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Title: The Best Friend Author: Shalini Boland Narrated by: Katie Villa ISBN: 9781803146300 Publisher: Bookouture Audio Source: ARC from NetGalley ‘I can tell we’re going to be the best of friends…’ When Louisa Sullivan takes her little boy to his first playdate at a new friend’s house she doesn’t realise life is about to change
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Title: Where The Crawdads Sing Author: Delia Owens ISBN: 978 1 4721 5466 8 Publisher: Little Brown Book Company Pages: 368 Source: Private Copy (Well Two Copies) For years, rumours of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet fishing village. Kya Clark is barefoot and wild; unfit for polite society. So in late 1969,
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Title: The Phone Call Author: AJ Campbell ISBN: 9781838109134 Pages: 215 Source: Review copy from the author Joey Clarke was just fifteen when his dad died, leaving him to raise his much younger siblings as his mum dealt with the trauma of bereavement and her failing health. Ten years on, Joey’s only pleasure is spending
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That’s a Wrap! Winter has crept into South Africa and in the last few weeks, the air has had a horrible little bite to it. I admit I am a big baby, but I felt a lot better when some visitors from France complained about the cold as well. We have had some unusual winter
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Title: The Gone and the Forgotten Author: Clare Whitfield ISBN: 9781838932770 Publisher: Head of Zeus Pages: 384 Source: Review Copy from the Publisher Blog Tour Organised by Random Things Tours A missing girl. Buried family secrets. An absent father. Is the truth worth searching for? Summer, 1993. In the aftermath of her mother’s suicide attempt, 16-year-old
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Title: Searching for a Stranger and Finding Myself: A Memoir Author: Wendy L. Scott-Hawkins ISBN: 9781777882501 Publisher: Self Published Pages: 308 Source: Review copy from the author Have you ever wondered how hard it would be to find someone if you didn’t know their name? Wendy grew up knowing she had a half-sibling but didn’t
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Title: The Silent Brother Author: Simon Van der Velde ASIN: B09Y1TKZ1T Publisher: Northodox Press Pages: 263 Source: Review copy from the author When his beloved little brother is stolen away, five-year-old Tommy Farrier is left alone with his alcoholic mam, his violent step-dad and his guilt. Too young to understand what has really happened, Tommy
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Title: Local Gone Missing Author: Fiona Barton ISBN: 9781787630833 Publisher: Bantam Press / Penguin Pages: 336 Source: Review copy from the publisher Blog Tour Organised by Random Things Tours Everyone watches their neighbours.Elise King moves into the sleepy seaside town of Ebbing. Illness has thrown her career as a successful detective into doubt, but no
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Title: Angel Town Author: Fiona Cane ISBN: 9781739666903 Published: 16 June 2022 Pages: 361 Source: Review copy from the Publisher Blog Tour Organised by Random Things Tours What if you were born into a doomsday cult and knew nothing of the outside world? What if everything you’d been told was a lie? The clock is
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Title: One of The Girls Author: Lucy Clarke ISBN: 9780008462383 Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 448 Source: Review Copy from the Publisher Blog Tour Organised by Random Things Tours One of us is a liar. One of us is a stranger. One of us is a cheater. But who could be a killer? The six of
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