Newly (happily) widowed Cora Seagrave heads to Essex with her maidservant, Martha, and her autistic son Francis. There she becomes entangled in the local mystery of the Essex serpent. This a novel about ideas “though its sensibility is firmly, consciously, even a little cheekily, gothic.” You will love Cora and Martha’s strength, humour and commitment […]

Meet Detective Manon – who is witty and a personal mess. She is senior investigative officer in the disappearance of Edith Hind – beautiful, young, wealthy – in short, all the things that Manon is not. Great, fast paced and intriguing who dunnit that will have you guessing (and chuckling) to the end!

Nora is a very messed up young woman who works with private investigators (I use the term loosely) and who has survived living on the streets. She is approached by a couple who enlist her help in looking for their daughter, Bonnie, a runaway. The thing is, Nora is Bonnie’s birth mother so the stakes […]

Aviva Grossman’s affair with a married congressman comes crashing to an end and Aviva’s career has crashed along with it. She must re-invent herself and is successful – up to a point. This is the story of a young woman who must accept the consequences of her actions and forgive herself in the process. The […]

If you like Wyeth’s painting entitled Christina’s World you’ll love this book. It is the story of Christina and how the farm house where she grew up became her world. She meets Wyeth, who is enthralled with her story and obsessive with painting the farmhouse. Such a beautiful peek into a historical fictional view of […]