Blogs in April 2025

Secrets of the Toffee Factory Girls 26th April 2025

Book 2 in The Toffee Factory Trilogy As the Great War rages, Jack’s toffee factory in the market town of Chester-le-Street, Durham, is threatened with closure when sugar rations begin. Anne, who works for the owner Mr Jack, must...

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Happy Land 25th April 2025

Nikki Berry hasn’t seen her grandmother Rita in years. When she calls out of the blue asking Nikki to visit her urgently in the hills of North Carolina, Nikki hesitates only for a moment. Her mother and grandmother have...

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Our Last Resort 25th April 2025

From the bestselling author of The Quiet Tenant comes a compulsive new psychological thriller – the perfect holiday read   Fifteen years ago, Frida and her brother Gabriel escaped from a cult. Once so close they were able to...

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Lessons 25th April 2025

When the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines’s life is turned upside down. Stranded at boarding school, his vulnerability attracts his piano teacher, Miriam Cornell,...

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Mamele 25th April 2025

‘When my mother washed my hair she crooned, mamele, mamele, into my ear. Little mother, meaning little daughter, meaning you’re a good girl, Edie.’ Edie lives with her partner Joanna in a crumbling country house in Broadstairs. They have...

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