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Her Sister’s Secret

Her Sister’s Secret
  • Author(s): S E Lynes
  • Location(s): Dorset, Scotland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Why would you pretend your life is a dream when you’re living a nightmare? I thought my sister was happy. I thought what we all thought: that Annie and Dom led perfect lives in a lovely cottage in a...

Hetman

Hetman
  • Author(s): Alex Shaw
  • Location(s): Kyiv, Sussex
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

An Explosive Special Forces Thriller Now teaching at an International school in Ukraine, former SAS trooper Aidan Snow has laid the nightmares of his past to rest. But when after ten years Snow meets again the man who put...

Hetman: Donetsk Calling

Hetman: Donetsk Calling
  • Author(s): Alex Shaw
  • Location(s): Kyiv, Worthing
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Modern

Former SAS Trooper turned MI6 Operative Aidan Snow returns in a short story preceding the release of the third Aidan Snow thriller. As an ex-pat Brian Webb has a great life, a sexy wife and a perfect daughter. But...

Hidden

Hidden
  • Author(s): Miriam Halahmy
  • Location(s): Hayling Island
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Modern

Hidden is a brave debut novel, tackling the complex issues of immigration and human-rights laws, through the eyes of teenage Alix. A literary, coming-of-age novel dealing with prejudice, judgement, courage, preconceptions and the difficulty of sorting right from wrong....

Hidden Depths (Vera Stanhope #3)

Hidden Depths (Vera Stanhope #3)
  • Author(s): Ann Cleeves
  • Location(s): Northumberland, The North East (England)
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

A hot summer on the Northumberland coast and Julie Armstrong arrives home from a night out to find her son strangled, laid out in a bath of water and covered with wild flowers. This stylized murder scene has Inspector...

Highly Desirable

Highly Desirable
  • Author(s): Anonymous 1
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Biography
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Tales of London’s super-prime property from the Secret Agent Spanning the course of a year, Max – the alias of London’s most exclusive property agent – guides us through the unimaginable highs and bank-breaking lows of his business, where...

Home is Where The Heart is

Home is Where The Heart is
  • Author(s): Freda Lightfoot
  • Location(s): Manchester
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Post WW2

1945. Finally, peace has been declared. Cathie hardly dares believe that Alex, the fiancé she has not seen for nearly two years, is coming home. And, finally, life can begin again for Cathie and the orphaned baby in her care....

Homesick

Homesick
  • Author(s): Roshi Fernando
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): 1980s

17 interrelated short stories. It is New Year’s Eve, 1982, and the whole gang is at Victor and Nandini’s house. The Godfather is on repeat upstairs. Baila music is blaring from the record player in the lounge. Poppadoms are...

Honour

Honour
  • Author(s): Elif Shafak
  • Location(s): London, Türkiye (Turkey)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1970s

Leaving her twin sister behind, Pembe leaves Turkey for love – following her husband Adem to London. There the Topraks hope to make new lives for themselves and their children. Yet, no matter how far they travel, the traditions...

House of Secrets

House of Secrets
  • Author(s): Lynda Stacey
  • Location(s): Scarborough, Yorkshire
  • Era(s): 1942 - present day

A woman on the run, a broken man and a house with a shocking secret … Madeleine Frost has to get away. Her partner Liam has become increasingly controlling to the point that Maddie fears for her safety, and...

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