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The Oxford Mystery
Colin Wade

£9.99

SYNOPSIS

Fifty thousand pounds. That is the prize for solving The Oxford Mystery. The people of Oxford are gripped by the mystery trail game, suddenly announced on social media. The police struggle to control the crowds and the growing frenzy. Rachel Keen, a theatre nurse, and John Bamford, a police officer with a gambling problem, are swept up in the excitement. As the game unfolds, a man goes missing from Jericho, and Rachel becomes convinced she has a stalker. As Rachel and John’s paths collide, the mystery deepens, leading them to a spooky mansion deep in the Oxfordshire countryside. Things take a sinister turn. Lies are exposed. Lives are at risk. Who will be the first to solve The Oxford Mystery?

Ruff Justice
Laury Conn

£9.99

SYNOPSIS

On his eighteenth birthday, Perry’s single mother abandons him leaving nothing but a note. ‘I have to leave. Please forgive me. You will understand why someday. Love, M’. Perry’s father, who he never knew, dies, leaving him the entire family fortune. But with the wealth comes a new family and a plethora of problems. His father’s only request is that his illegitimate son gets to know his newly-discovered half-siblings and share with them as much or as little of his inheritance as he feels they deserve. Perry and his only friend, Spider, along with his Irish Wolfhound, have to guard themselves against his new kin who are not in complete accordance with their enigmatic father’s wishes…

REVIEW

I have just finished reading Ruff Justice by Laury Conn. It was such a lovely, amusing, quirky and heart warming read. For a first novel, it was amazingly good. I am always impressed with people who are so talented with words, that they are able to take you on such a wonderful literary journey. Thank you Laury!

Three Albert Terrace
M. S. Clary

£9.99

SYNOPSIS

Hanna (small-town estate agent) is faced with a moral dilemma when she tells a lie to help a colleague, claiming she kept an appointment at Three Albert Terrace.
She’s drawn into a criminal investigation when a woman’s body is found in the empty property.

A Letter From a Tea Garden
Abi Oliver

£7.99

SYNOPSIS

1965, an English country mansion. Eleanora Byngh is not in a good state. Wedded to the whisky bottle and with her house crumbling round her ears, her days seem destined to follow a lonely (and grumpy) downhill path. 􀀃hen the post brings an unexpected invitation to return to the Indian tea gardens of her childhood, Eleanora risks breaking open painful memories of her younger years, lived across a tumultuous century.As relationships with her new-found family face their own challenges, she is offered fresh truths, the chance of love and unexpected new life – if she is prepared to take them.

Ice to Athelstan – The Emergence of England
Charles Boundy

£13.99

SYNOPSIS

In 12 succinct chapters the book covers the 10,000 years of England’s emergence from the last ice age to its first crowned king in an informative but highly accessible style.

Rise of the First Wessex King
Alex Proudfoot

£9.99

SYNOPSIS

A powerful story of the Oxfordshire origins of the Romano-British kingdom of Wessex.

A Spring Marrying
Jon Rosebank

£10.99

SYNOPSIS

A Spring Marrying draws you into the world of Brixham on the eve of the First World War. When we first meet him, Jimmy is coming into Brixham harbour at the end of a trawling trip, looking out for his beloved Alice on the quayside. He will have to tell her that her younger brother, the newest member of the crew, has fallen from their boat and drowned. We soon discover that this is more than a personal tragedy. It ignites the intrigue that gets Jimmy into trouble – and for a short time, jail – as we struggle alongside him to disentangle the secrets that surround Alice, her father and her employer.

I Didn’t See That Coming
Sarah Witton

£11.99

SYNOPSIS

I realised I’d made an even bigger mistake. I’d made the wrong choice… It’s her third wedding of the year, and 33-year-old Louise is tired of living vicariously through other people. She just wants to meet a man she connects with; someone who puts her first. But all her relationships seem doomed to fail from the beginning. Father-of-two Dan is no exception. Sure, he’s funny, sexy, charming… but he’s married. Louise doesn’t want to be a homewrecker; she wants someone who can commit to her and their relationship. But she has always fallen hard and fast, and Dan… he feels like the one.

The Serpent of Division
Christina Hardyment

£10.00

SYNOPSIS

The first of a trilogy based on Geoffrey Chaucer’s granddaughter Alyce, whose tomb survives in the Ewelme Church, near Wallingford. The story arc is solving the mystery of the murder of her husband, William, Duke of Suffolk in 1450.

Zihna and the Amazonian Elixir
Naomi Lofts

£5.99

SYNOPSIS

The book story opens with thirteen-year-old Zihna, who fears the legendary beasts from her tribe’s tales more than anything, fighting a giant serpent. Shortly afterwards, she finds out that the only way to save her sick father is to venture into the unknown and find the Amazonian Elixir. Its location is locked away in a riddle, and as Zihna tries to solve the clues, she realises that the monsters she has so often heard about are no longer a myth. They have been awoken to kill tributes for the Righteous Ones.