Reading Matters

Rutherford and Fry’s Complete Guide

The complete story of the universe and absolutely everything in it - skipping over some of the boring parts. This is a celebration of the weirdness of the cosmos, the strangeness of humans and the fact that amid all the mess, we can somehow make sense of life. HB, 304pp.

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Slimming World’s Best-Ever Recipes

Drawing on 40 years of experience and packed with nutritional, lifestyle and diet information, as well as more than 120 new, healthy yet delicious recipes, Slimming World’s best ever recipes is the definitive guide to successful - and enjoyable - weight loss. HB, 208pp.

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Pam Ayres on Animals

A collection of Pam’s poetry over the last five decades featuring delightful tales of our British wildlife from ‘I’m a Starling, Me Darling’ and the difficulties of keeping farm animals in ‘Fleeced’, to her hilarious observations of our pets in ‘Ode to a Jack Russell’. HB, 216pp

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Calling WPC Crockford

In 1951, at the age of 21, Gwendoline Crockford was accepted as a Woman Police Constable into the Berkshire Constabulary. This memoir reveals not just the life of a pioneering female police constable but a now barely-remembered world of post-war austerity and a society on the brink of enormous change. PB, 352pp.

Churchill’s Flawed Decisions

One of the most respected and best-loved characters the nation has ever known, based on his leadership during the bleak and dire times of the Second World War. If it wasn’t for him, Britain would almost definitely have lost the war. Yet there was another side to Churchill that is not often spoken of, and one that led to him making some questionable decisions. HB, 192pp.

Ref. E184220 £19.99 Dead Men Don’t Tell Tales

Guy Martin is a doer, not a talker. From racing across Arizona on a mountain bike to trying to reach 300mph on the motorbike he built in his shed, his latest book on the last four years of his life makes the rest of us look like we’re in slow motion. HB, 320pp.

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Diddly Squat: A Year on the Farm

Faced with suffocating red tape, biblical weather, local objections, a global pandemic and his own frankly staggering ignorance of how to ‘do farming’, Jeremy soon realises that turning the farm around is going to take more than splashing out on a massive tractor. Fortunately, there’s help at hand. HB, 224pp.

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A Life on the Lines: The Grand Old Man of Steam

From 1944 through to the early 1960s, Richard Hardy took hundreds of pictures of life on the railways. This carefully collated selection of personal photographs, ephemera, artworks and photographs drawn from the National Railway Museum tells the stories of the great brotherhood of railwaymen, brilliantly conjuring up the speed, heat and dust of the footplate. HB, 192pp. Ref. E185186 £16.99

Simon Reeve: Step By Step

Simon’s memoir describes how he has journeyed across epic landscapes, dodged bullets on front lines and walked through minefields. In this revelatory account he gives the full story behind some of his favourite expeditions, tracing his own inspiring personal journey from leaving school without qualifications to overcoming some life changing challenges. PB, 336pp. Ref. E188483 £9.99

Britain’s Wartime Evacuees

Over eight years of research Gillian Mawson has interviewed hundreds of evacuees from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Coupled with the extensive newspaper coverage of the day and official documents, families have also allowed her access to the testimony of those who have passed away. PB, 224pp.

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How to Repair Everything

Whether you need to repair a strap on a favourite handbag or mend a leak in a washing machine, How to Repair Everything is packed full of tips and tricks of the trade for the person who likes to do-it-theirself. From quick fixes that will get you out of a jam to permanent solutions that make the item good as new, this is perfect for anyone who hates the throwaway society and would much rather refurb and recycle. PB,

Marigolds, Myrtle and Moles

A perfect bedside book for the greenfingered - hilarious and touching poems on a gardening theme written and introduced by the nation’s favourite gardener and presenter, Alan Titchmarsh. From touching poems on the peony, the snowdrop and the sweet pea to hilarious verse on Emily the Gardener and the Garden Design Course, this is his heartfelt and entertaining celebration of his natural habitat. HB, 176pp.

