The Farm by Randy O’Brien

A tale of family and the impact that war can have, in its many manifestations: death of loved ones, loss, grief or in the hardship it brings

Death in the Tallgrass by Donald Willerton

A gripping tale of discovery and redemption set in the early twentieth century America filled with treachery, tribes and tribulation

Dear Mrs Bird by A. J. Pearce

A nice novel about Emmy Lake, a young woman in the London Blitz, who decides to answer letters for an agony aunt who finds them Unacceptable

Knowing the Enemy: The Last Tribes of Britannia by Lea Moran

A glimpse into ancient Britain told through the eyes of Luca, whose story is one of family, rivalry, relics, roots and war.

The Corset by Laura Purcell

Dorothea visits female prisoners condemned to death, but when she meets Ruth Butterham, she is told a story of murder which is beyond belief

The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley by Sean Lusk

A coming-of-age book about a boy with extraordinary abilities who embarks on a quest to find his father when he disappears

A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier

A nice story, nothing too demanding about a woman escaping a controlling mother to live a life of her own independently

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell

A novel based on history and “The Last Duchess”, a poem by Robert Browning – intense and dark, and highly evocative of Renaissance Italy

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell

A novel based on history and “The Last Duchess”, a poem by Robert Browning – intense and dark, and highly evocative of Renaissance Italy