Published by Smoke and Mirrors Press Synopsis: Can you find the famous person hidden in every story? And once found, can you understand them?'Ingenious idea, brilliantly executed' - Daily MirrorBackstories – ‘the stand-out most original book of the year’ - is a collection of stories each told from the point of view of one of … Continue reading Audiobook: Backstories by Simon Van der Velde, narrated by Bobby Hirston, Catherine Dryden, Simon Van der Velde and Stacey Patterson
Published by Coronet Synopsis: Ruth lives in the heart of the city. Working, drinking, falling in love: the rhythm of her vivid and complicated life there is set against a background hum of darkening news reports from which she deliberately turns away.As a new relationship becomes increasingly claustrophobic, and the discussions of impending political crisis … Continue reading The Stranding by Kate Sawyer
Published by Perch Press Synopsis: Twenty-five-year-old Luna Burke is on the run.Licensed to care for injured and orphaned wildlife, she is determined to smuggle a homicidal Bald Eagle out of her husband’s private zoo in Florida, reunite the bird with its mate, and get them both to an eagle sanctuary in Canada. Hot on her … Continue reading Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert, narrated by Kurt Rhoads and Nance Gilbert
Published by Borough Press (HarperCollins UK) Synopsis:Set in a world where a virus stalks our male population, The End of Men is an electrifying and unforgettable debut from a remarkable new talent that asks: what would our world truly look like without men?Only men are affected by the virus; only women have the power to … Continue reading The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird
Published by Greater Path LLC Synopsis:A gripping psychological thriller about iconic superstar, Kelly Trozzo, and her suspected killer, the author she commissioned to pen her shocking Hollywood memoir.A Star is Born meets Gone Girl, in this dark and twisted love story with an unforgettable conclusion.The headline read: “Hollywood Superstar Kelly Trozzo Found Dead.”With no suspect … Continue reading Review: She Died Famous by Kyle Rutkin
Published by Harper Collins Synopsis: From the best-selling author of P.S., I Love You, a fiercely feminist story collection that illuminates - sometimes in fantastical ways - how women of all kinds navigate the world today. In this singular and imaginative story collection, Cecelia Ahern explores the endless ways in which women blaze through adversity … Continue reading Roar by Cecelia Ahern
Published by The Borough Press Synopsis: After years of trying to make it as a writer in 1990s New York City, James Smale finally sells his novel to an editor at a major publishing house: none other than Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Jackie--or Mrs. Onassis, as she's known in the office--has fallen in love with James's … Continue reading The Editor by Steven Rowley
Published by Harper Collins UK Synopsis: In 1998, a sixteen-year-old girl is found dead on school property, dressed in white and posed on a swing, with no known cause of death. The novel opens with this image, as related to us by the narrator, Violet, looking back on the night it happened from the present … Continue reading The Furies by Katie Lowe
Published by Quercus Books Synopsis: Stitch by perfect stitch, Andrew Garvie makes exquisite dolls in the finest antique style. Like him, they are diminutive but graceful, unique, and with surprising depths. Perhaps that's why he answers the enigmatic personal ad in his collector's magazine. Letter by letter, Bramber Winters reveals more of her strange, sheltered … Continue reading The Dollmaker by Nina Allan
Published by Sceptre, Hachette Synopsis:In this debut set in near future NYC—where lives last 300 years and the pursuit of immortality is all-consuming—Lea must choose between her estranged father and her chance to live forever. Lea Kirino is a “Lifer,” which means that a roll of the genetic dice has given her the potential to … Continue reading Suicide Club by Rachel Heng
Published by Faber&Faber Synopsis: You have to wonder why there isn't a word in the English language for the fireworks that go off in your brain when you finally kiss someone you've wanted for years. Or for the intimacy and tenderness you feel as you hold the hand of a suffering friend. A generation after … Continue reading The Inheritance by Matthew Lopez
Published by Bantam Press Synopsis: Fixie Farr has always lived by her father’s motto: “Family first.” But since her dad passed away, leaving his charming housewares store in the hands of his wife and children, Fixie spends all her time picking up the slack from her siblings instead of striking out on her own. The … Continue reading I Owe You One by Sophie Kinsella
