Kate's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:24:05 -0800 60 Kate's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Five Days 210041427 The Note. A must-read uplifting romance for fans of When Harry Met Sally and One Day! When Jesse Lightning meets Minnie Byrne, he is having a bad day.

Reeling from the effects of a very bruised heart, the last thing Jesse wants is a new friend. But Minnie is hard to say no to, and reluctantly Jesse realises that her impetuous playfulness might do him good.

So when Minnie suggests they go on fortnightly platonic dates with no strings, no promises, no expectations beyond good company, Jesse agrees before he has a chance to think too deeply about it.

Two friends.

Five days.

No chance of another broken heart.

Until Jesse reveals a secret that proves Minnie’s heart isn’t as safe as she thought. Thank goodness five days isn’t enough time to fall in love�

Once you meet Jesse and Minnie you’ll never forget them. This is bestseller Zoë Folbigg at her absolute best with a story of friendship, love and taking chances. Perfect for fans of Cathy Kelly, Mike Gayle, JoJo Moyes and David Nicholls.

'Oh my heart! From the fields of France to the stars of LA, this gorgeous tale will brighten any day.' Shari Low Readers love Zoë

‘Another page-turner from the ludicrously talented Zoë Folbigg.�

‘An absolute cracker of a book! I couldn’t put it down and finished it within 24 hours of starting it.�

‘A beautifully written story that shows friendships can be formed in the most peculiar of places. I loved it! 💖�

‘I loved it from start to finish, a real heartwarming story with many ups and downs along the way ❤️�

‘I LOVED this book, it had me hooked from the first few pages. Reading it I felt like I was watching an epic film, I was so immersed in the world of the main characters, and following their story felt incredibly real. In fact every time I put it down I couldn’t wait to get back to it! Thoroughly recommend.�

‘It’s up there as one of my favourite reads this year, such an easy and enjoyable read. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️�

‘I loved this book from start to finish. From the first chapter I was hooked. Thoroughly recommend.�

Praise for Zoë

'Deftly written, seamlessly portrayed and achingly romantic.' Caroline Khoury on Five Days

'A wonderful read that’s got everything � romance, suspense, a New York Christmas setting and an unputdownable plot.' Samantha Tonge on A Fairytale of New York

'The Three Loves of Sebastian Cooper is a cleverly constructed, brilliantly insightful book with a glorious cast of characters. You’ll be racing through the final chapters!' Paige Toon

'A beautifully-written, perfectly-crafted novel about love, loss and family that kept me on the edge of my seat until the very end. I love how we meet the entire cast of characters (some of whom you'll love, others you'll hate!) in the present and then weave back in time to discover their connection to the infamous Sebastian Cooper.]]> 349 Zoë Folbigg 1804269492 Kate 5 4.03 Five Days
author: Zoë Folbigg
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average rating: 4.03
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]]> Darkest Lies (DI Mariner #8) 59050802 A twisted motive that will shock you to the core.

When a frail old man dies in a house fire, Detective Tom Mariner races to the scene. The victim, Soltan Ahmed, was Mariner’s neighbour.

Who set the fire that took his life?

The race is on to uncover the truth, and that’s not Mariner’s only headache right now. He must also search for a bridegroom who vanished just weeks before his wedding.

A case of cold feet? Or something more sinister?

Then comes a find that changes everything.
The charred body of a Jane Doe.
Hidden in a back room of the house where Ahmed lived.

Who was she and how did she get there?]]> 300 Chris Collett 1789319668 Kate 4 4.29 Darkest Lies (DI Mariner #8)
author: Chris Collett
name: Kate
average rating: 4.29
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]]> <![CDATA[Blood Fountain (DCI Harry Grimm, #19)]]> 214241932 Caught up in a conflict over embracing the present or preserving the past, can this big-city cop get to the bottom of a deadly backwater grievance?

With a solid Investigative team at his back, and a much-anticipated engagement party to attend, Harry Grimm is relaxing into life in the country. But when a decapitated corpse is found lying on his favourite local pub’s quoit’s pitch, everything is thrown into chaos.

Then, when a second victim turns up at a world-famous waterfall, it soon becomes clear that tension between locals and sightseers has bubbled over into something fatal. Can Harry stop a secret serial killer before the rivers run red with blood?

Blood Fountain is the chilling nineteenth book in the DCI Harry Grimm Crime Thrillers series. If you like cunning killers, gruesome crimes, and beautifully written settings, then you’ll love David J. Gatward’s tense procedural.

Read Blood Fountain to chase the dark side of paradise today!

Blood Fountain is the nineteenth book in the DCI Harry Grimm crime thriller series, set in the Yorkshire Dales. Perfect for fans of L. J. Ross, J. D. Kirk, Adam Croft, Simon McCleave, Alex Smith, J. M. Dalgliesh, J. E. Mayhew, and J. R. Ellis.]]> 276 David J. Gatward Kate 5 4.55 Blood Fountain (DCI Harry Grimm, #19)
author: David J. Gatward
name: Kate
average rating: 4.55
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]]> A Single Act of Kindness 201944050
But then a chance encounter with a man who’s fallen on hard times changes everything. Milo needs a break, and self-contained Tilda surprises herself by deciding she should help him. Just for a while. A few days at the most.

Maybe all he needs is someone to organize him, to help him clean up his act? She is sure she knows how to kick-start Milo into turning his life around.

What Tilda doesn’t know is that � with this single act of kindness � it might actually be her own life that’s about to change forever�

A totally gorgeous, heartbreaking and uplifting story, about friendship, trust, and finding love in unexpected places, perfect for fans of Beth Moran, Sarah Morgan and Faith Hogan.

Readers love Samantha ‘A joy to read. Sparkling with witty dialogue and full of wise words� a masterpiece of storytelling.� Celia Anderson, author

‘I love Samantha’s books. There is so much more to them that “just� a story. It’s about life and taking chances. Of perhaps not being so quick to judge and to step into someone’s shoes for a while to truly try and understand them� A truly stunning read.� ŷ reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐�

‘This book just pulled me in. The story pulled at my heart as I read on and on and on. I couldn’t stop reading as I had to know what the ending was going to be!� I’m still thinking about this story� A beautiful story about friendship that I highly recommend.� ŷ reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐�

‘WOW this is one book that will keep readers flicking page after page. I loved the story� The author once again captures real life dramas� Takes you on a journey� Fabulous!� ŷ reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐�

‘Honest, raw, poignant and heart-breaking. It is also warm-hearted, positive, uplifting, funny and full of love and hope� Clearly written straight from the heart� A book that will stay with you, long after the last page has been read.� ŷ reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐�

‘Wow I couldn't get enough of this, from the incredibly intriguing opening chapter, to the fact that there seemed to be some many secrets to be revealed � including some that truly shocked me� I absolutely loved it.� ŷ reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐�

‘The reader is led on an emotional trip as they navigate their past and present lives, highlighting the strength of friendship and the intricacies of life..]]> 290 Samantha Tonge 1835189857 Kate 5 4.23 2024 A Single Act of Kindness
author: Samantha Tonge
name: Kate
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last List of Mabel Beaumont]]> 148516779 The list he left had just one item on it. Or, at least, it did at first�

Mabel Beaumont’s husband Arthur loved lists. He’d leave them for her everywhere. ‘Remember: eggs, butter, sugar�. ‘I love you: today, tomorrow, always�.

But now Arthur is gone. He died: softly, gently, not making a fuss. But he’s still left her a list. This one has just one item on it though: ‘Find D�.

Mabel feels sure she knows what it means. She must track down her best friend Dot, who she hasn’t seen since the fateful day she left more than sixty years ago.

It seems impossible. She doesn’t even know if Dot’s still alive. Also, every person Mabel talks to seems to need help first, with missing husbands, daughters, parents. Mabel finds her list is just getting longer, and she’s still no closer to finding Dot.

What she doesn’t know is that her list isn’t just about finding her old friend. And that if she can admit the secrets of the past, maybe she could even find happiness again�

A completely heartbreaking, beautiful, uplifting story, guaranteed to make you smile but also make you cry. Perfect for fans of My Name is Ove, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, and The Keeper of Stories.]]> 314 Laura Pearson 1785136054 Kate 5 4.03 2023 The Last List of Mabel Beaumont
author: Laura Pearson
name: Kate
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2024/10/04
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]]> The Book of Beginnings 78819219 From the author of the phenomenal bestseller The Keeper of Stories, comes the next uplifting story of how the most unexpected friendships are forged in the most unlikely of places . . .

Jo Sorsby knows she is hiding from her past when she steps in to look after her uncle’s stationery shop. Glimpsing the lives of her customers between the warm wooden shelves, as they scribble notes with fountain pens and browse colourful notebooks, distracts her from the life she has left behind.

Yet far from home, Jo feels adrift . . .

When she meets Ruth, a vicar running from a secret, and Malcolm, a septuagenarian struggling to write his first book, she realises that she isn’t alone.

It’s the beginning of a friendship that can transform Jo’s life . . . if only she can let them in.]]> 408 Sally Page Kate 5 4.30 2023 The Book of Beginnings
author: Sally Page
name: Kate
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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]]> The Secret Ingredient 81331066
It’s been three years, two weeks and one day since Kate Shaw’s life changed forever. Three years, two weeks and one day that Kate has been angry � with herself and life.

But today is different. Different because Kate has finally taken the step she’s been avoiding…back into the kitchen. Now, what begins as a (disastrous) attempt to make pancakes becomes a culinary journey that is not only a love letter to someone so important to her, but also an unexpected means of connection to a community she never knew she had�

Readers are loving The Secret ‘While I cried reading this book, I also smiled and I laughed out loud on many occasions. Such a beautiful and worthwhile read. I loved it!� ⭐⭐⭐⭐�

‘The emotions I felt whilst reading was a testament to the author� ⭐⭐⭐⭐]]> 385 Sue Heath 0008535671 Kate 5 4.19 2024 The Secret Ingredient
author: Sue Heath
name: Kate
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/09/08
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]]> One Long Weekend 203098329
When all seems lost, hope remains... Val Murray has mislaid her most precious mementoes of the people she’s loved and lost. Can her family, the wonders of technology and a little divine intervention somehow mend her shattered heart?

Sophie Smith had to take a rain check on a marriage proposal. Will her bid to turn back the clock lead her to her greatest love or yet another heartbreak?

Alice McLenn stood by her husband, Larry when a scandal cost them everything. When he hits the headlines again, Alice has an opportunity to leave � but can she find the strength to finally walk away?

Rory Brookes was forced to turn his back on his parents to save his career and marriage. Now, he’s lost his job and wife on the same day. Is it too late to make amends with the one person who never let him down?

Three days. Four broken hearts. Just one weekend to make them whole again.]]> 322 Shari Low 1835184464 Kate 5 4.45 2024 One Long Weekend
author: Shari Low
name: Kate
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/09/06
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]]> <![CDATA[Harvest for the Reaper (Detective Inspector Declan Walsh #18)]]> 204233350 He's back.

When new victims of the still-at-large serial killer known as the Red Reaper start to appear in London, DCI Declan Walsh and his team are placed back on the case - but everything isn't what it seems. For a start, the deaths are different, and the calling card is new. It could be a copycat, apart from one thing...

They know what Declan did to the real Red Reaper a year earlier. Something only Declan and the closest members of his team keep secret.

