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  Description Their neighbours welcomed them with open arms. Now they’ve vanished without a trace. Anna and Peter desperately need to escape London for a fresh start. And they’ve found just the place: a perfect house on a perfect street in a perfect new development on the Scottish coast. But before they’ve even unpacked, they discover that the community they’ve moved into might be keeping secrets of its own… Eager to fit in, Anna and Peter spend their first evening with their new neighbours, a couple who turn up on their doorstep to welcome them with open arms. But when Anna pops over the next morning to thank them for their hospitality, there’s no answer. The house is bare and unoccupied, and the neighbours have vanished without a trace. What’s more, everybody else on the street is convinced that no one ever lived there at all. As she battles a growing obsession with the mystery, Anna finds herself becoming increasingly paranoid. She thought she’d escaped her own troubled past, but as

  Description Pre-order now  and prepare to be hooked . . . The nail-biting suspense from the addictive number one bestselling author. 'Twisty twisty twisty'  Emily Henry 'A moody, slippery novel'  Gillian McAllister 'A pitch-black fever dream of a novel'  Ruth Ware 'One hundred percent brilliant'  Clare Mackintosh 'Gloriously dark'  Lucy Foley ____________ Celebrating her 45th birthday at her local pub, podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie is also celebrating her 45th birthday. They are, in fact birthday twins. A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie has been listening to Alix's podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for Alix's series. She is, she tells Alix, on the cusp of great changes in her life. Alix agrees to a trial interview. Josie's life appears to be strange and complicated, and a

Description THE FEEL-GOOD NOVEL OF THE SUMMER A heart-warming, heart-wrenching new wartime story from  Sunday Times  bestselling author of  Dear Mrs Bird , AJ Pearce. Emmy Lake is the much-loved agony aunt at  Woman’s Friend  magazine, relied upon by readers across the country as they face the challenges of life on the Home Front. With the problem page thriving and a team of fantastic women behind her, Emmy finally feels she is Doing Her Bit. But when a glamorous new owner arrives, everything changes. As the Honourable Mrs Porter tries to charm her way around the rest of the team, Emmy realises that she plans to destroy everything readers love about the magazine. With happiness quickly turning to heartbreak, and war still raging in Europe, will Emmy and her friends find the inner strength they need to keep keeping on - and save the magazine they love? Review This is the third book in the series featuring Emmy Lake. It can be read as a standalone novel. I loved the first book, I felt th

Description A mystery she can't remember. A friend she can't forget. I kept your secret Lucy. I've kept it for more than sixty years . . . It is 1951, and at number six Sycamore Street fifteen-year-old Edie Green is lonely. Living alone with her eccentric mother - who conducts seances for the local Ludthorpe community - she is desperate for something to shake her from her dull, isolated life. When the popular, pretty Lucy Theddle befriends Edie, she thinks all her troubles are over. But Lucy has a secret, one Edie is not certain she should keep . . . Then Lucy goes missing. 2018. Edie is eighty-four and still living in Ludthorpe. When one day she glimpses Lucy Theddle, still looking the same as she did at fifteen, her family write it off as one of her many mix ups. There's a lot Edie gets confused about these days. A lot she finds difficult to remember. But what she does know is this: she must find out what happened to Lucy, all those years ago . . . Review I read this

  Description ‘Everything you want from a rom com and satisfyingly knotty with proper, recognisable characters. She just gets better and better’  JOJO MOYES ‘I LOVE her books PASSIONATELY and this is her best yet’  MARIAN KEYES ‘She’s so ridiculously talented . . . consider this recommendation my personal gift to you and your life’  EMILY HENRY When Joe and Roisin join their group of friends for a weekend away, it’s a triple celebration – a birthday, an engagement and the launch of Joe’s new crime drama on TV. But when Roisin sees secrets she shared with Joe play out on the TV screen, she knows that between us means nothing at all. Roisin finds herself searching for clues to the truth – about her life, their history, and the man she thought she loved. And it’s then that Roisin finds the most unexpected plot twist of them all. Among those same old friends, there’s a surprising potential for new beginnings . . . Review This was nearly a DNF for me, and I have loved all of Mhairi's pr

Description ‘An  ingenious  plot, a  captivating  cast of character, and twists and turns that  kept me guessing  to the last page, loved it!’ Amanda Reynolds From the bestselling author of The Perfect Couple, Am I Guilty?, The Happy Family and The Murder List, comes the most engrossing thriller of 2023. One spring morning, a bus full of children and their teachers from a Cotswolds primary school head off on a much-anticipated day trip. But as night falls and the well-heeled parents – one or two of them famous, as well as wealthy – wait at the school to collect their weary offspring, it soon becomes clear that something has gone very wrong. The children and their teachers simply do not come back. What’s happened doesn’t seem possible. How can an entire class of children simply vanish? Review It kept me guessing. This is a taut thriller from a favourite author of mine. As usual, she puts you right in the story, with everyday observational details that involve you with the characters.  H

  Description 'This book is a treasure ... Everyone should read it and everyone will love it'  Lindsey Kelk 'Witty, touching and totally absorbing'  Graeme Simsion 'Sharp, funny, quirky, insightful and so very, very relatable'  Joanne Harris 'Deeply human, wildly original, and gut-warmingly funny'  Emma Jane Unsworth 'A brilliantly clever, twisty story that dazzles with its wit whilst touching our hearts'  Sarah Haywood ___________________ Cassandra Penelope Dankworth is a creature of habit. She likes what she likes (museums, jumpsuits, her boyfriend Will) and strongly dislikes what she doesn't (mess, change, her boss drinking out of her mug). Her life runs in a pleasing, predictable order. Until now. She's just been dumped. She's just been fired. Her local café has run out of banana muffins. Then, something  truly  unexpected happens: Cassie discovers she can go back and change the past. Now, Cassie should be able to find a way to fi