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February First Day of the Rest of My Life, The - by Cathy Lamb
An eloquent and triumphant tale about a fierce act of love and a family\'s legacy; about sisters, a battered and scratched violin with its own story to tell, a terrible secret and one woman\'s awakening to her own power... A renowned life coach, she...
January Princess of Burundi, The - by Kjell Eriksson
Winner of the Swedish Crime Academy Award for Best Crime Novel. When the mutilated body of tropical fish collector John Jonsson is discovered in Uppsala the police are baffled – he may not have been a saint, but who would want to kill him, and...
December Mischief of the Mistletoe, The - by Lauren Willig
From the bestselling author of Pink Carnation series, comes this witty standalone novel and perfect read in the run up to Christmas! ‘There seems to be a message written inside your Christmas pudding. And it\'s in French. MEET ME AT FARLEY CA...
November War In Val D`Orcia: An Italian War Diary 1943-44 - by Iris Origo
Anglo-American Iris Origo and her Italian landowner husband bought La Foce and kept it running whilst the Second World War threatened the land and its people, looking after refugee children and sheltering many escaped Allied prisoners of war. T...
October Absolute Beginners - by Colin MacInnes
A modern classic in British literature, Absolute Beginners, set in London in 1958, follows the world of a young photographer as he records various key moments in his life. It is a world of smoky jazz clubs, coffee bars, and hip hangouts in the cente...
September Alice's Girls - by Julia Stoneham
1945 and the war is drawing to a close. For three years, the land girls at Post Stone Farm have worked together, defying Hitler in their own way. They have witnessed love and loss, found their independence, and made lifetime friends. Alice Todd has...
August World Beyond, The - by Sangeeta Bhargava
Set in the exotic world of Lucknow, India, in 1855, a time of growing unrest as India tires of its English colonial masters, this novel intertwines the story of two lovers and two worlds. When Salim, an Indian Prince, and Rachael, an English girl, fa...
July Provence Cure for the Brokenhearted, The - by Bridget Asher
A warm, poignant and witty summer read about family, love, heartbreak and of course the magic of Provence. Brokenhearted and still mourning the loss of her husband, Heidi travels with Abbott, her obsessive-compulsive seven-year-old son, and Charlot...
June Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet - by Jamie Ford
This wonderful novel has reached the heights of success (over a year and a half on the New York Times bestsellers list) through word-of-mouth recommendation and has become a book club favourite in America. Now you too can enjoy this moving nove...
May Napoleon's Pyramids - by William Dietrich
A captivating mix of history, mystery and Indiana Jones style adventure, this is the first book in a riveting new series. Follow American adventurer Ethan Gage, whose chance win of a medallion in a card game and sudden framing for a murder, leads him...
April Picasso Scam, The - by Stuart Pawson
Freshly reissued with a stunning new cover design, this is the first book in the hugely popular crime series featuring DI Charlie Priest (aka "Yorkshire\'s answer to Inspector Morse"). Sheep stealing and shop lifting may be the day-to-day c...
March House of Angels - by Freda Lightfoot
An intriguing and emotional family drama, set in the Lake District in the early 1900s. Livia, Ella and Maggie Angel appear to lead a privileged life in a large country estate, but since the death of their mother, their ...
February King's Evil, The - by Edward Marston
The first book in the acclaimed crime series set during the London Restoration period. Christopher Redmayne, an architect with Cavalier instincts, and Jonathan Bale, a Puritan constable, are hardly kindred spirits with Redmayne dedicating himself to ...
January Sunshine and Showers - by June Francis
Liverpool 1926. Patsy Doyle is settling into her role as a live-in maid in the Tanner household, but caught between the warring spouses, Patsy becomes an unwilling confidante and a keeper of more secrets than she’d care to acknowledge. Meanwhil...
December Moment of Silence, A - by Anna Dean
A delightful heroine, a Regency setting, and the intriguing elements of a country-house mystery makes A Moment of Silence a treat of a crime novel. It\'s 1805 and Catherine, a young fiancé is enjoying her engagement ball. But she is left more ...
November Summer House, The - by Mary Nichols
A heartwrenching story of love and loss - and three women whose lives are entwined by tragedy. Spanning both World Wars, the spectrum of city and village life, the rich and poor, the story unfolds during a time of huge change. Lady Helen follows co...
October Beekeeper's Apprentice, The - by Laurie R King
Meet Mary Russell, a gawky, egotistical, headstrong young lady who literally stumbles into Sherlock Holmes. Although he appears to have retired from crime-solving, and seems quietly engaged in raising honeybees on his Sussex estate, he hasn\'t closed...
September One Foot Wrong - by Sofie Laguna
Nominated for the prestigious literary prizes, One Foot Wrong is unlike any book you will have read before. Seen through the eyes of a child, Hester - a girl of few words, verbally and physically abused by her parents, confined to her house, her only...