Is this the real Reaper, back to gain revenge on Declan and his family - or is this a protégé, staking his own claim to the serial killer name? And can Declan stop this new run of murders before the unit's secret is found out, and his own daughter is added to the list - with the unlikeliest of allies by his side?]]> 354 Jack Gatland Kate 5 4.52 2024 Harvest for the Reaper (Detective Inspector Declan Walsh #18)
author: Jack Gatland
name: Kate
average rating: 4.52
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[See No Evil (DCI Harry Grimm #17)]]> 202622556 A corpse hanging over the crops. A team falling ill. Can he find a killer before someone decides murder is contagious? DCI Harry Grimm hates getting sick. Fighting a terrible cold, the under-the-weather detective is already pushing his limits by going house hunting with his girlfriend. So, when he’s called out to investigate a body gruesomely displayed in a field as a scarecrow, he can’t see how his day can get any worse. That is, until another body turns up. With the rest of his colleagues succumbing to sickness and one member of the team soon to leave for good, the ill inspector realises it’ll take more than a little rest and a hot toddy to get back on track and stop this countryside killer. Can he keep a clear head and catch a murderer intent on writing their motive in blood? See No Evil is the stunning seventeenth book in the DCI Harry Grimm Crime Thrillers series. If you like characters that feel like old friends, interwoven plots, and solid mysteries, then you’ll love David J. Gatward’s countryside conundrum. Buy See No Evil today to uncover an unspeakable crime in the Dales!]]> 268 David J. Gatward Kate 5 4.56 See No Evil (DCI Harry Grimm #17)
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average rating: 4.56
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]]> <![CDATA[Ashes of Betrayal (DCI Harry Grimm, #18)]]> 210259794 294 David J. Gatward Kate 5 4.61 Ashes of Betrayal (DCI Harry Grimm, #18)
author: David J. Gatward
name: Kate
average rating: 4.61
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]]> <![CDATA[The Day Shelley Woodhouse Woke Up]]> 203098721 Brand new from the #1 bestselling author of The Last List of Mabel Beaumont comes a powerful story of memory, loss, love, and new beginnings�

When Shelley Woodhouse wakes up in hospital from a coma, the first thing she says is that her husband must be arrested.

He’s the reason she’s in here. She knows it. She remembers what he did. Clearly as anything.

But there are things Shelley has forgotten too, including parts of her childhood. And as those start to come back to her, so do other memories. Ones with the power to change everything.

But can she trust these new memories, or what anyone around her is telling her? And who is the mysterious hospital volunteer who brings her food and keeps making her smile? Is it possible to find your future when you're confused about your past?]]> 298 Laura Pearson 1785136429 Kate 5 4.17 2024 The Day Shelley Woodhouse Woke Up
author: Laura Pearson
name: Kate
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/08/25
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]]> The Last of the Moon Girls 49343950
Lizzy discovers a Book of Remembrances meant to help Lizzy embrace her own special gifts. When she reconnects with Andrew Greyson, one of the few in town who believed in Althea’s innocence, she resolves to clear her Grandmother’s name.]]> 397 Barbara Davis 1542006481 Kate 5 4.20 2020 The Last of the Moon Girls
author: Barbara Davis
name: Kate
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2024/08/24
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]]> <![CDATA[Not to Tell: do you promise (Ted Darling Crime Series, #22)]]> 211499056 273 L M Krier Kate 5 4.54 Not to Tell: do you promise (Ted Darling Crime Series, #22)
author: L M Krier
name: Kate
average rating: 4.54
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]]> <![CDATA[Panic (Alexander Gregory Thrillers, #5)]]> 212685636 The only way to catch a killer is to think like one...

When a senior Metropolitan Police officer and High Court judge die in quick succession, criminal profiler Doctor Alex Gregory is convinced their deaths are linked to the most shameful case of his the notorious wrongful conviction of Carl Deere, an innocent man found guilty of a series of heinous murders perpetrated by the ‘Soho Killer�. Four years later, released from prison and with his record wiped clean, Deere is an invisible spectre with a new name and a new face. But, as Gregory knows only too well, the past isn’t easily forgotten, and revenge can be a powerful motive—even for an innocent man�

With Scotland Yard determined to avoid any further scandal, Gregory and his friend and mentor, Professor Bill Douglas, are left to fend for themselves. With no real evidence and the body count racking up, they know it’s only a matter of time before their names are next on the killer’s list�

Murder and mystery are peppered with romance and dark humour in this fast-paced thriller set amidst the scenic landscapes of Cambridge and London.]]> 254 L.J. Ross Kate 5 4.54 2024 Panic (Alexander Gregory Thrillers, #5)
author: L.J. Ross
name: Kate
average rating: 4.54
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Haven (Summer Suspense Mysteries, #4)]]> 211180116 SOME LEGENDS NEVER DIE...

Irish newsreader Isolde Malone has a face many would recognise; in fact, she can’t walk through the streets of Dublin without bumping into a horde of fans, all of whom want their picture taken with the darling of broadcast journalism. She’s living a dream life and has never been happier�

Until the night everything changes.

Forced to take a sabbatical from her glittering career, Isolde needs a haven from ordinary life and the support of her only remaining family. So, when a gilt-edged invitation to attend one of her brother’s fundraising events drops through the post, it seems like the perfect opportunity. There’s just one problem�

She must cross the sea to Cornwall.

What promised to be the perfect escape soon turns into a nightmare when a body washes up at the foot of the legendary castle at Tintagel, and Isolde soon realises that the ghosts in that part of the world can be just as deadly as the ones she’s left behind in Ireland.

Trapped in a windswept country house hotel for the weekend, surrounded by suspects, Isolde hardly knows who to trust, but she knows it isn’t Tristan Williams—no matter what the old legend might say…Suspense is peppered with romance and humour in this fast-paced mystery, set amidst the spectacular Cornish landscape.

“LJ Ross keeps company with the best mystery writers��The Times

“A literary phenomenon��Evening Chronicle]]> 223 L.J. Ross Kate 4 4.22 2024 The Haven (Summer Suspense Mysteries, #4)
author: L.J. Ross
name: Kate
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2024/08/18
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]]> <![CDATA[Death Rocks (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #21)]]> 210533162 THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A COINCIDENCE...

When the body of a talented photographer is found on the rocks beneath the ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle, DCI Ryan and his team of detectives immediately suspect the worst. But, since none of their potential suspects seems to have a motive, the case runs cold.

Then, when another body is found dead on a lonely stretch of road near Hadrian’s Wall and their only suspect has an airtight alibi, the team are faced with another crime without a perpetrator.

With the number of unexplained deaths in the area increasing rapidly and only a series of coincidences to work from, Ryan and his team must find the invisible link between them to crack the case—before it’s too late.

Can Ryan solve his most dangerous case yet?

Murder and mystery are peppered with romance and humour in this fast-paced crime whodunnit, set amidst the spectacular Northumbrian landscape.]]> 234 L.J. Ross Kate 5 4.62 2024 Death Rocks (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #21)
author: L.J. Ross
name: Kate
average rating: 4.62
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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]]> One Perfect French Summer 209613777 Summer doesn't last forever, but can a perfect one change your life?

For successful estate agent Freya Henderson, life is all work and no play. But, when she crosses paths with carefree young surfer, Luke Stevenson, there's no denying the attraction between them.

When Luke invites her to join him on a working holiday in France, it's a real dilemma. Is it time to throw caution to the wind? Perhaps an enchanting summer fling with no strings attached would be a great way to de-stress and finally allow herself some fun.

As he takes her on a magical mystery tour of gorgeous locations among stunning châteaux, picturesque villages and sun-kissed vineyards, Freya can't help feeling there's something missing in her life... perhaps even a man like Luke.

But how well does she know him? Is he just looking for a summer adventure, or is he running away from something?

As the summer draws to a close, can Freya and Luke simply slip back into their old lives, or will they be left wondering 'What if?'

Maybe this summer romance never has to end...]]> 0 Lucy Coleman 1471416941 Kate 4 4.16 One Perfect French Summer
author: Lucy Coleman
name: Kate
average rating: 4.16
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]]> Friends Like Us 30821687 Is it ever too late to take charge and live your life on your terms?

A light-hearted and emotional novel about family, friendship and coming to terms with your past. Perfect for fans of Marian Keyes and Amanda Prowse.

Life for school friends, Melissa, Steph and Eilis, hasn’t quite worked out the way they once imagined it might.

Melissa may be professionally successful but inside she’s a mess of insecurities.

Steph is lonely and lost, balancing the fragile threads of family life and walking on eggshells around her philandering husband and angry teenage daughter.

Finally, Eilis, a hardworking A&E doctor, utterly exhausted by the daily pressures of work and going through the motions with her long-term partner Rob.

It’s crunch time for all the friends...

What readers are saying about FRIENDS LIKE US:

'A very enjoyable and emotional read. One of those books that I could not put down'

'heartwarming and heartbreaking'

'The jacket caught my eye and the story didn't let me down.'

'Perfect escapism on a dreary day'

'an emotionally uplifting story of the power of friendship and togetherness through the bleakest of times and how ultimately good triumphs over pain.'

]]> 403 Siân O'Gorman Kate 5 4.02 Friends Like Us
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name: Kate
average rating: 4.02
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]]> A Life Without You 28387285 'This novel made me sob, and it made me smile. It's a gorgeous, beautiful and evocative novel about love, hope and forgiveness.' - Amazon reader, 5 stars

Can you ever outrun the past?

It's Zoe's wedding day. She's about to marry Jamie, the love of her life. Then a phone call comes out of the blue, with the news that her mum Gina has been arrested. Zoe must make an impossible should she leave her own wedding to help?

Zoe hasn't seen Gina for years, blaming her for the secret that she's been running from ever since she was sixteen. Now, Gina is back in her life, but she's very different to the mum Zoe remembers. Slowly but surely, Gina is losing her memory.

As she struggles to cope with Gina's illness, can Zoe face up to the terrible events of years ago and find her way back to the people she loves?

A Life Without You is a stirring and poignant novel about the power of the past - and the possibilities of the future. Perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes, Jodi Picoult and Amanda Prowse.

*What readers are saying about A Life Without You *

'A story that will evoke every emotion that lurks within your heart and pull each string firmly. Devastating is the perfect word, yet it is also beautiful and passionate and exquisitely written.'

'Superbly written. Tender & poignant. Five star read.'

'I loved A Life Without You! Snotty tears, but a smile on my face and also in my heart. Just perfect.'

'Katie Marsh has touched my heart. She is a hidden gem within the world of fiction and I cannot recommend her books enough. I will be shouting about this book to everyone who will listen. A Life Without You is not to missed.'

'It made me sob, and it made me smile. Gorgeous, just gorgeous, beautiful and evocative novel about love, hope and forgiveness.'

'Makes you feel warm inside, but also absolutely breaks your heart... totally beautiful and uplifting.'

'A stunning and compassionate story of family, forgiveness and unconditional love... will remain forever in my heart'

'Very touching... I couldn't put it down!']]> 357 Katie Marsh 1473613647 Kate 5 4.02 A Life Without You
author: Katie Marsh
name: Kate
average rating: 4.02
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]]> <![CDATA[The Black Cat Murders (Heathcliff Lennox, #2)]]> 55213046 Downton Abbey meets Agatha Christie with a touch of Wodehouse and a dog of distinction.


Who killed Sir Crispin Gibbons? A wedding invitation and news of mischief that could be murder, takes Lennox to The Earl of Bloxford's country estate. He soon finds himself in a world of purloined artworks, forgeries and a priceless Bloxford Beauty. But who are the Bloxford Beauties? And why are they the focal point around which swirls death?
Lennox must confront life-long friends, unscrupulous artists and dealers to finally unravel a plot so complex that even his old adversary, Chief Inspector Swift of Scotland Yard, is perplexed.

]]> 314 Karen Baugh Menuhin Kate 5 4.16 2019 The Black Cat Murders (Heathcliff Lennox, #2)
author: Karen Baugh Menuhin
name: Kate
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2021/11/17
date added: 2024/02/16
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]]> The Keeper of Stories 59904786 She can’t recall what started her collection. Maybe it was in a fragment of conversation overheard as she cleaned a sink? Before long (as she dusted a sitting room or defrosted a fridge) she noticed people were telling her their stories. Perhaps they always had done, but now it is different, now the stories are reaching out to her and she gathers them to her�

When Janice starts cleaning for Mrs B � a shrewd and tricksy woman in her nineties � she meets someone who wants to hear her story. But Janice is clear: she is the keeper of stories, she doesn’t have a story to tell. At least, not one she can share.

Mrs B is no fool and knows there is more to Janice than meets the eye. What is she hiding? After all, doesn’t everyone have a story to tell?]]> 386 Sally Page Kate 5 4.07 2022 The Keeper of Stories
author: Sally Page
name: Kate
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2022/07/01
date added: 2024/02/06
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]]> <![CDATA[The Norfolk Beach Murders (DS Sara Hirst #5)]]> 128814966
Sara faces her most challenging case yet.