Ref. E184079 £12.99 Pam Ayres: Surgically Enhanced

Pam Ayres is one of the most widelyadored poets in the land and has become nothing less than a national treasure. Her work is popular with fans of all ages and her wry observations on the peculiarities of modern life will raise a smile from even the most hardened cynic. HB, 176pp.

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Codebreaking Sisters: Our Secret War

Raised in a Lancashire country house in the 1920s, these sisters quickly became fluent in German when their family took in two Austrian Jewish refugees. This went on to shape their roles for ever, one posted to top-secret listening stations and the other in the Code & Cipher Office. PB, 304pp.

The Real Beatrix Potter

Born into a typically repressed Victorian family it was assumed that Beatrix would achieve little more than finding herself a rich husband, but the Potters underestimated their daughter. Stifled by the lack of stimulation, she educated herself in art, science, and of course a great love of the natural world. PB, 208pp.

Without a Trace

A plane on route from London to New York City has disappeared out of the sky. The love of DCI Kate Daniels’ life was on board, but she has no authority to investigate. But Kate can’t let it lie. She has to find out what happened to that plane - even if it means going dangerously off book... PB, 400pp.

Ref. E185228 £7.99 The Golden Rendezvous

For chief officer Johnny Carter the voyage has already begun badly. A member of the crew is missing and the search only serves to increase tension, violence erupts and suddenly the whole ship is in danger. Is the Campari a victim of modern day piracy? And what of the strange cargo hidden below the decks? PB, 384pp.

Ref. E185380 £8.99 Fast Track, Stephen Leather

Someone within the security services has been working to their own agenda, and only Dan ‘Spider’ Shepherd can identify the bad apple. His search for the rogue agent takes him to Turkey and then to Dubai, where his masters order him to carry out a breathtaking act of revenge. PB, 368pp.

Ref. E189441 £7.99 The Russian

Weeks before NYPD Detective Michael Bennett is to marry his long-time love, Mary Catherine, an assassin announces their presence in the city with a string of murders. He promises his fiancé that the case won’t affect their upcoming wedding, but, as he struggles to connect the killings, Bennett may be walking into a deadly trap. PB, 400pp.

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Written in Blood

Angela Wood wanted to teach the man a lesson. It was a bag, just like all the others. But when she opens it, the worst nightmare of her life begins. A journal ends up at detective Robert Hunter’s desk. It soon becomes clear that there is a serial killer on the loose and if he can’t be stopped in time, more people will die. PB, 496pp.

The Lonely Sea

A collection of riveting tales of the sea including the story that launched MacLean’s writing career and the account of the epic battle to sink the German battle ship, Bismarck. A book about the sea, its power and the men and women who sail it, and who fight and die in it. PB, 304pp.

The Corpse in the Garden of Perfect Brightness

Penniless, with new bride Jenny to support, and hiding from a murderous organisation called Room 42, Jack’s prospects look bleak. The opportunity to track down his only remaining family member has dangerous consequences... PB, 384pp.

Final Cut

When Claire regains consciousness after a stranger causes her car to crash in a snowstorm, she is frantic to discover that her nine-year-old daughter Emma is missing from the back seat. Then Emma is found in the woods nearby, unharmed but cradling a child’s skull. She claims it ‘called’ to her - and she can hear another voice nearby... PB, 384pp.

Easy Kill

A vulnerable young woman has been brutally slain and left on a grave in Glasgow’s sprawling cemetery, the Necropolis. The case takes on an even more disturbing dimension when the removal of the girl’s body reveals a second victim, who has recently been buried in a shallow grave underneath. PB, 416pp.

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No One Home

Nine neighbours gather for a dinner party. But by the next morning, they had disappeared without a trace. No bodies, no evidence and no clues. Two and a half years later, it remains a mystery. Desperate for answers, the families of the missing turn to investigator David Raker to solve the conundrum. PB, 496pp.

