A story of universal domination set in a futuristic sci-fi world but also an examination of a controlling and damaging relationship
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The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
The story of Eleanor, her loves and losses, in the context of her time at the holiday home her grandfather built, The Paper Palace
The Lost Immortal by Tony Huston
A novel which is a mixture of fairytale, historical fiction and thriller, which explores immortality and the ambitions of man to acquire it
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
The Whispering Palms by Annette Leigh
A search for a missing girl takes our heroine, Andie Yates back to Bayswater where she grew up and which holds good and bad memories for her
Dreams of Drowning by Patricia Averbach
A novel of two tales, beautifully told, which weaves the weight of loss, youthful idealism and the limitations of old age together
A Paper Orchestra by Michael Jamin
An honest, sometimes excruciatingly so, collection of personal essays, which is also incredibly witty and made this reader laugh out loud
The Greater Good by Frank Sapienza
Frank Sapienza gives us a modern moral thriller about Dr Jon Morrison who is given a choice to help his son but at what ethical cost?
Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty
A tale of three sisters, starting towards the end point and leading us through their lives with all the ups and downs, upsets and triumphs.
The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths
A Ruth Galloway mystery which is set at the start of the pandemic and which involves a number of mysterious deaths of women
Scuffed Granny 