On a small Scottish island, there is the usual mix of old families and new people, each with their secrets and troubles, grudges and pasts. When a man from the mainland digs into something he shouldn't have, events unfold that leave something leaking into the water, and soon, with a storm coming, the island is …
In a boarding school in Norfolk, UK, the wealthy son of local gentry, who also happens to be the school bully, is murdered. The school hopes it will all blow over, a young boy fears for his safety, and others are hiding secrets that will soon come to light. On the case is a detective …
Continue reading The Murders At Fleat House by Lucinda Riley
Alia is sent to Dehli to live with her grandparents and go to an expensive school, where she manages to catch the eye of Sabah and Noor, the cool girls, who are impressed she is from London . She wants so much to be a part of their shiny friendship. But something goes horribly wrong. …
We Spread is the third novel from the author, whose name may be familiar from I'm Thinking Of Ending Things, which was adapted by Netflix, and Foe, which is also being made into a film. His books explore things like existential dread and ideas about the human condition which get under our skin and keep …
Since her parent's deaths, Lavender has made money selling flowers grown in the garden that supplied their apothecary shop, along with the orphan boy they took in. It's hard work with little chance of reward, and it looks like she may lose the house and garden, when a chance encounter with a famous medium who …
Emma is a politician in the UK, with all the pressure and harassment that that entails. She plans to help make laws to protect women, but that could all be derailed when her reputation comes on the line: her teenage daughter is caught up in a sexting scandal and a body is found in her …
Hannah and April were very close at Oxford University, where they were roommates and in the same group of close friends. That is, until April was murdered. Hannah has lived with the crime looming over her life ever since. When the man found guilty of the killing dies in prison, still protesting his innocence, the …
When Paul Pringle got a tip about an overdose at a fancy hotel and the involvement of a medical man, he thought the story would be a quick one to complete. But the man at the hotel was Dean of Medicine at USC, Carmen Puliafito, and the University had it's fingers in a lot of …
Continue reading Bad City: Peril and power in the city of Angels by Paul Pringle
Fuyuko is an introvert. She lives alone and has trouble making friends and being social, so she jumps at the chance to turn freelance and work from home. Her life revolves around her routine and her editing job, until one day she seeks out change. But its not easy for her, with her low self …
Continue reading All The Lovers ln The Night by Mieko Kawakami
Medieval Ireland: Following a vision he sees in a dream, Artt, a pious monk, leaves behind the world to seek out an island where he will build a monastery. He takes with him a young monk and an older one. Soon the isolation and Artt's blindness to survival skills starts to create uneasiness in the …
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