Tag: #booklover
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Play With Fire
by T.M.Payne So, when a frantic 999 call comes into Hale Street Police Station reporting a missing woman, it seems like there’s work to do. Except for DI Sheridan Holler there are questions. Why did Caroline Crow take her purse, suitcase and even tell friends she was going away? There’s no reason to suspect foul…
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Berwick
by L. J. Ross Blood never lies… Detective Chief Inspector Ryan is living a nightmare. As one of the country’s foremost murder detectives, Ryan knows he can face the worst of humanity and step into the darkest minds because, every night, he returns home to the loving arms of his wife, Anna. When he receives…
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The Violin Maker’s Secret
by Evie Woods On any given day, there are thousands of items slowly gathering dust in the Lost and Found of Heathrow Airport. Unknown to anyone, hidden among the clutter, is a very special object that can change the fortunes of those who possess it – a violin of rare beauty and power. Now, as…
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Count The Dead
by T.M. Payne When homeless man Bobby Stover insists his friend’s suicide was really murder, DI Sheridan Holler is sceptical―until she uncovers a series of deaths, all of them in Liverpool, all ruled as suicides, that suddenly look like anything but. The killings span years, each one chillingly staged, the truth buried beneath an illusion…
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Follow Her
by Anna Stothard Some call her a cult leader. Others, their salvation. I used to call her my best friend… Ten years ago, seventeen-year-olds Katie and Frida spent a heatwave summer together on a tidal island and they haven’t spoken since. Katie has tried hard to forget about what happened, all while watching Frida rise…
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Revenge Of Odessa
by Frederick Forsyth The Nazis were never defeated. They were just biding their time… Summer, 2025. A US senator is burned to death in his Washington townhouse. Masked gunmen massacre supporters during a football match in Stuttgart. And an old man is murdered while he sleeps in the dementia ward of a German hospital. Three…
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Funny Thing, Getting Older
by Michael Morpurgo A story is like a kite. If I make it right, if I fly it right, it will swoop and soar. And it will please my heart when it’s up there, floating on the wind. In Funny Thing, Getting Older, one of our most beloved novelists shares his reflections from a lifetime of…
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The Persian
by David McCloskey What happens when a spy is forced to reckon with the consequences of his deception? Kamran Esfahani, a Persian Jewish dentist from Stockholm, dreams of starting afresh in California. To finance his new life, he agrees to spy for Mossad in Iran, working with a clandestine unit tasked with sowing chaos and…
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The Forever Home
by Erica Jones In the glorious Cambridgeshire countryside, Hope Hall was once a grand country house, but it’s now been converted into beautiful luxury apartments and its new residents are moving in… Cassie is blissfully in love with her partner Ben and looking forward to life in their new home, but shadows from Cassie’s first marriage…
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The Barbecue at No.9
by Jennie Godfrey It’s the summer of 1985 and the residents of Delmont Close are preparing a neighbourhood barbecue to watch the biggest music event in history: Live Aid. A day like no other that will end having reached millions and changing the lives of all who attend.House-proud Lydia Gordon, whose idols are Princess Di and…