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First Impressions

First Impressions
  • Author(s): Charlie Lovett
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A novel about old books, young love and Jane Austen written by a former antiquarian bookseller. Book lover and Jane Austen enthusiast Sophie Collingwood has barely started her new job at an antiquarian bookshop in London when two different...

Gilding The Lily

Gilding The Lily
  • Author(s): Justine John
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC), London
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Later 2000

A gripping mystery of jealousy, murder and lies. An invitation to her estranged, wealthy father’s surprise 75th birthday party in New York sees Amelia and her husband, Jack, set off across the pond to meet a whole new world...

Her Husband’s Lover

Her Husband’s Lover
  • Author(s): Julia Crouch
  • Location(s): South London, Cambridgeshire
  • Genre(s): Domestic Noir
  • Era(s): Modern

She stole her husband. Now she wants to take her life. After the horrors of the past, Louisa Williams is desperate to make a clean start. Her husband Sam is dead. Her children, too, are gone, victims of the...

Instructions for Heartbreak

Instructions for Heartbreak
  • Author(s): Sarah Handyside
  • Location(s): South London
  • Genre(s): New Adult, Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

What if heartbreak came with a manual? It starts with a late-night knock on the door. Dee, Liv and Rosa share a flat in south London, while Katie lives close by with her boyfriend. But, when Katie’s nine-year relationship...

Invitation to Die

Invitation to Die
  • Author(s): Helen Smith
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Mystery

Twenty-six-year-old Emily Castles is out of work… again. So when famous romance author Morgana Blakely offers her a job helping out at a conference in London, Emily accepts. Just as eagerly, American blogger Winnie Kraster accepts an invitation from...

Just Between Us

Just Between Us
  • Author(s): Adele Parks
  • Location(s): Dorset, London, Lyme Regis
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): 2020

Lost. Missing. Murdered? And both her husbands are suspects… Kylie Gillingham’s disappearance has gripped the nation: the woman with a shocking secret – married to two men at the same time – is missing, presumed dead. And both her...

London and the South-East

London and the South-East
  • Author(s): David Szalay
  • Location(s): Hove, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

The central character Paul is a man on the edge: alcoholic and seller of worthless ads in uncirculated magazines. He commutes from his suburban life in Hove on the south coast into London, to his pedestrian world of work,...

London Orbital

London Orbital
  • Author(s): Iain Sinclair
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): 2000s

Yes,this one man’s trip around the M25 – a walk in several stages, from Waltham Abbey to Shenley, Abbots Langley to Staines, Staines to Epsom and Epsom to Westerham before going on to Dartford, the river and Carfax and...

Meet Me At The Cupcake Café

Meet Me At The Cupcake Café
  • Author(s): Jenny Colgan
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Issy Randall has baked all her life, taught by her Grandfather. It is a hobby she keeps up, trying out recipes with flatmate Helena. After being made redundant she takes the plunge and with a group of people around,...

Mile High

Mile High
  • Author(s): Rebecca Chance
  • Location(s): London, Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

First class is about to get dangerous . . . Pure Air’s new LuxeLiner is flying from London to LA – its inaugural journey – with a first-class cabin packed with A List celebrities. As the feuding crew compete...

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