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After yet another shameful one-night stand Lissa has to accept that her sisters are right – she is an alcoholic and it’s time for rehab. She hates the idea of therapy, doesn’t want to examine her past, but just as she begins to see reasons for her drinking, life takes a brutal turn. Who are her fellow patients? Why is one of them so damned perfect? Hear Me is a powerful story about life and death, addiction and sobriety, racism and the fight for justice – but above all it is a story abou...

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Julia North has an MA in creative writing from Edinburgh University.

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"Dark, dangerous and ethereal," Victoria Delderfield, The Secret Mother "Will grip and move the reader right to the final page." Nina Milton, The Shamanic Mysteries

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When browsing through a collection of old books, a bookseller finds leather straps and a hood and quickly realises they are the tools of a hangman. Also in the collection is a diary, the final words of a man sentenced to die for murder. Was there a miscarriage of justice? Did the wrong man die at the noose?

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Ralph Spurrier is a bookseller who specialises in crime fiction. He began in the sales sector of the book trade, going from Foyles to MacMillan to Victor Gollancz, before starting Post Mortem Books, which specialises in the sale of crime fiction. He studied for his MA in creative writing at Sussex University.

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“A fiendishly clever plot set in the aftermath of World War II. I thoroughly enjoyed it." Minette Walters "A Compelling book, superbly plotted." Peter Lovesey "Twists devastatingly between history, places, people and death." CM Thompson Walter Scott Prize - recommended Waverton Good Read Award - Long List

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It’s 1875 and London’s East End heaves with children who work as prostitutes, hawkers, beggars and thieves. Constance rescues as many as she can, but there is only so much she and other charity workers can do. Then a solution is offered that sounds perfect – Canada, with its wide green plains, has farmers who need help, while their wives want housemaids. Shipping children to this land of plenty offers them a future far from the temptations of London’s overcrowded streets. Widow Mary Trup...

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Elizabeth Howard is a former history teacher. This is her first novel.

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Mai Ling is chasing the Chinese dream. She’s escaping to the city, seeking a new life, running away from the old customs of arranged marriage and domestic drudgery. The Secret Mother puts a face to the label Made in China. It tells the bittersweet story of a girl – like millions of others – willing to risk everything. The Secret Mother uncovers the life of Mai Ling, a sixteen year old who follows the Chinese dream and pays the highest price.

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Victoria is a mother of two boys and obtained her MA in writing from Lancaster University.

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"You cannot fail to be moved by this story of the tenacity of a mother's love." Deborah Swift

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One murder can make a town nervous. Two brings fear. Add three, four and even more, and watch neighbour turn on suspicious neighbour. Victoria Bullrush – or Bullface, as she is called by fellow police officers – is a stickler for rules. As she tries to maintain a faultless investigation, she can't ignore the public's growing anger.

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Charlotte has an MA from Portsmouth University. She is in her early twenties and is working on her next novel.

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‘An author to look out for in the future.’ Patrick Neale, former chair of the Booksellers Association.

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On the run from a killer, Annie and her mother flee to a remote farmhouse in New England. When Annie finds an unsent letter from a debutante in the Civil War, she is drawn to the story of a Southern girl immersed in a love that cannot see light in the American South

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Gayle has an MA from the University of East Anglia.

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‘Every character drawn in loving detail.’ Mohammed Hanif, author.

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An art student with a love for Egon Schiele sees beauty in Edward’s twisted spine, and begs him to pose for her. This tale of secrecy, love and understanding explores our perceptions of beauty and lust.

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Bryony was a fashion designer and has an MA from Sheffield-Hallam University.

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‘Explores the precariousness of relationships with precision and insight.’ Livi Michael, author.

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A young woman is thrust into a foreign culture, a sister is excluded by widowhood, an older woman returns to a once familiar land. Bryony Doran's short stories carry a note of seductive isolation. Do we alienate ourselves? Or do we misinterpret the signs around us?

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Bryony was a fashion designer and has an MA from Sheffield-Hallam University.

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"These stories hatch one after the other bringing life to stark, poignant moments." Ruby Soames

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Ascha is the son of a Saxon warlord and a Roman slave mother, a half-slave, locked in the limbo between slave and free. This is a tale of competing tribes in 5th century northern Europe.

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Trevor is an ex-lawyer with an MA from City University.

