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Daughter of the Shipwreck, by Lora Davies

  1820: Mercy, the orphan of an African prince, is uprooted from her life when her benefactor dies. She goes to live with Dr and Mrs Stephens who are relatives of her former friend. They espouse anti slavery rhetoric yet continue to patronise her. One night she meets Matthew, a black man who has been […]

Broken Girls, by Joy Kluver

The body of a young woman is discovered. She has been strangled and the condition of her body makes identification tricky. DI Bernadette Noel interviews the teenaged boy who discovered the body and meets his 12 year old sister Laura who uploaded details to social media. Shortly afterwards, Laura disappears… Broken Girls is the second […]

The Family Across The Street, by Nicole Trope

  A quiet street disrupted by the sound of gunshots. A family home that has become a prison. A race against time to prevent a tragedy… The Family Across The Street is a stand alone psychological thriller set in Australia. The book is written from four perspectives: former bad boy Logan, nosy neighbour Gladys, Katherine […]

The Girl in the Striped Dress, by Ellie Midwood

A tragic love story set in Auschwitz between an SS officer and a Jewish woman he saved from the gas chambers. Based on a true story, Franz and Helena fall in love under the most unlikely circumstances, both risking death for this illicit love… The Girl in the Striped Dress is the third book I […]

The Hanged Man, by Linda Mather

  Jo Hughes is teaching astrology at Alcott College in the Cotswolds. But her idyllic life is interrupted when she discovers the body of a colleague. It appears that Seb killed himself but Jo isn’t convinced. Then a second colleague goes missing. She contacts her old friend and colleague private investigator David Macy to help […]