Sophie Apperly decides she's had enough & decides to swap Little England for the Big Apple.

From the moment Sophie

...

The new novel from Patrick Gale, author of Richard & Judy-bestseller ? Notes from an Exhibition?, returning readers to his beloved Cornish coastline. ? Do you need me to pray for you now for a specific reason?? ?I?m going to die.? ? We?re all going to die. Does dying frighten you?? ?I mean I?m going to kill myself.? When 20-year-old Lenny Barnes, paralysed in a rugby accident, commits suicide in the presence of Barnaby Johnson, the much-loved priest of a West Cornwall parish, the tragedy's reverberations open up the fault-lines between Barnaby & his nearest & dearest ? the gulfs of unspoken sadness that separate them all. Across this web of relations scuttles Barnaby's repellent nemesis ? a man as wicked as his prey is virtuous. Returning us to the rugged Cornish landscape of ? Notes from an Exhibition?, Patrick Gale lays bare the lives & the thoughts of a whole community & asks us: what does it mean to be good? ...

Details:
This is the heart-wrenching true story of a girl named Cupcake & it begins when, aged eleven, she is orphaned

...

A Pint of Plain is a quest to chronicle the state of the Irish pub today, & thereby to examine Irish culture at a time of great change. When the American writer Bill Barich moved to Dublin, he began searching for a traditional pub to serve as his local. Although he had no shortage of choices, he had trouble finding one that measured up to the archetypal ideal portrayed in Ireland's literature & such iconic movies as The Quiet Man. That suggested something deeper was at play
- a shift in the country's values & identity. As Barich roamed from hectic urban pubs to their dwindling rural counterparts, he met an array of extraordinary characters whose lives are bound up in the trade. He blends the history of Guinness into his account, & also explores the impact of the firms that export 'authentic' Irish pubs around the world. A Pint of Plain will be irresistible to anyone who has been touched by Ireland & cares about its future.
...

With murder, everyone pays a price...

Why would a killer ignore expensive jewellery & take a pair of turtledoves as the

...

To Sir Robert Blenkinsopp, his frail, exquisite wife Amy is just another possession
- to be used, misused or discarded like
...

Dido Kent's sister-in-law Margaret is attempting to marry her off to the ghastly clergyman Doctor Prowdlee, with his abominable side-whiskers. Dido, however, is determined to refuse him. As punishment she is sent on a journey as companion to her rich, hypochondriac Aunt Manners
- whom the family wants to keep on the right side of. When they arrive at Charcombe Manor, Aunt Manners' childhood home, they find a mystery lying in wait for them. The rich heiress Letitia Verney has disappeared while visiting the house, & Mr Tom Lomax is suspected of abducting her. Dido, upon hearing his story, is inclined to believe in his innocence
- but how is she to explain the impossibility of Miss Verney vanishing into thin air? & there is also the abandoned wing of Charcombe Manor to be considered. Why do lights appear there at night? The house is full of enigmas, with its memories of old family quarrels & its crying ghost that keeps visitors awake. As the mystery intensifies, Miss Dido Kent embarks on her most intriguing investigation yet.

...

With doting parents & siblings she adores, sixteen-year-old Rose Cheevers leads a contented life at Willow Place in Canterbury.

...

Holly lives & works in the beautiful town of Willowbury in Somerset. An incorrigible optimist, she is determined to change the

...

With the city of Exeter ravaged by an outbreak of the yellow plague, Sir John de Wolfe, the county coroner, must divide his time between visiting his sick brother, William, who has been struck down by the disease, & dealing with a series of brutal murders which appears to be linked to a revival of heresy in the city. When some of the cathedral canons begin a crusade against this danger to the Church, Sir John finds himself accused of being too sympathetic to the heretics, bringing him into conflict with the ecclesiastic authorities. As the situation worsens, the coroner must seek sanctuary in order to save his skin. Can he survive long enough to unmask the real killer? ...