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The One

The One
  • Author(s): John Marrs
  • Location(s): England
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

One simple mouth swab is all it takes. A quick DNA test to find your perfect partner – the one you’re genetically made for. A decade after scientists discover everyone has a gene they share with just one other...

The Party Season

The Party Season
  • Author(s): S J I Holliday
  • Location(s): England
  • Genre(s): Police Procedural
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The festive season is in full swing – parties, mistletoe and Christmas crackers abound. In a hotel bar, a woman approaches you. Her party dress glitters with sequins. What you don’t know is that your life is now in...

The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle
  • Author(s): Matt Cain
  • Location(s): Lancashire
  • Genre(s): Fiction, LGBTQIA+
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘ALBERT ENTWISTLE WAS A POSTMAN.It was one of the few things everyone knew about him. And it was one of the few things he was comfortable with people knowing . . .’ Living alone since the death of his...

The Tennis Party (40Love)

The Tennis Party (40Love)
  • Author(s): Madeleine Whickham (Sophie Kinsella)
  • Location(s): England
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1990s

Also known as 40 Love. And the author is actually Sophie Kinsella writing as Madeleine Wickham. It is Patrick’s idea that they should have the tennis party. After all, he has the perfect setting – the White House, bought...

The Water Garden

The Water Garden
  • Author(s): Louise Soraya Black
  • Location(s): Surrey
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary, looking back

Sarah has given up her career to raise her children in the countryside, while her husband works long hours in London. Alone, she explores the fields and the woods near her home and discovers an enchanting lake, a memorial...

The Windermere Witness

The Windermere Witness
  • Author(s): Rebecca Tope
  • Location(s): The Lake District, Windermere
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Following a personal tragedy, florist Persimmon ‘Simmy’ Brown has moved to the beautiful region of the Lake District to be nearer her charismatic parents. Things are going well, with her latest flower arrangements praised and Simmy content to lose...

The Winter Folly

The Winter Folly
  • Author(s): Lulu Taylor
  • Location(s): Dorset
  • Era(s): Modern

In this house there are many secrets… It is 1965 and young Alexandra Crewe obediently marries the man her father has selected for her. But very soon both she and her husband Laurence realize that their marriage is a...

This Is How We Are Human

This Is How We Are Human
  • Author(s): Louise Beech
  • Location(s): East Yorkshire
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Sebastian James Murphy is 20 years, six months and two days old. He loves swimming, fried eggs and Billy Ocean. Sebastian is autistic. And lonely. Veronica wants her son Sebastian to be happy. She wants the world to accept...

A Letter From Sarah

A Letter From Sarah
  • Author(s): Dan Proops
  • Location(s): Fulham, Brooklyn
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern Day

Adam’s sister, Sarah, has been missing for seven years, but he hasn’t given up hope of finding her. He is a sculptor and lives with his bedridden father who is a bully and a curmudgeon. One morning, as the...

Agnes Sharp and the Trip of a Lifetime

Agnes Sharp and the Trip of a Lifetime
  • Author(s): Leonie Swann, Amy Bojang (Translator)
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

As winter begins to bite at Sunset Hall, Agnes Sharp is grudgingly pleased to discover that one of her fellow OAP housemates has won a luxury holiday to a secluded Cornish hotel called the Eden. The incredible menu, spa...

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