Monthly Archives: March 2021

When I Was Ten – Fiona Cummins

Catherine Allen has worked so hard to be the best wife and Mother, whilst keeping a terrible secret about her childhood; her name is really Sara Carter and when she was ten she was convicted of the brutal murder of her parents and spent years in a secure unit before being given a new identity. Now her sister, Shannon, is appearing in a new documentary about the so called Angel of Death murders and Catherine can feel the life she built for herself starting to slip away.

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The Kennedy Curse – James Patterson

The Kennedy family is known equally for their successes and their tragedies. The closest thing to American royalty, between them they have provided years of public service alongside lives blighted by drug and alcohol abuse, sex scandals, fatal accidents and even assassinations. How can one family have had to endure so much tragedy?

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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo – Taylor Jenkins Reid

Hollywood royalty, Evelyn Hugo, has agreed to an article with up and coming writer, Monique Grant, to talk about donating some of her most famous dresses to Christie’s to be auctioned for charity in remembrance of her daughter. Monique is confused as to why she’s been chosen and when Evelyn admits she actually wants her to write her life story she’s even more confused. Evelyn Hugo could have had any writer she wanted, so why does she want Monique?

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Later – Stephen King

Jamie Conklin is no ordinary child. The son of a struggling single Mum he has an extraordinary ability; he can see the recently deceased. Is his skill about to get him into more trouble then he could ever have imagined?

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Fifty Fifty – Steve Cavanagh

Frank Avellino has been murdered and the killer has a fool proof plan, not only to get away with it but to profit from it too. Sofia and Alexandra Avellino are both charged with their Father’s murder but only one of them is guilty and they are both blaming each other. Can Eddie Flynn solve this mystery and make sure the right sister is convicted?

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Such A Fun Age – Kiley Reid

When Emira is unexpectedly asked to help the family she babysits for late one evening after an incident at their house she is happy to help. Due to the late hour she takes 3 year old Briar down to the local grocery store to entertain her for a while but when she’s accused of having kidnapped Briar, due purely to that fact that Emira is black and Briar is white, it sets in motion a whole chain of events that she never could have seen coming.

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The Bone Garden – Tess Gerritsen

In present day Boston, Julia unearths a skeleton in the garden of her new house, which leads her to start looking into the history of the family who have lived in the house for over a hundred years.

In 1830s Boston, Medical Student Norris Marshall is struggling to make ends meet whilst keeping up with his studies but his life is about to get even more complicated with a serial killer, The West End Reaper, stalking the streets of Boston and getting ever closer to the medical school.

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February Round Up

I know it’s a short month but February has flown by! Definitely a blink and you’ll miss it kind of feeling.

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