August Hidden Dance, The - by Susan Wooldridge
A moving and gripping novel, set in the 1930s, as English Society emerges from the shadow of the Great War and wakes to the nascent horror of Chancellor Hitler. The story unfolds aboard the SS Etoile, a luxury liner, during its five day voyage fro...
July Henry's Sisters - by Cathy Lamb
This is a story about a family that’s fallen apart and ends up being put back together again. It’s about a Queen Anne house, a bakery, a motorcycle, a mid life crisis Corvette, flowery smelling pink letters, an amusing divorce, burning br...
June This is the Day - by Daniel Blythe
To the outside world, Tom and Ella Barclay have everything: two beautiful children, a lovely home, great jobs and, of course, each other. But after fifteen years together the lines of communication have become blurred and with fortieth birthdays not ...
May Stop Me - by Richard Jay Parker
A dark and gripping thriller that explores the dark phenomena of Internet celebrity, e-relationships and online obsession. Forward this email to ten friends each of those friends must forward it to ten friends maybe one of those friends of friend...
April Objects of Desire - by C J Emerson
Shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Award, this dark and disquietening thriller touches on themes of indentity, deceit, vulnerability and isolation. When social worker, Jess Chadwick, moves from London to the Welsh borders, she hoped to leave her har...
March First Fruits - by Penelope Evans
Kate Carr is the luckiest girl in the world. Everyone at school envies her because her father is such a charmer, the most mesmerising minister in Edinburgh. She is his first fruit, his only child, his offering. He is training her up in his image, to ...
February Coffin Trail, The - by Martin Edwards
A riveting mystery set in a close-knit Lake District town which sees the reopening of a cold-case. When historican Daniel Kind moves into Tarn Cottage he didn\'t expect the previous owner, Barrie, to have been a murder suspect. The body of a woman wa...
January Musician`s Daughter,The - by Rupert Holmes
1940, San Francisco. Ray Sherwood, a jazz saxophonist, arrives in town with the Jack Donovan Orchestra and plenty of bad memories. When he is propositioned by two beautiful women on his very first day, he feels his luck could be changing...until one ...
December Muddy Boots & Silk Stockings - by Julia Stoneham
For ten volunteer Land Girls assigned to a Devonshire farm, the increasing momentum of war in Europe transcends the tensions of their traditionally estranged backgrounds and drives them together to support each other in matters of love and family. T...
November Third Strike - by Zoë Sharp
Bodyguard and ex-Special Forces soldier Charlie Fox is recovering from gun shot wounds but itching to impress her boss and get back to work. What she didn\'t expect was to be drawn into a dangerous case of a personal nature. When she hears her eminen...
October Changed Man, A - by Francine Prose
The compelling novel by one of America’s best-loved writers and National Book Award nominee. When a young neo-Nazi named Vincent Nolan walks into the headquarters of a human rights foundation headed by a charismatic Holocaust survivor, Meyer M...
September Secret History of the Pink Carnation, The - by Lauren Willig
The first book in the New York Times Bestselling series that blends history, adventure, intrepid spies, romance and wit to produce a delightfully captivating read. Setting off for England, Eloise is determined to finish her dissertation on two spies...
August River Angel - by Manette Ansay
A haunting and eloquent story of small town life from the author of Vinegar Hill, the million-copy bestseller and Oprah Book Club pick No one could have known that the small Midwestern town of Ambient would be changed forever by the arrival of young...
July Crooked Pieces - by Sarah Grazebrook
Longlisted for the RNA Award, this is a compelling historical novel set in London during the Suffragette movement of the early 1900s.Maggie’s new position as a maid lifts her from East End poverty and brings her into the world of the suffragett...
June Mystery Writer, The - by Jessica Mann
Reminiscent of the evocative Cornish setting that permeated Daphne Du Maurier’s books, Jessica Mann revives the haunting beauty of a region that inspires great writing. With Jessica herself playing a central role in the story, she beautifully s...
May Little Children - by Tom Perrotta
"Not that they would, but if any of the other mothers had asked how it was that Sarah, of all people, had ended up married, living in the suburbs, and caring full-time for a small child, she would have blamed it on a moment of weakness. At least...
April Girls of Tender Age - by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith
A moving memoir, set in the 1950s, combining a family portrait and true-crime story. Seen from the eyes of the little girl she was back then, Mary-Ann Tiron Smith offers a tender family picture of life in a rather unconventional family. Her mother, f...
March Sophia's Secret - by Susanna Kearsley
Carolyn McClelland, a writer of historical novels, finds herself with a familiar enemy; writer’s block. A change of scenery leads her, and her book, in a whole new direction. Writing about the attempted Jacobite invasion of 1707, Carolyn takes ...