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The Hideaway (Norma Curtis)

The Hideaway (Norma Curtis)
  • Author(s): Norma Curtis
  • Location(s): Bergen-Belsen, London, North Wales
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): WWII / Present Day

1945. Hedi Fischer is jostled off the train and through the gates of a Nazi concentration camp. As the prisoners are pushed inside, she frantically searches for a familiar face – anybody to make her feel less alone here....

The High House

The High House
  • Author(s): Jessica Greengrass
  • Location(s): England
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Environmental
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘Brave, important and exquisitely written’ Sigrid Nunez  Guardian, Independent and New Statesman most anticipated novels of 2021  Crisis slid from distant threat to imminent probability and we tuned it out like static Francesca is Caro’s stepmother, and Pauly’s mother. A scientist, she can...

The House Fell on Her Head

The House Fell on Her Head
  • Author(s): Kate Mitchell
  • Location(s): Australia, Sheffield
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern looking back to WW21

When human remains are discovered in a buried Anderson shelter, Alice finds herself wrapped up in a murder mystery that brings back forgotten memories. In Australia, Frank hears of the discovery. He believes he knows whose body this is,...

The House in the Woods

The House in the Woods
  • Author(s): Mark Dawson
  • Location(s): Salisbury
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Four murders. Two detectives. One mystifying crime. It’s Christmas Eve and DCI Mackenzie Jones is called to a murder at a remote farmhouse. Ralph Mallender believes his father lies dead inside. When three more bodies are discovered, it’s clear...

The House Keepers

The House Keepers
  • Author(s): Alex Hay
  • Location(s): Mayfair
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 1900s

Park Lane, 1905. The grandest house in Mayfair has just dismissed its housekeeper. All manner of treasures lie behind the pillared doors – and scandalous secrets too. With the event of the season looming, nothing must go wrong. But...

The House on Rye Lane

The House on Rye Lane
  • Author(s): Susan Allott
  • Location(s): Peckham
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): 2008 back to 1843

They thought they’d found their dream home. They were wrong. 2008. The house Maxine and Seb have just bought was a bargain – a huge Georgian townhouse on the edge of Peckham Rye, it needs a lot of work...

The Jane Austen Society

The Jane Austen Society
  • Author(s): Natalie Jenner
  • Location(s): Chawton
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1945/6

‘Hope can sometimes be just enough.’ It’s only a few months since the war ended but the little village of Chawton is about to be hit by another devastating blow. The heart of the community and site of Jane...

The Killer’s Girl (Detective Morgan Brookes #2)

The Killer’s Girl (Detective Morgan Brookes #2)
  • Author(s): Helen Phifer
  • Location(s): The Lake District
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘Mama, wake up.’ The little girl reached for her mother’s face with one pudgy hand. But the eyes stayed closed, and the blood continued to trickle across the floor. When the body of a young woman is found, tied...

The Lamplighters

The Lamplighters
  • Author(s): Emma Stonex
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1972 and 1990s

Cornwall, 1972. Three keepers vanish from a remote lighthouse, miles from the shore. The entrance door is locked from the inside. The clocks have stopped. The Principal Keeper’s weather log describes a mighty storm, but the skies have been...

The Language of Food

The Language of Food
  • Author(s): Annabel Abbs
  • Location(s): England
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Food and Drink, Historical
  • Era(s): Victorian era (1800s)

‘A sensual feast of a novel, written with elegance, beauty, charm and skill in a voice that is both lyrical and unique. The Language of Food is an intriguing story with characters that leap off the page and live,...

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