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Close My Eyes, by Beverley Harvey

  TRIGGER WARNING: this book deals with abuse and assault Beth and Gemma are old friends, brought together by Beth’s childhood friend Guy who is now Gemma’s husband. After seeing another old friend, Beth begins to have flashbacks about events that took place when she was 13. Gemma’s marriage is less perfect than she pretends […]

The Lost Girls Of Foxfield Hall, by Jessica Thorne

  1939. Lady Eleanor Fairfax faces the outbreak of war and her fiance’s departure to join the RAF. 2019. Megan Taylor is hired by Foxfield Hall to restore the grounds. She is anxiously awaiting news of her brother who is a soldier missing in action. Both women are fascinated by the mysteries of the local […]

Small Town Secrets, by Alys Murray

Virginia travels for days to answer a small town’s call for female inhabitants. She is escaping her past but can she face the future? And will the town of Fortune Springs be part of it? Small Town Secrets is a stand alone novel from Alys Murray. The book begins with a news report about a […]

Into Deadly Storms, by Judi Daykin

  Teenager Callum Young is missing and then his body is discovered, sparking a murder inquiry. DS Sara Hirst embarks on the investigation and is thrown into a web of drugs and lies. But who killed Callum and why…? Into Deadly Storms is the second book by Judi Daykin to feature Sara and her team […]

Not Without My Sister, by Marion Kummerow

  Mindel Epstein is a confused four year old. She has been ripped away from her parents. Her brothers ran away when she and her sister Rachel were captured by the Nazis. The sisters are Jewish and sent from camp to camp before arriving in Bergen-Belsen where they are cruelly separated. Will they find each […]