Tag: April-2025
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Nobody’s Fool
by Harlan Coben A year after the devastating events that took place in Fool Me Once, a secret from former Detective Sami Kierce’s college days comes back to haunt him. Present day is hard enough for Kierce, but his past isn’t through with him yet… Sami Kierce, a young college grad backpacking in Spain with friends,…
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Murder In My Backyard
by Ann Cleaves Murder in My Backyard is the second mystery novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series. No one in Heppleburn has a bad word to say about Alice Parry . . . but here she is, murdered in her own backyard on a…
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The Impossible Thing
by Belinda Bauer It was the greatest mystery never told . . . 1926. On the towering cliffs of Yorkshire, men are lowered on ropes to steal the eggs of the sea birds who nest there. The most beautiful are sold for large sums. But when small and hungry Celie Sheppard finds an ‘impossible’ red…
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The Inheritance
by Trisha Sakhkecha On a private island off the west coast of Scotland, the Agarwals gather for a much-awaited family reunion. Raj, the patriarch and business tycoon, who has six weeks to decide how to split his petrochemicals empire between his three children. Shalini, the fragile mother, who longs to see her family healed. Myra, the eldest…
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The Peacock and the Sparrow
by I.S.Berry The thrilling debut from author and former CIA officer I.S. Berry, following an American spy’s last dangerous mission. Shane Collins, a world-weary CIA spy, is ready to come in from the cold. Stationed in Bahrain for his final tour, he’s anxious to dispense with his mission ― uncovering Iranian support for the insurgency.…
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Death In Berlin
by Simon Scarrow CI Horst Schenke is an investigator with the Kripo unit. Powerless against the consequences of the war, he fights to keep criminals off his patch. But with doubts growing about his loyalty to the Nazi regime, he is walking a tightrope. If his relationship with a Jewish woman is exposed, a dreadful…
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James
by Percival Everett The Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a new owner in New Orleans and separated from his wife and daughter forever, he flees to nearby Jackson’s Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape…
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Wish You Were Here
by Nicola Monaghan DNA doesn’t lie. But what if the truth is dangerous? DNA expert Dr Sian Love has settled into running her own investigative agency and living with her partner, Kris. She’s also started seeing a therapist to work through her traumatic past – a big step for Sian. Her life threatens to descend…
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The Widows Wine Club
by Julia Jarman The beginning of Janet, Viv and Zelda’s friendship could not have been less promising… Navigating their new lives as widows, the three women venture to the same dreary bereavement group in a chilly church hall. But what bonds them is not their shared predicament, but instead how quickly they all decide to…
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Seven Exes
by Lucy Vine Esther is out with her two friends, bemoaning her lack of relationship, when she finds a magazine from the noughties. Seeking comfort – and a laugh – she turns to the dating advice only to find an article that feels a little too close to home. According to the journalist, there are seven…