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A Dark and Twisted Tide

A Dark and Twisted Tide
  • Author(s): Sharon Bolton
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Former detective Lacey Flint quit the force for a safer, quieter life. Or that’s what she thought. Now living alone on her houseboat, she is trying to get over the man she loves, undercover detective Mark Joesbury. But Mark is missing in...

A Death At The Palace

A Death At The Palace
  • Author(s): M H Baylis
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

Novel set in Wood Green. The third novel from journalist and scriptwriter MH Baylis, A Death at the Palace is set in and around Wood Green, a largely unloved and often overlooked corner of north London colonised by successive...

A Dedicated Man

A Dedicated Man
  • Author(s): Peter Robinson
  • Location(s): Yorkshire
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): 1980's

The body of a well-liked local historian is found half-buried under a drystone wall near the village of Helmthorpe, Swainsdale. Who on earth would want to kill such a thoughtful, dedicated man? Penny Cartwright, a beautiful folk singer with...

A Divided Inheritance

A Divided Inheritance
  • Author(s): Deborah Swift
  • Location(s): London, Spain
  • Era(s): 17th Century

~ London 1609 ~Elspet Leviston’s greatest ambition is to continue the success of her father Nathaniel’s lace business. But her dreams are thrown into turmoil with the arrival of her mysterious cousin Zachary Deane – who has his own...

A Family Scandal

A Family Scandal
  • Author(s): Zoe Miller
  • Location(s): Hong Kong, London, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

The Rock Star It is twenty years since rock musician Zach Anderson mysteriously plunged to his death in a lake. When media interest in the incident is suddenly re-ignited, hidden tensions fracture the glamorous facade of the Morgan family,...

A Game for All the Family

A Game for All the Family
  • Author(s): Sophie Hannah
  • Location(s): Devon
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

After escaping form Muswell Hill in London and a career that nearly destroyed her, Justine plans to spend her days doing as little as possible in her beautiful home in Devon. But soon after the move, her daughter Ellen...

A Girl Called Flotsam

A Girl Called Flotsam
  • Author(s): John Tagholm
  • Location(s): Marseilles (Marseille), London, Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

For fans of Sebastian Faulks, Joanne Harris and William Boyd. Beatrice Palmentier is 36, an award-winning director. And discontent. She is about to make a documentary on world-famous restaurateur Joseph Troumeg, when the discovery of a skull on the...

A Good Catch

A Good Catch
  • Author(s): Fern Britton
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Greer Clovelly seems to have it all, beautiful, chic and slender, she’s used to getting her own way. Greer has been in love with Jesse Behenna since her first day at school and she’s determined that one day, they’ll...

A Good Confession

A Good Confession
  • Author(s): Bridget Whelan
  • Location(s): Ireland, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century

This is a captivating debut novel about forbidden love…Cathleen Brogan is a young widow, struggling to bring up her family in 1960s orth London. Times are tough for the Irish immigrants who live there, their hardships comforted by the...

A Good Liar

A Good Liar
  • Author(s): Ruth Sutton
  • Location(s): Cumbria, The Lake District
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 20th century

Jessie Whelan has always been a good liar, trying to protect her independence and her career as a teacher. But she risks everything when, after years of discreet loneliness, she embarks on a love affair. In the meantime, her...

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