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Jack Reacher: Blue Moon

In a nameless city, two rival criminal gangs are competing for control, but they hadn’t counted on Jack Reacher arriving on their patch. Reacher is trained to notice things. He’s on a Greyhound bus, watching an elderly man sleeping in his seat, with a fat envelope of cash hanging out of his pocket. Another passenger is watching too ... hoping to get rich quick. As the mugger makes his move, Reacher steps in. PB,

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The Whisper Man

Still devastated after the loss of his wife, Tom Kennedy and his young son Jake move to the sleepy village of Featherbank, looking for a much-needed fresh start. But Featherbank has a dark past. Fifteen years ago, a twisted serial killer abducted and murdered five young boys. Until he was finally caught, the killer was known as ‘The Whisper Man’. PB, 400pp.

DCI Banks: Many Rivers to Cross

Detective Superintendent Alan Banks and his team are called to investigate who is the boy? Where did he come from? Then a middle-aged heroin addict is found dead of an overdose in another estate. DCI Banks finds the threads of each case seem to be connected to the other, and to the dark side of organised crime in Eastvale. Does another thread link to his friend Zelda, who is facing her own dark side? PB, 384pp.

Ref. E183701 £8.99 Time for the Dead

When forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod returns to her roots on Scotland’s Isle of Skye, a chance encounter in the woods behind a nearby activities centre leads her to what seems to be a crime scene, but without a victim. Could this be linked to a group of army medics who visited the centre while on leave from Afghanistan and can no longer be located on the island? PB, 480pp.

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Puppet on a Chain

Paul Sherman of Interpol’s Narcotics Bureau flies to Amsterdam on the trail of a dope king. With enormous skill the atmosphere is built up: Amsterdam with its canals and high houses; stolid police; psychopaths; and above all - murder. PB, 320pp.

Ref. E184239 £8.99 Fair Warning

Jack McEvoy is a reporter with a track record in finding killers. Now as a suspect using his journalistic skills to open doors closed to the police, Jack walks a thin line between accused and detective - between investigation and obsession - on the trail of a killer who knows his victims better than they know themselves... PB, 480pp.

The Night She Disappeared

Midsummer in 2017, teenage mum Tallulah heads out leaving her baby son at home with her mother, Kim. At 4.30 a.m. Kim awakens to find that she has not come home. Friends tell her that Tallulah was last seen heading to a house party in the woods. PB, 512pp.

Ref. E189256 £8.99 One Step Too Far

A young man disappears during a stag weekend in the woods. Years later he and his friends hike deep into the wilderness with a missing person specialist. What they don’t know is that they are putting their own lives in terrifying danger, and may not come back alive. HB, 400pp.

Ref. E189261 £12.99 The Perfect Escape

When her husband Harry walks out after just six months, her friends Diana and Margaret - newly single themselves - suggest a girls’ weekend away. But then things start to go wrong. Car trouble on the road leaves them stranded and what’s more, it’s in the town where he lives. PB, 400pp.

Ref. E189262 £7.99 Aftermath

When a concerned neighbour calls the police after a domestic disturbance, the two constables are led to a truly horrific scene. They unwittingly uncover an elusive serial killer known as The Chameleon, then they discover there are more bodies than victims. Banks must solve his darkest case yet. PB, 528pp.

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Children of Fortune

Following the untimely death of her cold-hearted husband, Beatrix and her three children are finally free. Alicia is defying expectation and excelling at school. There she befriends the enigmatic Olivia Snowdon and they quickly become inseparable. But Olivia’s family past is shrouded in mystery and as the two families grow closer, secrets start to come tumbling out. PB, 400pp.

A Simple Wish

Stricken by grief Ruby is left alone with the violent man she called her father and feels she has no choice but to flee. At just fifteen, homeless and alone she is relieved when a kindly stranger named Mrs Bamber takes pity on her and welcomes her into her home. But soon, Ruby learns Mrs Bamber is not as generous as she first seemed - she forces Ruby into a life of crime as a jewel thief in Birmingham’s jewellery quarter. HB, 400pp.

