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  • Death at Morning House (HCUK)

    Death at Morning House

    Name: Ophelia McCluskey Gahan
    29 August 2024;

    Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

    Death at Morning House is a classic murder mystery with intense relationship dynamics that distort logical thinking. When lovestruck Marlowe experiences a life-altering event, all she wants is to escape reality. So when she's offered a job that would guarantee a rest from the...

  • Medici Heist

    Medici Heist

    Name: Rachel Bolton
    28 August 2024;

    Genre: Historical Fiction

    This is hugely enjoyable. Imagine 'Hustle' in 15th century Florence, I loved it! When Cardinal Medici and his holiness the Pope return to Florence, the mood in the town is unsettled. The townsfolk are content with their republican status and it's soon clear that the Pope has a...

  • Wisteria: the gorgeous new gothic fantasy romance from the bestselling author of Belladonna and Foxglove

    Wisteria: the gorgeous new gothic fantasy romance from the bestselling author of Belladonna and Foxglove

    Name: Linda Brown
    23 August 2024;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Wisteria is the sensational conclusion to the brilliant dark gothic romance series, Belladonna. Once again this bestselling YA author has delivered a world that is full of illusion and magic, which I thoroughl...

  • Wintour's Game

    Wintour's Game

    Name: Sam
    21 August 2024;

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Wintour's Game is one of the best Young Adult books I have read in a while! This fast-paced, all-action read is certainly one to get young readers hooked. An excellent tale of friendship, loss and resilience. Alex Wintour is an orphan and a thief. She's survived this lo...

  • These Stolen Lives

    These stolen lives

    Name: Ophelia McCluskey Gahan
    19 August 2024;

    Genre: Dystopian

    These Stolen Lives is a relevant and captivating dystopian thriller that taps into and explores timeless issues faced by society. It describes a world torn by race and the need for profit where you must pay for your life. After surviving the Skol invasion, Mora experien...

  • Murder on a Summer Break

    Murder on a Summer Break

    Name: Ruth Cornish
    16 August 2024;

    Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

    Murder On A Summer Break is an excellent follow-up to the breakthrough novel, Murder On A School Night by Kate Weston. This page-turning mystery provides another welcome contemporary crime novel for older teenagers and young adult...

  • Electric Life

    Electric Life

    Name: Luke Age 11
    14 August 2024;

    Genre: Dystopian

    This book is the most thrill seeking book I could find - a full-on adventure of a too-good-to-be-true society.

  • The Dark Within Us

    The Dark Within Us

    Name: Grace Horn
    13 August 2024;

    Genre: Romance & Relationships

    The Dark Within Us follows a lonely girl named Jenny who is seeking the little comfort the world has left her and who is ready to hurt the ones who hurt her.  Enters Luc, the son of the man running hell, who needs to meet his father's demands or spend an eternity causing suffe...

  • Ghostsmith: The thrilling sequel to the epic Sunday Times bestselling fantasy Bonesmith

    Ghostsmith

    Name: Linda Brown
    12 August 2024;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Ghostsmith is the action-packed finale to the House of the Dead Duology, where Wren and her friends put everything they know to the test as they battle the living and the undead to save their world… As the army of revenants - created by her mother, the Corpse Queen, attack, wi...

  • Wintour's Game

    Wintour's Game

    Name: Clare Wilkins
    12 August 2024;

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Arriving with a bang, as a thrilling chase round London ensues, arch thief Alex Wintour is clearly not a girl to be messed with. She and seemingly smug rich-boy Cole are temporals - Oracles with the ability to see into the future but - certainly in uninitiated Alex's case - not the ability to...