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The river maid volume 3
Pub. Date
2018
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The third book in the stunning ?River Maid? series from Sunday Times bestseller, Dilly CourtAs the ship glided into the harbour, guided by the wintery waters of the Thames, Rose took a deep breath. Had she done the right thing? Leaving everything behind her to follow the man she loved?But as London refused to appear through the thick fog that engulfed it, Rose felt more lonely than ever?Raised in Australia, Rose Munday is on the way back to the city...
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Series
The Silent Witness volume 2
Publisher
Harper Element
Pub. Date
2017
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?I?m so sorry, Casey,? my link worker John said, sounding weary. ?I know this is probably the worst time I could ring you, but we desperately need someone to take a child tonight.? It?s the night before Christmas when Casey and Mike get the call. A twelve year old girl, stuck between a rock and a hard place. Her father is on a ventilator, fighting for his life, while her mother is currently on remand in prison. Despite claiming she attacked him in...
4) Saturday
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Saturday, February 15, 2003. Henry Perowne is a contented man - a successful neurosurgeon, the devoted husband of Rosalind and proud father of two grown-up children. Unusually, he wakes before dawn, drawn to the window of his bedroom and filled with a growing unease. What troubles him as he looks out at the night sky is the state of the world - the impending war against Iraq, a gathering pessimism since 9/11, and a fear that his city and his happy...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2018
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When the only place you want to be is home?When Ella?s beloved grandmother dies, she comes back to the beautiful Cornish coast to heal her heart. There she finds her home again and discovers a new life, and new love ? But she also opens a treasure trove of secrets.Sennen left Cornwall a young single mum but unable to cope. She left her children, her family and part of her. She?s spent the years hiding from her past, hiding from herself.Now it?s time...
6) Hush hush
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DS Grace Allendale volume 1
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
2018
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A killer is on the loose, attacking people in places they feel most safe: their workplaces, their homes. It?s up to DS Grace Allendale to stop the murders, and prove herself to her new team. All clues lead to local crime family the Steeles, but that?s where things get complicated. Because the Steeles aren?t just any family, they?re Grace?s family. Two brothers and two sisters, connected by the violent father only Grace and her mother escaped. To catch...
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Avon
Pub. Date
2019
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Perfect for fans of WHY MUMMY DRINKS.When her 18-year-old twins leave for university, single mum Nadia?s life changes in ways she never expected: her Glasgow flat feels suddenly huge, laundry doesn?t take up half her week, and she no longer has to buy ?the Big Milk?. After almost two decades of putting everyone else first, Nadia is finally taking care of herself. And with a budding romance with new boyfriend Jack, She?s never felt more alive.That...
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HQ DIgital
Pub. Date
2017
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Icing gingerbread men, arranging handmade toys and making up countless Christmas wreaths in her family?s cosy little Christmas shop isn?t usually globe-trotter Lexi?s idea of fun. But it?s all that?s keeping her mind off romance. And, with a broken engagement under her belt, she?s planning to stay well clear of that for the foreseeable future?until gorgeous single dad Cal Martin walks through the door!Christmas takes on a whole new meaning as Lexi...
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Avon
Pub. Date
2017
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An Orphan in the Snow is the perfect heartwarming saga for Christmas. LIVERPOOL, 1941 Haunted by the death of her sister, June Lavender takes a job at a Dr Barnardo?s orphanage. June couldn?t save Clara from their father?s violence, but perhaps she can help children whose lives have been torn apart by war. A WORLD AT WAR When June bumps into Flight Lieutenant Murray Andrews on the bombed streets of Liverpool, the attraction is instant. But how can...
10) Freshwater
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Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
2018
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Ada was born with one foot on the other side. Having prayed her into existence, her parents Saul and Saachi struggle to deal with the volatile and contradictory spirits peopling their troubled girl. When Ada comes of age and heads to college, the entities within her grow in power and agency. An assault leads to a crystallization of her selves: As?ghara and Saint Vincent. As Ada fades into the background of her own mind and these selves - now protective,...
