Fiction
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Lenni and Margot meet in hospital. They are both looking at the end of their lives. Margot is 83 and has lots of memories, and some regrets. Lenni is just seventeen.
read my review of January 2021
Publication date: 18th February 2021
Troubling, haunting and compelling. Girl A was held captive by her parents, with her siblings. Now an adult, she's revisiting those memories.
read my review of January 2021
Publication date: 21st January 2021
What happens for the social media 'influencer' when they are no longer in control. A dark and compelling suspense you daren't put down!
read my review of January 2021
Publication date: 21st January 2021
Four stories interlinked to tell different facets of the life of the endangered Siberian tiger.
read my review of January 2021
A warm, funny and touching story of a boy, a single mother and an elderly man embarking on a road trip of self-discovery. Wonderful!
read my review of December 2020
Publication date: 1st April 2021
A gentle but powerful, funny and touching glimpse into a small Canadian community as three families cope with the day-to-day in the light of tragic events.
read my review of December 2020
Publication date: 18th February 2021
A fascinating mystery based on secrets and lies, and how we should never judge by appearances!
read my review of December 2020
Publication date: 6th August 2020
When 90-year-old Peggy dies in her retirement home, it's sad but not suspicious. But notes are discovered which suggest she feared for her life and, as a 'murder consultant' for crime novelists perhaps her death does need investigation. A light and often amusing read!
read my review of December 2020
Publication date: 1st October 2020
Mary stands outside Ealing Broadway station each day with a sign saying 'Jim Come Home'. Why is this action necessary? Where is Jim? A real pageturner as you long to solve the mystery. A clever, charming and poignant story.
read my review of December 2020
Publication date: 29th April 2021
A story of family through the perspective of the house they've shared. It's about choices, mistakes and hope, viewed through time.
read my review of December 2020
Publication date: 30th April 2020
An eight-year-old girl kills a toddler, her actions seemingly an outlet for the lack of care and attention she receives from her mother. An astonishingly sensitive and compelling novel.
read my review of November 2020
Publication date: 24th June 2021
Three couples look to 'have it all'. Careers, lovely homes, happy lives and babies on the way. But their lives are disrupted by a new friendship. A compelling domestic thriller.
read my review of November 2020
Publication date: 15th April 2021
Wry and poignant, this is a wonderful story of a family contending with the possibility of climate catastrophe along with the daily grind. I loved it!
read my review of November 2020
Publication date: 12th November 2020
A clever and intriguing story which will set us all thinking. Nora is looking back on her life, full of regret, but the library offers her a chance to put things right...
read my review of November 2020
Publication date: 13th August 2020
A wonderfully atmospheric mystery. A housewife goes missing one stifling hot summer, in the suburbs of 1950s America.
read my review of November 2020
A beautifully atmospheric, nostalgic yet contemporary account of a family spending one summer together by the sea.
read my review of November 2020
Publication date: 9th July 2020
A magical, amusing and poignant story of the joy of reading, set in Paris.
read my review of November 2020
Publication date: 17th October 2019
Said to be 'weird and wild and wonderfully unsettling', what will we think of it?
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Secrets are unearthed in a close-knit community when the body of a young woman is discovered on the beach in Tasmania, Australia. Gripping.
read my review of October 2020
Publication date: 21st January 2021