New Fiction

The Pages of the Sea Anne Hawk

Wheeler and her family have been left alone on a Caribbean Island while their mother travels to England in search of work. In the care of her aunts and siblings she feels unloved and uncared for and longs to have her mother back home. This novel, a tale of abandonment, is thought-provoking and insightful and the author does a great job of describing the place, an unknown Caribbean Island in the 1960s.

Honeycomb S B Caves

Six years after rock star Amanda Pearson’s dramatic fall from popularity her ex-manager comes to her with a fascinating offer that, he says, will solve her financial troubles: she is invited to join a medical experiment with 5 other participants in an isolated mansion. Each day, one of the group will be given a drug and the others a placebo. This is an interesting psychological thriller. Will Amanda get out alive?

The London Spymaker Hannah Byron

This is the newest book in the series “Resistance Girl”, which tell the stories of women who worked for the Resistance during World War 2. The main character manages to escape from Germany to England where she works running a spy network. Full of intriguing twists and turns, this novel is riveting and a real page-turner.

The Borrowdale Body Rebecca Tope

Christopher, the auctioneer of a large house in Borrowdale, is being shown around the property by the owner and sole heir of the mansion Jenny Reade. During the tour they come across a dead body in the basement, which he is persuaded to keep quiet about. He continues with the auction, however this is soon interrupted by police because Jenny Reade has been murdered. This is a cosy mystery set against the backdrop of the beautiful English Lake District.