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HQ DIgital
Pub. Date
2017
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Catch up with Cleo and Scott in this fabulously feel-good festive readBeing pregnant with her ex-boyfriend?s baby is the last thing on Cleo Jones?s Christmas wish list. Scott might have been the man of her dreams once upon a time, but things change and now Cleo faces a future as a single mum? Or does she?Scott won?t let Cleo go through this alone; whatever their differences he?s vowed to be there, from antenatal classes to night feeds and nappy changing....
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HQ DIgital
Pub. Date
2017
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Louise Beech?This is just one of those books that edged under my skin very early on in the story and I suspect will stay wedged for a long while to come.? Rachel GilbeyJourneying across the Arctic, their pasts are about to catch up with them.Erica, Molly and Noah are embarking on the challenge of a lifetime, driving Siberian huskies across the frozen wilderness of the Arctic. Cut off from the world and their loved ones and thrown together under gruelling...
13) The last night
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Publisher
Corvus
Pub. Date
2016
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In a quiet coastal village, Irina spends her days restoring furniture, passing the time in peace and hiding away from the world. A family secret, long held and never discussed, casts a dark shadow and Irina chooses to withdraw into her work. When an antique bureau is sent to her workshop, the owner anonymous, Irina senses a history to the object that makes her uneasy. As Irina begins to investigate the origins of the piece, she unearths the secrets...
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Noughts and crosses volume 1
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Until the first steps are taken towards more social equality and a limited number of Noughts are allowed into Crosses schools... Against a background of prejudice and distrust, intensely highlighted by violent terrorist activity by Noughts unable to accept the injustices any longer, a romance builds between Sephy and Callum - a romance that is to lead both of them into terrible danger...
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Harper Element
Pub. Date
2017
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It?s late on Friday night when Casey?s mobile starts to ring. She is expecting it to be her daughter Riley. But it isn?t Riley. It?s a woman from the Emergency Duty Team. So begins Casey and Mike?s latest fostering challenge - a fifteen-year-old girl called Keeley who?s run away from her long-term foster home 25 miles away. The Jonathan Ross Show has just started when Casey gets the call. She thinks it will be Riley - telling her that her favourite...
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Publisher
Bloomsbury YA
Pub. Date
2018
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Angry, stirring and tender, this is a bold, questioning exploration of the lengths to which we'll go for the people we love. From the Costa Children's Book Award winning author of When Mr Dog Bites and The Bombs That Brought Us Together. Bobby Seed has questions. What's another word for 'thesaurus'? How can I tell Bel I want her as my girl friend, not my girlfriend? How much pain is Mum in today? Has she taken her pills? And sometimes, secretly, Why...
17) Lily alone
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Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Lily, who is almost three years old, wakes up alone at home with only her cuddly toy for company. She is afraid of the dark, can?t use the phone, and has been told never to open the door to strangers. But why is Lily alone and why isn?t there anyone who can help her? What about the lonely old woman in the flat upstairs who wonders at the cries from the floor below? Or the grandmother who no longer sees Lily since her parents split up? All the while...
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Simon & Schuster UK
Pub. Date
2018
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An intelligent, absorbing page-turner that avoids all knee-jerk assumptions and easy answers' Laura Barnett, author of The Versions of Us � ?The best courtroom drama since Apple Tree Yard ? sensational? Clare Mackintosh A high-profile marriage thrust into the spotlight. A wife, determined to keep her family safe, must face a prosecutor who believes justice has been a long time coming.�A scandal that will rock Westminster. And the women caught...
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The river maid volume 2
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The second book in a stunning new series from Sunday Times bestseller, Dilly Court1873. When Carrie Manning?s father dies her mother, Esther, is heartbroken. Essie leaves London to convalesce with her good friend Lady Alice, and it is down to Carrie to look after her family and take charge of the shipping company that her father has left behind.But the company is in dire straits, forcing Carrie seek work as a companion to Maria Colville. When Carrie...
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Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2017
Description
On a leafy suburban street in Dublin, beautiful, poised Stella Greene lives with her successful husband, Matt. The perfect couple in every way, Stella appears to have it all. Next door, at number 72 however, lives Rea Brady. Gruff, bad-tempered and rarely seen besides the twitching of her net curtains, rumour has it she?s lost it all?including her marbles if you believe the neighbourhood gossip. But appearances can be deceiving and when Stella and...
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