1916. Young artist Sam Burke is spared death by firing squad on the battlefields of France and brought to a remote castle by the Irish Sea. At the ‘Tin Nose Shop’ he is tasked with creating intricate masks to hide…
All the way through the book I was putting myself in the women’s shoes, wondering how I would react if I got such a letter. I think you don’t ever know unless you are in that situation but this is…
It’s looooooong! So I started writing in about 2014, launching straight into a novel that for the wellbeing of mankind is never coming out of its drawer again. I then realised how much I needed to learn, so studied, wrote…
Elizabeth Noble lives in Surrey with her husband and two daughters. Her previous Sunday Times bestsellers include: The Reading Group, which reached Number One, The Friendship Test (formerly published as The Tenko Club), Alphabet Weekends, Things I Want My Daughters to Know, The Girl Next Door, The Way We Were, Between a…
There was so much I enjoyed in the book from the references to Kayleigh’s beloved Jane Austen, to the interesting facts about bees at the start of each chapter, to the community spirit of the locals as they fight to…
The chapters move between the author’s personal memories of eel fishing and his father, and their relationship, to the history of the study of eels, the methods of farming and the possible threat of extinction. Each one holds interesting facts…
About the Book A thousand unwanted children live in The Homes, a village of orphans in the Scottish Lowlands on the outskirts of Glasgow. Lesley was six before she learned that most children live with their parents. Now Lesley is…
Margo and Richard’s love affair was the stuff legends are made of – forbidden, passionate, all-encompassing. But ultimately, doomed. Set on the beautiful beaches of the Isle of Wight, The Garnett Girls asks whether children can ever be free of the mistakes…
Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga recognizes Hidaka’s best friend. Years ago when they were both teachers, they were colleagues at the same high school. Kaga went on to join the police force while Osamu Nonoguchi left to become a full-time writer,…
What would you do if you inherited a Cornish cottage by the sea? My Thoughts Apple Books: https://apple.co/3QbBfz9Nook: https://bit.ly/3QeSW0H Angela was born in St. Stephen, Cornwall, England. After completing her A-Levels she worked as a Naval Secretary. She met her husband, a…