It’s a stormy December morning when seal-watchers find the body on the beach. His clothes have been torn to shreds on the rocks. The bright-orange life jacket didn’t save him in the end.

Detective Sara Hirst gets the call and heads to the scene at Winterton-on-Sea. The washed-up body turns out to be a merchant seaman. He was a deckhand who got swept overboard in a storm.

It all seems like a tragic accident. Until another body is found on a pleasure boat drifting out at sea. There are bullet holes in the boat’s hull. This was definitely murder. And it looks like it’s linked to the first body.

There are dark dealings going on in this quiet Norfolk coast, and Detective Sara Hirst must get to the bottom of things before anyone else turns up dead.]]> 340 Judi Daykin Kate 5 4.40 2023 The Norfolk Beach Murders (DS Sara Hirst #5)
author: Judi Daykin
name: Kate
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2024/01/13
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]]> <![CDATA[The Marlow Murders (Detective Rob Miller #7)]]> 199249361
A MISSING MOTHER.

Her phone, handbag and Santa’s elf hat are found in a park near the River Thames. The police issue a nationwide search, but Debby is nowhere to be found.

Three weeks later, Debby’s body, still in her elf costume, is discovered five miles downstream from where she disappeared.

A DETECTIVE ON THE BRINK.

Detective Rob Miller is pulled from compassionate leave and put in charge. He’s still reeling from his last botched case, and he knows all eyes are on him � waiting to see if he’ll crack.

Meanwhile, another body is found with their throat slashed . . . and a link is discovered between the two cases that changes everything.

A RACE AGAINST TIME TO STOP A KILLER.

Rob and his team will need to pull out all the stops to catch a twisted killer before anyone else dies.]]> 281 Biba Pearce 1835261868 Kate 5 4.49 2023 The Marlow Murders (Detective Rob Miller #7)
author: Biba Pearce
name: Kate
average rating: 4.49
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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]]> One Christmas Eve 147293404 The festive release from #1 bestseller Shari Low! Unwrap this festive tale of complicated families, impossible choices, and an unforgettable love that lasts three lifetimes.

Three women, three decades, three Christmas Eve moments that change their lives forever...

On Christmas Eve, 1968, Cathy McLean receives a surprise visit from the lost love of her life and is forced to choose between the one that got away and the one that stayed.

On Christmas Eve, 1993, Cathy’s daughter Helena is overjoyed to hear that her boyfriend is about to propose, until a devastating encounter threatens to bring her heartbreak instead of diamonds.

On Christmas Eve 2023, a shocking discovery rocks Eve Quinn’s world. The only gift Eve wants this year is the truth. But will it take a Christmas miracle to unravel generations of secrets?]]> 290 Shari Low 1804268798 Kate 5 4.38 One Christmas Eve
author: Shari Low
name: Kate
average rating: 4.38
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]]> <![CDATA[An Unattainable Stronghold: Book 8 of the Peninsular War Saga]]> 199217861
After his victory at Vitoria, Lord Wellington leads his army into the mountainous territory of the Pyrenees. Five long years of war have brought them to within sight of the French border for the first time.

Before he is ready to cross into France, Wellington needs to secure the coastal town of San Sebastian, which remains stubbornly in French hands. Meanwhile, across the border, Marshal Soult is sent to rally the disordered French forces to relieve the beleaguered town and push the Allied army back.

Major-General Paul van Daan is awaiting the return of some of his friends and missing those who are not coming back at all. He is in no mood to deal with an unreliable junior officer, a possible miscarriage of justice and a call for volunteers to storm the breaches of San Sebastian.

Along with her usual responsibilities, Anne van Daan is keeping a careful eye on Captain Michael O’Reilly’s courtship of her Spanish maid and an even closer eye on a litter of puppies at headquarters. Concerned that Paul’s exasperation with an incompetent young officer is making him uncharacteristically unsympathetic, she calls on Captain Simon Carlyon for help.

Captain Giles Fenwick needs to juggle his company duties with his temporary role as brigade-major and his ongoing job as an intelligence officer for Lord Wellington, leaving him no time to deal with his grief at the loss of a close friend.

In the French lines, Colonel Gabriel Bonnet leads his battalion across the border once again, but the chaos of the ensuing campaign and the squandering of lives cause Bonnet to question his reasons for remaining in Bonaparte’s army at all.

Captain Don Angel Cortez of the 1st Mallorcan regiment faces disgrace after a near-fatal duel. He is offered an opportunity to retrieve his reputation and revive his career but it means leaving his regiment for an uncertain future.

The Allied and French armies clash in a series of actions across the high passes of the Pyrenees, on the walls of San Sebastian and along the banks of the Bidassoa. Bonaparte’s men are defending their borders and for the first time, the end of the war may be in sight.

An Unattainable Stronghold is book 8 of the popular Peninsular War Saga.]]> 571 Lynn Bryant Kate 5 4.64 An Unattainable Stronghold: Book 8 of the Peninsular War Saga
author: Lynn Bryant
name: Kate
average rating: 4.64
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]]> It All Started With You 110783124
But here I am. Still waiting for it all to happen, sitting on the floor, surrounded by lilies and roses, trying to do my best friend’s wedding flowers because � in her words � ‘how hard can it be, Frankie?�. The answer is actually ‘very hard� but it’s not the only thing that’s tough right now. My boyfriend won’t commit, I barely have a job, and once again I have the hangover from hell�

What I don’t know is that life’s about to throw me a curveball a new friend I will make with a beautiful, sad-eyed little boy who is so very tragically ill. I still don’t know about that heartbreak.

Even so, in this moment, I know that it’s time for some changes. Maybe it’s time to make my dreams come true? To try to become a marathon-running, healthy-living, wildly-in-love florist-to-the-stars!

Because I’m beginning to realise that you only get one chance at life. I don’t yet how you change everything, all at once, but what I do know is it all starts with me…]]> 313 Debbie Howells 1805492268 Kate 5 4.38 2023 It All Started With You
author: Debbie Howells
name: Kate
average rating: 4.38
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]]> A Vintage Vacation 122986989
Devastated and now suddenly the wrong side of sixty Clover doesn’t know what to do with her life or her corporate wardrobe! What does she wear if not red lippy and a power suit?! Rather than offer her any support, her partner, Jack announces he's off on a golfing weekend, leaving Clover completely adrift.

Desperate to get away from it all, Clover decides to visit her cousin Zoe at her small taverna in the gorgeous Italian Lakes. There she can rest and recuperate and plan the next stage of her life.

Until Clover’s eighty-year-old mother, Eleanor decides to turn up for the holiday too! Instead of gentle ambles around the lake, Eleanor seems more interested in late night poker and swigging Prosecco and Clover can’t quite believe her mum is having more fun than she is. But as the saying goes - if you can’t beat em, join em!

But is Clover brave enough to live La Dolce Vita?]]> 306 Maddie Please 1804837083 Kate 5 4.40 A Vintage Vacation
author: Maddie Please
name: Kate
average rating: 4.40
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]]> The Echo of Old Books 62060274
With no trace of how these mysterious books came into the world, Ashlyn is caught up in a decades-old literary mystery, beckoned by two hearts in ruins, whoever they were, wherever they are. Determined to learn the truth behind the doomed lovers� tale, she reads on, following a trail of broken promises and seemingly unforgivable betrayals. The more Ashlyn learns about Hemi and Belle, the nearer she comes to bringing closure to their love story—and to the unfinished chapters of her own life.]]> 431 Barbara Davis 1542038154 Kate 5 4.27 2023 The Echo of Old Books
author: Barbara Davis
name: Kate
average rating: 4.27
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rating: 5
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]]> The Lost Girls of Devon 50253698 One of Travel + Leisure’s most anticipated books of summer 2020.

From the Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids comes a story of four generations of women grappling with family betrayals and long-buried secrets.

It’s been years since Zoe Fairchild has been to the small Devon village of her birth, but the wounds she suffered there still ache. When she learns that her old friend and grandmother’s caretaker has gone missing, Zoe and her fifteen-year-old daughter return to England to help.

Zoe dreads seeing her estranged mother, who left when Zoe was seven to travel the world. As the four generations of women reunite, the emotional pain of the past is awakened. And to complicate matters further, Zoe must also confront the ex-boyfriend she betrayed many years before.

Anxieties spike when tragedy befalls another woman in the village. As the mystery turns more sinister, new grief melds with old betrayal. Now the four Fairchild women will be tested in ways they couldn’t imagine as they contend with dangers within and without, desperate to heal themselves and their relationships with each other.]]> 349 Barbara O'Neal 1542020735 Kate 5 4.23 2020 The Lost Girls of Devon
author: Barbara O'Neal
name: Kate
average rating: 4.23
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]]> Violent Ends (DI Mills #12) 198969842 324 Oliver Davies Kate 5 4.63 Violent Ends (DI Mills #12)
author: Oliver Davies
name: Kate
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]]> <![CDATA[Sweet Little Lies: Someone’s lying. Who? And why? (Ted Darling Crime Series, #21)]]> 199021966
Ted has a moral mountain to climb to answer the burning are there any circumstances where he would condone a lie to protect someone else?]]> 322 L.M. Krier Kate 5 4.55 Sweet Little Lies: Someone’s lying. Who? And why? (Ted Darling Crime Series, #21)
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name: Kate
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]]> The Starfish Sisters 63364022
Phoebe and Suze used to be closer than sisters. Growing up in a quiet and wildly beautiful coastal town in Oregon, they shared everything. Until the secrets they couldn’t share threatened their bond and complicated their lives.

Now, decades later, Suze, a famous actress desperate for safe haven following a brutal attack, is back in town. Phoebe, a successful illustrator and fabric designer, has discovered keeping a secret means she can’t let anyone get close, aside from her beloved granddaughter, Jasmine. As Jasmine’s move to London looms, Phoebe doesn’t know how to face the return of her old friend and all the drama she brings.

But Phoebe let Suze down once before and she’s not sure she can do it again. Can the two women who’ve never confronted their past do it now when the choice is between healing and survival?

Heartfelt and layered, The Starfish Sisters is a moving story about the complicated nature of female friendship, the joys and heartbreaks of life, and the resiliency and power that women possess.]]> 344 Barbara O'Neal 1542038081 Kate 5 4.30 2023 The Starfish Sisters
author: Barbara O'Neal
name: Kate
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Lambs to the Slaughter (Monika Paniatowski, #5)]]> 60153142 A small mining village is rocked by a shocking murder in the latest Monika Paniatowski mystery
BR> Tensions are running high in the small mining village of Bellingsworth. There has been a call for further strikes, and retired miner Len Hopkins, who was known to be against a new strike, is murdered. Detective Inspector Monika Paniatowski learns that Len had been threatened the night before he died by another old miner. Was he killed due to the stand he took against further strikes? Or are there more sinister forces at work? Paniatowski investigates, but finds that she has problems much closer to home . . .]]> 289 Sally Spencer 1804050962 Kate 5 4.39 Lambs to the Slaughter (Monika Paniatowski, #5)
author: Sally Spencer
name: Kate
average rating: 4.39
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]]> The Golden Oldies' Book Club 62803560
Aurora doesn’t feel seventy-two and longs to relive the excitement of her youth, while Verity is getting increasingly tired of her husband Mark’s grumpiness and wonders if their son’s imminent flight from the nest might be just the moment for her to fly too. And Danielle is fed up with her cheating husband. Surely life has more in store for her than to settle for second best?

The glue that holds Combe Pomeroy together is Jeannie. Doyenne of the local cider farm and heartbeat of her family and community, no one has noticed that Jeannie needs some looking after too. Has the moment for her to retire finally arrived, and if so, what does her future hold?

From a book club French exchange trip, to many celebrations at the farm, this is the year that everything changes, that lifelong friendships are tested, and for some of the women, they finally get the love they deserve.]]> 347 Judy Leigh 1801623678 Kate 5 4.06 2022 The Golden Oldies' Book Club
author: Judy Leigh
name: Kate
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Dead Man's Hands (DCI Harry Grimm, #15)]]> 162415719
Perfect for fans of L. J. Ross, J. D. Kirk, Adam Croft, Simon McCleave, Alex Smith, J. M. Dalgliesh, J. E. Mayhew, and J. R. Ellis.]]> 290 David J. Gatward Kate 5 4.47 Dead Man's Hands (DCI Harry Grimm, #15)
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]]> Halfway to You 61844336 An ambitious podcaster and her reclusive interviewee embark on a life-altering journey to uncover long-lost truths in this immersive story about love, travel, and family secrets.

