Blogs in September 2024

Maxym 17th September 2024

He looks like an angel but kills like a devil. In war-ravaged Chechnya in 2000, six-year-old Maxym’s life is shattered when his parents are brutally murdered by Islamic militants and his sister is subjected to a horrific assault. Orphaned,...

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Cinema Love 24th August 2024

For over thirty years, Old Second and Bao Mei have cobbled together a meagre existence in New York City’s Chinatown. But unlike other couples, these two share an unusual past. In rural Fuzhou, before they emigrated, they frequented the...

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Wife 13th July 2024

Set in the world of London academia, both past and present, Wife by Charlotte Mendelson is heart-breaking and funny, profound and gripping, as it takes the reader from the end of a relationship to its beginning, and back again....

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The Betrayal of Thomas True 6th July 2024

The only sin is betrayal… It is the year 1715, and Thomas True has arrived on old London Bridge with a dangerous secret. One night, lost amongst the squalor of London’s hidden back streets, he finds himself drawn into...

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Bellies 30th May 2024

It begins as your typical boy meets boy. Tom and Ming meet on a night out at university and fall hard for each other. It’s not long before they are planning a future and building a life. Then Ming...

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