Christmas with the Shipyard Girls

Polly’s fiancé has finally returned home from the front line, shipyard manager Helen is determined to move on after a turbulent year, and head welder Rosie’s little sister Charlotte has turned up unannounced. Why is she back and so set on staying? PB, 528pp.

Ref. E183682 £8.99 Triumph of the Shipyard Girls

Rosie is just about managing to keep her double life hidden from little sister Charlotte’s prying eyes, but Charlotte senses something is up and with a secret this big, the truth is bound to come out. PB, 464pp.

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Daughters of Cornwall

1918. Clara has boarded a train to meet a family that would once have been hers. But they must never discover her secret. 1939. Hannah has always been curious about her mother’s mysterious past, but the outbreak of war casts everything in a new light. By 2020, Caroline has long been the keeper of her family’s secrets. But now it’s time to tell the truth. HB, 400pp.

Ref. E184225 £12.99 Summer in Mayfair

Esme has finally left the Scottish Highlands for the excitement of London. It’s easy to get lost in the city’s glamour and chaos, especially when a long-hidden secret looms - will Esme discover it and who she can really trust, before it’s too late? PB, 336pp.

Ref. E184214 £8.99 The Secret Letter

London, 1910. Twenty-oneyear-old Esther Watkins would do anything for the Suffragette cause. Imprisoned, force-fed and beaten, she is determined to fight for what she believes is right - no matter what it costs her. With new love Joseph by her side, will she get the better future she dreams of? PB, 336pp.

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The Widow Of Pale Harbour

1846. Desperate to escape the ghosts of his past, Gabriel Stone takes a position as a minister in the remote Pale Harbour, but not all is as it seems in the sleepy town. Rumours abound about a mysterious Sophy Carver, a young widow who lives in Castle Carver, with whispers that she killed her husband and mutterings that she might even be a witch. PB, 352pp.

The Forgotten Sister

1560: Amy Robsart is trapped in a loveless marriage to Robert Dudley, a member of the court of Queen Elizabeth I. Surrounded by enemies and with nowhere left to turn, Amy hatches a desperate scheme to escape - one with devastating consequences that will echo through the centuries. PB, 400pp.

The Huntress

On the icy edge of Soviet Russia, bold and reckless Nina Markova joins the infamous Night Witches - an all-female bomber regiment. But when she is downed behind enemy lines, Nina must use all her wits to survive her encounter with a lethal Nazi murderess known as The Huntress. PB, 560pp.

The Long Call

In North Devon, where the rivers Taw and Torridge run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn takes charge of his first major case in the region. A body has been found on the beach: a man with the tattoo of an albatross on his neck, stabbed to death. Is he up to the challenge...? PB, 384pp.

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Heartache for the Shop Girls

Summer 1942. Lily Collins and her fellow shop girls from Marlow’s department store are planning a party. But Beryl’s husband Les returns from North Africa a changed man, and her co-worker and friend Gladys worries for her own fiancé’s safety. PB, 400pp.

Workhouse Nightingale

On the streets and pregnant, Dora’s future looks bleak. Can a girl from a workhouse ever achieve anything, let alone become one of Florence Nightingale’s nurses? PB, 400pp.

Ref. E179737 £6.99 Secrets of the Frontline Nurses

In the midst of the First World War, Leonora Malham Brown is a volunteer with the Red Cross. Reunited with her sweetheart Colonel Malkovic, she falls pregnant but daren’t tell for fear he would send her home to her friends... PB, 320pp.

Ref. E185222 £6.99 Frontline Nurses On Duty

When war is declared in 1914, Leonora and her best friend head to Calais to volunteer with the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry. But Leonora is torn between doing her duty and love... PB, 386pp.

