Tag: friendship
+ crime fiction, family, fiction, friendship, murder, police procedural, review, spiritualism, thriller
The Dying Hour by Jane Jesmond
The wind still carries the memory of a recent storm across the Yorkshire hills. But it’s not the weather that’s set the dogs howling all day… When police officer Josh Mason is sent to investigate a complaint at Cooper’s Stables, he expects nothing more than an awkward conversation with the yard’s notoriously difficult owner. What waits behind the locked gates will haunt him forever. … Read More The Dying Hour by Jane Jesmond
+ 1930s, diary, family, female friendship, fiction, friendship, germany, grief, Historical fiction, jews, loss, love, music, nazi germany, review, siblings, twins
The Diva’s Daughter by Heather Walrath
Munich & Vienna, 1932. Aspiring opera singer Angelika Eder thought she had it all — a cultured life in Vienna, along with the guidance of her glamorous mother, a world-famous soprano. But when tragedy strikes and her mother dies amidst a swirling family scandal, eighteen-year-old Angelika finds herself uprooted to Munich, where civil unrest is rife and leaders of the increasingly powerful Nazi Party … Read More The Diva’s Daughter by Heather Walrath
The Tradwife’s Lie by Bella Ellwood-Clayton
In Westbrook, wives are currency. Belonging has a price. And the most dangerous thing a woman can do is change her mind. MARNII didn’t come here to be brave…I came to disappear. After New York, after the firm, after everything that broke me, Westbrook felt safe. Predictable. A place where the rules were clear, and someone else made the decisions. Elke chose me. That … Read More The Tradwife’s Lie by Bella Ellwood-Clayton
+ 1930s, 1940s, friendship, germany, guest post, Historical fiction, holocaust, jewish history, jews, nazi germany, non-fiction, twins, World War Two, WW2
Kalman & Leopold: Surviving Mengele’s Auschwitz by Richard K. Lowy
A rare, eyewitness account of survival inside Mengele’s Auschwitz, told in the voices of two teenage boys¬ An intergenerational project preserving living memory as survivors pass away¬ A son carrying forward his father’s testimony with urgency and care¬ A book designed for education, classrooms and younger readers as well as adults¬ A story of survival, friendship and moral resilience amid systematic cruelty¬ A warning from history that speaks directly … Read More Kalman & Leopold: Surviving Mengele’s Auschwitz by Richard K. Lowy
+ 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, fiction, friendship, revenge, review, serial killer, thriller
Liar Thief by May Rinaldi
Winner of the Black Spring Crime Prize 2024 ‘This is a psychological thriller unlike anything you’ve ever read before.’ Luca Veste, author of The Bone Keeper Ginnie says she is a serial killer who kills people who have wronged her. No one believes her. Author Fiona Taylor is writing Ginnie’s memoir, The Killer Inside, trying to understand why Ginnie should still insist that she’s a killer. … Read More Liar Thief by May Rinaldi
The Invisible Cage by Suni Samara
“You can’t see the bars or the lock, but they are there. I am a prisoner.” Meet Anoushka:Edinburgh biology student, dutiful Indian daughter, great marriage material. She’s everything to everybody and yet – she’s nothing. She is invisible in an invisible cage. This is the year that changes her life. At twenty-two, Anoushka, the eldest daughter in her family, is expected to take the … Read More The Invisible Cage by Suni Samara
+ audio book, feel-good, fiction, friendship, loss, love
The Light a Candle Society by Ruth Hogan
All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle. George McGlory – recent widower, part-time librarian, pub quiz enthusiast and lover of loud shirts – witnesses a public health funeral and is deeply moved by the sight of the lonely coffin with no flowers and no mourners in attendance. He joins forces with Elena, a florist, Edwin, an undertaker, … Read More The Light a Candle Society by Ruth Hogan
+ feel-good, fiction, friends, friendship, love
The Croatian Island Library by Eva Glyn
Where books are borrowed, friendships are forged and secrets uncovered… As a beautiful summer unfolds in the Croatian islands, Ana Meštrović embarks on a new venture – transforming her beloved catamaran into a floating library. Joined by crew members Lloyd, a widower whose past threatens to overshadow everything, and Natali, a young mechanic afraid of her own shadow, the newly formed trio all have … Read More The Croatian Island Library by Eva Glyn
Got You by Erik Therme
Sisterhood can be fatal. Leah has never been close to her younger half-sister, but she’s not surprised to get a frantic phone call late at night, asking for a ride. Amanda’s life has always been a snarled mess of bad choices and boyfriends, and it’s common for her to resurface mid-crisis. But this time is different. Amanda is adamant about getting to the neighboring … Read More Got You by Erik Therme
+ 1960s, alcoholism, fiction, France, friends, friendship, gay, ghosts, haunting, journalist, literature, London, love, music, obsession, racism, review, supernatural
The Music of the Cosmos by Carole Bulewski
“We must discover the Music of the Cosmos.” With these words, visionary, depraved and intensely artistic Gaius piques the curiosity of Sam and his friends, young lads from Kent who have come to Swinging Sixties London in search of musical success. To further their quest for the otherworldly Music of the Cosmos, the boys leave London for Paris, and experiment with the help of … Read More The Music of the Cosmos by Carole Bulewski
The Prophecy by Emmanuel Olympitis Illustrated by Olympia Olympitis
The Olympitis father and daughter team are back with this second instalment of the Whispers in the Park series… Now in vibrant colour, Whispers in the Park: The Prophecy is the thrilling second book of Emmanuel and Olympia Olympitis’s enchanting series. As winter draws in around St James’s Park, a mysterious new arrival sends shockwaves through the centuries-old school for grey squirrels. A red … Read More The Prophecy by Emmanuel Olympitis Illustrated by Olympia Olympitis
One Tiny Cry by Christina Delay
The night they told me my baby didn’t survive, I heard it. One tiny cry. I ran and never came back. Not for sixteen years. Not until a stranger found me and handed me a note that chilled me to my core: It’s happening again. Come home before she dies too. Now I’m back in the hometown I swore I’d escape forever. #OneTinyCry X(Twitter) @ZooloosBT #ZooloosBookTours #booktwitterInstagram @zooloosbooktours #bookstagram #blogtour … Read More One Tiny Cry by Christina Delay
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