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It\u2019s the sixties. Skirts are short. Shirts are cheesecloth. And the Beatles rule. But in a small town in the suburbs there\u2019s a sense of restraint. Pastel-painted houses, everyone knows their neighbours, and even if a body of a girl who disappeared years ago is discovered, all will be fine as long as the front garden is tidy! A Curtain Twithcher\u2019s Book of Murder by Gay Marris is the wonderfully dark and witty story. Bedford Square<\/a><\/p>\n

A legendary country pop star with a good-girl image. A long-missing best friend. A body. And secrets that have stayed hidden for decases. Emily Layden\u2019s Once More From The Top is a terrific mystery read.<\/p>\n

1979. London. And two Irish outsiders seeking refuge find one another. Over the decades, their lives follow different paths, interweaving from time to time. Spanning 40 years, Christine Dwyer Hickey\u2019s Our London Lives is an epic novel and love story \u2026 rich, moving, filled with dark and light. Atlantic Books<\/a><\/p>\n

Paula Hawkins \u2013 of Girl on the Train \u2013 has done her fabulous thing again with The Blue Hour. An island with only one house, cut off from the Scottish mainland for twelve hours each day. A famous (and infamous) artist. An unfaithful husband who disappeared. A shocking discovery. Everything you\u2019d expect from Paula Hawkins \u2013 and then some! Penguin<\/a><\/p>\n

A deliciously funny read \u2026 Bella Mackie\u2019s What A Way To Go opens with a glam OTT party \u2013 a 60th<\/sup> birthday celebration for an obscenely wealthy man .. one with a gorgeous wife, a gaggle of photogenic children, French chateau and Cotswold manor, a plethora of mistresses and a penchant for cutting corners. Unfortunately, he\u2019s also dead! And there are many who could well be the prime suspect! The story\u2019s told from each family member, an amateur sleuth, and the dead man himself, who\u2019s in a \u2018processing centre\u2019 \u2026 a holding area between life and the afterlife. So there\u2019s murder. And mystery. And some laugh-out-loud moments, too. Great fun. The Borough Press \u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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