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Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2018
Description
From the chalk downs of the south coast of England to the heathery moorland of the Shetland Isles, and from the holy island of Lindisfarne in the east to the Atlantic frontier of western Ireland, Orchid Summer is a journey into Britain and Ireland's most beautiful corners. The flowers that are the focus of this treasure hunt are exquisite and diverse. Some resemble insects and develop scents that mimic the smell of a virgin female wasp in order to...
Author
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Pub. Date
2012
Description
One very hot Italian summer, a young woman sits alone in her bedroom and writes in her diary: 'I want love. I want to feel my heart melt. I want to sink into a river of passion.' As the summer unfolds, she follows her desires wherever they lead her, often into the arms of men who set her world on fire. She is thrilled to discover the sexual power she wields. And yet, will any of these passionate encounters lead to the love she longs for?.
23) Lost summer
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Adam Turner is an investigative journalist plagued by the memory of a girl who vanished from the town where he grew up. When he is asked to look into a suspicious car accident in which three students were killed, he sees a chance to exorcise the demons that have haunted him since his youth.Past and present rapidly collide as Adam finds himself in conflict with the friend who once betrayed him and the very emotions he?s tried to avoid for years come...
Author
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2019
Description
For fans of Harlan Coben and Shari Lapena, and from the bestselling author of LIES take a holiday you won't forget . . . Seven days. Three families. One killer. It was supposed to be the perfect holiday, dreamed up by Kate as the ideal way to turn 40: four best friends and their husbands and children in a luxurious villa under the blazing sunshine of Provence. But there is trouble in paradise. Kate suspects that her husband is having an affair, and...
25) Our holiday
Author
Publisher
HQ
Pub. Date
2024
Description
Charlotte and Perry long for summers at Cliff View, their gorgeous holiday home overlooking the turquoise waters of Pine Ridge. And now that city friends Amy and Linus have bought a property nearby, they plan lazy weeks of sun, sea and sipping ros� on Charlotte?s summerhouse veranda. But there?s trouble in paradise?A rising tide of resentment towards second-home owners is heading their way and small acts of criminal damage are escalating into something...
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Series
Publisher
Hot Key Books
Pub. Date
2022
Description
The thrilling prequel to the TikTok phenomenon and #1 New York Times bestseller We Were Liars takes readers back to the story of another summer, another generation, and the secrets that will haunt them for decades to come. A windswept private island off the coast of Massachusetts. A hungry ocean, churning with secrets and sorrow. A fiery, addicted heiress. An irresistible, unpredictable boy. A summer of unforgivable betrayal and terrible mistakes....
Author
Publisher
Killer Reads
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Just 13-years-old, making the most of the long, hot, lazy days of summer, thinking we had the world at our feet. That was us - me, Fat Bobby, Jim and Tara - the four members of the Outsiders? Club.The day we found a burnt-out car in the woods was the day everything changed. Cold, hard cash in the front seat, and a body in the trunk? it started out as a mystery we were desperate to solve.Then, the Collector arrived. He knew we had found his secret....
Author
Series
A Chesapeake Shores Novel volume 9
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
2012
Description
New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods proves once more that home is always where the heart is.Falling for "Maddening Moira" O?Malley was the unexpected highlight of Luke O'Brien?s Dublin holiday. So when she pays a surprise visit to Chesapeake Shores, Luke is thrilled?at first. A fling with this wild Irish rose is one thing, but forever? Maybe someday, but not when he?s totally focused on establishing a business that will prove his mettle...
29) The postcard
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Description
Secrets. Sisters. The summer that changed everything... Life in the Cornish village of Pendruggan isn?t always picture perfect. Penny Leighton has never told anyone why she?s estranged from her mother and sister. For years she?s kept her family secrets locked away in her heart, but they?ve been quietly eating away at her. When an unwelcome visitor blows in, Penny is brought face to face with the past. And a postcard, tucked away in a long-hidden case,...
Author
Series
Vik/Stubo volume 5
Publisher
Corvus
Pub. Date
2017
Description
On a summer's day, Johanne Vik arrives at the home of her friends Jon and Ellen Mohr and was greeted by a scene of devastation: their young son, left unattended, has tragically fallen to his death. Meanwhile, Oslo is under attack. An explosion has torn the city apart and newly qualified police officer Henrik Holme is the only one available to attend the Mohr household. As Holme investigates, he casts doubt on the claim that the death was a tragic...
