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Archive for October 2021

The Secrets of Hawthorn Place, by Jenni Keer

  1890s: Percy Gladwell, an architect, designs a beautiful house and falls in love with the woman who commissioned it. Will his love remain unrequited…? Present day: Molly is unhappy in her job and is then dumped by her boyfriend so loses her home. She turns to her mum and stepdad for financial and emotional […]

The Girl on the Platform, by Ellie Midwood

Libertas is a young German woman from a wealthy family. She is employed by a film studio and hopes for a great career. But the Nazis have come to power and she is expected to conform to their ideals of womanhood… The Girl on the Platform is an historical novel set during the 1930s and […]

The Room in the Attic, by Louise Douglas

1903 All Hallows asylum takes in a woman and child with severe mental trauma. Elderly nurse Emma Everdeen takes charge of their care. 1993 Lewis Tyler is forcibly taken to All Hallows boarding school whilst still grieving the loss of his mother. He makes friends with outcast Isak but the boys are haunted by the […]

The Hidden Girl, by Roger Stelljes

TRIGGER WARNING: this book contains multiple rapes and murders Former FBI agent Tori Hunter is adjusting to life back in her hometown when a double homicide leads her to question her career, home and family history. But the murders have only just begun… The Hidden Girl is a gripping and intense crime thriller. It is […]

The Silent Mother, by Liz Lawler

TRIGGER WARNING: this book centres on the aftermath of suicide Dr Ruth Bennett is amazingly proud of her only child Thomas who has just qualified as a doctor. She is concenred and confused when she receives a voicemail from him to ask her to attend court. But Thomas never shows up and is found dead, […]