Forty years ago, aspiring writer Ann Fawkes left the United States for a Mediterranean adventure that opened her heart to travel and love. After a chance encounter propelled her into the publishing world, she released her first novel, an instant bestseller—and the last book she ever wrote.

Now, Ann lives a reclusive life in the San Juan Islands, hiding from the public and its probing questions. But when podcaster Maggie Whitaker convinces Ann to sit for an interview, Ann agrees on one condition: Maggie must keep her story off the record.

Determined to change Ann’s mind before she loses her job, Maggie agrees. But as she learns about Ann’s life—particularly the love affair that inspired her novel and the decisions she made in its wake—Maggie realizes Ann’s story intersects with her own in shocking, life-changing ways.

A sweeping, heart-wrenching novel that spans decades and continents, Halfway to You explores the distances we create between ourselves and the ones we love most and what it takes to finally bridge them.]]> 411 Jennifer Gold 1662509103 Kate 5 4.31 2023 Halfway to You
author: Jennifer Gold
name: Kate
average rating: 4.31
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]]> <![CDATA[The Red Room (Atticus Priest #3)]]> 75441882
Is it blackmail? Suicide? Or murder?

Two more bodies are found and two more videos are sent to the press. Atticus and his former colleague, detective chief inspector Mackenzie Jones, race against time to identify the culprit before he can strike again. With each new discovery, Atticus and Mack are forced to confront their own demons and navigate their own complicated feelings for one another.

As the investigation intensifies and the stakes become higher, Atticus and Mack race to unravel the mystery behind the macabre deaths. The question remains: will they be able to apprehend the perpetrator before it’s too late? Get ready for a heart-stopping, suspenseful novel that will have you on the edge of your seat until the very last page.]]> 484 Mark Dawson Kate 5 4.46 The Red Room (Atticus Priest #3)
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name: Kate
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]]> <![CDATA[The House in the Woods (Atticus Priest, #1)]]> 51301674 Four murders. Two detectives. One mystifying crime.

On Christmas Eve, DCI Mackenzie Jones is called to a shooting at a remote farmhouse. Ralph Mallender believes his father lies dead inside. When three more bodies are discovered, it’s clear a festive family gathering has turned into a gruesome tragedy.

At first it seems like an open and shut case: a murder suicide committed by Ralph’s volatile brother Cameron. Then new evidence makes Mack suspect the man who reported the crime is in fact the perpetrator.

But Mack isn’t the only one with a stake in the case. Private investigator Atticus Priest has been hired to get Ralph acquitted. That means unearthing any weaknesses in Mack’s evidence.

Irascible, impatient and unpredictable, Atticus has weaknesses of his own. Mack knows all about them because they share a past - both professionally and personally. This time round, however, they aren’t on the same side. And as Atticus picks at the loose ends of the case, everything starts to unravel in a way neither of them could ever have predicted...]]> 498 Mark Dawson Kate 5 4.29 2020 The House in the Woods (Atticus Priest, #1)
author: Mark Dawson
name: Kate
average rating: 4.29
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Murdered Do Haunt (DI Mills #10)]]> 137096688 322 Oliver Davies Kate 5 4.56 The Murdered Do Haunt (DI Mills #10)
author: Oliver Davies
name: Kate
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]]> <![CDATA[Death on Cromer Beach (DS Ashley Knight #1)]]> 62626515
It soon becomes clear that the murders were carefully planned and the finger of suspicion points to an organised crime gang, but as the evidence mounts, a far more sinister theory emerges.

Ashley has been allocated a young but opinionated partner in Hector Fade, and sparks soon fly. Annoyingly for Ashley, Hector is no pushover and looks destined for great things. When the pair delve into the case, they struggle to understand who would inflict such suffering on their victims and hope the crime is a one off from a deranged and dangerous individual. But then another body is found.

There’s a killer on the loose who wants them to believe that the beach has a memory. They must be caught, or others will meet their end by the sea.]]> 452 Ross Greenwood 1804156957 Kate 5 4.11 2023 Death on Cromer Beach (DS Ashley Knight #1)
author: Ross Greenwood
name: Kate
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Covert Action (Tom Marlowe #3)]]> 94167409
British MI5 “Section D� agent Tom Marlowe has been burnt, his Security Services clearance deleted, and his protection from foreign agencies removed.

Travelling America following the events of Target Locked, Tom takes a covert job from a US senator he has connections with - to attend a West Coast event she's speaking at as a ghost, to watch from the shadows, and inform her of any threats he finds.

However, when he finds that her biggest threats are his own country's agents - rogue MI5 officers with a kill-order for her, he's given a choice; do nothing and be welcomed back into the British Security Services - or attempt to stop it before it occurs, and be damned with her.

Now opposing his own country while exposing a long-believed-dead Government cabal, and facing agents he once trained and fought with, Marlowe must get to the very centre of this conspiracy - in a journey that takes him across Europe and back to London, ending with an explosive reunion with the very men who trained him...]]> 356 Jack Gatland Kate 5 4.48 2023 Covert Action (Tom Marlowe #3)
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name: Kate
average rating: 4.48
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]]> Tell Me How This Ends 62929622 Can Henrietta find out what happened to Annie’s sister—before it’s too late?

Haunted by the past, Henrietta throws herself into a new job transcribing other people’s life stories, vowing to stick to the facts and keep emotions at arm’s length. But when she meets the eccentric and terminally ill Annie, she finds herself inextricably drawn in. And when Annie reveals that her sister drowned in unexplained circumstances in 1974, Henrietta’s methodical mind can’t help following the story’s loose ends�

Unlike Henrietta, Annie is brimming with confidence—but even she has limits when it comes to opening up. Ever since that terrible night when her sister left a pile of clothes beside the canal and vanished, Annie has been afraid to look too closely into the murky depths of her memories. When her attempts to glide over the past come up against Henrietta’s determination to fill in the gaps, both women find themselves confronting truths they’d thought were buried forever—especially when Henrietta’s digging unearths a surprising emotional connection between them.

Could unlocking Annie’s story help Henrietta rewrite the most devastating passages in her own life? And, in return, can she offer Annie a final twist in the tale, before it’s too late?]]> 300 Jo Leevers 1662506376 Kate 5 4.18 2023 Tell Me How This Ends
author: Jo Leevers
name: Kate
average rating: 4.18
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]]> <![CDATA[The Cutting Place (Maeve Kerrigan, #9)]]> 52850091 Everyone's heard the rumours about elite gentlemen's clubs, where the champagne flows freely,the parties arethe height of decadence . . . and the secrets are darker than you could possibly imagine.

DS Maeve Kerrigan finds herself in an unfamiliar world ofwealth, luxury and ruthless behaviour when she investigates the murder of a young journalist, Paige Hargreaves. Paige was working on a story about the Chiron Club, a private society for the richest and most privileged men inLondon. Then she disappeared.

It's clear to Maeve that the members have many secrets. But Maeve is hiding secrets of her own � even from her partner DI Josh Derwent. Will she uncover the truth about Paige’s death? Or will time run out for Maeve first?

]]> 400 Jane Casey Kate 5 4.30 2020 The Cutting Place (Maeve Kerrigan, #9)
author: Jane Casey
name: Kate
average rating: 4.30
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]]> <![CDATA[Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)]]> 58466075
But Gamache knows that evil is lurking somewhere behind the white picket fences and that, if he watches closely enough, Three Pines will start to give up its dark secrets...]]> 385 Louise Penny Kate 5 4.04 2005 Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)
author: Louise Penny
name: Kate
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2005
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]]> <![CDATA[The Monk (DS Cross Mysteries, #5)]]> 61413075 For at finde en drabsmand skal man have et motiv ...

Kriminalassistent George Cross bliver tilkaldt, da liget af en munk bliver fundet brutalt myrdet i et skovområde nær Bristol.

Man ved intet om broder Dominics fortid. Hvordan kan Cross opklare forbrydelsen, når han ikke ved noget om offeret? Og hvorfor skulle nogen ønske at gøre en munk fortræd?

De finder ud af, at broder Dominic ikke havde nogen fjender � eller i hvert fald ikke nogen, der er åbenlyse. Men hans fortid afslører, at han engang var en velhavende mand, og at han ofrede det hele for sin tro.

For en mand, der intet har, virker det mærkeligt, at grådighed kan være motivet for hans drab. Men grådighed er trods alt en synd ...

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"Et intelligent mysterium fuld af spænding, men også af humor og medfølelse. George Cross er ved at blive en af mine yndlingsdetektiver." - Elly Griffiths

"Jeg er smaskforelsket i George Cross." - Stephen Fry

"Det ultimative et spændende plot med en engageret kriminalassistent, som jeg ville følge til verdens ende. Bare genialt!" - Marion Todd

"En genial kriminalassistent af den gamle skole med et moderne tvist ... fra de komplekse følelser i hans privatliv til de knivskarpe detaljer i politiets efterforskning. Spot on!" - Russ Thomas

"Tim Sullivans detektiv, kriminalassistent George Cross, er autist. Hans tilgang til efterforskningen er uortodoks ... han fungerer overraskende godt som en fiktiv karakter, der behandler spor på en måde, der minder om Poirots 'små grå celler'." - Sunday Times

"Endnu en tour de force ... Hvis du er på udkig efter en god krimiserie, kan du ikke få meget bedre end denne. George Cross er en absolut fornøjelse." - Biskop Stortford Independent]]> 414 Tim Sullivan 1804545589 Kate 5 4.50 2023 The Monk (DS Cross Mysteries, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Girl Under the Floor (Maddie Ives #8)]]> 64652281
Ron and Sandy Blackman’s brutalised bodies are found in the hallway of their isolated rural home. They’ve been stabbed multiple times; Ron’s hands are tied tightly behind his back; Sandy has several fingernails ripped out. The safe has been forced open.

This is the second house of horrors that Maddie and her team have been called out to in a matter of days.

Four days earlier, single mother Maria was also stabbed to death in her own home � with the same murder weapon.

Maddie’s partner Vince was first on the scene. He finds Maria’s traumatised daughter trapped under the floorboards.

Jade saw everything � but can remember nothing.

Maddie is convinced these aren’t robberies gone wrong. These two families were specifically targeted, tortured for information. But what secrets was the killer so desperate to find out?

The key to the mystery lies with eleven-year-old Jade. Maddie and her team are in a race against time to find out the truth before Jade’s memories come back . . . and the killer returns to silence her forever.]]> 420 Charlie Gallagher 1804056537 Kate 5 4.37 2023 The Girl Under the Floor (Maddie Ives #8)
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name: Kate
average rating: 4.37
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dying of the Year (DCI Tom Raven #3)]]> 64415855
Sam Earnshaw’s recovery from a year-long coma should be an occasion for celebration. Instead, he reveals that the hit and run incident that left him close to death was no accident. Someone deliberately pushed him into the path of a speeding vehicle.

As DCI Tom Raven leads the investigation into the attempted murder, he soon uncovers a web of dark secrets and lies. The attempt on Sam’s life is not the first time a killer has struck.

And it won’t be the last.

As the bodies mount up, Raven is forced into a race against time, whilst facing serious questions about his own life and future.]]> 295 M.S. Morris 1914537254 Kate 5 4.46 2023 The Dying of the Year (DCI Tom Raven #3)
author: M.S. Morris
name: Kate
average rating: 4.46
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]]> <![CDATA[Thick as Thieves (DCI Thatcher #11)]]> 60215621 The only thing messier than murder is politics...

DCI Thatcher solves murders for a reason. He's not the guy you call to solve a robbery. But when the robbery is at the house of an important councilman, the department needs to bring in the best. And Thatcher's the best.

But Thatcher might also be too close to the case. As he and Mills dig deeper into the crime, their prime suspect is Archie Gray. Who happens to be Jeannie Gray's brother. And Jeannie Gray happens to be Thatcher's old flame.

