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This month's 'featured books'
Reader Reviewed Books
The Craftsman Sharon Bolton
April 2018 Book of the Month Deliciously and thrillingly creepy,
The Craftsman is an intensely gripping, superb read. Thirty years
ago Larry…
Renegades Marissa Meyer
In a Nutshell: Anarchy, Justice, Heroes versus Villains Hot on the
heels of Wonder Woman, and timely with Black Panther’s
rapturous big screen…
The Cows Dawn O'Porter
April 2018 Debut of the Month Oh my word, this is an eyebrow
raising, mouth openingly good read. A contemporary tale about three
women, muddling and…
Ike and Kay James MacManus
A captivating and convincing novel set during the Second World War,
based on archived documents and letters, detailing the relationship
between…
Letters to Iris Elizabeth Noble
April 2018 Book of the Month 'A gloriously uplifting story about
love in all its forms from the Number One Sunday Times bestselling
author of The…
The Island Victoria Hislop
A 2013 World Book Night selection. Winner of Newcomer of the Year
at the Galaxy British Book Awards 2007.Something a bit different, a
bit special.…
Hangman Daniel Cole
Oh my word! This is knock-out of a read, punchy and raw, it made me
flinch and yet I couldn’t stop, didn’t want to stop
reading. If you…
Last Letter from Istanbul Lucy Foley
Just gorgeous, this is a story to shine a light in the darkness,
even in moments of despair. Constantinople in 1921 is a confusing,
often frightening…
The Woman in the Window A. J. Finn
February 2018 Debut of the Month. Oh my word, this is an absolutely
cracking psychological thriller. Anna is unable to leave her house,
she views…
The Fate of Kings Mark Stibbe, G. P. Taylor
An authoritative yet easy to read, absolute romp of a novel set
during the turbulence of the French Revolution. This is the first
adventure in…
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Memento Mori Muriel Spark
'One of the many delights of a Muriel Spark novel is the way in
which the ground shifts so delicately under the reader’s
feet. In an interview…
The Bachelors Muriel Spark
‘[The Bachelors] appeared at a time when, in the words of her
biographer Martin Stannard, she ‘sensed the possibility of a
radical change…
The Girls of Slender Means Muriel Spark
‘There is a palpable sense as The Girls of Slender Means
opens of the curtain rising, catching people in mid-conversation,
in half-spoken…
Robinson Muriel Spark
'Robinson is Spark’s second novel. Already she has her great
subjects: truth, power, faith, what we may do to pretend or delude
ourselves that…
The Driver's Seat Muriel Spark
‘She wrote The Driver’s Seat in under eight weeks in
1969. Trips away from her desk in Rome were mainly for
shopping… I mean, what…
Persons Unknown Susie Steiner
Manon Bradshaw of Missing, Presumed is back only she is now
pregnant, attached to the Cambridgeshire police but working on cold
cases until…
Letters to Iris Elizabeth Noble
April 2018 Book of the Month 'A gloriously uplifting story about
love in all its forms from the Number One Sunday Times bestselling
author of The…
I Stop Somewhere T. E. Carter
In a Nutshell: Intense exposé of extreme misogyny and male
privilege An unflinching novel about brutally toxic masculinity,
male…
Turn a Blind Eye Vicky Newham
An absorbing, fresh, and ultimately incredibly satisfying police
procedural and start to a new series. DI Maya Rahman and DS Dan
Maguire investigate…
The Sapphire Widow Dinah Jefferies
Another intensely vivid and expressive tale from Dinah Jefferies,
on this occasion set in 1930’s Ceylon. All of Dinah’s
books can be read…
This month's 'featured books'
Books of the Year 2017
Say My Name Allegra Huston
One of Our Books of the Year 2017 | August 2017 Debut of the Month
As it dances across thoughts and emotions, ‘Say My
Name’ proves to be…
Spook Street Mick Herron
One of Our Books of the Year 2017 | A Maxim Jakubowski selected
title. Herron's Slough House series just keeps on getting better
and better,…
The Keeper of Lost Things Ruth Hogan
One of Our Books of the Year 2017 | Oh my, this is totally and
completely gorgeous, in fact, an absolute treasure! An author
leaves all his worldly…
Black Water Lilies Michel Bussi
One of Our Books of the Year 2017 | April 2017 Book of the Month.
Simply superb, ’Black Water Lilies’ has leapt straight
into my heart…
Before the Rains Dinah Jefferies
One of Our Books of the Year 2017 | A gorgeously expressive and
captivating novel, set in 1930’s India at the height of the
struggle for…
Deadly Game Matt Johnson
One of Our Books of the Year 2017 | An enthralling and credible
police thriller, this is the second in the ‘Robert
Finlay’ series,…
This month's 'featured books'
Get a Spring in Your Step
James Duigan's Blueprint for Health James Duigan
An extension of James Duigan’s clean and lean philosophy, a
book that brings together diet, exercise and mindfulness to help
readers create…
Lose Weight for Good Tom Kerridge
Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge has been developing top recipes
for nearly three decades and knows how to make things taste good.
He also…
The 4 Pillar Plan Dr. Rangan Chatterjee
In The Four Pillar Plan, Dr Rangan Chatterjee presents an easily
accessible plan for taking control of your health and your life.
Everyday health…
The Flexible Body Roger Frampton
With mindful, conscious movement, you can gain phenomenal core and
full-body strength, increased flexibility and even lose weight, all
without…
The Compleat Thunks Ian Gilbert
Surprising, provocative and thoroughly entertaining, this is a book
filled with 628 thunks. A thunk is quite simply a question that not
only makes…
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