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Whips

Whips
  • Author(s): Cleo Watson
  • Location(s): Westminster
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2020s

Westminster in the 2020s, where the business of governing is the last thing on the agenda for anyone worth their salt. In the SW1 bubble, politics moves fast, schemes are hatched and foiled – through both accident and conspiracy...

The Other Mothers

The Other Mothers
  • Author(s): Katherine Faulkner
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

You want to be one of them. Until you know them. Ex-journalist Tash has been searching for a story to launch her freelance career. But she has also been searching for something else: new friends to help her navigate...

Run to the Blue

Run to the Blue
  • Author(s): P N Johnson
  • Location(s): London, Paxos
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Mystery, Romance
  • Era(s): Present

“Breaking News! Top TV reporter Tess Anderson is missing…she was last seen in the Greek Islands with a mysterious American yachtsman…more follows!” It was supposed to be the best day of her career, the day when she was the...

The End of Us

The End of Us
  • Author(s): Olivia Kiernan
  • Location(s): Wimbledon
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

It all started to go wrong the day the Wrights moved in next door Myles and Lana Butler live on a gorgeous new development in Wimbledon, leaning on a mortgage that is just within reach. When one of Myles’...

The Misper

The Misper
  • Author(s): Kate London
  • Location(s): England, London
  • Genre(s): Suspense, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

There’s more than one way to go missing… When Ryan Kennedy is imprisoned after killing a police officer, he knows what he has to do. Keep his mouth shut about who he was working for, keep his head down,...

The Murder Affair (Beth Haldane #9)

The Murder Affair (Beth Haldane #9)
  • Author(s): Alice Castle
  • Location(s): Dulwich
  • Genre(s): Cosy Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In a quiet little village, mourners gather for a church funeral. But some of the tears flowing are fake – and Beth Haldane suspects foul play… On a rainy afternoon, Beth Haldane accompanies her elderly mother Wendy to the...

Henry VIII: The Heart and the Crown

Henry VIII: The Heart and the Crown
  • Author(s): Alison Weir
  • Location(s): London, South East England
  • Genre(s): Historical, Biography, Fiction
  • Era(s): First half 16h Century

Six wives. One King. You know their stories. Now it’s time to hear his. The magnificent new Tudor novel from the author of the Sunday Times-bestselling Six Tudor Queens series. — A second son, not born to rule, becomes...

Ghost Girl, Banana

Ghost Girl, Banana
  • Author(s): Wiz Wharton
  • Location(s): Hong Kong, South London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s/70s+1997

A powerful debut novel about family secrets and what it costs to belong, for fans of Brit Bennett and Clare Chambers. ‘An astounding debut … written with emotion and astuteness, this deserves to be on book prize lists’ PRIMA...

The Midwife

The Midwife
  • Author(s): Victoria Jenkins
  • Location(s): London, Wiltshire
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): 1995 and Current

She’s there to keep your baby safe… Or is she? I’ve always wanted a baby, more than anything. I never meant to do it alone, but it’ll be a fresh start. I can finally leave the past behind me....

The Mess We’re In

The Mess We’re In
  • Author(s): Annie Macmanus
  • Location(s): Kilburn, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2000s onwards

I’m a Londoner now. I’m a voice in the noise. I’m ready. It’s the turn of the millennium and, landing in London with nothing but her CD collection and demo tape, Orla Quinn moves into a squalid Kilburn house...

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