The case soon takes a turn into Thatcher and Mills's department when the injured housekeeper is murdered in her hospital bed. Thatcher has to keep his personal feelings at bay and follow the evidence at the risk of his career and the wrath of the department head. But the one thing Thatcher can't live with is putting an innocent man behind bars.

A thrilling continuation that tests the classic detective in imaginable ways. From popular British thriller author, Oliver Davies.



This book has been re-edited and proofed for errors and mistakes as of 31 July 2022.]]> 388 Oliver Davies Kate 5 4.51 Thick as Thieves (DCI Thatcher #11)
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]]> <![CDATA[Everybody Hurts Sometimes (Ted Darling, #20)]]> 123200918
In his absence, his Serious Crime team is dealing with a major road incident � an attempted murder, with a vehicle as the chosen weapon. The case involves input from officers from both Drugs and SCIU � the Serious Collision Investigation Unit. A young man’s life hangs in the balance, his body shattered, his sporting dreams in tatters. The team members need their boss back, and soon.

It’s a harrowing case for everyone, but it hits one particular team member hardest. Hard enough for them to decide to leave not just the Serious Crime team but the Police Service itself.

Everybody Hurts Sometimes continues a storyline which began in the previous book, No Way to Say Goodbye, so is best read after that one.]]> 287 L.M. Krier Kate 5 4.65 Everybody Hurts Sometimes (Ted Darling, #20)
author: L.M. Krier
name: Kate
average rating: 4.65
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]]> <![CDATA[Dead to Me (Hidden Norfolk #13)]]> 63045710
When a man's body is discovered crammed into the boot of an abandoned car in a remote location, DI Tom Janssen and his team must unpick his life to find out how he came to be there.

The victim was a local man, popular with some although hated by others, and he had a habit of making enemies, enemies that any sane man would seek to avoid. For once, the team do not struggle to find a suspect or a motive for his murder, but with several to choose from, how can they determine who delivered the killing blows? Those who despised the man are unrepentant and as the investigation develops there seems to be more going on than a simple act of vengeance. What did the deceased have to hide and who was so intent on keeping their own secrets that they were prepared to brutally kill to do so?

With a killer at large the public are restless, reassured only by the suggestion that the murder is an act perpetrated by figures within the criminal community against one of their own, but when a troubled teenage girl disappears fear takes hold in the small coastal town. The only potential witness is an eccentric homeless man who comes and goes as he pleases, often disappearing for months at a time. Who did he see? What does he know? Will he be the next to be silenced?

What looked like a simple revenge attack will turn into a race against time for Tom and his team as they try to protect the innocent and reveal the guilty... only no one knows with any certainty who belongs in which camp.]]> 300 J.M. Dalgliesh Kate 5 4.40 2023 Dead to Me (Hidden Norfolk #13)
author: J.M. Dalgliesh
name: Kate
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[A Year at the French Farmhouse]]> 61855075
After ten years of loyal service Lily Butterworth has been made redundant. Like any clever woman, she knows the cure to redundancy is a little too much wine and her best friend.

Only the next morning, Lily has more than a hangover . . . she has a whole new house � in France!

Seeing this as an opportunity instead of a disaster, she’s excited about finally moving to France, just as she and her husband always dreamed of. However, Lily is in for another surprise. Despite planning to move there for over 20 years, her husband never actually intended to go.

So begins a year in France, alone, renovating the gorgeous old farmhouse that is held together by wallpaper and wishes.

Will a year at the French farmhouse be just what Lily needs? Or could it be the previous owner, Frederique, that is the answer to Lily’s dreams?]]> 374 Gillian Harvey 180426962X Kate 4 3.88 A Year at the French Farmhouse
author: Gillian Harvey
name: Kate
average rating: 3.88
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]]> The Scarlet Dress 53962111 'The past was like water. Once the tide turned, you couldn't hold it back.'

In the long, hot summer of 1995, twenty-two-year-old Alice Lang rents a caravan on a holiday park on the outskirts of the lively holiday resort of Severn Sands. She befriends Marnie, a shy, damaged little girl whose father is the park's caretaker and whose mother died a few months earlier. Will, whose mother runs the bar, falls in love with Alice, and is unbearably jealous of anyone else she sees. Tensions rise until one evening Alice disappears from her caravan. She's never seen again, and only her scarlet dress is found washed up on the shore.

A quarter of a century later, the town is run down and nobody comes there anymore. Mr and Mrs deVillars, former owners of the holiday park, have passed the failing business onto their son Guy, who promptly sells the land for development. Builders clearing the land to create an expanse of executive homes uncover human bones. It has to be Alice.

Will and Marnie’s lives were entirely shaped by what happened that summer, and now Alice has been found, they must struggle to pin down their memories, to escape the secrets of the past, the lies they told and the unbearable guilt they're both carrying.

They need to find out what happened to Alice. Who killed her? And why?]]> 358 Louise Douglas 1838892834 Kate 5 4.12 2021 The Scarlet Dress
author: Louise Douglas
name: Kate
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lost Notebook (Toussaints Detective Agency, #1)]]> 61216026
It’s summer and holidaymakers are flocking to the idyllic Brittany coast. But when first an old traveller woman dies in suspicious circumstances, and then a campaign of hate seemingly drives another victim to take his own life, events take a very dark turn.

Mila Shepherd has come to France to look after her niece, Ani, following the accident in which both Ani’s parents were lost at sea. Mila has moved into their family holiday home - The Sea House - as well as taken her sister Sophie’s place in an agency which specialises in tracking down missing people, until new recruit Carter Jackson starts.

It’s clear that malevolent forces are at work in Morranez, but the local police are choosing to look the other way. Only Mila and Carter can uncover the truth about what’s really going on in this beautiful, but mysterious place before anyone else suffers. But someone is desperate to protect a terrible truth, at any cost…]]> 353 Louise Douglas 183889294X Kate 5 4.00 2022 The Lost Notebook (Toussaints Detective Agency, #1)
author: Louise Douglas
name: Kate
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2023/02/16
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]]> <![CDATA[Target Locked (Tom Marlowe #2)]]> 62237459
British MI5 “Section D� agent Tom Marlowe has been burned, his Security Services clearance deleted, and his protection from foreign agencies removed.

Now on the run from assassins with old scores to settle, Marlowe accepts an offer from retired CIA associate Brad Haynes to stay with him in New York. But as ever, Brad has a reason for calling his friend across to the East Coast.

Burned from working with any allied agency, and with only old friends and disavowed spies to rely on, Marlowe finds himself fighting to clear a kill-list order on a high-flying environmental lawyer, before she takes down a criminal corporation in a high-profile court case - but can he stay in the shadows to do this, or will his hunters lock on target once more?]]> 382 Jack Gatland Kate 5 4.43 2023 Target Locked (Tom Marlowe #2)
author: Jack Gatland
name: Kate
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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]]> Kith and Kin (DI Mills 8) 83831707
DI Mills and DS Fry are called to the aftermath of a domestic dispute. It's worse than they could have imagined when they find out two children have gone missing while the older siblings were neglectful and arguing over their inheritance. At first, they believe the children might have run away, but when the babysitter comes up missing as well, the detectives know this is a kidnapping.

Between terrible custody battles, bickering family members, and an unforgiving deadline, Mills and Fry have their hands full. But they must stay focused if they wish to find the children before something terrible happens to them...]]> 316 Oliver Davies Kate 5 4.59 Kith and Kin (DI Mills 8)
author: Oliver Davies
name: Kate
average rating: 4.59
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]]> <![CDATA[These Destructive Passions (DI Mills #6)]]> 63226137 Passion twisted is a terrible thing, indeed...

When a beautiful young lady is found murdered on the moors near an artists' enclave, DI Mills And DS Fry are left with a slew of questions and very few answers. Questions that grow by the moment as they discover that the lady in question was a model entwined in some way with each artist in attendance. Did the fine arts turn to something twisted, or is there a more pedestrian motivation?

It's up to Mills and Fry to crack the case before more lives are lost to these destructive passions.]]> 315 Oliver Davies Kate 5 4.55 These Destructive Passions (DI Mills #6)
author: Oliver Davies
name: Kate
average rating: 4.55
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]]> A Gruesome Bond (DI Mills #5) 62329089 311 Oliver Davies Kate 4 4.40 A Gruesome Bond (DI Mills #5)
author: Oliver Davies
name: Kate
average rating: 4.40
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rating: 4
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]]> Mournful Songs (DI Mills #2) 61126280
When a Yorkshire ornithologist is found dead just outside of a nature preserve among odd circumstances, DI Mills and his partner DS Fry are called into make sense of the tragedy.

But the leads are few and far between. It seems that everyone in town liked the bird man, and suspects are scarce. However, when Mills stumbles upon hints of a dark past with the victim's dead wife, the murderer strikes again. Unless Mills and Fry can figure out the connection and find their killer, this won't be the last mournful song to ring out in the village.]]> 268 Oliver Davies Kate 5 4.45 Mournful Songs (DI Mills #2)
author: Oliver Davies
name: Kate
average rating: 4.45
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]]> Woeful Pageants (DI Mills #1) 60861213 A local actor finds himself strung up...

When a man is found hanged to death by the curtain ropes at a theatre, DI Isaac Mills is thrust into his first case without his previous partner, DCI Thatcher. Now, alongside his new partner DS Leila Fry, the pair of them strive to be the dynamic duo Thatcher and Mills once were.

But this first case together isn't going to make it easy for them. Most of the suspects are theatre people and tend to be� dramatic. This makes it especially difficult for Mills and Fry to sift through the truth tellers and the liars.

With a slew of motives and suspects, Mills and Fry have to figure out their new partnership and solve this murder, all without causing a scene.

A new spin-off to the Amazon Best Selling series, DCI Thatcher Yorkshire Crimes.]]> 352 Oliver Davies Kate 5 4.31 Woeful Pageants (DI Mills #1)
author: Oliver Davies
name: Kate
average rating: 4.31
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]]> <![CDATA[Sleeping Dogs Lie (DI Mills #4)]]> 61764247 Always let sleeping dogs lie�


When a Yorkshire farmer is found dead in his fields, what seems at first to be a dog attack falls to murder in the form of a stab wound. With his faithful partner, DS Fry, out of town, it's up to DI Mills alone to navigate the case. And the complications keep on coming, as the farmer's lands abut three other farms rife with suspects and one of the farm dogs being the only apparent witness.

Was this a murder caused by greed to take more land? Or a crime of passion fueled by hidden desires? It's up to DI Mills to find out before another farmer falls into the killer's sights.


]]> 314 Oliver Davies Kate 5 4.50 Sleeping Dogs Lie (DI Mills #4)
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]]> Art Is The Lie (DI Mills #7) 68052236

The disappearance of a talented artist has haunted Mills and Fry. When they get an unexpected break in the case, the duo dives right back into the complicated mystery. While there might be new information, this case remains a tangled weave of suspects and motives. But Mills is determined to find the hidden clues within this masterpiece of a crime.

Sometimes you just get lucky and beat the odds. Other times, you discover the disappointing that the art is a lie.]]> 316 Oliver Davies Kate 5 4.62 Art Is The Lie (DI Mills #7)
author: Oliver Davies
name: Kate
average rating: 4.62
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]]> <![CDATA[Dance With Death (Wild Fens #8)]]> 63273838 A mother's love lives in the shadow of death.

The sudden death of a colleague spells both change and opportunity for DI Bloom and her team. But their grief is cut short when the body of a woman is discovered in a nearby farmer’s field. Myra Dicks, a university lecturer and driving force behind the Cultural Heritage Society, had just six months left until she retired from a brilliant career.

When the investigation uncovers the real Myra Dicks, they discover a side of her that casts suspicion on a single person � a man who understands exactly how to get away with murder. With the death of their friend in mind, DI Bloom and her team push forward, hoping to close the investigation down so they can mourn their loss.

But when a second body is discovered, the game changes. More than one person might have wanted Myra dead, and the time for grief would have to wait.

Dance With Death is the eighth book in the Wild Fens Murder Mystery series by Jack Cartwright. Filled with twists, peppered with romance, and littered with humour, the Wild Fens Murder Mysteries are perfect for fans of JM Dalgliesh, Ann Cleeves, Rachel McClean, and Faith Martin.]]> 342 Jack Cartwright Kate 5 4.48 Dance With Death (Wild Fens #8)
author: Jack Cartwright
name: Kate
average rating: 4.48
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]]> <![CDATA[Sleeping Soldiers (Tom Marlowe, #1)]]> 61346286 They tried to kill him - now he wants revenge.

