- Location(s): Yorkshire
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Mystery
- Era(s): 1930s and modern day
Précis Courtesy of Goodreads: 1932 – Twelve-year-old Billy Shaw lives in a palace. Potter’s Pleasure Palace – the best entertainment venue this side of the Pennines, complete with dancing and swing-boats and picnickers and a roller-skating rink. Billy’s ma...
- Location(s): Sussex
- Genre(s): Mystery, LGBTQIA+
- Era(s): Contemporary
In a grand old mansion in the middle of the Sussex countryside, seven people have seen more than they should… The new chilling thriller from Lesley Thomson. James Ritchie was looking forward to a boys’ day out with his...
- Location(s): Chile
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1970s
In a village in Chile, Pedro and Daniel are two typical nine-year-old boys. Up until Daniel’s father gets arrested, their biggest worry had been how to improve their soccer skills. Now, they are thrust into a situation where they...
- Location(s): England
- Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
- Era(s): Current Day
The Deluccis run a film production company that’s recently been touched by tragedy – one of their actors, Ally, died in a car crash. What they don’t know is that their newly hired PA is Ally’s sister and she’s...
- Location(s): Nigeria
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s
Ihuoma, a beautiful young widow, has the admiration of the entire community in which she lives, and especially of the hunter Ekwueme. But their passion is fated and jealousy, a love potion and the closeness of the spirit world...
- Location(s): China
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 20th century
Lotus Feet. He would give his daughter the dainty feet of a courtesan. This would enhance her beauty and her price, making her future shine like a new coin. He smiled to himself, pouring fresh tea. And it would...
- Location(s): China, Moscow
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1920s
China, 1929. For years Lydia Ivanova believed her father was killed by the Bolsheviks. But when she learns he is captive in Stalin-controlled Russia, the fiery-haired girl is willing to leave everything behind – even her Chinese lover, Chang...
- Location(s): Missouri
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
An uplifting novel about friendship, surprising revelations, and a second chance at love, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Story of Arthur Truluv. When a group of friends in Mason, Missouri, decide to start a monthly...
The Confessions of Frannie Langton
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1820s
The Costa Book Awards First Novel Winner 2019 1826, and all of London is in a frenzy. Crowds gather at the gates of the Old Bailey to watch as Frannie Langton, maid to Mr and Mrs Benham, goes on...
- Location(s): Virginia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1831
In 1831 Nat Turner awaits death in a Virginia jail cell. He is a slave, a preacher, and the leader of the only effective slave revolt in the history of ‘that peculiar institution’. William Styron’s ambitious and stunningly accomplished...
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