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The Mistletoe Seller

It’s Christmas Eve. Flurries of snow fall on the cobbled streets of Whitechapel and an abandoned baby, swaddled in a blanket, is found on a doorstep in Angel Lane. Named after the street on which she was found, Angel Winter was blessed to be taken from the harsh streets into a loving home. But fate deals a cruel blow and she’s torn from the only family she has ever known and thrown onto the cobbles of Covent Garden to fend for herself. The only way she can survive is to make her own luck! PB, 544pp.

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A Village Scandal

It was her wedding day, the roses and bluebells were blooming and their sweet-scent was filling the air, so why did Daisy feel the cold fingers of fear run down her spine? On the evening of their wedding, amid the festivities, Jay disappears. Daisy doesn’t know if Jay is dead or alive, if she’s his wife or his widow. PB, 512pp.

The Shipyard Girls on the Home Front

As our squad of intrepid lady welders work gruelling hours, Rosie waits for news of her husband, Dorothy has a feeling her beau plans to pop the question and divorcee Gloria is reunited with her sweetheart. PB, 432pp.

Ref. E187130 £7.99 The Dressmaker’s Secret

At the age of 9, Lily loses her adopted parents and forced to live with her awful Aunt Doris and cousin Jez, who treat her no better than a slave. Five years later, Lily makes a startling discovery that her birth father is none other than local aristocrat Sir Frederick Copperfield... PB, 464pp.

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The Paper Mill Girl

Seventeen-year-old Ruth Hardy works long hours at Grange Paper Works, with her younger sister Bea. When Bea reveals that she is pregnant, Ruth knows even tougher times are ahead. When the arrival of Bea’s baby girl ends in tragedy, Ruth is left with no choice but to bring up her niece herself. However, news of Ruth’s plan brings a threatening menace close. PB, 368pp.

Bobby’s War

It’s 1942 and Bobby Hollis has joined the Air Transport Auxiliary in a team known as the ‘glamour girls’ - amazing women who pilot aircraft all around the country. Bobby always wanted to escape life on the family farm, but there’s always something standing in her way, like a demanding father who wants to marry her off to a rich man, and the family secrets that threaten to engulf everything. PB, 496pp.

Liverpool Daughter

August 1940: As the Luftwaffe swarm over Liverpool, Shane Quinn decides to move his family back to the safety of Ireland. But his only child, the beautiful Dana, would rather stay and serve her country than flee to a foreign land. Determined to make it on her own, she joins the WAAF. PB, 400pp.

Ref. E178857 £7.99 A Mothers Love

Liverpool, 1940: The death of her mother and the increase in air raids leaves Ellie alone and in grave danger. It’s not long before she is forced to leave her beloved Liverpool to seek refuge in the countryside. But as the war takes comforts away, so too does it bring new opportunities. PB, 448pp.

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The Foundling School for Girls

When Dinah’s mother walks out on Christmas Eve, her father - drunk and thinking she is her mother - forces himself on her. Finding herself pregnant, she runs away and is taken into the care of a group of nuns, becoming the first student of ‘The Foundling School for Girls’. PB 416pp.

Ref. E178103 £8.99 A Widow’s Hope

Ten years after the death of her husband, Faith is surprised to see her brother-in-law Rob return to their small Durham town. The resemblance he bears to his brother is a painful reminder of all she has lost. PB, 256pp.

Ref. E178861 £8.99 The Shop Girls of Harpers

When Sally, Beth, Margaret and Rachel meet at a job interview for the wonderful new store in Oxford Street they have no idea they will become lifelong friends. When all four girls are lucky enough to be selected as sales staff, their exciting new adventure begins. Join them as they overcome heartbreak and grief, find love and happiness and remain united in their friendship, whatever life throws at them. PB, 322pp.

