Becky’s life is almost perfect. Growing up, she could never have imagined living in such a safe, beautiful home, with…
Book Review: The Lost Notebook by Louise Douglas
It’s summer and holidaymakers are flocking to the idyllic Brittany coast. But when first an old traveller woman dies in…
Book Review: Lessons by Ian McEwan
When the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has closed, eleven-year-old…
Book Review: The Rise by Shari Low and Ross King
Only a few years before, they had been three friends from Glasgow, just trying to survive tough lives of danger…
Book Review: Zarrin by David J. Briggs
In the days before the outbreak of war in Syria, a young Kurdish woman, Zarrin, has brought shame on her…
Book Review: When We Were Young by Dawn Goodwin
Friends Stacey, Paula, Bev and Valentina used to be inseparable until one weekend before graduation when nothing was ever the…
Book Review: The C-Word by Mel Schilling
If you think you weren’t born with confidence, it’s time for a reframe. Step beyond imposter syndrome, a crisis of…
Book Review: The Velocity of Blood by MJ Williams
Jack Tolleson has done nothing wrong. Absolutely nothing. But that doesn’t stop him being viciously bullied. Online and offline. Twenty-four…
Book Review: Class: A Graphic Guide by Dr Laura Harvey, Dr Sarah Leaney & Danny Nobel
University of Brighton sociologists Laura Harvey and Sarah Leaney and award-winning comics creator Danny Noble present an utterly unique, illustrated…
Book Review: The Collective by Alison Gaylin
Camille Gardener is a grieving—and angry—mother who, five years after her daughter’s death, is still obsessed with the privileged young…
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