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The Perfect Lie

The Perfect Lie
  • Author(s): Jo Spain
  • Location(s): Suffolk County
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

He jumped to his death in front of witnesses. Now his wife is charged with murder. Five years ago, Erin Kennedy moved to New York following a family tragedy. She now lives happily with her detective husband in the...

The Perfect Mother

The Perfect Mother
  • Author(s): Aimee Molloy
  • Location(s): Brooklyn
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

We all want different things. Francie wants to be the perfect mother. Nell wants to escape the past. Collette wants to spend more time with her family. All Winnie wants is to have her baby back. When Nell suggests...

The Perfect Neighbours

The Perfect Neighbours
  • Author(s): Rachel Sargeant
  • Location(s): North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Present Day

When Helen moves to Germany with her loving husband Gary, she can’t wait to join the expat community of teachers from the local International School. But her new start is about to become her worst nightmare. As soon as...

The Perfect Nine

The Perfect Nine
  • Author(s): Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
  • Location(s): Kenya
  • Genre(s): Folklore
  • Era(s): Modern

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE A dazzling, genre-defying novel in verse, full of trial and sacrifice, The Perfect Nine is a glorious epic about the founding of Kenya’s Gikuyu people and the ideals of beauty, courage and...

The Perfect Ruin

The Perfect Ruin
  • Author(s): Shanora Williams
  • Location(s): Miami
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A brutal tragedy ended Ivy Hill’s happy family and childhood. Now in her twenties and severely troubled, she barely has a life – or much to live for. Until the day she discovers the name of the woman who...

The Perfect Shot (Dick Kerr Girls)

The Perfect Shot (Dick Kerr Girls)
  • Author(s): Eve Ainsworth
  • Location(s): Preston
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): World War 1

The second book in the series, based on the remarkable story of the Dick, Kerr Ladies. With the end of WW1 being declared, Hettie’s brother Freddie should be feeling relieved, but unfortunately his personal war has only just begun....

The Perfect Stranger

The Perfect Stranger
  • Author(s): Megan Miranda
  • Location(s): Pennsylvania
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction
  • Era(s): early 21st century

Confronted by a restraining order and the threat of a lawsuit, failed journalist Leah Stevens needs to get out of Boston when she runs into an old friend, Emmy Grey, who has just left a troubled relationship. Emmy proposes...

The Perfect Witness

The Perfect Witness
  • Author(s): Iris Johansen
  • Location(s): Kentucky
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): early 21st century

She had the perfect life. She had the perfect cover. She was the perfect witness. Until they found her. When Teresa Casali was young she discovered she had a strange gift: the ability to read people’s memories. But the...

The Perfect Wizard: Hans Christian Andersen

The Perfect Wizard: Hans Christian Andersen
  • Author(s): Jane Yolen
  • Location(s): Denmark
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Nonfiction
  • Era(s): early 1800s

He was the son of a cobbler-awkward, funny-looking, and perhaps a bit crazy. But Hans Christian Andersen went on to become the most beloved children’s writer of all time. Here in rich detail that includes quotes from Andersen’s own...

The Perfectly Imperfect Woman

The Perfectly Imperfect Woman
  • Author(s): Milly Johnson
  • Location(s): Yorkshire Dales
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Marnie Salt has made so many mistakes in her life that she fears she will never get on the right track. But when she ‘meets’ an old lady on a baking chatroom and begins confiding in her, little does...

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