Someone is killing old spies. Retired and forgotten, these relics from the Cold War are being removed—quietly and brutally.

And when “Section D� MI5 agent Tom Marlowe, on medical leave after a botched mission learns his old mentor is one of the murdered ex-agents, he starts an investigation that threatens to cost him his career, his freedom� and even his life.

Uncovering a conspiracy linked to a late-eighties operation called RUBICON, one involving long-forgotten Russian sleeper agents, now operating in the highest echelons of Westminster, Marlowe is thrown down a rabbit hole that forces him off the grid and on the run, hunted by his own people.

Out in the cold, with his air supply cut off, burned from working with any allied agency and with only disavowed spies to rely on, Marlowe must try to clear his name and expose this threat, before the US President is assassinated during his next London visit, and a new World War begins...]]> 364 Jack Gatland Kate 5 4.23 2022 Sleeping Soldiers (Tom Marlowe, #1)
author: Jack Gatland
name: Kate
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Librarian (Detective Jason Smith #20)]]> 62911178 But it appears someone has been doing some research on Smith's track record. Somebody knows more than they ought to, and when people are murdered in circumstances, far too familiar to be coincidence, Smith runs out of ideas.
The answers to his questions come from an unexpected source. An octogenarian former Librarian who claims to remember everything that has ever happened in her waking life, will prove to be an unusual ally in Smith's quest to bring down the most disturbing killer he's ever come across.]]> 289 Stewart Giles Kate 4 4.56 The Librarian (Detective Jason Smith #20)
author: Stewart Giles
name: Kate
average rating: 4.56
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]]> How Not To Be A Loser 52652899

Amy Piper is a loser. She’s lost her confidence, her mojo and her way.

But one thing she has never lost is her total love for her thirteen-year-old son Joey, and for his sake she knows it’s time for a change. But first she has to be brave enough to leave the house�

What she needs are friends and an adventure. And when she joins a running group of women who call themselves The Larks, she finds both. Not to mention their inspiring (and rather handsome) coach, Nathan.

Once upon a time Amy was a winner - at life, at sport and in love. Now, with every ounce of strength she has left, she is determined to reclaim the life she had, for herself and for Joey. And who knows, she might just be a winner again � at life, sport, and love, if she looks in the right places�

Uplifting, funny and unforgettable, Beth Moran returns with a joyous tale of friendship, love and facing your fears.

Praise for Beth Moran

‘Life-affirming, joyful and tender.� Zoe Folbigg

'Every day is a perfect day to read this.’�Shari Low

'A British author to watch.' Publisher's Weekly

'A wonderfully warm-hearted story full of love and laughter.' Victoria Connelly

]]> Beth Moran Kate 5 4.38 How Not To Be A Loser
author: Beth Moran
name: Kate
average rating: 4.38
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]]> <![CDATA[No Way to Say Goodbye (Ted Darling, #19)]]> 63118427
An elderly man reported missing, together with the proceeds of a lucrative house sale.

A death by arson.

Three simultaneous cases to challenge DCI Ted Darling’s Serious Crime team.

Because of similar child abductions in other force areas, a new face joins the team � DI Oscar Smith, from the Metropolitan Police. Even his own boss warns Ted that the man can be as much a bane as a blessing.

Then Ted is called away to attend a meeting which might bring one of his open cases to a satisfactory conclusion.]]> 295 L.M. Krier Kate 5 4.60 No Way to Say Goodbye (Ted Darling, #19)
author: L.M. Krier
name: Kate
average rating: 4.60
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]]> <![CDATA[This Bloody Shore: Book 3 of the Manxman series]]> 63831214
After the disastrous Walcheren campaign, Britain’s hopes of defeating the French on land rest with Wellington’s army in Portugal. Over to the east, Bonaparte’s attention turns to Catalonia where he has ordered General Suchet to capture the coastal town of Tarragona from the Spanish, and promised him his Marshal’s baton if he succeeds.

Captain Hugh Kelly RN and First Lieutenant Alfred Durrell of HMS Iris are sent to join a squadron under Commodore Codrington which is providing naval support to the beleaguered Spanish garrison. Tarragona has withstood French assaults before, but this time Suchet’s hunger for promotion combined with rivalry among the Spanish commanders have left the town in a precarious position.

Captain Gabriel Bonnet of the 30th légère, a scarred veteran of Bonaparte’s wars, has long since abandoned his youthful ideals and just wants to survive and do his job. However, mistakes made by his battalion commander force Bonnet to shoulder more responsibility while chance encounters with a Spanish woman trying to survive alone and an arrogant young Spanish officer remind him that there is more to honour than winning a battle.

As the French bombardment of the town reaches its savage climax, it becomes clear that neither garrison nor civilians can expect mercy from Suchet’s invading army. Hugh Kelly and the rest of the Royal Navy squadron face the prospect of managing a daring and dangerous evacuation from the bloody shore of Tarragona.

This Bloody Shore is Book 3 of the Manxman series.]]> 586 Lynn Bryant Kate 5 4.57 This Bloody Shore: Book 3 of the Manxman series
author: Lynn Bryant
name: Kate
average rating: 4.57
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lightning Rod (DI Bliss #10)]]> 60394862
DI Bliss attends the aftermath of an apparent murder-suicide � but the scene tells him and his colleagues something very different occurred. Now the Peterborough Major Crimes Unit face an adversary like no other.

They have no idea why his victims had to die. They have no idea who he is. They have no idea where he might strike next � only that he will.

But while the killer is cunning, leaving no evidence for them to find, his biggest mistake might be in underestimating the team now hunting him. Because when Jimmy Bliss is on the case, all bets are off.]]> 385 Tony J. Forder Kate 5 4.60 2022 The Lightning Rod (DI Bliss #10)
author: Tony J. Forder
name: Kate
average rating: 4.60
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Unquiet Bones (DCI Harry Grimm, #12)]]> 62107187
Detective Chief Inspector Harry Grimm has the keys to hope. Excited but nervous over claiming his new house, he’s tying himself even tighter to his adopted community. But he can’t contain his horrified surprise when a mutilated corpse in the lounge makes him the owner of a gruesome crime scene.

With markings on the body showing a disturbing link to his time in Afghanistan, Grimm shivers with alarm as his team discovers the victim’s identity. And when he’s taken off the case, the stoic cop pursues answers on his own out of fear he’s about to be shattered by his bloody past.

Will he hunt down the killer…or is Grimm about to become the prey?

Unquiet Bones is the page-turning twelfth book in the DCI Harry Grimm Crime Thrillers series. If you like besieged heroes, races against time, and nail-biting mysteries, then you’ll love David J. Gatward’s restless pursuit.

Buy Unquiet Bones to bury grisly truths today!

Perfect for fans of L. J. Ross, J. D. Kirk, Adam Croft, Simon McCleave, Alex Smith, J. M. Dalgliesh, J. E. Mayhew, and J. R. Ellis.]]> 392 David J. Gatward Kate 5 4.60 Unquiet Bones (DCI Harry Grimm, #12)
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name: Kate
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]]> Let It Snow 61087087 Curl up with the perfect cosy read and the latest novel by the bestselling author of Just the Way You Are.

After the end of a long-term relationship, local weather girl Bea Armstrong has been avoiding her family, and their inevitable ‘I-told-you-sos.� But with Christmas fast approaching, she is finally on her way home to Charis House, the school in Sherwood Forest that her mum and dad run in their old family home. And to top it all off, the insufferable Henry Fairfax � who her parents have always wanted her to marry � has also been invited.

Relief comes in the shape of a last-minute interview for her dream job. There are just a few minor problems� The interview is in Scotland, Bea has no car, and the snow is falling already. The only solution is for Henry to drive her � could this Christmas get any worse�

But during an unforgettable two-day interview, a stay in a log cabin and a nightmare journey through the snow, Henry turns out to be nothing like she thought. And when Bea’s first love and recent ex shows up, Bea has a difficult choice to make…]]> 367 Beth Moran 180280644X Kate 3 4.13 2022 Let It Snow
author: Beth Moran
name: Kate
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2022
rating: 3
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]]> On the First Day of Christmas 60751541
When Liv Latimer says goodbye to her fellow nurses and finishes work for the holidays, she's looking forward to a Christmas to remember with her boyfriend Eddie.

But as she leaves the hospital, tragedy strikes and Liv is faced with a choice. Will she ignore her instincts and go home as planned? Or will she stay, and potentially change the course of her life as she knows it?

Whatever choice she makes, Liv is about to discover that fate finds a way...

From the bestselling Irish author of The Ladies' Midnight Swimming Club comes an emotional and uplifting festive story about love, family and how a split-second decision can change your life.]]> 273 Faith Hogan Kate 5 3.71 2022 On the First Day of Christmas
author: Faith Hogan
name: Kate
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Uncommon Cruelty: Families, Lies and Murder. (D.I. Gus McGuire #4)]]> 48760640 As the investigation unfolds, Gus must discover what links a violent bikers� gang, a Muslim youth group and a fundamentalist American based Christian church.
Alongside this, two cases from the past come back to haunt DI Gus McGuire and his DS, Alice Cooper.
Gus has a lot to juggle, but will he cope?
]]> 415 Liz Mistry Kate 5 4.66 Uncommon Cruelty: Families, Lies and Murder. (D.I. Gus McGuire #4)
author: Liz Mistry
name: Kate
average rating: 4.66
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]]> <![CDATA[Untainted Blood: Is blood thicker than water? (D.I. Gus McGuire #3)]]> 48759521
However, Weston is not what he appears to be and with secrets jeopardising his political career, he must tread very carefully.
Meanwhile a serial killer targets Asian men who lead alternative lifestyles and delivers his own form of torture.

As D.I. Gus McGuire's team close in, the killer begins to unravel and, in an unexpected twist, the stakes are raised for Gus.]]> 403 Liz Mistry Kate 5 4.41 Untainted Blood: Is blood thicker than water? (D.I. Gus McGuire #3)
author: Liz Mistry
name: Kate
average rating: 4.41
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]]> <![CDATA[Unquiet Souls (DI Gus McGuire, #1)]]> 48728435 When the body of a prostitute is found, followed by the discovery of children locked in an attic, DI Gus McGuire, newly returned to work, is given the case. But what at first appears to be a simple murder soon turns into an international manhunt for the members of a twisted child trafficking ring.
McGuire who is suffering with his own emotional problems, must pick his way through the web of deceit and uncover the truth in time before the body count rises.
Can McGuire identify The Matchmaker before it’s too late? And can he trust those he is working with?
]]> 447 Liz Mistry Kate 5 4.41 2016 Unquiet Souls (DI Gus McGuire, #1)
author: Liz Mistry
name: Kate
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2016
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[A Body on the Beach (The Rejoiner #1; West Wales Murder Mysteries #1)]]> 63126910
It will take all Detective Norman’s experience to whip his band of misfits into shape to catch a killer.]]> 287 P.F. Ford 1804056367 Kate 5 4.39 2020 A Body on the Beach (The Rejoiner #1; West Wales Murder Mysteries #1)
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name: Kate
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Killing Parade: A Pulse-Pounding Scottish Detective Thriller]]> 61043485
When the body of a local talent show winner is discovered, on the eve of headlining Kilwinnoch’s annual Civic Week celebrations, it throws the festivities into chaos and threatens to tear the close-knit community apart.

For DCI Bone, the death is personal. Days earlier, he’d received a call from the victim, warning that she was about to be killed. He’d dismissed it as a hoax.

With threats of more to come, a town on edge, and a ruthless killer evading detection with ease, Bone knows from hard -worn experience that, in a case like this, one kill is never enough.
Set among the dramatic hills and glens of Scotland's Campsie Fells, The Killing Parade is the fourth book in a series of edge-of-your-seat crime mysteries that will keep you guessing right up to the nail-biting, heart-stopping climax.]]> T.G. Reid Kate 5 4.49 2022 The Killing Parade: A Pulse-Pounding Scottish Detective Thriller
author: T.G. Reid
name: Kate
average rating: 4.49
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Politician (DS Cross Mysteries, #4)]]> 60573312 DS George Cross delves deep into the world of dirty politics in this Bristol detective series perfect for fans of Peter James and Joy Ellis.

