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The Gallery of Stolen Souls
by Helen Moorhouse Rating: *** In 1860s London Samuel Temple is beginning to make a name for himself as a memorial photographer aided by...

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Jul 26, 20202 min read


The Guardians of Erum and the Calamitous Child of Socotra
by A. Ali Hasan Ali Rating: **** This epic tale is set in pre-Islamic Arabia and primarily follows a date farmer, Fada (mainly known as...

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Jul 25, 20202 min read


Soothsayer
by Kathryn Amurra Rating: **** Soothsayer is set in Ancient Rome and tells the story of Aurelia, who lives with her rather petulant and...

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Jul 19, 20203 min read


The Silent Patient
by Alex Michaelides Rating: *** The Silent Patient opens with the murder of Gabriel Berenson, seemingly by his artist wife, Alicia....

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Jul 16, 20202 min read


My Baby the Spy
by Annie Dolze Rating: **** My Baby the Spy is the story of two spies working for opposing organisations. Anya Lisoyva from Ryzkanova,...

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Jul 16, 20202 min read


Trust Me
by Nell Grey Rating: ***** Trust Me opens with an apparent suicide in a Welsh barn of a farmer, Glyn Evans. However, we are soon given a...

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Jul 12, 20203 min read


The Eaten Heart: Unlikely Tales of Love
by Giovanni Boccaccio Rating: ***** This little book showcases eleven stories that are in Boccaccio’s most famous work, the Decameron....

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Jul 8, 20201 min read


Werewolf Nights
by Mari Hamill Rating: **** ‘Werewolf Nights’ tells us the story of Catherine Mercy; a thirty-something baker and widow in the town of...

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Jul 5, 20204 min read


The Sisters Grimm
by Menna van Praag Rating: *** 'The Sisters Grimm' is the story of four sisters born of the same Father on the same day but with...

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Jul 2, 20203 min read


Snapshots - a collection of short stories
by Eliot Parker Rating: **** Snapshots is a collection of ten short stories concerned with the human condition and those moments where...

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Jun 29, 20202 min read
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