Tag: sept-2026
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Agrippa
by Robert Harris Julius Caesar is dead, and the lives of two teenaged boys are about to be changed forever. One is Caesar’s 17-year-old nephew, Octavius, whom he has made his heir. The other is Octavius’s closest friend, Agrippa. To claim Octavius’s inheritance, they must fight the giant figures of the Roman Empire – and,…
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The Finest Hotel In Kabul
by Lyse Doucet In 1969, the Hotel Inter-Continental Kabul opened for the first time: a glistening white box, high on a hill, that symbolised Afghans’ hopes for a more prosperous future. In the decades since, its staff have kept working through multiple coups, a Soviet occupation, the US-led invasion, and the rise, fall and rise…
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The Valley Of Ravens
by Barbara Erskine In the depths of the valley, two women, centuries apart, are bound by fate… Present Eve, desperate for a fresh start, arrives in the Valley of Ravens to restore a long-abandoned cottage. Everyone knows the place is cursed. Why else would it be called The Witch’s House? As Eve begins her renovations it…
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Brain damage
by Freida McFadden Dr Charly McKenna had the perfect life: a thriving dermatology practice, a luxury apartment overlooking Central Park, and a handsome husband who adored her. Until the night a bullet tore through her skull…and stole everything. Now Charly wakes in a rehabilitation hospital, unable to walk, speak, or remember her own name. All…
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Secrets In Berlin
by Rachel Henke Lizzie Beaumont’s first mission on German soil takes her to Berlin—deep inside the evil heart of the Reich—into a web of spies, secrets, and danger at every turn. Posing as Alsatian war widows and sisters-in-law, SOE agent Lizzie and Jewish Resistance agent Hannah Stein are tasked with extracting intelligence on Hitler’s secret…
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The Creek
by L J Ross Kate Irving arrives at her grandfather’s cottage at Frenchman’s Creek in the dead of night with her young son, a small suitcase and little else. Its scattered community of fishermen, farmers, artists and jetsetters barely bat an eyelid, because theirs is a rarefied world, tucked beneath the lush forest that lines…
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Where Are The Kings
by Donal Ryan Something terrible has happened to Jack but no one seems to want to talk about it. His uncles can tell him about everything from quantum physics to how to hunt for deer, but they can’t seem to tell him anything about their own sister or why Jack doesn’t feel sad for her…