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The Detective’s Daughter

The Detective’s Daughter
  • Author(s): Lesley Thomson
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern looking back

WEST LONDON Kate Rokesmith’s decision to go to the river changed the lives of many. Her murder shocked the nation. Her husband, never charged, moved abroad under a cloud of suspicion. Her son, just four years old, grew up...

The Diary

The Diary
  • Author(s): Vikki Patis
  • Location(s): Hitchin
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Present

‘I know all your secrets, Lauren.’ Lauren has spent years running away from her home town, her childhood and the memories of her best friend, Hannah. Until the tenth anniversary of Hannah’s death forces her to return home and...

The Electric Michelangelo

The Electric Michelangelo
  • Author(s): Sarah Hall
  • Location(s): Brooklyn, Lancashire, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

On the windswept front of Morecambe Bay, Cy Parks spends his childhood years first in a guest house for consumptives run by his mother and then as apprentice to alcoholic tattoo-artist Eliot Riley. Thirsty for new experiences, he departs...

The Flatshare

The Flatshare
  • Author(s): Beth O'Leary
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Tiffy Moore needs a cheap flat, and fast. Leon Twomey works nights and needs cash. Their friends think they’re crazy, but it’s the perfect solution: Leon occupies the one-bed flat while Tiffy’s at work in the day, and she...

The Girl in Berlin

The Girl in Berlin
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Wilson
  • Location(s): Berlin, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

The Girl in Berlin Which side are you on? A novel about spies, lies and unearthing the truth. Summer 1951.The Cold War is at its height. Burgess and Maclean have just disappeared, and the nation is obsessed with the...

The Girl in the Letter

The Girl in the Letter
  • Author(s): Emily Gunnis
  • Location(s): Sussex
  • Genre(s): Suspense, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s and modern

A heartbreaking letter. A girl locked away. A mystery to be solved. 1956. When Ivy Jenkins falls pregnant she is sent in disgrace to St Margaret’s, a dark, brooding house for unmarried mothers. Her baby is adopted against her...

The Good Father

The Good Father
  • Author(s): Marion Husband
  • Location(s): Teesside
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Late 1950s

When Peter Wright’s father dies he leaves his entire fortune to Peter’s best friend Jack. Over a few weeks in the summer of 1959 the consequences of the old man’s legacy seriously affect three men s lives, Jack, who...

The Great Escape

The Great Escape
  • Author(s): Fiona Gibson
  • Location(s): Glasgow, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Can any woman ever grab back a piece of her younger self? For one weekend only, Hannah, Sadie and Lou are determined to give it their best shot. Hannah’s getting married… and has serious pre-wedding jitters. She adores Ryan...

The Herd

The Herd
  • Author(s): Emily Edwards
  • Location(s): England
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

You should never judge how someone chooses to raise their child. Elizabeth and Bryony are polar opposites but their unexpected friendship has always worked. They’re the best of friends, and godmothers to each other’s daughters – because they trust...

The Hit List

The Hit List
  • Author(s): Holly Seddon
  • Location(s): London, Godstone, Hackney
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 2021 (2019/2020)

What would you do if you found your name on a hitlist? And your late husband put it there? When Marianne’s husband Greg is knocked off his bike and killed on the way to work, she must unpick the...

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