Tag: October_26
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The Housekeeper
by Rose Tremain ‘Daphne du Maurier stole my life’ Bestselling author Rose Tremain invents the story of how a great novel of the past came into being and in turn creates a masterwork of her own . . . Mrs Danowski – known as Danni – is the housekeeper of a grand mansion on the…
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The Wine Dark Sea
by Victoria Hislop Beloved, bestselling author Victoria Hislop explores the chaos unleashed on Greek families during the post-war era in this page-turning new novel that will delight fans who cherish The Island and The Figurine. Greece, 1946. In the power vacuum remaining after the Second World War, a brutal civil war erupts between rival left-…
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Murder At The Grand Alpine Hotel
by Lucy Foley The brand new Miss Marple novel from Lucy Foley, the No.1 bestselling author of The Guest List and The Midnight Feast. High in the Swiss Alps, with glorious mountain views and exclusive access to powdery slopes, the Grand Alpine Hotel draws guests from far and wide. The notorious actress The high-flying politician…
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Farewell To Eden
by Sebastian Faulks The epic and profound new historical novel set in post-World War Two Britain, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of BIRDSONG, Sebastian Faulks. Philip Deval, a soldier recently returned from the beaches of Normandy, arrives in Palestine on a peace-keeping mission in the final days of the British Mandate. The Sea of…
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The Painter’s Daughters
by Emily Howes ELECTED FOR THE BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB | WINNER OF THE MSLEXIA NOVEL COMPETITION 1759, Ipswich. Sisters Peggy and Molly Gainsborough are the best of friends and do everything together. They spy on their father as he paints, they rankle their mother as she manages the books, they tear barefoot through…
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Father Brown Large Print Mysteries: The Innocence Of Father Brown
by C.K. Chesterton Father Brown Large Print Mysteries If you’re looking for Father Brown books by G. K. Chesterton , you’ve come to right place. Father Brown the fictional character brought to life by G. K. Chesterton has delighted readers for more than one hundred years since his debut in 1911 Since then he’s appeared…
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Cold Blooded Killer
by Alex Pine Snow is falling. Murder is calling. Journalist Gordon Carver receives news that sends a chill down his spine. Rushing home from the pub, he frantically calls his police contact, DCI James Walker to share his discovery, only to be struck from behind, plunging him into darkness. James misses the call, and by…
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Secret Service
by Tom Brady From British journalist and bestselling author, Tom Bradby, Secret Service is a fresh-from-the-headlines thriller that follows senior MI6 agent Kate Henderson as she races to unmask a Russian mole in the UK government. To those who don’t really know her, Kate Henderson’s life must seem perfectly ordinary. But she is in fact…