The Wedding Dress Repair Shop by Trisha Ashley

Garland Fairford has her dream job as a historical Costumier in London and is engaged to a handsome and successful playwright, Marco. Whilst working on an exhibition of dresses owned by a Victorian actress, Garland meets a long-lost relative - Honey Fairford. Garland, an orphan, is delighted, and intrigued to discover Honey is planning to open a wedding dress museum in Lancashire.

The Secret Shore by Liz Fenwick

As one of the Navy's most skilled mapmakers, Merry knows the very lives of men far away depend on her work in the War Office. But when a family crisis draws her back to her beloved Cornwall, Merry finds herself working alongside an American officer on secret operations spanning the rugged coasts of Cornwall and Brittany. But not everything is as clear as the maps she draws.

Private Rome by James Patterson & Adam Hamdy

Book 18 in the  Private series

Jack Morgan is in Rome celebrating the opening of the new local Private office, when the party takes a deadly turn.

Four Dogs Missing by Rhys Gard

While estranged twins Oliver and Theo Wingfield are identical in appearance, they couldn't be more different. Oliver is inexorably drawn into a sinister world where poisoned liquor and stolen art leave a deadly trail. Abandoning his grapevines, he sets out to solve the crimes - and confront his damaged past - before someone else he loves is found dead-- beside a bottle of his own wine.

Prophet by Helen MacDonald

This is Prophet. It knows when you were happiest. It gives life to your fondest memories and uses them to destroy you. But who has created it? And what do they want?

Five-time Bram Stoker Award-winner Jonathan Maberry, weaves a chilling web of small-town terrors, local legends, and hair-raising haunts set in the eerie world of Pine Deep, Pennsylvania.

A Sinister Consequence by Paul W. Feenstra

Book 1 in the Leonard Hardy mystery series.

In late summer of 1879, an unexpected door knock alters Leonard Hardy's life when a neighbour discovers an unidentified body outside his home. Naturally curious, he sets out to learn the identity of the dead man, but a series of peculiar events and the unexpected appearance of a mysterious stranger changes everything. New Zealand author.

Maddalena and the Dark by Julia Fine

Venice, 1717. Before Maddalena arrived at the Ospedale della Pieta, Venice's most illustrious music school, fifteen-year-old orphan Luisa has only wanted one thing: to be the best at violin. Maddalena and the Dark is a Venetian fairy tale, full of music, magic, passion, and betrayal.

In 1760, Guillaume le Gentil, real-life astronomer to King Louis XV, sets out for the oceans of India to document the transit of Venus. The weather is turbulent, the seas are rough and his quest may be more complicated than initially thought. 250 years later, estate agent Xavier Lemercier chances upon Guillaume's telescope in a property he's sold. As he looks out across the rooftops of Paris, he discovers a woman with a zebra in her apartment and his life changes forever.

The Bone Riddle by Sara Johnson

Book 4 in the  Alexa Glock Forensics mystery series

Cape Kidnappers, New Zealand: On a cliff overlooking the ocean, American CEO Harlan Quinn has built his "Plan B"--a lavish estate, complete with an underground doomsday bunker. When the cleaning staff finds a body within, it appears the victim died of natural causes but advanced facial decomposition leaves him unidentifiable.

Killingly by Katharine Beutner

Based on the unsolved real-life disappearance of a student in 1897. Bertha Mellish, "the most peculiar, quiet, reserved girl" at Mount Holyoke College, is missing. One cold November morning the junior is spotted walking through the Massachusetts woods; then, she vanishes.

A dark comedy about how to live your best life, even when you're dead. Stacey was trying to live her best life, but now she's dead. But why hasn't she passed on? Could it be her fatal car accident is actually murder? Detectives Ed Beaufontaine and Rose Garafino have a long list of suspects, chief among them Stacey's fiance, Liam.

Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb

A gripping page-turner about a professor who uncovers a shocking secret about the most famous American composer of all time - that his music was stolen from a young Black composer named Josephine Reed. Determined to uncover the truth and right history's wrongs, Bern Hendricks will stop at nothing to finally give Josephine the recognition she deserves.

