Book club

by Liz Fenwick (£9.99, PB, HarperCollins) Newlyn, Cornwall. Kerensa is sent by her father’s auction house to catalogue a ramshackle building overlooking the sea. What she discovers inside changes her

by Cathy Bramley (£16.99, HB, Orion) When single mother Magnolia Jones loses her beautiful 23-year-old daughter Brontë in a tragic accident, her only hope of healing lies in an unexpected adventure. A

by Hazel Gaynor (£16.99, HarperCollins, HB) The greatest journeys will test your courage. Many years before Dorothy arrives in Oz, her aunt begins an unexpected adventure of her own. Emily Gale become

by Steve Cavanagh (£16.99, HB, Headline) A complete stranger is about to become her worst nightmare. Ellie Parker has it all – a beautiful family, a gorgeous apartment and an amazing job. Known by eve

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