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Two girls find a baby abandoned in a phone box, and the event casts a long shadow as their lives unfold through careers, marriages and motherhood.

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Rachel is a medical doctor and has an MA in writing from Oxford Brookes University.

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‘A twist in the tail.’ Tatler

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Twelve-year-old James hates life at his hippy boarding school where lessons are optional and homework forbidden. All he wants is an academic education with proper exams. When a strict new maths teacher strides into his world, James latches onto him as a symbol of hope. At first, Mervyn’s eccentricities seem comic but as a more tragic story unfolds, the adult James is forced to confront his own part in a grand downfall.

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Ben is a film maker, obtained his MA at the University of East Anglia and lives in London.

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"A fascinating debut by a new literary talent." DW Wilson

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Seven days isn’t a long time to prove anything. But Kate’s husband promises to explain where he’s been for the last three years, and why he left so suddenly. He also promises to prove his love. But Kate has been doing her own investigations. Is a week long enough to learn the truth?

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Ruby lives in France and has an MA from Manchester Metropolitan University.

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‘The feel of One Day about it.’ NewBooks ‘An irresistible read.’ France Magazine

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Ever wonder what it's like to date an actor who hits the big time? Intrigue, jealousy, resentment – and that’s just your closest friends. When Sarah Tyler’s boyfriend shoots from penniless waiter to Hollywood star, she sinks from city lawyer to homeless, lovesick dog walker.

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Ruby is the author of Seven Days to Tell You.

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Paula abandons her London life and travels through the night to a Scottish village where she once spent a childhood holiday. Desperate to avoid a painful loss, she tries to hide away. However, the locals are keen to know more about their unhappy visitor. Can we ever run away from the past?

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Alex is a former journalist and has an MA from Lancaster University.

Just Do It

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Do you want to travel, but your friends or family don’t? So why wait? Travelling alone is better than never travelling at all. In the Solo Travel Guide: Just do it we give you suggestions on how to plan, how to cope when you are at your destination alone, how to stay safe and even some suggestions on where to go – good destinations for the solo traveller, places with wonderful things to see but where you will not stand out from the crowd. We also offer inspiration – snippets from those wo...

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Dee Maldon is the author of 8 Day Trips from London, 12 Day Trips from London and Recycle Those Gladrags.

A simple guide for visitors who want to see more than the capital

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Aimed at visitors who want to see more than the capital – but don’t want to drive or vacate their hotel room. This little book provides information on using public transport to visit Cambridge, Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon, as well as less well known places such as England’s smallest cathedral city, Ely, and Brighton, a vibrant university town that once offered royals freedom from protocol.

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Dee is a former teacher who lives in Cambridge.

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Are you your own worst enemy? Does fear stop you from being the person you want to be? Do you always think you can't - whether it is passing an exam, finding a new job, maintaining a healthy weight or tackling any of the problems life puts your way?

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Michael Cohen is a London therapist with more than 28 years of experience. He runs a busy practice in London and is a specialist in the treatment of anxiety disorders.  

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Practical ways to rid yourself of anger, depression, jealousy and other common problems

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Rethink it gives practical advice on tackling the destructive thoughts that lead to anger, rejection, shame, jealousy, fear and worry. Words affect the way we feel and act, and negative talk leads to fear, anxiety, depression and a ‘why bother’ attitude.

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Michael Cohen is a London therapist with more than 28 years of experience. He runs a busy practice in London and is a specialist in the treatment of anxiety disorders.

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"Practical and to the point, this book teaches how to change thoughts and beliefs in order to control unhealthy moods and self-defeating behaviour." Meir Stolear, London Psychotherapist.

The Story of England's Last Fatal Duel

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The insults that drew men to duels were often petty - a splash, a scrape or a disparaging word could all lead to pistols at dawn. When Charles Hawkey watched James Seton flirt with his beautiful wife, there was only one way to respond. The two men were honour bound to meet in a duel, but only one of them could return.

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Martyn is a successful children’s author (Orion Books).

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'If you remember the Sixties, then you weren't there'. Well Peter Maddick was there and he remembers most of it - the King's Road, Chelsea; the trendy models and hip photographers; the ad men; the road to St. Tropez; the hippy trail from Kathmandu. And let's not forget what the sixties is really famous for - free love!

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Peter lived through the sixties and became a London Ad man.

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