31) The lost lover
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
2024
Description
An epic first love. A second chance . . . 'One of our most prolific and talented writers? - Santa Montefiore Young Flora MacQueen has always dreamt of more than life on the small Scottish island of St Kilda. So, when she catches the eye of visiting adventurer and wealthy businessman James Callaghan, her future seems brighter. Winter seas separate the lovers but the island?s evacuation the following summer promises to reunite them - until tragedy strikes....
32) The Olive tree
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This title is also published as Helena's Secret. A magical house. A momentous summer. It has been twenty-four years since a young Helena spent a magical holiday in Cyprus, where she fell in love for the first time. When the now crumbling house, 'Pandora', is left to her by her godfather, she returns to spend the summer there with her family. Yet Helena knows that the idyllic beauty of Pandora masks a web of secrets she has kept from William, her husband,...
33) Cause of death
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Series
Rina Martin Mysteries volume 6
Description
Life is looking up for Rina Martin, with the expected revival of her television career, but as her happy summer ends, storm clouds are on the horizon . . . Summer in Frantham has been long and lazy. In the Martin Household, change is afoot. Tim is now engaged and preparing to move out, and there is also news of the revival of Rina?s television career. But nothing stays peaceful for long. Old enemies have returned, the skeletal remains of a woman are...
34) Bad sister
Author
Publisher
Maze
Pub. Date
2017
Description
The gripping new thriller from the author of Saving Sophie.Stephanie Cousins is scared for her life. Her psychiatrist wants to help Stephanie through her fears, but Connie Summers will never truly know her. Stephanie?s history has been wiped away as part of the witness protection programme.Stephanie isn?t even the girl?s real name.But, then, Connie Summers isn?t Connie?s real name either. And that?s not all the women have in common. Secrets and mistakes...
35) Last summer
Author
Series
Yorktide Maine Novel volume 7
Publisher
Kensington
Pub. Date
2011
Description
The town of Yorktide, close to Maine's beautiful beaches and the city of Portland, seems like the perfect place to raise a family. For Jane Patterson, there's another advantage: her best friend, Frannie Giroux, lives next door, and their teenaged daughters, Rosie and Meg, are inseparable. But in the girls' freshman year of high school, everything changes. Jane always felt lucky that she was able to work from home, to be there to nurture and protect...
Author
Series
Magnus Chase volume 1
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2016
Description
The first book in the incredible new series from the author of Percy Jackson, the Kane Chronicles and Heroes of Olympus. My name is Magnus Chase. I'm orphaned and living rough on the streets of Boston. And things are about to get much worse. My day started out normally enough. I was sleeping under a bridge when some guy kicked me awake and said, 'They're after you.' Next thing I know, I'm reunited with my obnoxious uncle, who casually informs me that...
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Harry Potter volume 2
Description
"'There is a plot, Harry Potter. A plot to make most terrible things happen at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this year.'" Harry Potter's summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a house-elf called Dobby, and rescue from the Dursleys by his friend Ron Weasley in a magical flying car! Back at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for his second year, Harry hears strange whispers echo through empty corridors...
38) The pearl thief
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Childrens
Pub. Date
2017
Description
From the internationally acclaimed bestselling author of Code Name Verity comes a stunning new story of pearls, love and murder - a mystery with all the suspense of an Agatha Christie and the intrigue of Downton Abbey. Sixteen-year-old Julie Beaufort-Stuart is returning to her family's ancestral home in Perthshire for one last summer. It is not an idyllic return to childhood. Her grandfather's death has forced the sale of the house and estate and...
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Description
On a summer weekend in 1926 the Ingham family gathers at Cavendon Hall, the great house in Yorkshire that has been their family home for centuries, summoned by the Earl. With them are the Swanns who have served the house for generations - and know all their secrets. The estate is under threat; the aftermath of the Great War has left Cavendon facing
Author
Publisher
The Borough Press
Pub. Date
2016
Description
England,1976. Mrs Creasy is missing and The Avenue is alive with whispers. As the summer shimmers endlessly on, ten-year-olds Grace and Tilly decide to take matters into their own hands. And as the cul-de-sac starts giving up its secrets, the amateur detectives will find much more than they imagined?.
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