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THE NO-SHOW BY BETH O’LEARY

Tiktok sensation Beth O’Leary brings us one of the most eagerly anticipated new releases of 2022. Three women, with nothing in common, get stood up on Valentine’s Day by the same man. Ambitious life coach Siobhan is supposed to meet Joseph Carter for a Valentine’s breakfast, but he doesn’t show up. Tree surgeon Miranda, who is used to being treated like “one of the guys” by her male co-workers, is looking forward to a romantic Valentine’s lunch with her boyfriend, Joseph Carter, but he doesn’t materialise. Shy, introverted charity shop volunteer Jane is relieved when her new friend Joseph Carter agrees to be her fake date for a Valentine’s party but is let down when he doesn’t appear. What follows is a romantic comedy with a twist that is heart-breaking and heart-warming in equal measure.

INSOMNIA BY SARAH PINBOROUGH

In the run up to her 40th birthday, Emma Averell’s mother went insane with devastating results. Emma and her sister, Phoebe, grew up in foster care and their mother was institutionalised. Having worked hard to bury the memory and trauma this caused, Emma has built a successful career as an attorney; she is a devoted mother of two and is happily married to her stay-at-home husband. However, as Emma’s 40th birthday approaches she begins to suffer from insomnia, paranoia and realises that she is losing time during the day – the same symptoms her mother exhibited before losing her mind. Emma has always worried that her mother’s madness was hereditary, but is she really losing her mind or are there more sinister forces at play? A tense and compelling psychological thriller.

THE GAME BY LINDA CARVEY

Set in the criminal underworld of London and the Spanish Riviera, The Game is a gritty and violent crime novel for fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers. Ruby Murphy has built a successful and fearsome crime syndicate. Family is everything to Ruby so when her husband is brutally murdered, Ruby is naturally distraught, but has little time to grieve as she has a business to run and a daughter to comfort. When her daughter Cathy is threatened, Ruby will stop at nothing to keep her safe. However, it’s impossible to know who to trust in a world where all your associates are enemies or rivals, or both.

YOUNG MUNGO BY DOUGLAS STUART

Young Mungo is the second novel from the Booker Prize winning author of Shuggie Bain. It has been hailed as the gay Romeo and Juliet, but the author’s description is more apt – “It’s about the pressure we put on working-class boys to ‘man-up’ and all the terrible things and violence that can flow from that.” Protestant fifteen-year-old Mungo Hamilton has grown up on a housing scheme in Glasgow with his absent, alcoholic mother, his sister Jodie and his brother Hamish who is the head of a Protestant gang called the Billy Boys who are often at war with the Catholic gang, the Royston Bhoys. Catholic Jamie spends a lot of his time alone since his mother’s death as his father works on offshore rigs. After Jamie’s father discovers that his son is gay, he plans for Jamie to marry a girl as soon as he is of age. Jamie is determined to run away as soon as he turns sixteen. When Mungo and Jamie meet there is instant chemistry. However, their love is impossible in a community which would never accept them for homophobic and sectarian reasons.

DREAM TOWN BY DAVID BALDACCI

WWII Veteran turned PI, Aloysius Archer, is back in the third installment of this award-winning series. It’s the eve of 1953 and Archer is ringing in the New Year at a glamorous party with his actress friend, Liberty Callahan. During the party he is approached by screenwriter Eleanor Lamb who believes her life is in danger and wants Archer to investigate. Things take a sinister turn when Archer arrives at Eleanor’s house only to find a dead body and his client missing. Helped by his partner Willie Dash, Archer’s search for Eleanor exposes him to the seedy side of Hollywood where drugs, violence and corruption are rife. It will take all his wits to save Eleanor’s life without losing his own. e

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