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The Midnight Feast – Lucy Foley
The Midnight Feast is layer cake, alternating timelines with multi-level plotting, makes a deeply satisfying thriller experience Midsummer, the Dorset coast In the shadows of an ancient wood, guests gather for the opening weekend of The Manor: a beautiful new countryside retreat. But under the burning midsummer sun, darkness stirs. Old friends and enemies circulate Read more
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Every Spy A Traitor – Alex Gerlis
Dexterity, suggestion, misdirection. Tools of a great spy, and a great spy novelist. Brilliantly plotted, excellently set. Trust no one. Suspect everyone. It’s 1937. Fear and suspicion stalk the Continent. A million have died in Stalin’s Great Purge and the Nazi terror grips Germany. But British intelligence is still trying to work out who the Read more
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You, Me, Her – Sue Watson
A twisty thriller that keeps you involved while catching you out. Three people. One marriage. One murder. YOU: My handsome husband Tom. You’ve given me everything – our beautiful son and our perfect new seaside home. I want to trust you, but I know you haven’t been honest about why you really wanted to move here. I Read more
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Between The Lies – Louise Tickle
Devastating listen about the manipulation of perspective, and its far reaching consequences. When it comes to families, is anyone a reliable witness? Cherry Magraw can never forget the date her mother and brother were killed–the night of her ninth birthday. When her father was jailed for their murders, she lost everyone she loved. Twenty years Read more
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The Hospital – Leslie Wolfe
Distinctly different premise, that doesn’t disappoint. When I wake up, I know three things. My name is Emma. Someone tried to kill me. And I can’t remember who. When I blink, my eyelashes brush against scratchy cloth. My fingers twitch, numb and distant. In the distance, sirens wail. I’m in the hospital. I should be Read more
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The Deadly Spark – Roxie Key
A flaming fantastic debut, DI Eve Starling ignited my interest, and the mystery kept me hooked. Once secrets catch, they spread. Deadly fires are lighting up Brighton, and the latest case is alarmingly close to home for DC Eve Starling. The blaze was deliberately set, and a mother and daughter didn’t make it out of Read more
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Mrs Quinn’s Rise To Fame – Olivia Ford
A sensational serving of storytelling, skillfully blending the life experienced with the life yet to be discovered. A fabulous reminder that you’re never too old to follow your dreams! Mrs Quinn is the unlikely star of Britain’s favourite baking show, but could her newfound stardom cause her biggest secret to unravel? Jennifer Quinn has a Read more
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The Revenge Club – Kathy Lette
If revenge is sweet, and a dish best served cold, then it must be ice cream. Perfect post dinner entertainment, amusing and ultimately satisfying story of the fragility of friendship, and failures of society WHEN THE ODDS ARE AGAINST YOU, IT’S TIME TO GET EVEN. Matilda, Jo, Penny and Cressy are all women at the Read more
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My Husband’s Ex – Rosie Walker
If this were an injury it would be whiplash. My neck hurts from the number of about turns it made me take while listening. When I hear her name, the world begins to spin around me. Alice – my husband’s ex. The one who broke his heart. But my husband swears he didn’t ask her to join us Read more
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The Beacon – P A Thomas
Son of a media mogul! Meet Australia’s answer to Myron Bolitar. Twisty and fun, with serious series potential Jack Harris, the disgraced son of Australia’s most powerful business tycoon, has just been exiled to Byron Bay as a junior journalist at his father’s smallest regional newspaper, The Beacon. His arrival coincides with the disappearance of Read more
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