Nathalie Buscombe
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Amber Alton knows that the hours pass differently at Black Rabbit Hall, her London family's country estate, where no two clocks read the same. Summers there are perfect, timeless. Days are spent roaming the woods alongside her twin brother, Toby, strolling the beach hand in hand with the two youngest, Barney and Kitty, and lazing on the terrace next to Momma. Not much ever happens. Until, one stormy evening in 1968, it does, and the fabric that has...
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Language
English
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"Charlotte has an unsavory past, but these days she's on the straight and narrow. She was so young then--she married the wrong man, falling for Sam's sweet-talking charm and charisma, and got caught up in his con artist games. If only she'd left him before things went too far. Now Sam is missing. But before he disappeared, he left urgent, cryptic messages about someone threatening him--someone who has been threatening Charlotte, too. So Charlotte...
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English
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"'Tis the season for change and Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood) is embracing it, returning from the States to live in the charming village of Letherby and working with her best friend, Suze, in the gift shop of Suze's stately home. Life is good, especially now that Becky takes time every day for mindfulness...which actually means listening to a meditation tape while hunting down online bargains. But Becky still adores the traditions of Christmas: Her...
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"For Stella, deputy editor of The Globe, the choice has always been clear. It doesn't matter how low she has to stoop--getting the best story is what she's built her reputation on. For Jess, The Globe's rookie reporter, the story stops when the truth does. But she knows that the dirty tricks of the tabloids will be hard to overturn. And when a celebrity is hounded by The Globe and pays the ultimate price, Jess wonders just how much Stella and the...
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"For Alice, life has never been better. With her second husband, she has a successful business, two children, and a beautiful house. Alice knows that life could have been different if her first husband had lived, but Nathans arrival into her life gave her back the happiness she craved. Through the ups and downs of life, from celebratory nights out to comforting each other through loss, Alice knows that with her best friend Beth by her side, they can...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
385 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"When pregnant Saffron Cutler moves into 9 Skelton Place with boyfriend Tom and sets about renovations, the last thing she expects is builders uncovering human remains. The remains of two bodies, in fact. Forensics indicate the bodies have been buried at least thirty years. Saffy has nothing to worry about--until the police launch a murder inquiry and ask to speak to the cottage's former owner. Her grandmother, Rose. Rose is in a nursing home and...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Sophie Breeze is a brilliant bridesmaid. So brilliant, in fact, that she's made it her full-time job. As a professional bridesmaid, Sophie is hired by London brides to be their right-hand woman, posing as a friend but working behind the scenes to help plan the perfect wedding and ensure their big day goes off without a hitch. When she's hired by Lady Victoria Swann--a former model and 'It Girl' of 1970's London; now the Marchioness of Meade--for...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
418 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Florence Lovelady's career was made when she convicted coffin-maker Larry Grassbrook of a series of child murders 30 years ago in a small village in Lancashire. Like something out of a nightmare, the victims were buried alive. Florence was able to solve the mystery and get a confession out of Larry before more children were murdered. But now, decades later, he's dead, and events from the past start to repeat themselves. Is someone copying the original...
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
To her adoring fans, Emmy Jackson, aka @the_mamabare, is the honest "Instamum" who always tells it like it is. To her skeptical husband, a washed-up novelist who knows just how creative Emmy can be with the truth, she is a breadwinning powerhouse chillingly brilliant at monetizing the intimate details of their family life. To one of Emmy's obsessive followers, she's the woman that has everything but deserves none of it. As Emmy's moral compass veers...
10) Olga: a novel
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Publisher
HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First HarperVia edition.
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Abandoned by her parents, Olga is raised by her grandmother in a Prussian village around the turn of the 20th century. Smart and precocious, endearing but uncompromising, she fights against the prejudices of the time to find her place in a world that sees women as second-best. When Olga falls in love with Herbert, a local aristocrat obsessed with gaining all the power, glory and greatness the modern age can provide, her life is irremediably changed....
11) Madam
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"For 150 years, high above rocky Scottish cliffs, Caldonbrae Hall has sat untouched, a beacon of excellence in an old ancestral castle. A boarding school for girls, it promises that the young women lucky enough to be admitted will emerge 'resilient and ready to serve society.' Into its illustrious midst steps Rose Christie: a 26-year-old Classics teacher, Caldonbrae's new head of the department, and the first hire for the school in over a decade....
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
417 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
After her friend Heather allegedly kills two people in cold blood, reporter Jess returns home to cover the case, which, she soon discovers, is linked to the disappearance of Heather's sister twenty-five years earlier.
1994. Sixteen-year-old Flora Powell vanished from her sleepy seaside town without a trace. Her mother, her sister Heather, and Heather's best friend Jess had to somehow carry on not knowing what happened. Twenty-five years later, tragedy...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
384 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"New York, present day: On a whim, photographer Juno Lambert buys the 1931 Underwood typewriter that once belonged to celebrated journalist Cordelia Capel. Within its case she discovers an unpublished novel, igniting a transatlantic journey to fill the gaps in the story of Cordelia and her sister's loving yet tempestuous relationship. England, 1936: Cordelia's socialite sister, Irene, marries a German man from a powerful family who whisks her away...
14) Dominion
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Series
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Emily Bestler/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
440 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The third thrilling Chronicles of the Invaders adventure from New York Times bestselling author John Connolly and Jennifer Ridyard mixes classic sci-fi with rich, character-driven plot, as Paul and Syl fight to save Earth from an enemy who is closer than ever. Syl Hellais and Paul Kerr have traveled through Derith, the mysterious wormhole from which no traveler has ever returned. Yet Derith's secrets are darker than they imagined, and trapped in...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Thanks to a nomadic childhood, Revelle Lee is fluent in ten languages, which she puts to use at crime scenes and in courtrooms across London. Being a court interpreter is a stressful job, one that makes her privy to the most personal and often dark details of others' lives. In the meantime, she's close to adopting a six-year-old boy named Elliot from foster care. Revelle is determined to be the mother she never had, and to make up for a terrible...
16) Before I saw you
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Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
464 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Alice Gunnersley and Alfie Mack sleep just a few feet apart from one another. They talk for hours every day. And they've never seen each other face-to-face. After being in terrible accidents, the two now share the same ward as long-term residents of St. Francis's Hospital. Although they don't get off to the best start, the close quarters (and Alfie's persistence to befriend everyone he meets) brings them closer together. Pretty soon no one can make...
17) The woman inside
Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
378 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Bill Olsson, recently widowed, is desperate to provide for his daughter, Sally. Struggling to pay rent, he welcomes a lodger into their home: Karla, a law student and aspiring judge, who works as a housekeeper to make ends meet. Her clients are the Rytters, an incredibly wealthy couple who hide behind closed doors. The wife is ill and hasn't left the house in months. The husband is controlling and obsessive. Is he just a worried husband, concerned...