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The Umbrella Mouse

The Umbrella Mouse
  • Author(s): Anna Fargher, Sam Usher (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 1944, WW2

A timeless tale of courage, resistance and friendship, The Umbrella Mouse is a heart-stopping adventure drawing on the true stories of animals caught in the conflict of WWII, winner of the 2019 Sainsbury’s Book Prize for Fiction and selected...

The Unexpected Love Objects of Dunya Noor

The Unexpected Love Objects of Dunya Noor
  • Author(s): Rana Haddad
  • Location(s): Aleppo, Latakia, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

Aspiring photographer Dunya Noor discovers early on that her curious spirit, rebellious nature, and very curly hair are a recipe for disaster in 1980s Syria. And at the tender age of thirteen, she is exiled to live with her...

The Unfinished Business of Eadie Browne

The Unfinished Business of Eadie Browne
  • Author(s): Freya North
  • Location(s): Manchester
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Coming of Age
  • Era(s): 1980s/90s

Eadie Browne is an odd child with unusual parents, living in a strange house neighbouring the local cemetery. Bullied at school – but protected by her two best friends, Celeste and Josh, and her many imaginary friends lying six...

The Unwrapping of Theodora Quirke

The Unwrapping of Theodora Quirke
  • Author(s): Caroline Smailes
  • Location(s): Liverpool
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

  Theodora Quirke has no reason to be merry. It’s bad enough that she has to work on Christmas Eve but now there’s a drunk bloke dressed as Santa and claiming to be St Nick hanging around outside her...

The Upper Crush

The Upper Crush
  • Author(s): Evie Alexander
  • Location(s): Somerset, Corsham, Corsham Court, London, The Cotswolds
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

He wasn’t banking on someone else taking the reins… Lady Estelle Foxbrooke is done cleaning up the mess left by her wild parents. She’s got a plan: take the reins and save the family estate her way. But then...

The Vanished Bride

The Vanished Bride
  • Author(s): Rowan Coleman
  • Location(s): Yorkshire
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): 1845

A young woman has gone missing from her home, Chester Grange, leaving no trace, save a large pool of blood in her bedroom and a slew of dark rumours about her marriage. A few miles away across the moors,...

The Vanishing of Audrey Wilde

The Vanishing of Audrey Wilde
  • Author(s): Eve Chase
  • Location(s): The Cotswolds
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1959 going forward

When four sisters arrive at Applecote Manor to spend the summer, all is clearly not well. They find their aunt and uncle still reeling from the disappearance of their only daughter, five years before. No one seems any closer...

The Vanishing of Margaret Small

The Vanishing of Margaret Small
  • Author(s): Neil Alexander
  • Location(s): Whitstable
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Dual Time 1960s, Present Day

Rate this book Meet Margaret Small: 75, plain spoken and a Cilla Black super fan. Shortly after the death of her idol, Margaret begins receiving sums of money in the post, signed simply ‘C’. She is convinced it must...

The Vanishing Witch

The Vanishing Witch
  • Author(s): Karen Maitland
  • Location(s): Lincoln
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 14th Century

Lincoln, 1380. A raven-haired widow is newly arrived in John of Gaunt’s city, with her two unnaturally beautiful children in tow. The widow Catlin seems kind, helping wool merchant Robert of Bassingham care for his ill wife. Surely it...

The Venice Secret

The Venice Secret
  • Author(s): Anita Chapman
  • Location(s): England, Venice
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 2019 / 1780s

In 2019, Rachel is stuck in a rut when she discovers what appears to be a Canaletto painting in her grandmother’s loft along with a note addressed to Philippa in 1782. With help from Jake at the local art...

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