A Botanist’s Guide to Parties and Poisons is a slowly-paced historical mystery. Set in 1923 at the University College of London, where Saffron Everleigh is…
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You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty is a contemporary romance with characters trying to process their trauma. Five years after the death of her husband..
All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay
If you have not read Children of Earth and Sky or A Brightness Long Ago, I’d recommend reading at least one of those before starting All the Seas of the World.
On a Quiet Street by Seraphina Nova Glass
On the surface, it might seem like the residents of Brighton Hills, an exclusive gated community, live On a Quiet Street, but look again, and there is a str…
Little Nothings by Julie Mayhew
Little Nothings by Julie Mayhew could alternatively be titled “who needs enemies when you have friends like these.” Liv, her husband and daughter, plus three…
Just Like Mother by Anne Heltzel
Just Like Mother delivers on all the creepy vibes oozing from its cover. Since she escaped from the cult she grew up in, Maeve has built a fortress of walls…
Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum
Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum is a sci-fi time travel novel centred around the Chernobyl nuclear accident. 1986: Anna Berkova, an esteemed nuclear scientist..
What We Both Know by Fawn Parker
What We Both Know explores the MeToo movement and how power imbalances can shift. With her father’s health condition deteriorating, Hillary Greene recently…
An Honest Lie by Tarryn Fisher
An Honest Lie is a tense and addictive psychological thriller. A year ago, Rainy moved to Tiger Mountain with her boyfriend Grant. She spends her time…
Little Foxes Took Up Matches by Katya Kazbek
Little Foxes Took Up Matches is a sometimes dark, sometimes sweet coming-of-age tale. Mitya was just two when he swallowed his grandmother’s sewing needle…