At first glance, the murder of Peggy Frampton looks like a burglary gone wrong. But DS George Cross, with his meticulous methods, thinks otherwise.

The victim, a former mayor of Bristol, is now an online influencer whose forthright opinions attract the kind of attention that most people would like to avoid.

There's no shortage of suspects. Cross's investigation will lead him from Peggy's unfaithful husband to her gambling-addicted son, to a scorned former lover with a grudge. But she also has political enemies in her past.

Cross will have to navigate a dark maze of seedy connections to find the truth � but can he do it before the killer strikes again?

The Politician is a part of the DS George Cross thriller series, which can be read in any order.

'Sullivan has given us a British detective for the 21st century who will be hard to forget' Daily Mail]]> 386 Tim Sullivan 1801107815 Kate 5 4.48 The Politician (DS Cross Mysteries, #4)
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name: Kate
average rating: 4.48
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]]> <![CDATA[Angel of Death (Hidden Norfolk #12)]]> 61180184
When the partial remains of a young woman are unearthed during a violent storm, it leaves DI Tom Janssen and his team to discover her identity and what brought her there.

A man is released from prison having been the victim of a miscarriage of justice and returns home to rural Norfolk. Questions are being asked, not only of the police and their flawed investigation, but also of the man himself. A loner, strange and disinterested, is he truly innocent? If he didn't kill the girl he was sent to jail for, then where is she? Has a guilty man managed to evade justice and get away with murder or has a killer been hiding within the community all along?

Tensions are running high among the locals, people are split, with some threatening to take justice into their own hands. Old wounds, still to fully heal, are reopened and everyone wants resolution. But will Tom and his team be able to offer it, or will the investigation reveal dark secrets, long harbored, that will tear families apart?

Angel of Death is the twelfth novel in the Hidden Norfolk series of thrillers from the million-selling British crime writer, JM Dalgliesh, the author of the Dark Yorkshire books. Perfect for fans of LJ Ross, JD Kirk, Rachel McLean, Ann Cleeves and Simon McCleave.]]> 320 J.M. Dalgliesh Kate 5 4.53 2022 Angel of Death (Hidden Norfolk #12)
author: J.M. Dalgliesh
name: Kate
average rating: 4.53
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> The Reading List 62710539 A faded list.
Nine favourite stories.
For two strangers, friendship is only a page away . . .

When Mukesh Patel pops to the local library, forgoing his routine of grocery shopping and David Attenborough documentaries, he has no idea his life’s about to change.

He meets Aleisha, a reluctant librarian and the keeper of a curious reading list � just a scrappy piece of paper with the names of 9 stories. It doesn’t seem anything special. Yet something tells her to keep it close . . .

Story by story, Mukesh and Aleisha work their way through the list � their worries slipping away with every encounter, with every world discovered in their unlikely book club of two.

A fresh chance at life, at friendship, wasn’t on the cards for these lonely souls � but every story starts somewhere . . .]]> 430 Sara Nisha Adams Kate 5 4.24 2021 The Reading List
author: Sara Nisha Adams
name: Kate
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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]]> The Recipe for Hope 60424349 In this charming novel from the bestselling author of The Dressmaker’s Gift, food was once the language of Evie’s soul. Now, can she remember the recipe for happiness?

Evie’s running away: from her soon-to-be ex-husband’s shiny new life, from the devastating loss of her baby last year, from a memory-filled London and, most particularly, from Christmas. A remote cottage in the South of France seems like the perfect peaceful place to soothe her sorrows.

But the countryside soon proves anything but quiet, from the rooster crowing at dawn to the barn owl hooting through the night—not to mention Evie’s handsome neighbour, doctor Didier, who works away in his garage at all hours.

Unexpectedly, the sights and sounds of life amid the sparkling beauty of the Dordogne give Evie a renewed sense of inspiration, and with her French grandmother’s recipe book for company, she begins to rediscover her love of cooking. Soon, the tight-knit community begins to enfold her, reminding Evie what really matters in life.

But are Didier’s gorgeous blue eyes on more than Evie’s delicious dinners? And can a cancelled Christmas—complete with a Not-Christmas feast for two—heal her heart?]]> 198 Fiona Valpy 1662503717 Kate 4 4.30 2014 The Recipe for Hope
author: Fiona Valpy
name: Kate
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Blood Water Falls (DCI Duncan Bone #2)]]> 58607033 A death through a lens.

When the brutally murdered body of a local geography teacher is discovered at Kilwinnoch’s famous beauty spot, Blood Water Falls, the community is rocked to its core.

For DCI Duncan Bone, the killing appears to be an open and shut case. But it’s not long before a sinister clue unleashes dark and deadly forces, blowing the investigation wide open, and putting Bone and his team in grave danger.

With the town baying for blood, and too many suspects and not enough answers, DCI Bone faces not only the toughest case of his career, but the battle of his life to defeat the psychological demons determined to destroy him once and for all.]]> 394 T.G. Reid Kate 5 4.19 Blood Water Falls (DCI Duncan Bone #2)
author: T.G. Reid
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average rating: 4.19
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]]> <![CDATA[The Cyclist (DS Cross Mysteries, #2)]]> 54631560
Odd tanning lines on his body and scars on his forearms enable DS George Cross to narrow down his search for the man’s identity.

Has the victim’s illicit side business led to his death or is it a simple case of jealousy and ambition? Cross' relentless pursuit of the truth leads to some awkward choices.]]> 260 Tim Sullivan Kate 5 4.17 2020 The Cyclist (DS Cross Mysteries, #2)
author: Tim Sullivan
name: Kate
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Patient (DS Cross Mysteries, #3)]]> 56409477
DS George Cross can be rude, difficult, and awkward with people. But his unfailing logic and dogged pursuit of the truth means his conviction rate is the best on the force. An outsider himself, having been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, DS Cross is especially drawn to cases concerning the voiceless and the dispossessed.

Now, Cross is untangling the truth about a young woman who died three days ago. With no fingerprints, no weapon and no witnesses, the Bristol Crime Unit are ready to close the case. The coroner rules the woman had a long history of drug abuse. But her mother is convinced it was her daughter has been clean and sober for over two years.

DS Cross is determined to defy his bosses and re-open the case, even if it costs him his career. Soon he is mired in a labyrinth of potential suspects � but can he solve the case before his superiors shut it down for good?

]]> 416 Tim Sullivan Kate 5 4.53 2022 The Patient (DS Cross Mysteries, #3)
author: Tim Sullivan
name: Kate
average rating: 4.53
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[An Antique Murder (The Oldminster Mysteries #2)]]> 60228193
Not least when legendary thespian Sir Frank Taylor is discovered dead in his bloody bed. A Nazi dagger plunged deep into his chest.

He was once England’s most dazzling leading man, but someone is clearly not a fan.

Detectives French and Edwards are called to the home to investigate. And soon find out the star of the stage was hiding a shocking secret he never wanted his public to know.

The inmates at the Irving are now living in perpetual fear. Who will be next?

The race is on to uncover the truth before the killer strikes again.

A victim who thought he could outrun his past.
A killer who’ll never forget.
Two detectives determined to find the truth.]]> 188 Norman Russell 1804050938 Kate 4 4.21 2022 An Antique Murder (The Oldminster Mysteries #2)
author: Norman Russell
name: Kate
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Fair Game (DCI Harry Grimm, #11)]]> 61202702
Detective Harry Grimm is reaching another milestone in the Dales. As he completes the purchase of his new house, his plans for moving in are disrupted when a trespasser falls into a grisly calculated trap and bleeds out.

Tracking back to a recent violent confrontation in a local pub, Grimm and his team assemble a long list of suspects. But when a principal lead disappears in a potentially murderous payback, he fears it’s the start of an all-out slaughter across his idyllic countryside.

Can he halt a killer stalking human prey before the butchery destroys his beloved land?]]> 368 David J. Gatward Kate 5 4.60 Fair Game (DCI Harry Grimm, #11)
author: David J. Gatward
name: Kate
average rating: 4.60
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]]> <![CDATA[The Raven Spell (Conspiracy of Magic, #1)]]> 58456216 In Victorian England a witch and a detective are on the hunt for a serial killer in an enthralling novel of magic and murder.

After a nearly fatal blow to the skull, traumatized private detective Ian Cameron is found dazed and confused on a muddy riverbank in Victorian London. Among his effects: a bloodstained business card bearing the name of a master wizard and a curious pocket watch that doesn’t seem to tell time. To retrieve his lost memories, Ian demands answers from Edwina and Mary Blackwood, sister witches with a murky past. But as their secret is slowly unveiled, a dangerous mystery emerges on the darkened streets of London.

To help piece together Ian’s lost time, he and Edwina embark on a journey that will take them from the river foreshore to an East End music hall, and on to a safe house for witches in need of sanctuary from angry mortals. The clues they find suggest a link between a series of gruesome murders, a missing person’s case, and a dreadful suspicion that threatens to tear apart the bonds of sisterhood. As the investigation deepens, could Ian and Edwina be the next to die?]]> 267 Luanne G. Smith 1542033926 Kate 5 4.06 2022 The Raven Spell (Conspiracy of Magic, #1)
author: Luanne G. Smith
name: Kate
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Color of a Dream (The Color of Heaven, #4)]]> 20939986
Nadia Carmichael has had a lifelong run of bad luck. It begins on the day she is born, when she is separated from her identical twin sister and put up for adoption. Twenty-seven years later, not long after she is finally reunited with her twin and is expecting her first child, Nadia falls victim to a mysterious virus and requires a heart transplant.

Now recovering from the surgery with a new heart, Nadia is haunted by a recurring dream that sets her on a path to discover the identity of her donor. Her efforts are thwarted, however, when the father of her baby returns to sue for custody of their child. It’s not until Nadia meets his estranged brother Jesse - a heroic rescue helicopter pilot - that she begins to explore the true nature of her dreams, and discover what her new heart truly wants and deserves�

Includes Bonus Content: A Bookclub Discussion Guide]]> 320 Julianne MacLean 1927675146 Kate 5 4.44 2014 The Color of a Dream (The Color of Heaven, #4)
author: Julianne MacLean
name: Kate
average rating: 4.44
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]]> <![CDATA[The Creek (Summer Suspense Mysteries, #2)]]> 60756411
Kate Irving arrives at her grandfather’s cottage at Frenchman’s Creek in the dead of night with her young son, a small suitcase and little else. Its scattered community of fishermen, farmers, artists and jetsetters barely bat an eyelid, because theirs is a rarefied world, tucked beneath the lush forest that lines the banks of the Helford Estuary, deep in the heart of Cornwall, where life is slow and people generally mind their own business. Unless, of course, your grandfather happens to be a pillar of the local community�

Kate’s left the past behind and guards her privacy and her son fiercely. She’s wary of accepting the friendship her new neighbours offer, but their kindness is too great to refuse and she begins to feel she has found her place in the world. That is, until tragedy strikes, and her new friends look to her for the answers�

Kate soon learns that the past always catches up with you, in the end—the question is, will she be able to face it, when it does?

Suspense is peppered with romance and humour in this fast-paced mystery, set amidst the spectacular Cornish landscape.]]> 253 L.J. Ross Kate 5 4.31 2022 The Creek (Summer Suspense Mysteries, #2)
author: L.J. Ross
name: Kate
average rating: 4.31
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]]> <![CDATA[The Girl in the Meadow (Detective Chief Inspector Jack Harris #10)]]> 61403745
After causing a scene, the police intervene but with no evidence, Geoffrey Haynes� demands are curtly dismissed.

DCI Jack Harris has more than a passing interest in the property. During his errant youth, it was one of the places where he got up to no end of mischief.

But another spanner is thrown in the works when builders uncover the skeleton of a woman under the floorboards.

Now DCI Jack Harris is interested in what Haynes has to say. Yet the veteran cop might have questions to answer of his own.]]> 220 John Dean Kate 5 4.43 2022 The Girl in the Meadow (Detective Chief Inspector Jack Harris #10)
author: John Dean
name: Kate
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> The Lost Apothecary 56591783 In this addictive and spectacularly imagined debut, a female apothecary secretly dispenses poisons to liberate women from the men who have wronged them—setting three lives across centuries on a dangerous collision course.

