Birdy has made a mistake. Everyone imagines running away from their life at some point. But Birdy has actually done it. And the life she’s run into is her best friend Heather’s. The only problem is, she hasn’t told Heather. Continue reading Book Review: The Summer Job
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
Between August and October 1720, two female pirates named Anne Bonny and Mary Read terrorized the Caribbean in and around Jamaica. Despite their short career, they became two of the most notorious pirates during the height of the eighteenth-century Golden Age of Piracy. Continue reading Book Review: Pirate Queens
When a baby is snatched from its pram and cast into the river Thames, off-duty police officer Lacey Flint is there to prevent disaster. But who would want to hurt a child? Continue reading Book Review: The Dark
Fifty years ago, Nell’s father wrote The Golden Bones. Part picture book, part treasure hunt, Sir Frank Churcher created a fairy story about Elinore, a murdered woman whose skeleton was scattered all over England. Continue reading Book Review: The Skeleton Key
When Nella feels a strange prickling sensation on the back of her neck, she wonders if the miniaturist has returned for her… Continue reading Book Review: The House of Fortune
A look beyond the cheerful Cockney stereotypes, shining a light on the lives of those who struggled to survive on the streets of London in the Victorian era. Continue reading Book Review: Vagabonds
April Coutts-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford. By the end of the second term, April was dead. Continue reading Book Review: The It Girl
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
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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