in the shadow of their fathers’ unspoken community: the…
‘What happens when a virus is gender specific and 90% of the male population has died?’– The End of Men [ About the Book ] Glasgow 2025Dr Amanda Maclean is called to treat a young man with a mild fever. Within three hours he dies. This is how it begins.The mysterious illness sweeps through the…
‘The most dangerous stories are the ones we tell ourselves’– Mirrorland [ About the Book ] No. 36 Westeryk Road: an imposing flat-stone house on the outskirts of Edinburgh. A place of curving shadows and crumbling grandeur. But it’s what lies under the house that is extraordinary – Mirrorland. A vivid make-believe world that twin…
‘Picnic at Hanging Rock + The Blair Witch Project x lesbians =Plain Bad Heroines‘ [ About the Book ] Our story begins in 1902, at the Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara, two impressionable students, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. To…
If everything in your life was based on a lieWould you risk it all to tell the truth?‘– The Betrayals [ About the Book ] At Montverre, an exclusive academy tucked away in the mountains, the best and brightest are trained for excellence in the grand jeu: an arcane and mysterious contest. Léo Martin was…
‘There are two sides to every story, and then there is the truth’ [ About the Book ] Gabriela, a senior negotiator in the FCO’s counter-terrorism unit, runs a small and powerful team based in Whitehall. She is tenacious, hard-working and the family breadwinner. Her partner Tom – a freelance architect – looks after their…
‘Courage can be found in the unlikeliest of places’– A Single Thread [ About the Book ] It is 1932, and the losses of the First World War are still keenly felt. Violet Speedwell, mourning for both her fiancé and her brother and regarded by society as a ‘surplus woman’ unlikely to marry, resolves to…
‘HOW DO YOU KNOW WHO’S ON YOUR SIDEIF YOU DON’T KNOW WHOSE SIDE YOU’RE ON?’– The Most Difficult Thing [ About the Book ] On the surface, Anna Witherall personifies everything the aspirational magazine she works for represents. Married to her university boyfriend David, she has a beautiful home and gorgeous three-year-old twin daughters, Stella…
Has this PhD student bitten off more than she can chew? Talent is the debut novel by Juliet Lapidos. Just published on 7th February with The Borough Press, it has been described as ‘a wickedly caustic tale of a student who stumbles on a literary treasure.’ I have my review to share with you all…