By Sophie Draper ** Publication Date 28 November 2019** Claire and Duncan are married, but it’s not really a marriage anymore. Their son Joe, now 18, is a difficult child, never diagnosed, but possibly somewhere on the spectrum. He is fascinated by ancient Roman coins which leads him to take up metal detection. The …
By Lisa Jewell ** Publication Date 5 November 2019 ** There is a very posh house on a very posh street in Chelsea that is now the property of one Libby Jones. Libby has just turned twenty-five. Adopted at a very young age, she doesn’t know anything about her past. But all that is about …
By Phillipa Ashley ** Publication Date 31 October 2019 ** Ellie has been running from her past for years, but when the manor owned by her late Aunt Joan is vacant and needing a caretaker, she jumps at the chance to settle in and rest for a bit. For Christmas, Ellie sets up household for …
By Jemma Mahadeo ** Publication Date 2019 (not set yet) ** Billy is a teenager with a problem. For some unknown reason, he has become the most hated kid in school. It may be that he’s kind of a nerd. Or it may be that he is a bit awkward, but aren’t most teenagers? He …
By Katie Lowe ** Publication Date 08 October 2019 ** Violet has been through a tragic experience of losing her father and sister in a brutal car accident. Her mother has withdrawn from the world, unable to cope with the loss. When the opportunity arises for Violet to attend a rather exclusive girls’ school, she …
By Emma Woolf ** Publication Date 10 September 2019 ** Lily is 30 years old and single. Well, sort of single. She’s been involved in a long term affair with her boss Harry. It’s not really a secret. Most of her coworkers suspect and her family knows, in fact, he’s even attended some family events. …
By Ann Cleeves ** Publication Date 3 September 2019 ** When a murder occurs on a strip of beach in Devon, Matthew Venn is on the case to try to solve it. This murder hits close to home because he lives not far from the site of the killing, but also because the man murdered …
By Elizabeth MacNeal ** Publication Date 13 August 2019 (US) ** In Victorian London live twins – Iris and Rose. They work in a doll factory. Rose sews the clothes for the dolls, Iris paints them. Often the dolls are created to imitate a child, living or dead. Rose was struck by smallpox which renders …
By: Sarah Haywood Susan Green is a perfectly rational, perfectly uptight woman facing a mid-life crisis – pregnancy. Her neatly designed and ordered life is not going to be disrupted by this however, not until her mother dies. Suddenly all messy hell breaks loose in her life. While I found this book quite enjoyable, I …
By Helen Phifer ** Publication Date 16 July 2019 ** Beth Adams is a forensic pathologist with a past. At one time she was a successful ER doctor, but changed paths to become a pathologist after a tragic event in her life. She’s on the scene of a gruesome find – the body of a …