Beth Murphy is on the run, trying to leave an abusive relationship behind. She has been planning this for at least the last ten months, if not longer, but is still worried he will find her, somehow. We haven’t yet been introduced to this husband of hers but it sounds…
“She was Sissy Radley. Seven years old. Blond hair.” “The shoe was small. Red and white leather. Gold-tone buckle… And then he saw her. He took a breath and raised his hand.” Three decades on, Star Radley, Sissy’s sister, is still struggling with everything that has been thrown at her….
Marie has gone to watch her friend Colleen sing. She recently won a TV Talent Show and since then has literally become one of the most popular, up and coming young singers around. For that reason, this year’s concert in Pavilions Garden Park on the west side of Birmingham City…
In the aftermath of a fire breaking out at a remote house near Aylesbury, a badly burned and blackened body is found. However, it is definitely not the previous owner of the place as she has unfortunately just passed away. Perhaps it was a vagrant trying to stay warm and…
It’s the summer of 1998 and seven friends have just finished their final exams. School is over and now all they have in front of them is warm, relaxing days before college starts in September. Coming from a small mining village in The Midlands just outside Nottingham, Neve and her…
Natalie is back in town, returning from Mallorca to the firm after several years enjoying life as the landlord of her very own Spanish bar with her wayward boyfriend, Jose. Her reality check came when she received a call from her mum’s next-door neighbour explaining that Anna, her rock, had…
Set in the Fictional town of Llancastell, on the Eastern edges of Snowdonia in North Wales, Harlech Beach and its surrounding area definitely see its fair share of criminal activity. From the opening pages, this is a novel that touches on extremely difficult topics including storylines of physical and mental…
The Honjin Murders was awarded the first Mystery Writers of Japan Award back in 1948 but for the very first time in 2020, this novel has been translated into English. Set during the winter of 1937, we are transported back in time, to the village of Okamura and the upcoming…
Who is Poppy and why is she allowing her house to be demolished? Within the opening pages, you get the sense that something sinister has taken place inside. Something so bad that Poppy is prepared to see her home turned into rubble to forget. Forget what though we don’t know….
Thinking back, it was one of those unusual summers when Emily and Alice were 12 and carefree – extremely warm, which in the UK is never guaranteed. This ultimately led to kids having water fights and adults socialising over BBQs and cold glasses of wine. That was until the night…