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Love and Marriage at Harpers

The shop girls of Harpers Emporium on Oxford Street are happy in their work and their lives are moving on at quite a pace. United by the suffragette cause and now living under one roof, some will find love and marriage whilst others experience heartache and tears. Harpers is the bond that holds them together, bringing strength through hardship and pain and friendship and love. PB, 324pp.

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Mother and Child

Jo and Ian’s marriage is hanging by a thread. One night almost two years previously, their only child Paul died in an accident that should never have happened. Haunted by the death of her son, Jo catches a glimpse of a young boy in a magazine who resembles Paul. Reading the article, she learns of a tragedy in India... but it moves her so deeply, she is inspired to embark on a trip where she will learn about unimaginable pain and suffering.

PB, 400pp. Ref. E178875 £7.99

Girls in Tin Hats

Two very different girls from this tight-knit community join up as ARP wardens to do their bit for the Home Front. Violet Simms lives with her controlling widowed mother who runs the local pawn shop and Grace Templeton is the eldest in her family of ten children. The war will have long-lasting effects on every family and the girls’ lives will be changed forever by friendship and love, by tragedy and joy. PB, 432pp.

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The Wives

You’ve never met the other wives. None of you know each other, you see your husband only one day a week. Thursday. But you don’t care, you love him that much. Or at least that’s what you’ve told yourself. And then, one day it all changes. You can’t help yourself, you start to dig. You begin tracking them down, the other days. Who is Monday and why does she have bruises on her arms? Is she being abused? By who? Her husband? Your husband? PB, 336pp.

Ref. E184252 £7.99 The Black Swan of Paris

Singer Genevieve Dumont is both a star and a smokescreen. An unwilling darling of the Nazis, her position of privilege allows her to go undetected as an ally to the resistance. When her estranged mother, Lillian de Rocheford, is captured by Nazis, Genevieve is shaken but refuses to let her mother become a victim of the war and navigates the perilous crosscurrents of Occupied France PB,480pp.

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Stay Home

Stay Home is a timely story of dark secrets - affairs, addictions, habits and horrors - which are bought to the surface by these unprecedented times we find ourselves in. It explores the dark parts of people’s lives, while at the same time leading us on a breathtakingly twisty race to find a killer. PB, 304pp.

The Bobby Girls Secrets Book 2

Best friends Irene, Maggie and Annie are proud members of the newly renamed Women’s Police Service. But out of the blue, Irene is given the opportunity to be stationed near an army barracks in Grantham, Lincolnshire. What could possibly go wrong? It turns out, plenty. PB, 368pp..

A Precious Gift

When Holly’s overbearing grandfather tries to force her to marry a widower twice her age, she says no. As she begins nurse training in the local hospital, she meets the dashing Doctor Parkin. Kind and compassionate, he is everything Holly has ever dreamed of. PB, 528pp.

Ref. E183679 £7.99 A Maiden’s Voyage

Eighteen-year-old Flora has the prized position of lady’s maid to young Constance Ogilvie. But Flora’s life is turned upside down when her mistress’s father dies in a tragic accident. PB 416pp.

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Victory for the Shipyard Girls Book 5

With the war showing no sign of abating, Helen is thriving in her role as shipyard manager. But the return of her father brings a shocking discovery that tears her family apart whilst friend Gloria is shouldering the burden of a terrible secret. PB, 432pp.

Courage of the Shipyard Girls Book 6

Polly’s sweetheart Tommy has been declared missing, although there is no certainty that he is dead. Polly needs her friends more than ever, and the other women welders are ready to rally around her. PB, 480pp.

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The Abandoned Daughter

Voluntary nurse Ella is haunted by the soldiers’ cries she hears on the battlefields and when her dear friend Jim breaks her trust, Ella is left bruised and heartbroken. More than ever, she feels so alone. PB, 432pp.

Ref. E179741 £6.99 The Wronged Daughter

Mags has never forgotten the friendship she forged with Flora and Ella, but the loss of her mother and the doubt she harbours surrounding her fiancé, Harold, are marring her happiness. PB, 400pp.

