Editors' Choice
In the Name of the King
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France, 1640. Following directly on from the excellent Honour and the Sword, Andre de Roland travels to Paris to stay with his grandmother to ...Read Review
The Legacy
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Webb’s well-written romantic mystery spans four generations but, told largely from the perspective of two women, The Legacy is a very personal ...Read Review
The Quality of Mercy
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Barry Unsworth’s new novel takes up the stories of two characters who originally appeared in his Booker Prize-winning Sacred Hunger. It begins ...Read Review
The Lazarus Vault
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Out of the blue, Ellie Stanton is offered a job – posh flat and limitless credit included – at a bank in modern-day London. She ...Read Review
The Devil’s Ribbon
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Following on the success of Devoured, this novel returns to the exploits of pioneering forensic pathologist Adolphus Hatton and his assistant, Albert Roumande, ...Read Review
The Night Circus
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Le Cirque des Rêves arrives unannounced. No posters, no parade, no invitations. Overnight, black and white striped circus tents appear on the ...Read Review
VIII
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
Having read so much about Henry VIII, it was a real treat to find a book which manages to give a new perspective ...Read Review
What You See in the Dark
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The scene opens on a diner in Bakersfield, California. A young couple – he, the popular boy in town, she, the shy Mexican girl ...Read Review
Wingshooters
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Every once in a while, a book reminds me that literature is more than plot and character, sentences and words. Some are raw ...Read Review
Consequences of the Heart
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“Mine is a tale of great love.” So begins the memoir of Charles “Chud” Church, (1922-1999). Set in the fictional town of Monument, ...Read Review
