Tag: fiction
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The Revenge Club
by Kathy Lette WHEN THE ODDS ARE AGAINST YOU, IT’S TIME TO GET EVEN. Matilda, Jo, Penny and Cressy are all women at the top of their game; so imagine their surprise when they start to be personally overlooked and professionally pushed aside by less-qualified men. Only they’re not going down without a fight. Society…
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Under A Riviera Moon
by Helen McGinn When a heartsick Maggie is sent on an errand by her mother to Cannes, she is keen to get it over with as quickly as possible. She has been tasked with collecting a treasured box of photos from her late grandmother Elizabeth’s best friend, the impossibly glamorous Allegra Morgon who is desperate…
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Turned
by Emma Bloor A local author, who lives in Wiltshire has set this thriller in Lechlade, come and meet Emma at a book signing on May 24th in Lechlade Library from10am till 1pm. Reality is an illusion Something isn’t right in Addison Rae’s head. Things have changed and reality doesn’t seem real. The dead mayor…
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Private Monaco
by James Patterson When Jack Morgan is invited to the luxurious Monaco coast to set up a new Private office, it seems like the perfect opportunity to relax in an iconic destination. But the vacation is quickly cut short when Jack’s partner Justine is abducted. The kidnappers send Jack clear instructions – and a gun.…
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Book Lovers
by Emily Henry Nora is a cut-throat literary agent at the top of her game. Her whole life is books. Charlie is an editor with a gift for creating bestsellers. And he’s Nora’s work nemesis. Nora has been through enough break-ups to know she’s the one men date before finding their happy-ever-after. To prevent another dating dud, Nora’s sister…
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Lost For Words
by Stephanie Butland THIS BOOKSHOP KEEPS MANY SECRETS . . . Loveday Cardew prefers books to people. If you look carefully, you might glimpse the first lines of the novels she loves most tattooed on her skin. But there are some things Loveday will never show you. Into her refuge – the York book emporium…
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Marble Hall Murders
by Anthony Horowitz Susan Ryeland has had enough of murder. She’s edited two novels about the famous detective, Atticus Pünd, and both times she’s come close to being killed. Now she’s back in England and she’s been persuaded to work on a third. The new ‘continuation’ novel is by Eliot Crace, grandson of Miriam Crace…
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The Jane Austen Collection – Emma, Pride & Prejudice, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, Sense & Sensibility
Any book in the set can be taken out individually “Emma” by Jane Austen Jane Austen teased readers with the idea of a ‘heroine whom no one but myself will much like’, but Emma is irresistible. ‘Handsome, clever, and rich’, Emma is also an ‘imaginist’, ‘on fire with speculation and foresight’. She sees the signs…
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
by Agathe Christie Poor Roger Ackroyd. He knew the woman he loved had been harbouring guilty secret. And then, yesterday, she killed herself. But guilty secrets rarely stay secret. Who had been blackmailing her? Had it really driven her to suicide? Sadly, Roger Ackroyd wasn’t going to live long enough to find out . .…
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
by Agathe Christie Sneak Peek: “Poirot’s eyes sparkled with an extraordinary brilliance. ‘It is a riddle, Hastings, a riddle to be solved—by the little grey cells, and the grey cells alone.’” This gripping scene marks the moment when Poirot takes charge of the investigation into the mysterious death of Emily Inglethorp, setting the stage for…