- Location(s): Somerset
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): Modern
A FAMILY TRAGEDY When a tragedy forces the family Amy works for as a nanny to retreat to a small lakeside cottage, she realises she cannot leave them now. A SISTER’S SECRET But Amy finds something unsettling about the...
- Location(s): Israel
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1000BCE
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 1000 BC. The Second Iron Age. The time of King David. Anointed as the chosen one when just a young shepherd boy, David will rise to be king, grasping the...
- Location(s): England, Russia
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): WW1 onwards
As WWI draws to a close, a love affair that stretches across countries, families and class begins, in master storyteller Eva Ibbotson’s classic historical romance The Secret Countess, with an introduction from Amanda Craig. Anna Grazinsky, a young Russian...
- Location(s): Croatia
- Genre(s): RomCom
- Era(s): Modern
When no-nonsense, down-to-earth Maddie Wilcox is offered the chance to work on a luxury yacht for the summer, she can’t say no. Yes she’ll be waiting on the posh guests… But island-hopping around the Adriatic sea will more than...
- Location(s): India, England
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): 19th century
A gripping historical mystery for 9+ readers from an incredible new voice in children’s fiction. When Isobel Petty is orphaned, she finds herself being taken away from her home in India and sent to live with a distant uncle...
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾
- Location(s): Leicester
- Genre(s): Coming of Age, Humour
- Era(s): 1980s
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ is the first book in Sue Townsend’s brilliantly funny Adrian Mole series. Friday January 2nd I felt rotten today. It’s my mother’s fault for singing ‘My Way’ at two o’clock...
- Location(s): Yorkshire
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): Early 20th century
Mary Lennox was horrid. Selfish and spoilt, she was sent to stay with her hunchback uncle in Yorkshire. She hated it. But when she finds the way into a secret garden and begins to tend it, a change comes...
The Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn
- Location(s): Kyoto
- Genre(s): Fiction, Gothic, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
Cracked doesn’t always mean broken. Grieving her mother’s death, Mari Lennox travels to Kyoto, Japan to take photographs of Yanagi Inn for a client. As she explores the inn and its grounds, her camera captures striking images, uncovering layers...
- Location(s): New England
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Later 20th Century
Truly deserving of the accolade Modern Classic, Donna Tartt’s cult bestseller The Secret History is a remarkable achievement – both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful. Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric...
- Location(s): Ireland
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
‘Let the wind take me and the soft rain settle me into the Irish soil from where I came. And may my sins be forgiven.’ Arethusa Clayton has always been formidable, used to getting her own way. On her...
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