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Rich Girl, Poor Girl

Rosalie has been granted a life of comfort and wealth, while Polly has lead a life of grinding poverty. After both losing their mothers, fate intervenes, bringing the two girls together. PB, 528pp.

Ref. E179742 £6.99 Four Sisters

Matty has been the mother to her three younger sisters since their mother’s death 10 years ago. When their father is hit by a horse and critically injured, they’re forced to battle life’s misfortunes alone. PB, 368pp.

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Workhouse Girl

Patty Jenkins has come a long way from her povertystricken days in Brownlow. With a coveted position at Freeman’s Department Store, her flair has caught the attentions of the owner, but when you’re a workhouse girl you can never quite forgive your past... PB, 400pp.

The Match Girl

Sixteen-year-old Lottie Perkins has an important decision to make. Conditions at the match factory she works at are dire, but then a young female journalist begins to ask questions. Will Lottie and the other girls welcome her help? PB 352pp.

The Crofter’s Daughter

The law dictates it’s Mairi’s scholarly brother Ian who will inherit the farm. The next best thing for her might be to marry a farmer - Jack could be the perfect answer, or there’s Robin, her brother’s best friend. But then comes the outbreak of the Great War... PB, 384pp.

A Daughter’s Journey

Jo Melling has arrived in Birch End from Australia, still grieving her father’s recent death. She’s not intending to stay long, but after tracking down her family, Jo becomes more involved in village life than she could ever have imagined and she’s suddenly in danger too. HB, 368pp.

Coming Home to Liverpool

Arriving back in her hometown after spending time training at the Infirmary for Women in New York, Maud can’t wait to put her new-found skills to the test. But in a city built and run by men she must work hard to be accepted. Whilst her nurse friends welcome her back with open arms there are others who do not wish her well, including the spiteful Nancy Sellers. PB, 400pp.

Ref. E179365 £6.99 Daughters of Liverpool

Alice has given birth to a baby girl outside of wedlock. After Head Nurse Ada informs her she can return to the hospital, she has to decide where her heart truly lies and what is best for her and baby Victoria. PB 384pp.

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The Liverpool Nightingales

In Victorian Liverpool the first Nurses’ Home opens its doors to a desperate city. One act of kindness will change a young woman’s life forever as on the dirty backstreets of Liverpool when housemaid Maud Linklater witnesses an appalling accident. PB, 416pp.

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A Sister’s Obsession

Since the death of their mother, Beatrice has been insufferably dominating, taking over the running of the house and ruling the family and servants with an iron hand. Rosie, her sister, is finding it hard to cope with the possessive nature of her elder sibling - what is she to do? PB, 432pp.

A Mother’s Promise

When Hetty Huggins made a promise to her dying mother that she would look after the family, little did she know how difficult this would be. Hetty is determined and dreams of setting up her own business so her family will never starve or want for a roof over their heads. PB, 592pp.

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The Cockney Angel

Eighteen-year-old Irene Angel lives with her parents in a tiny room where her mother ekes out a living selling pickles and sauces while her father Billy gambles away their earnings. His addiction soon leads him into trouble. Despite having been brought up by her father to fear and distrust the police, Irene finds herself forced to collaborate with them to save him from ruin. PB, 576pp.

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A Mother’s Grace

Pious young Grace Kettle escapes the world of her unsavoury and bullying father to train to be a nun. But when she meets the dashing and devout Father Luke her world is turned upside down. Her faith is tested and she is driven to make a scandalous and lifechanging choice - one she may well spend the rest of her days seeking forgiveness for. PB 464pp.

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The Blessed Child

After Nessie’s mother is brutally murdered and her father abandons them, she soon attracts attention of her lecherous landlord, who will stop at nothing to get his way. Then, when her fragile young brother’s health deteriorates, she meets the doctor, Oliver Dorsey. As dashing as he is kind, Nessie is attracted to him - but they can never be together. PB, 448pp.

