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You’re Invited

You’re Invited
  • Author(s): Amanda Jayatissa
  • Location(s): Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When Amaya is invited to Kaavi’s over-the-top wedding in Sri Lanka, Amaya is surprised and a little hurt to hear from her former best-friend after so many years of radio silence. But when Amaya learns that the groom is...

You’ve Got Cake

You’ve Got Cake
  • Author(s): Susan Willis
  • Location(s): Surbiton
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2021

With a teenage daughter to raise and a bakery to run Michelle struggles to find time for herself. She has put her heart and soul into her cake shop, and the business is going from strength to strength. When...

Young Jane Young

Young Jane Young
  • Author(s): Gabrielle Zevin
  • Location(s): Maine
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

This is the story of five women . . . Meet Rachel Grossman. She’ll stop at nothing to protect her daughter, Aviva, even if it ends up costing her everything. Meet Jane Young. She’s disrupting a quiet life with...

Young Samurai

Young Samurai
  • Author(s): Chris Bradford
  • Location(s): Japan
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): early 21st century

One year of training in samurai school and Jack Fletcher is in real trouble . . . Not only is he struggling to prepare for the Circle of Three, an ancient ritual that tests a samurai’s courage, skill and...

Young Skins

Young Skins
  • Author(s): Colin Barrett
  • Location(s): County Mayo
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Contemporary

This magnificent collection takes us to Glanbeigh, a small town in rural Ireland – a town in which the youth have the run of the place. Boy racers speed down the back lanes; couples haunt the midnight woods; young...

Young Squatters

Young Squatters
  • Author(s): Blair London
  • Location(s): United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Crime, Suspense
  • Era(s): Modern Day

Bradford and Harper get together as teenagers. They are both from upper middle-class homes. However, Bradford’s parents had some hard times when his father was laid off due to an accident. Bradford learned from his father how to beat...

Your Cold Eyes

Your Cold Eyes
  • Author(s): Denver Murphy
  • Location(s): Milton Keynes
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Catching a serial killer takes more than good police work, it entails knowing what makes the most disturbed minds tick… Bodies of women are found, cruelly killed and callously discarded around the city of Milton Keynes. Detectives Adam Trent...

Your Corner Dark

Your Corner Dark
  • Author(s): Desmond Hall
  • Location(s): Jamaica
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): N/A

American Street meets Long Way Down in this searing and gritty debut novel that takes an unflinching look at the harsh realities of gang life in Jamaica and how far a teen is willing to go for family. Things...

Your House Is On Fire, Your Children All Gone

Your House Is On Fire, Your Children All Gone
  • Author(s): Stefan Kiesbye
  • Location(s): Germany
  • Genre(s): Horror

The book begins with the funeral of Anke, the final occupant of the von Kamphoff Manor in the ficitonal village of Hemmersmoor. We observe events through different characters and the reader is taken on a dark and twisted journey,...

Your House Will Pay

Your House Will Pay
  • Author(s): Steph Cha
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Grace Park and Shawn Mathews share a city, but seemingly little else. Coming from different generations and very different communities, their paths wouldn’t normally cross at all. As Grace battles confusion over her elder sister’s estrangement from their Korean-immigrant...

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