Rule #1: The poison must never be used to harm another woman.

Rule #2: The names of the murderer and her victim must be recorded in the apothecary’s register.

One cold February evening in 1791, at the back of a dark London alley in a hidden apothecary shop, Nella awaits her newest customer. Once a respected healer, Nella now uses her knowledge for a darker purpose—selling well-disguised poisons to desperate women who would kill to be free of the men in their lives. But when her new patron turns out to be a precocious twelve-year-old named Eliza Fanning, an unexpected friendship sets in motion a string of events that jeopardizes Nella’s world and threatens to expose the many women whose names are written in her register.

In present-day London, aspiring historian Caroline Parcewell spends her tenth wedding anniversary alone, reeling from the discovery of her husband’s infidelity. When she finds an old apothecary vial near the river Thames, she can’t resist investigating, only to realize she’s found a link to the unsolved “apothecary murders� that haunted London over two centuries ago. As she deepens her search, Caroline’s life collides with Nella’s and Eliza’s in a stunning twist of fate—and not everyone will survive.

With crackling suspense, unforgettable characters and searing insight, The Lost Apothecary is a subversive and intoxicating exploration of women rebelling against a man’s world, the destructive force of revenge and the remarkable ways that women can save each other despite the barrier of time.]]> 320 Sarah Penner 1789558980 Kate 5 3.98 2021 The Lost Apothecary
author: Sarah Penner
name: Kate
average rating: 3.98
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rating: 5
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]]> Under a Greek Moon 58317032
‘Loved it! It sizzles with secrets and passion. A real page turner!� Jo Thomas

‘Utterly engaging, deliciously escapist, with a heart as warm as its author's� Cathy Kelly, bestselling author of The Family Gift
She can escape Hollywood, but can she escape her past?

A-list actress Shauna Jackson has the perfect life. Fame, fortune, marriage. Or so it seems.
Running from a scandal, Shauna must return to the place that changed her life twenty years ago, the idyllic Greek island of Ithos.
Captivated once more by her island escape, bittersweet memories resurface of one summer, one unforgettable man, and a long-hidden secret.
Can Shauna take the chance to confront her past?

‘An absolute cracking read � it’s brilliant!� Steph McGovern presenter of Packed Lunch

‘Sun-soaked, glamorous escapism.� Cressida McLaughlin

‘A sizzling summer read. I couldn’t put it down.� Alex Brown, bestselling author of The Secret of Orchard Cottage

‘An exquisite tale of love lost and found that’s full of intriguing characters and romantic locations. A Perfect summer read.� Judy Murray

Five Star reviews from NetGalley:

Excellent debut novel

You had me hooked from the very first page, right through to the very last word! I was riveted. I’m in awe.

100% recommend sitting and relaxing with your favourite cocktail and getting lost in this truly wonderful romance. I loved it.

A great summer read!

Full of wonderful descriptions of sun-drenched Greek islands, Hollywood and its screen icons; I didn't want to put it down.

This book makes for a perfect summer read and one I definitely recommend reading.

Absolutely adored this book. I'm pretty sure I didn't move the whole time I was reading it! ]]> 360 Carol Kirkwood 0008393400 Kate 5 4.29 2021 Under a Greek Moon
author: Carol Kirkwood
name: Kate
average rating: 4.29
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]]> The Keeper of Happy Endings 57429914 An enchanting novel about fate, second chances, and hope, lost and found, by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Last of the Moon Girls.

Soline Roussel is well schooled in the business of happy endings. For generations her family has kept an exclusive bridal salon in Paris, where magic is worked with needle and thread. It’s said that the bride who wears a Roussel gown is guaranteed a lifetime of joy. But devastating losses during World War II leave Soline’s world and heart in ruins and her faith in love shaken. She boxes up her memories, stowing them away, along with her broken dreams, determined to forget.

Decades later, while coping with her own tragic loss, aspiring gallery owner Rory Grant leases Soline’s old property and discovers a box containing letters and a vintage wedding dress, never worn. When Rory returns the mementos, an unlikely friendship develops, and eerie parallels in Rory’s and Soline’s lives begin to surface. It’s clear that they were destined to meet—and that Rory may hold the key to righting a forty-year wrong and opening the door to shared healing and, perhaps, a little magic.]]> 415 Barbara Davis 1542021480 Kate 5 4.47 2021 The Keeper of Happy Endings
author: Barbara Davis
name: Kate
average rating: 4.47
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]]> The Library 58262453
Tom is invisible. He happily blends into the background of life. But Farah Shah changes everything. Farah makes Tom want to stand up and be seen � at least by her. So Tom quickly decides the best way to learn about women is to delve into romance novels, and he finds himself at the village library where he befriends seventy-two-year-old, Maggie.

Maggie has been happily alone for ten years, at least this is what she tells herself. When Tom comes to her rescue after a library meeting, never did she imagine a friendship that could change her life. As Maggie helps Tom navigate the best way to ask out Farrah, Tom helps Maggie realise the mistakes of her past won't define her future.

But when the library comes under threat of closure, it's up to Tom and Maggie to rally the community and save the library!

Will these two unlikely friends be able to bring everyone together and save their library? ]]> 341 Bella Osborne 1801100462 Kate 5 4.50 2021 The Library
author: Bella Osborne
name: Kate
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Caerphilly Mountain Killings (DI Jemima Huxley Thrillers #3)]]> 60760314 This book was previously published as Stalked.

Detective Jemima Huxley gets a frantic call from a man. His wife is missing. She went for drinks with a friend and neither of them made it home.

The husband tells her, “You don’t know me, but you know my wife, Violet Watkins.�

It’s a name Jemima had done her best to forget.

Six years ago, Violet was the victim of serial stalker and predator, Byron Toombes. He was her next-door neighbour. And he thought he could get away with anything because he worked for the police.

Jemima tried to protect her. But Jemima and Violet only just made it out alive, and Toombes escaped. The case has haunted her ever since.

Is Toombes back to finish what he started?

On a cold, isolated Welsh mountainside, DI Huxley might finally face her nemesis.]]> 242 Gaynor Torrance 1804052655 Kate 5 4.37 The Caerphilly Mountain Killings (DI Jemima Huxley Thrillers #3)
author: Gaynor Torrance
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average rating: 4.37
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]]> <![CDATA[Blood Sport (DCI Harry Grimm, #7)]]> 58469411
When the bloody remains of a missing gamekeeper’s dog are discovered on the moors, it soon becomes clear to DCI Harry Grimm and his team that this was no wild animal attack.

Thrust into the violent, money-driven world of illegal dog fighting, and with the worst humanity has to offer seemingly always one step ahead, Harry’s need for justice, and his own fragile self-control, will be tested to the limit.

Some people will do anything for money.

And one detective will do anything to stop them.]]> 336 David J. Gatward Kate 5 4.52 Blood Sport (DCI Harry Grimm, #7)
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average rating: 4.52
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]]> <![CDATA[Blood Trail (DCI Harry Grimm, #10)]]> 60555938
Detective Harry Grimm is a worried man. When a group of vigilante locals start patrolling the Dales in response to a recent spate of crimes, he is forced to warn them off. Things only get more complicated when he is called out to multiple crime scenes � each with plenty of blood but no bodies.

Very soon, though, body parts start turning up. Delivered in a way that echoes a local poem and an old-but-grisly village ceremony. Faced with the bloody evidence in front of him, Grimm soon realises that his worst fears have come true: someone has already taken the law into their own hands.

With an ancient tradition being used to commit modern-day murder, can this battle-scarred detective stop the lanes of the Dales running red with blood?

Blood Trail is the tenth book in the riveting Harry Grimm police procedural series. If you like compelling characters, twisting plots, and beautiful British countryside settings, then you’ll love David J. Gatward’s nail-biting mystery.

Blood Trail is the tenth book in the DCI Harry Grimm crime thriller series, set in the Yorkshire Dales. Perfect for fans of L. J. Ross, J. D. Kirk, Adam Croft, Simon McCleave, Alex Smith, J. M. Dalgliesh, J. E. Mayhew, and J. R. Ellis.]]> 364 David J. Gatward Kate 5 4.45 Blood Trail (DCI Harry Grimm, #10)
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]]> <![CDATA[Black Coral (Underwater Investigation Unit, #2)]]> 51158503
For a police diver in Florida, solving a cold-case mystery brings a serial killer out of hiding...

Sloan McPherson and the Underwater Investigation Unit have discovered a van at the bottom of a murky Florida pond. Sealed inside the watery tomb are the bodies of four teenagers who disappeared thirty years ago after leaving a rock concert. To authorities, it looks like a tragic accident. To Sloan, it looks like murder. Every piece of evidence is starting to connect to a string of cold case vanishings throughout Florida. Clue by clue, Sloan navigates the warm, dark waters where natural predators feed, knowing that the most dangerous one is still above the surface - nesting and dormant.

But when a fresh young kill is found in the Everglades, Sloan fears that her investigation has reawakened a monster. How can she catch someone who’s a genius at hiding in plain sight? By acting as prey. The dangerous gambit is working - only too well. She’s being lured into a deception of the madman’s own design. Has Sloan set a trap for a serial killer? Or has he set one for her?]]> 317 Andrew Mayne 1542009650 Kate 5 4.41 2021 Black Coral (Underwater Investigation Unit, #2)
author: Andrew Mayne
name: Kate
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[An Indomitable Brigade: Book 7 of the Peninsular War Saga]]> 60864669 An Indomitable Brigade

May 1813

The long months of winter quarters are over, and Lord Wellington leads his army into Spain once more, with a strategy designed to push King Joseph Bonaparte's army back into France. Officers, men and the women who accompany them endure a series of relentless forced marches in bad weather as the columns of Wellington's army converge on the town of Vitoria.

Major-General Paul van Daan is in his element, back on campaign with Anne by his side and his men in good health and high spirits. The new commander for the 115th, Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Norton is a big improvement on Major Vane and Van Daan's brigade is ready to fight.

Lieutenant-Colonel Carl Swanson is enjoying married life and Keren is becoming used to her role as the wife of an officer. Colonel Johnny Wheeler is less settled in his personal life. Torn between loyalty to a former love and his feelings for a woman he met while on furlough in England, he could do without having to deal with a new junior officer who is taking a lax attitude to his duties.

Sergeant Jamie Hammond is worried he’s waited too long to act on his attachment to the young daughter of a fellow NCO. Meanwhile, in the French lines, Captain Damien Cavel takes command of a company of the 30th légère and finds himself facing the prospect of fighting against the husband of the woman whose life he once saved.

Personal dramas and conflicting loyalties are swept aside as the armies of Joseph Bonaparte and Lord Wellington clash on the field of Vitoria. In the slaughter that follows, Paul van Daan's indomitable brigade faces one of its hardest tests so far, while on the bloodstained operating tables of the hospitals and field stations, Anne and the medical staff fight to save the lives of both friend and foe.

An Indomitable Brigade is book 7 of the popular Peninsular War Saga]]> 509 Lynn Bryant Kate 5 4.54 An Indomitable Brigade: Book 7 of the Peninsular War Saga
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]]> Midnight Lies 60380339
An abandoned campsite in Norfolk. Developers unearth a human skeleton. The remains of an eighteen-year-old girl.

Robina Scanlon. A blast from the past that shocks Detective Tom Mariner to his core.

She was his holiday romance in the sweltering summer of 1976.

He thought she was the one who got away. Now he realizes she never even left.

All these years, she’s been buried back at their campsite. Who left her there to rot?

Mariner heads to Norfolk, driven by an obsessive need to uncover the truth. But the trail went cold years ago, with just one lead left to cling to.

Robina was last seen out on the campsite, with a mystery man at her side.

Was he her friend? Her killer? Or what?

The closer Mariner gets to the twisted truth, the more he fears the answers lie buried in his own dark past.

Can he face up to his demons before the killer strikes again?]]> 329 Chris Collett 1804051004 Kate 5 4.45 Midnight Lies
author: Chris Collett
name: Kate
average rating: 4.45
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