Hungry Birds Crystal Art

Create your very own beautiful piece of crystal wall art. These hungry birds are eating the leftover mince pies and make the most wonderful final image to display. A great kit that contains all you need to create your own artwork with canvas mounted on wooden frame, crystals, pick-up pen and full instructions included. Size 11.8 x 11.8” (30 x 30cms). Ref. E188032 £27.99

Keep Smiling Through

Women at Mary Vale Mother and Baby Home must pull together during their darkest hour. But Sybil would rather be anywhere else, Rosie arrives with her two children, and Edith has her own secrets to hide. PB, 400pp.

Camino Winds

When Hurricane Leo threatens Florida’s Camino Island, the Governor issues an evacuation order. Most residents flee but a small group decide to ride it out. The hurricane is devastating - hotels and storefronts ruined, streets flooded, and a dozen people are killed. One of the victims is Nelson Kerr but evidence suggests that the storm wasn’t the cause of his death - he had received several mysterious blows to the head. Who would want Nelson dead? PB, 304pp.

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Kew Garden Flowers & Plants Colouring Book

Selected from the archives of Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, each black-and-white line artwork is accompanied by the artist’s original watercolour plate to inspire the choice of colours to interpret in your own way. 208pp.

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Owl Barn Ltd. is a trading company that is completely independent from the Suffolk Owl Sanctuary. However, The Owl Barn catalogue supports the Suffolk Owl Sanctuary with a variety of free resources that assist the charity in achieving their many endeavours including raptor rescue, a raptor hospital for injured wild birds of prey, a wild owl nest box scheme and free educational resources for schools and colleges. All donations collected by Owl Barn Ltd on behalf of Suffolk Owl Sanctuary are audited and remitted to them in full.

The Midwife

After a storm, a woman is found alone, naked and near death, on the Northumberland moors. She has no memory of who she is or how she got there. With the odds against her, a penniless single woman, she starts to build her life from scratch using her skills to help other women around her. She finds a happy place in the world until tragedy strikes, and she must run for her life. HB, 352pp.

Ref. E189524 £16.99

The Rose Queen

It’s 1938, and when war is declared, Cadi escapes for Liverpool and secures a job in a pub. Her blossoming relationship with a handsome dock worker deepens after he rescues her from a terrifying encounter. But then Aled, whom she is meant to marry, unexpectedly appears dressed in RAF uniform... HB, 448pp.

The Wisdom of Old Dogs

A beautiful read that will leave dog owners and animal lovers brimming over with love and gratitude. Full of practical advice and uplifting stories mixed with insightful scientific expertise, this book reveals how dogs can be a constant source of wisdom, comfort and love in their old age. A truly heart-warming book to make the perfect gift for any dog lover. PB, 320pp.

Ref. E188901 £8.99

Daughters of Night

London, 1782. Caroline finds a well-dressed woman mortally wounded in the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, a highly-paid prostitute, about which the police then cease to care entirely. But Caroline has motives of her own for wanting to see justice done, and so sets out to solve the crime herself. PB, 592pp.

Tawny Owl Crystal Art

We especially love this Tawny Owl design, set against a background of rich Autumn leaves. Crystal Art is a hugely addictive hobby that enables you to craft your own beautiful pieces of sparkly wall art. This kit contains all you need to create your very own with canvas mounted on wooden frame, crystals, pick-up pen and full instructions included. Size 11.8 x 11.8” (30x30cms). Ref. E188033 £27.99

Both the paper this catalogue is printed on and the poly wrapping it is delivered in are fully recyclable.

The Florist’s Shop 4 x 500-Piece Jigsaw Set

A journey with Daisy Rose, the village florist. First, she must load up her van ready for the day ahead before making deliveries to her local customers. Each puzzle measures 18.8 x 13.3” (48 x 34cms). Ref. E187342 £25.99