Author: Louise Beech
Published: September 2018 by Orenda Books
Category: Contemporary Gay Fiction, Romance, Book Review
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Long ago Andrew made a childhood wish. One he has always kept in a silver box with a too-big lid that falls off. When it finally comes true, he wishes it hadn’t…
Long ago Ben dreamed of going to Africa to volunteer at a lion reserve. When he finally goes there, it isn’t for the reasons he imagined…
Author: Fiona Barton
Narrated by Clare Corbett, Adjoa Andoh, Finty Williams, Fenella Woolgar, Steven Pacey
Release Date: June 2017. Published by Transworld Digital
Category: Crime, Drama, Audiobook, Contemporary Fiction, Book Review
When a paragraph in an evening newspaper reveals a decades-old tragedy, most readers barely give it a glance. But for three strangers it’s impossible to ignore.
For one woman, it’s a reminder of the worst thing that ever happened to her.
For another, it reveals the dangerous possibility that her darkest secret is about to be discovered. And for the third, a journalist, it’s the first clue in a hunt to uncover the truth.
The Child’s story will be told.
Author: Charlie Laidlaw
Due to be published on 20th June 2019 by Accent Press
Category: Contemporary, Fiction, Family Drama, Book Review
There are more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on Earth…
Emma Maria Rossini appears to be the luckiest girl in the world. She’s the daughter of a beautiful and loving mother, and her father is one of the most famous film actors of his generation. She’s also the granddaughter of a rather eccentric and obscure Italian astrophysicist.
Author: Katherine Johnson
Performed by Steve Shanahan
Released: May 2019 by Wavesound Audiobooks
Category: Historical Fiction, Family Drama, Audiobook, Book Review
1952. Tasmania. The beautiful green, rolling hills of the dairy town Mole Creek have a dark underside — a labyrinthine underworld of tunnels that stretch for countless miles, caverns the size of cathedrals and underground rivers that flood after heavy rain. The caves are dangerous places, forbidden to children. But this is Tasmania — an island at the end of the earth. Here, rules are made to be broken.
Author: Harlan Coben
Published: March 2019 by Cornerstone Digital
Category: Suspense, Thriller, Family Drama, Book Review
You’ve lost your daughter.
She’s addicted to drugs and to an abusive boyfriend. And she’s made it clear that she doesn’t want to be found. Then, by chance, you see her playing guitar in Central Park. But she’s not the girl you remember. This woman is living on the edge, frightened, and clearly in trouble. You don’t stop to think. You approach her, beg her to come home.
She runs.
Author: Amanda Prowse
Published: July 2015 by Head of Zeus
Category: Family Drama, Contemporary Fiction, Book Review
Once upon a time, Jacks Morgan had dreams.
She would have a career and travel the world. She would own a house on the beach, and spend long nights with her boyfriend strolling under the stars.
But life had other ideas. First Martha came along, then Jonty. Then her mother moved in, and now their little terrace is bursting at the seams.
Jacks gave up on her dreams to look after her family. If only, just for once, her family would look after her…
Author: Courtney Summers
Narrated by a Full Cast
Published by Macmillan Audio
Category: Young Adult, Crime, Mystery, Suspense, Family, Social, Audiobook, Review
A missing girl on a journey of revenge. A Serial―like podcast following the clues she’s left behind. And an ending you won’t be able to stop talking about.
Sadie hasn’t had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she’s been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated small town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep their heads above water.
He had started to remove his clothes as logic had deserted him, and his skin was cracked. Whatever had been going through Cameron’s mind when he was alive, he didn’t look peaceful in death.
Two brothers meet at the remote border of their vast cattle properties under the unrelenting sun of the outback. In an isolated part of Australia, they are each other’s nearest neighbour, their homes hours apart.They are at the stockman’s grave, a landmark so old that no one can remember who is buried there. But today, the scant shadow it casts was the last hope for their middle brother, Cameron. The Bright family’s quiet existence is thrown into grief and anguish.
Something had been troubling Cameron. Did he choose to walk to his death? Because if he didn’t, the isolation of the outback leaves few suspects…
Author: Amanda Prowse
Published: September 2015 by Head of Zeus
Category: Family Drama, Contemporary Fiction, Loss, Grief, Book Review
Grace and Tom Penderford had a strong marriage, a comfortable home in the Hertfordshire countryside, and a healthy baby girl. They were happy. They were normal.
Author: Liza Perrat
Kindle Edition Published October 2018
Category: Fiction based on fact, 1970’s, Australia, Family Drama, Book Review
The thunderclap of sexual revolution collides with the black cloud of illegitimacy.
Reflecting the social changes of 1970s Australia, The Swooping Magpie is a chilling psychological tale of love, loss and grief, and, through collective memory, finding we are not alone.
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