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Wilde like me, by Louise Pentland
Robin Wilde is an awesome single mum. She's great at her job. Her best friend Lacey and bonkers Auntie Kath love her and little Lyla Blue to the moon and back. From the outside, everything looks just fine. But behind the mask she carefully applies every day, things sometimes feel grey. And lonely. After 4 years (and 2 months and 24 days!) of single-mum-dom, it's time for Robin Wilde to change her life! A little courage, creativity and help from the wonderful women around her go a long way. And Robin is about to embark on quite an adventure.
Another planet: a teenager in suburbia, by Tracey Thorn
Before she was a bestselling musician and writer, Tracey Thorn was a typical teenager: bored and cynical, despairing of her aspirational parents. Her only comfort came from house parties, meaningful conversations and the female pop icons who hinted at a new kind of living. Returning more than three decades later to Brookmans Park, scene of her childhood, Thorn takes us beyond the bus shelters and pub car parks, the utopian cul-de-sacs, the train to Potters Bar and the weekly discos, to the parents who wanted so much for their children, the children who wanted none of it.
The frangipani tree mystery, by Ovidia Yu
1936 in the Crown Colony of Singapore, and the British abdication crisis and rising Japanese threat seem very far away. When the Irish nanny looking after Acting Governor Palin's daughter dies suddenly, and in mysterious circumstances, mission school-educated local girl SuLin is invited to take her place. But then another murder at the residence occurs and it seems very likely that a killer is stalking the corridors of Government House. It now takes all SuLin's traditional skills and intelligence to help British-born Chief Inspector Thomas LeFroy solve the murders - and escape with her own life.
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Toxic, by Jacqui Rose
Sometimes love is toxic. Bree Dwyer is desperate to escape her husband, take the children and run. But he's always watching. And she always gets caught. Until her first love, Alfie Jennings, returns to Essex. Gangsters Alfie and Vaughn have been out of the game for a while, but a life of crime is one you never forget. To get back on top they need serious money, because loyalty and power don't come for free. One dangerous job and they'll have the payoff they need. And Alfie isn't going to let anyone get in the way, least of all a pretty face like Bree. It's time to show Essex what they're made of. And this time, Alfie and Vaughn aren't backing down.
The vow, by Debbie Howells
Two weeks before her wedding, a stranger stops Amy in the street and warns her she's in danger. Then that night, Matt, her fiancé, doesn't come home. Desperate, Amy calls the police - but when Matt fails to emerge, she's forced to call off her wedding day. Then another man is reported missing, by a woman called Fiona - a man meeting Matt's description, who was about to leave his fiancé for her. He was supposed to be moving in with her - but instead, he's vanished. Amy refuses to believe Fiona's lover can be her Matt - but photos prove otherwise, and it soon becomes clear that Matt has been leading a double life. As the police dig deeper, two conflicting, yet equally plausible stories emerge from two women who allegedly have never met. The wedding day never happened. But the funeral might.
The Christmas killer, by Alex Pine
DI James Walker is ready for a quiet family Christmas in the sleepy village of Kirkby Abbey. But when he opens an early Christmas present left on his doorstep, he soon realises it is no gift. Inside is a gruesome surprise, and a promise - twelve days, twelve murders. Not long after, the first body is found, half frozen in the snow. As the blizzards descend, panic spreads through the remote Cumbrian village - there's a killer amongst them, and with eleven more victims to go, anyone could be next. Can James stop the killer before they strike again?
The chalet, by Catherine Cooper
French Alps, 1998. Two young men ski into a blizzard. But only one returns. 20 years later. Four people connected to the missing man find themselves in that same resort. Each has a secret. Two may have blood on their hands. One is a killer-in-waiting. Someone knows what really happened that day. And somebody will pay.
The silent daughter, by Emma Christie
In the age of digital footprints, is it possible to disappear? And how long would it take to notice someone is missing? When his wife May is taken into hospital after a serious fall during a competitive run, Chris Morrison does what anyone would do in a crisis: he phones his family. His son Mikey answers the call, but his daughter Ruth doesn't. She's always been distant, often working abroad for long stretches and communicating via social media. As Chris gets increasingly frustrated by Ruth's lack of response, police investigations into May's fall force him to answer some challenging questions. Why wasn't May on the race route when she fell? Was she running after someone, or running from them? A few uncomfortable certainties emerge: May and Mikey have been keeping things from Chris - and Ruth appears to have been lying to them all. But how many secrets can one family keep?
Between you and me, by Lisa Hall
They say every marriage has its secrets, but no one sees what happens behind closed doors. And sometimes those doors should never be opened. Sal and Charlie are married. They love each other but they aren't happy. Sal cannot leave, no matter what Charlie does - no matter how much it hurts.
The mermaids singing, by Val McDermid
This is a tense psychological thriller that explores the tormented world of a serial killer. A killer is on the loose in Bradfield, and clinial psychologist Tony Hill is brought in to investigate.