When Vega, daughter of the last astronomer, sees the twin stars on the horizon, she knows that it's the sign several generations have been waiting for. She leaves the safety of the valley and the only home she's ever known to go in search of someone known as The Architect. But she has to hide …
A new Vera Stanhope mystery is here! After a bonding exercise/trip away in high school, a group of friends meet every five years on the island where the retreat was held, and where one of their number died in an accident. Now fifty years have past and the group are in their late 60's, meeting …
Sasha and her husband Harry, have always dreamed of buying a property away from the big city life, and think they've found the perfect country home, quickly moving in with their dog Dash. But not long after they move in, their closest neighbour drops by with the welcome wagon and a printed document marked Springtime. …
Continue reading Old Country by Matt Query and Harrison Query
In the 1830's, Afong Moy was the first Chinese woman to set foot on American soil. She made money as a curiosity, exhibited like a carnival attraction, and at some point seemed to disappear from historical records. In this book, Jamie Ford takes this historical figure as his starting point and mixes in the notion …
Continue reading The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford
Subtitled "lessons in Moonlight, Magic and the Mysteries of Being Human", this book is set up as little short lessons that make up a course of nightly reading. There's a fictional teacher who addresses you and takes you through subjects like dreams, the moon and it's pull on us, divination and other things. It's beautifully …
Continue reading The Night School: Moonlight, Magic and the Mysteries of Being Human by Maia Toll
Western Australia, 1896. Eliza Brightwell decides to take matters into her own hands when her father mysteriously disappears off his boat while out on a pearl diving expedition with his crew. Time is of the essence when the local constabulary are clearly intent on arresting the wrong man and she must race to find out …
Continue reading Moonlight and The Pearler’s Daughter by Lizzie Pook
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 …
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