Tag: fiction
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Sweet Charity
by Rosie Goodwin A Quick Reads story from the bestselling author of The Rag Princess. Charity has always lived a charmed life beneath the open skies. Growing up as part of the Gypsy community, she has reveled in the freedom of swimming in the rivers, caring for the horses and embracing the ever-changing road. But on…
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Cell One
by Leye Adenle A high-profile kidnapping. A countdown to a live execution. The race is on to find the victim before the clock hits zero… Rookie cop Bobby Fatokun’s first day on the job in Lagos is off to a bad start. Not only has his life in London not prepared him for the hustle…
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It’s Not What You Think
by Clare Mackintosh Nadeeka is certain Jamie is having an affair. She knows the tell-tale signs. She’s been here before. YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHO YOU CAN TRUST When Jamie claims to be at work late, she knows he’s lying. He’s with another woman, and she’s determined to catch him in the act. YOU THINK…
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The Lost Women
by Tim Weaver THE WOMEN WHO DISAPPEAREDBefore he was a missing persons investigator, David Raker was a journalist – and there’s one story that still haunts him. The Lost Women.Eighteen years ago, on the Cornish coast, three women were filming a documentary about a missing student…until they vanished too.With no bodies and no leads, the…
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The Alpine Retreat
by Sarah Goodwin High in the secluded Swiss Alps, The Sorgente wellness retreat promises luxury, rejuvenation, and exclusivity: a paradise for celebrities seeking anonymity. Chloe – a stressed-out publicity crisis manager whose job just about qualifies her for this kind of refuge – joins a select group of actors, celebrities and social media stars to relax and…
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A Far-Flung Life
by M.L.Stedman Outback Western Australia, 1958. For generations, the MacBrides have lived on a remote sheep station, Meredith Downs. A million arid acres, it’s an ocean of land, where the weather is a capricious god, and time still roams untamed. One ordinary day, on a lonely road, under the unending blue sky, patriarch Phil MacBride…
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A Cottage In The Country
by Katie Fforde She’s found her dream home but can she make her dreams a reality? Hattie finds other people their dream homes for a living. Surely she, of all people, has the connections and the knowledge to find her own forever home? Instead, she baffles those closest to her by choosing to pack up…
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And The Corpse Wore Tartan
by Stuart MacBride The great and the not-so-good are gathered at Skirivour Castle Hotel, in the heart of the Highlands, for the wedding of the year – but they weren’t expecting Detective Sergeant Roberta Steel to crash their party. And get horribly, horribly drunk. The whole valley’s been cut off by a massive thunderstorm and the phone…
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The Truth About Ruby Cooper
by Liz Nugent If my sister hadn’t been beautiful, none of it would have happened. Ruby Cooper and her sister, Erin, live an idyllic life in their close-knit church community in Boston. But when Ruby is sixteen, she is involved in an incident that causes her family’s world to implode. Across decades, the fallout leaves…
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Revenge of Rome
by Simon Scarrow ROME AND BOUDICA. A DUEL TO THE DEATH.AD 61. Britannia is divided. The rebel horde has been defeated. But the leader, Boudica, and her remaining warriors are still at large. With them is the eagle standard of the Ninth Legion, taken in ambush, flaunted as proof that Rome can yet be beaten.…