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her doorstep. Two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police want to speak with her husband, Larry, a trade unionist for the Teachers' Union of Ireland. Longlisted for the Booker Prize.

Spanning the three days , Acevedo traces the lives of each of the four Marte women, weaving together past and present, the Dominican Republic and New York City ... this is a portrait of sisters and cousins, aunts and nieces--one family's journey through their history helping them better navigate all that is to come.

The Paper Man by Billy O'Callaghan

1930s Austria. Vienna is a bustling, cosmopolitan city on the brink of war. Matthias Sindelar is an internationally renowned soccer player known as "The Paper Man" because of his effortless weave across the field. When Sindelar speaks out against Hitler, his fame can't protect him from being placed under Gestapo surveillance. Based on real people and true events.

You will Never be Found by Tove Alsterdal

Book 2 in the High coast series

When a dead man is found locked in the basement of an abandoned house, deep in the woods, there is no evidence of what happened beyond his name - scratched into the wall before he died. The regional police can't find anyone who knew him. But no-one knows the locals like Detective Eira Sjödin.

It is 1990 when Melvina Donleavy arrives in Soviet Belarus on her first undercover mission with the CIA, alongside three fellow agents - none of whom know she is playing two roles.

The Devil you Know by Chris Hauty

Book 4 in the Hayley Chill series 

An associate justice of the Supreme Court is dead, killed by the very police officer assigned to protect him. As shockwaves ripple through the country, Hayley Chill's superiors suspect the assassination is only one part of a major conspiracy.

The Other Year by Rea Frey

Can the entire course of a life be traced back to a single moment? On a coveted two-week beach vacation, Kate Baker's nine-year-old daughter, Olivia, vanishes suddenly among the waves. But in the next moment, Olivia resurfaces, joyously splashing. What would I do if she didn't come up? Kate wonders. How would I live without her? In another set of circumstances that hold a different fate, Kate doesn't have to wonder.

What happens in a relationship when your partner only has eyes for their new phone? What happens when you lose a treasured possession and this loss becomes an obsession? Speak to Me is the story of a woman's quest, in a world ruled by screens and devices, for a conversation that will unlock who she once was, and what she really wants now.

Never Satisfied, Vol. 1 by Taylor Robin

The competition to become the new city Representative -- a magician who protects the people from monstrous husks -- is fierce. Eight young apprentices and their animal familiars are vying for the role, while behind the scenes, corrupt officials work to ensure their favored contestants make it to the next round. Lucy Marlowe wants the job more than anything. A win would show their master that they aren't a worthless waste of effort. But being Representative isn't all it's cracked up to be!

Running With Ivan by Suzanne Leal

Thirteen-year-old Leo Arnold hates his life. He doesn't want a new school, a new house or a new family. And he definitely doesn't want to be sharing a room with his new stepbrother, Cooper. What Leo wants is to be somewhere else, far away. So when he uncovers an old music box and turns the key, he is astonished to find himself in Prague, surrounded by whispers and fears of a second world war. A war that ended decades ago.

Last Canto of the Dead by Daniel José Older

Mateo Matisse and Chela Hidalgo are not just two teenagers in love -- they're powerful gods in human form. On the shores of San Madrigal, two creature armies are battling for survival. And on the streets of Brooklyn, a community is divided. A heartbreaking prophecy rips these two young lovers apart, sending Mateo back to the city, where cops are now patrolling the streets, and keeping Chela tethered to the island, where chaos and death lurk around every corner. 

5 Ingredients Mediterranean by Jamie Oliver

5 Ingredients Mediterranean is everything people loved about his first 5 ingredients book, but with the added va-va-voom of basing it on Jamie's lifelong travels around the Med. With over 125 utterly delicious, easy-to-follow recipes, it's about making every day cooking super-exciting, with minimal fuss - all while transporting you to sunnier climes.

