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Book, Contemporary Fiction, Genres, Locations, Reviews

Book Review: After Paris

Three friends take the same Eurostar to Paris, but at the end of the weekend return home separately and don’t speak. What happened? Continue reading Book Review: After Paris

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Book, Contemporary Fiction, Genres, LGBTQ+, Reviews

Book Review: The Very Nice Box

Ava Simon designs storage boxes for a furniture company. She’s hard-working, obsessive, and heartbroken from a tragedy that killed her girlfriend and upended her life. It’s been years since she’s let anyone in… Continue reading Book Review: The Very Nice Box

Mrs PJul 28, 2022Aug 1, 2022Leave a comment
Book, Contemporary Fiction, Fantasy, Genres, Reviews

Book Review: The Way the Light Bends

When their brother dies, two sisters lose the one thing that connected them. But then a year after her twin’s death, Tamsin goes missing. Continue reading Book Review: The Way the Light Bends

Mrs PJul 28, 2022Jul 28, 2022Leave a comment
Book, Contemporary Fiction, Genres, LGBTQ+, Reviews

Book Review: Countdown to a Killing

A backwards countdown to a murder. Continue reading Book Review: Countdown to a Killing

Mrs PJul 27, 2022Jul 27, 2022Leave a comment
Book, Contemporary Fiction, Genres, Reviews

Book Review: The Lightman System

Teenage siblings Ellie and Colin are on holiday when they fall for the same girl. Continue reading Book Review: The Lightman System

Mrs PJul 27, 2022Leave a comment
Book, Contemporary Fiction, Crime, Genres, Reviews

Book Review: The Family Remains

When human bones are discovered in the Thames, questions are asked that lead detectives back to a house of mystery, where three adults apparently took their lives, leaving their baby daughter alone upstairs. Continue reading Book Review: The Family Remains

Mrs PJul 3, 2022Jul 4, 2022Leave a comment
Book, Contemporary Fiction, Genres, Locations, Reviews

Book Review: Pivot

58-year-old Jackie Douglas thinks she has everything she wants – kids, grandchildren, and a comfortable retirement with her husband, Steve. Until one afternoon she comes home to find Steve packing a bag and her comfortable life suddenly moves out of bounds. Continue reading Book Review: Pivot

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Book, Contemporary Fiction, Genres, Historical Fiction, History, LGBTQ+, Locations, Reviews

Book Review: That Green Eyed Girl

Seeking refuge from her own crisis, Ava discovers a chain of kindnesses, lies and betrayals – with one woman at the centre of it all… Continue reading Book Review: That Green Eyed Girl

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Book, Contemporary Fiction, Genres, Locations, Reviews

Book Review: Young Women

When Emily meets the enigmatic and dazzling actress Tamsin, her life changes. But when a news article about a decades-old sexual assault case breaks, Emily realises Tamsin has been hiding a secret. Something that threatens to unravel everything… Continue reading Book Review: Young Women

Mrs PJul 3, 2022Jul 3, 2022Leave a comment
Book, Contemporary Fiction, Genres, Reviews, Thriller

Book Review: The Drowned Hour

Tormented by a terror of water, Hannah is stuck on an island over winter. Continue reading Book Review: The Drowned Hour

Mrs PJul 2, 2022Leave a comment

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