 | Thank you to Shots blog for reviewing Annie Taylor's The Truth About Her, published next month! "This book can be absorbing and disconcerting in equal measure. The quality of the writing, the cadence and structure of the involved plot excite readers and draw them inexorably and quickly page after page." See the full review here. |
| Essie Fox's most recent novel, The Fascination, was published last week. If you like dark, gothic, historical mysteries, this one's for you! The book was also selected by The Times as one of the 'Best New Historical Fiction' for 2023. Twins, Keziah and Tilly Lovell, are identical in every way, except that Tilly hasn't grown a single inch since she was five. Coerced into promoting their father’s quack elixir, the girls are eventually sold to a mysterious Italian, known only as ‘Captain’. |  |
Theo, an orphan raised by his wealthy—and resentful—grandfather spends his days in an opulent country home. When his grandfather remarries, Theo is forced to leave his home without a penny to his name and takes on work as an assistant in Dr Summerwell’s Museum of Anatomy. And it is here that the lives of the two sisters and Theo collide, with devastating effect.
 | Jo Thomas has written an emotional and gorgeous piece for Grazia mag, on what led to her decision of stopping fertility treatment, considering adoption instead. Her latest novel, Summer at the Ice Cream Cafe, was released by Penguin Transworld earlier this month. |
| Also published last week was the paperback for the second in Adam Simcox's 'The Dying Squad' series: The Generation Killer. There's a new serial killer on the streets of Manchester - and only a dead cop can stop them. Detective Joe Lazarus works for the Dying Squad, solving crimes the living police can't. When the Generation Killer starts wiping out Manchester's innocents, Joe and his new partner Bits have mere hours to catch the murderer. A young woman's life depends on it. |  |
Joe's former partner Daisy-May has her own problems. Children are going missing in the afterlife, and she's the only one who seems to care. Her investigation uncovers a conspiracy so vast, it threatens both the living and the dead.
Her predecessor the Duchess can't help this time; she's tracked her treacherous sister, Hanna, to Tokyo, where she's been recruiting the dead. The Duchess must enlist the help of a local detective if she's to have any choice of stopping her.
Time is running out for the Dying Squad. And if they can't crack their cases, it's the living that will pay...
Her predecessor the Duchess can't help this time; she's tracked her treacherous sister, Hanna, to Tokyo, where she's been recruiting the dead. The Duchess must enlist the help of a local detective if she's to have any choice of stopping her.
Time is running out for the Dying Squad. And if they can't crack their cases, it's the living that will pay...
 | Matt Johnson, author of recently released No Ordinary Day, which details the truth behind the 1984 murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher, will be taking part in a couple of events this coming week. Tuesday 27th June, Hatchards (London) & Thursday 29th June, Bow Street Police Station (London) If you would like to attend either of these events, click on the venue above to book your place. |
| The final book published last week was A Secret Cornish Summer by Phillipa Ashley, the brand new armchair holiday read from our reigning Cornish Queen! When Eden steps out of her beautiful coastal cottage to find a Speedo-wearing, suntanned stranger doing yoga in next door’s garden, she is immediately on her guard. Since her ex-husband betrayed her in the worst possible ways, she has kept her distance from all men, taking refuge in her start-up coffee business. |  |
But as she gets to know Levan, Eden begins to wonder if he might be different – until she discovers he’s not quite what he seems. And when a long-buried family secret surfaces, her faith in those she loves most is shaken to the core.
As the secrets spill out, relationships old and new will be tested like never before.
Can Eden learn to trust again, and move past all the secrets of this Cornish summer?
As the secrets spill out, relationships old and new will be tested like never before.
Can Eden learn to trust again, and move past all the secrets of this Cornish summer?
 | Finally, huge congratulations to Suzie Edge (Mortal Monarchs, Vital Organs), who has been nominated for BookTok Author of the Year at the very first BookTok Awards. To create the shortlist for the awards, a longlist has been compiled by BookTok data on who influencers and users are talking about most. Then, the longlist will be whittled down to a shortlist by a panel of expert judges including authors Candice Brathwaite, Annie Mac, and Elizabeth Day, as well as industry heads such as Bonnier Books CEO Perminder Mann. |
In keeping with the social media platform’s nature, the winners will be picked from that shortlist by a public vote held between 17th and 28th of July. Finally, winners will be announced via an in-app event.
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