Confessions of a Flying Instructor by Tug Wilson

After surviving three years flying the mighty Phantom, the RAF's greatest and most terrifying fighter (for those in the cockpit), Tug Wilson was sent to RAF Brawdy in Pembrokeshire and then to RAF Valley on the Isle of Anglesey to teach the flying skills he probably should have known when posted on the Cold War front line. Wilson quickly discovered that being an instructor was much more than just teaching: it was falling out of the sky after a stall at just 300 feet, inches from pulling the ejection-seat handle; it was zooming into cloud at low level knowing there's a hill somewhere straight ahead; it was suffering the horror of nearly killing your student by chasing him too hard in air combat; it was being a mentor, a father figure, a best friend and a worst enemy if needs be; readying his students to join an operational squadron.

Not Alone : Walking Te Araroa Trail through New Zealand by Tim Voors

A stunning illustrated memoir of one man's journey across New Zealand's stunning yet challenging Te Araroa Trail. First, Vorrs is alone on the trail, but he soon meets two women who become his travelling companions and the three of them become a trail family. Together they endure storms and dangerous river crossings and camp out in the wilderness for months. The weather is unpredictable, the nature rugged and landscapes breathtakingly beautiful.

The Housemates by Teun Toebes

Twenty-one-year-old nursing student Teun Toebes, decided to move into a nursing home and experience the daily life of elderly residents, not as a nurse or a carer - but as a housemate. The experience was to change his life, as well as the lives of his new friends. He initiated Friday drinks, trips out and camping evenings, and reintroduced pleasure in the small things in life: a laugh, a dance, a cup of good coffee, a chance to sit in the sun. As he became embedded in the community, however, Teun became more and more distressingly aware of how society and the care system diminishes the elderly and particularly people living with dementia - and he resolved to do something about it.

Alien Worlds by Steve Nicholls

Insects are the busy, teeming arthropods on whose activities much of life on earth depends, and whose global populations are currently under the gravest of threats, with unimaginable consequences for us all. Steve Nicholls explores nothing less than a complete natural history of insects, bringing us on a journey through a world of a million species and their phenomenal and extraordinary diversity. This book it is not only a feast for the curious mind but also contains beautiful and visually arresting imagery of the tiny beasts whom we depend on greatly.

The Seasonal Gardener by Anna Pavord

Inspiration for stunning planting for your garden throughout the year - from Anna Pavord, one of today's most inspiring and much-loved garden writers, author of the global bestseller The Tulip. First published in 2004, and now fully revised and updated, acclaimed bestselling author Anna Pavord selects 60 'star plants' - from iris to hostas - and pairs each with two perfect partners: shrubs, herbaceous perennials, bulbs, and annuals that no garden should be without. This classic book reveals how best to group plants in a garden to create a year-long display.

Rebel Gardening by Alessandro Vitale

This is the ultimate beginner's guide to establishing and tending an organic kitchen garden in any urban space, no matter how small, written by the YouTuber and TikToker known as Spicy Moustache. Alessandro Vitale shares his low-cost and organic approach with all the essential guidance you will need, including his top 50 plants for beginner gardeners, with a plethora of information on how to plant and look after them and how to make the most of all your produce. Learn about companion gardening, saving seeds, DIY raised beds and everything to allow your garden to flourish.

Paint & Make by Philippa Stockley

Stockley shares projects of varying complexity from her own home to inspire you to create something gorgeous in yours. When she bought a derelict small house, making it lovely on a budget was top of the list. Stockley paints, sews, saws and cooks, creating, among other special things, murals, floor coverings, panels and paint effects, soft furnishings, attractive and useful shelves, home-made jam and organic polish. She uses as many natural materials as possible, keeps waste to a minimum and recycles. 

The Memory Keeper by Jackie Kohnstamm

Jackie Kohnstamm's mother rarely talked about what had happened during the war and had kept little evidence of her early life. It was only after her uncle and aunt had died that Jackie inherited an archive of material relating to the family back in Germany. Jackie's mother had managed to get out of Berlin in 1936, but Jackie's grandparents had remained. One night, on a whim, Jackie Googled her grandparents' names. What she found felt like a sign: four days earlier two Stolpersteine ('stumble stones') had been laid in their names outside the house in Berlin where they had once lived. Here, then, was the first step, and what followed was a remarkable story of loss, discovery and memory.