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Reader Reviewed Books
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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…
I Still Dream James Smythe
What happens when all the personal information held by tech
companies is no longer private? What happens when this code of
ethics is broken? When…
Insight Guides Nepal Insight Guides
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World Heritage Sites, this 300+ page book offers excellent insight
into all Nepal…
The Lido Libby Page
April 2018 Debut of the Month Ahh, this is just so, so
lovely… a debut that made me smile, weep, and smile some
more. Rosemary is 86, she has…
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…
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Shortlisted for the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award 2015. A Maxim
Jakubowski selected title. In the footsteps of Gillian Flynn's Gone
Girl and S.J.…
The Rabbit Hunter Lars Kepler
It begins with a nursery rhyme. Nineteen minutes later you die...
The sixth gripping thriller in Lars Kepler's internationally
bestselling series…
Betrayal Martina Cole
Martina Cole’s twenty-third East End thriller is as raw and
involved as one has come to expect. With huge family betrayals and
some very…
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 Chilbury Ladies' Choir Jennifer Ryan
An engaging and charmingly bittersweet slice of fiction set during
the Second World War. In a Kent village during 1940, the vicar
closes the choir,…
The Art of Being Normal Lisa Williamson
This is a sensitive, often funny and thoroughly engaging story of
teenagers coming to terms with who they are. It’s easy to
think in these…
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…
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 Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Muriel Spark
‘By 1960, Spark was a novelist of some renown. But it was her
next novel, her sixth, which would make her famous and well off
enough to…
The Ballad of Peckham Rye Muriel Spark
‘You either ‘get’ Spark or you don’t. She
always was different, and became more so with practice. An appetite
for…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Letters to Iris Elizabeth Noble
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The Trouble with Goats and Sheep Joanna Cannon
One of Our Books of the Year 2017 | January 2017 Debut of the
Month. The title refers to a Bible quote and two 10-year old girls
are greatly…
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…
The Fourth Monkey J. D. Barker
One of Our Books of the Year 2017 | July 2017 Book of the Month. A
humdinger of a serial killer thriller in sheer overdrive, The
Fourth Monkey is a…
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…
The Resurrection of Joan Ashby Cherise Wolas
One of Our Books of the Year 2017 | October 2017 Debut of the Month
Surprising, vivid, and eloquent, this is a truly beautiful debut.
Joan Ashby is…
This month's 'featured books'
Get a Spring in Your Step
Boundaries Jennie Miller, Victoria Lambert
A self-help book for our modern age, using boundaries to create a
mentally and physically healthier you. In this 24/7 world,
psychotherapist Jennie…
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…
Rules for Mavericks Phil Beadle
Quite simply, a go to book for anyone who would like to explore
their potential. You do not have to consider yourself (or have been
told that you…
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 ABCs of Coping with Anxiety James Cowart
A simple, clear book to help those suffering from anxiety and
stress. Written by James Cowart, PhD, an American psychologist who
specialises in…