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The Outsiders by James Corbett
“You know it could be great around here.” Liverpool 1981. Toxteth Riots. Unemployment. Thatcher’s blight in Britain. Decay but yet defiance against ...
Songbirds Christy Lefteri
Publisher’s synopsis: Nisha has crossed oceans to give her child a future. By day she cares for Petra’s daughter; at night she mothers her own ...
Would I Lie to You? by Aliya Ali-Afzal
Oh Faiza! What a tangled web you got yourself stuck in. She seems like a typical yummy mummy but it’s been a struggle for her to fit in with ...
That Night by Gillian McAllister
Gillian McAllister’s latest novel, That Night, asks how far you would go to protect your family. Cathy, Joe and Frannie are siblings. On a ...
Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar by Oliver Craske
‘Indian Sun’ The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar by Oliver Craske arrived as a paperback book of some 600 pages, including references and index, and ...
The Faber Book of Mexican Cinema by Jason Wood
‘The Faber Book Of Mexican Cinema’ by Jason Wood, is an updated version of the original first issue of 2006. Therefore this volume includes very ...
Songbirds by Christy Lefteri
‘Songbirds’ is a moving, thought provoking and sometimes frightening tale that I was engrossed in from page one, indeed I have not read ...
The Tsarina’s Daughter by Ellen Alpsten
“The Romanovs seem cursed,” says one of the younger characters, himself also doomed to not rise to complete power over Russia. Alpsten has already ...
We Need to Talk by Jonathan Crane
Set in 2019, Sudleigh is a small market town with big ideas, but is going nowhere fast. A new housing estate is planned, and along with it, all of ...
False Witness by Karin Slaughter
This powerful and gripping new thriller from Karin Slaughter illustrates not only that Slaughter is an accomplished and timely crime writer but also ...
Mother May I by Joshilyn Jackson
What a treat to read such a book, a gripping thriller approaching the genre from a different angle and with a surprising and memorable finale. This ...
Heaven by Mieko Kawakami
Bullying is a recurrent theme in Japanese films, indeed if you have watched many Japanese movies you have probably come across at least one where ...
This Shining Life by Harriet Kline
Although it’s immediately clear that Rich is dead, as the first half of this deeply moving story focuses on how he, his family and friends deal ...
The Eternal Season: Ghosts of Summers Past, Present and Future by Stephen Rutt
The Eternal Season: Ghosts of Summers Past, Present and Future is naturalist Stephen Rutt’s third book. His newest effort is set against the ...
Dream Girl by Laura Lippman
Gerry Anderson is a published and successful author. Currently bed bound after a recent accident at his Baltimore home. The only company he now has ...
The Therapist by Helene Flood & translated by Alison McCullough
Nordic-noir is just a catch all phrase, there are as many crime fiction sub-genres in Scandinavia as here and so The Therapist, which is a ...
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