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Love is Blind by William Boyd
William Boyd excels again with the story of Brodie Moncur and his love for Lika -powerful, all-consuming, uplifting and destructive
Serious Concerns by Wendy Cope
Wendy Cope’s style of poetry is simple in terms of its accessibility but still has depth of humour and meaning
The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan
A lovely book about kind people being nice to each other with a touch of the other worldly and gentle humour
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
A masterful mystery, unique and incredibly well-written – you must read it for yourself to be baffled and wowed.
A History of Loneliness by John Boyne
Taking the emotive subject of abuse perpetrated by priests in Ireland, Boyne’s book is exceptional in its storytelling and its discussion
The Last Stop by Patricia Street
A candid book about addiction related by a mother, drawing on her experiences, emails, Facebook posts, and the writings of the addict
The Complete Book of Insults by Nancy McPhee
An amalgamation of less than complimentary comments and quotes from the people of history, some more famous than others
Travels with Maurice: An Outrageous Adventure in Europe, 1968 by Gary Orleck
An enjoyable memoir filled with glamour, parties and celebrity, of a treasured time in the author’s life shared with the charismatic Maurice
The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey
This is a book about animals, sort of but more than that, it is a suspenseful tense book of secrets and spookiness with a gothic bent