Blurb: Sephy is a Cross: she lives a life of privilege and power. But she's lonely, and burns with injustice at the world she sees around her. Callum is a nought: he's considered to be less than nothing - a blanker, there to serve Crosses - but he dreams of a better life. They've been friends since [...]
Synopsis: This book is the inspiring story of a teenage girl growing up in a rural Nigerian village who longs to get an education so that she can find her “louding voice” and speak up for herself. Despite the seemingly insurmountable obstacles in her path, Adunni never loses sight of her goal of escaping the [...]
It's been a great start to the reading year for me. Thanks to the introduction of audiobooks into my routine (seriously, why did it take me so long?), I'm now averaging 12 books per month. And, although physical copies of books will always be my preference, sometimes it's lovely to have somebody read to you. [...]
If you're anything like me, lockdown is likely to be taking its toll on your mental wellbeing. For me, being stuck inside, with little to no access to family and friends is extremely difficult, while having all my future plans cancelled is somewhat excruciating. I'm counting down the days until I can drink warm cider [...]
Synopsis: ‘Julia, it’s me. I need you to call me back. Please, Julia. It’s important . . .’In the last days before her death, Nel Abbott called her sister.Jules didn’t pick up the phone, ignoring her plea for help.Now Nel is dead. They say she jumped. And Jules has been dragged back to the one [...]
Synopsis: Queenie Jenkins is a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither. She works at a national newspaper, where she’s constantly forced to compare herself to her white middle-class peers. After a messy breakup from her long-term white boyfriend, Queenie seeks comfort in all the wrong places [...]
Synopsis:Pip Fitz-Amobi is not a detective anymore.With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they solved together last year. The podcast has gone viral, yet Pip insists her investigating days are behind her.But she will have to break that promise when someone she knows goes missing. Jamie Reynolds [...]
Synopsis:Modern life is full of choices. We're told that happiness lies within and we can be whoever we want to be. But with endless possibility comes a feeling of restlessness; like we're somehow failing to live our best life. What does doing it right even look like? And why do so many women feel like [...]
Synopsis: Ageing and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. When she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one in the journalism community is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now? Monique is not exactly on top [...]
Synopsis:The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it. But having grown up in the same small town that was consumed by the murder, Pippa Fitz-Amobi isn't so sure. When she chooses the case as the [...]
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