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Nostalgic read for fans of Coronation Street and readers who love stories set in wartime.
Paul Swaffield Survivors of Origin Book Guild, 28th September, pb, £8.99, 9781913913434 Seventeenth-century England is the hardest of times for Fred and Mary Quicklock until the forsaken son of a wealthy ship owner is delivered into their lives.
Heidi Swain Underneath the Christmas Tree Simon & Schuster, 14th October, audiofile, £14.40, 9781398500600 pb, eb, £7.99, 9781471195846 Just right for a festive read, promising snowfall, warm fires and breath- taking seasonal romance.
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The Good Death Hodder & Stoughton, 19th August, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781473680203 Hodder Paperbacks, 20th January, pb, £8.99, 9781473680234 The violent story of how Oswald de Lacy came to be Lord of Somershill.
Donald Tate Living Dangerously Histria, 23rd November, hb, £27.99, 9781592111039 Historical novel casts a wide net over the Vietnam War.
Jo Thomas Celebrations at the Chateau Corgi Books, 28th October, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780552176873 Wonderfully romantic novel set in a French chateau over the most magical time of the year. From the author of Escape to the French Farmhouse.
Tom G Thompson Run Run Cricket Run Casemate, 15th October, pb, £17.99, 9781636240367 Young American pilots feel the weight of destiny as they are tasked with shutting down the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos.
JR Thorp Learwife Canongate, 4th November, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781838852832 Inspired by Shakespeare’s King Lear, this breathtak- ing début novel tells the story of the most famous woman ever written out of literary history.
Colm Tóibín The Magician Viking, 23rd September, hb, eb, £18.99, 9780241004616
Booker nominee at the height of his powers in this exhilarating novel of the 20th century.
Julie Tieu The Donut Trap Avon, 9th December, pb, £9.99, 9780063069800 A young woman feels caught in the life her parents have made for her until she falls in love and finds a way out of the donut trap.
Amor Towles Rules of Civility Sceptre, 19th August, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781444708875 For fans of F Scott Fitzger- ald and Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s, this a witty, elegant fairy tale of New York set in 1938.
Jas Treadwell The Infernal Riddle of Thomas Peach Hodder & Stoughton, 12th August, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529347326 Masterful novel of necro- mancy, secrets, and a world on the brink of the modern age.
Anna Valencia The Chestnut House Book Guild, 28th January, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781913913854 Upon inheriting a crum- bling farmhouse in the wilderness of the Garf- agnana, Emma flies out to Italy in the hopes that unravelling the past will heal her present.
Johanna Van Zanten Between a Rock and a Hard Place Histria, 30th November, hb, £39.99, 9781592111022 Set in the Netherlands during World War II, this novel follows the struggles of an informer for the Dutch resistance.
Eric Vuillard, Mark Polizzotti (tr) The War of the Poor Picador, 6th January, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529038552 Reissue of the short polemic by the Prix Goncourt-winning author of The Order of The Day shows striking parallels to class conflicts of our time.
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Te Cornish Girls Betty Walker Avon, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008400 Uplifting tales of sister- hood in wartime, full of romance, camaraderie and a touch of danger. Good for fans of Nancy Revell and Donna Douglas. 1: Wartime With the Cornish Girls 5th August, 286
SAGAS, ROMANCE & HISTORICAL
2: Christmas With the Cornish Girls 25th November, 316
Minette Walters The Swift and the Harrier Atlantic Books, 4th November, hb, eb, £20, 9781838954529 Broad historical adventure set during one of the most turbulent periods of Brit- ish history and featuring a heroine you’ll never forget.
James Ward The House of Charles Swinter Cool Millennium, 14th August, hb, eb, £25, 9781913851408 Charles Swinter is 80, dignified, and in denial. A novel about human dignity, the relationship between the sexes, good- ness and beauty, poverty and wealth, globalisation, tradition and modernity.
James Ward The Bright Fish Cool Millennium, 14th August, hb, eb, £20, 9781913851415 Unconventional love story about a young couple who encounter a deep mystery during a world cruise.
James Ward The Weird Problem of Good Cool Millennium, 14th August, hb, eb, £20, 9781913851422 Contemporary love story set in the picturesque village of Stokesley, North Yorkshire. Featuring two Hindus, a Roma refugee woman and a group of women traffickers.
Rhiannon Ward The Shadowing Trapeze, 16th September, hb, £16.99, 9781409192213 For fans of The Silent Companions and The Familiars, a propulsive gothic mystery that invites the reader to unlock the secrets of Nottingham- shire’s infamous Southwell workhouse.
Alison Weir In the Shadow of Queens Headline Review, 30th September, hb, £20, 9781472286284 The complete Six Tudor Queens series short-story collection. Featuring tales from the Tudor court told by those who lived among these six women.
Christine Wells Sisters of the Resistance William Morrow Paper- backs, 16th September, pb, £10.99, 9780063055445 Tells of the deep involve- ment of Catherine Dior and two young women
who supported her efforts and took enormous risks in the Resistance move- ment in France.
Jeni Whittaker The Courage Game Matador, 28th September, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781800464513 Gladys grows up in a large family, convinced she is the odd one out. Then brother Jim invents a game in which they’ll be tested for their stiff upper lips.
Zoe Whittall The Spectacular Hodder & Stoughton, 26th August, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529383089 International bestseller brings us a fierce and tender novel about family and unconventional motherhood.
Lori Wilde Second Chance Christmas Avon, 25th November, pb, £7.99, 9780062953230 Wilde returns to Twilight, Texas, with a love story filled with the magic of the season about a couple who discover an aban- doned baby on Christmas Eve.
Lori Wilde The Moonglow Sisters Avon Books, 19th August, pb, £7.99, 9780063063570 It’s Jill Shalvis meets Susan Mallery in this gorgeous new novel. Three sisters return to Moonglow Cove to craft a wedding quilt for the youngest’s wedding.
Beatriz Williams Our Woman in Moscow HarperCollins, 11th November, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008477950 Gripping novel from the international best- seller about two sisters caught up in Cold War espionage.
Beatriz Williams The Demon Liquor William Morrow Paper- backs, 11th November, pb, £9.99, 9780063142442 Gin Kelly, the wicked redhead, is back. Read- ers will delight in the next instalment of the Wicked City series.
Christopher Wilson Hurdy Gurdy Faber & Faber, 23rd September, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780571361953 Uproarious novel about sickness and health and how perhaps we’re never quite as cutting-edge as we might like to believe.
Beth Wiseman A Season of Change
Zondervan Fiction, 25th November, pb, £8.99, 9780310357285 Third and final novel in the Amish Inn series—charm- ing, sweet stories about two widowed innkeeping sisters who are deter- mined to help their guests find love.
Beth Wiseman Her Brother’s Keeper Zondervan Fiction, 19th August, pb, £6.99, 9780310365563 Charlotte came to Amish country to find answers. What she never expected to find was peace.
Beth Wiseman Home All Along Zondervan Fiction, 14th October, pb, £6.99, 9780310365600 Third and last part in the acclaimed Amish Secrets series.
Beth Wiseman Love Bears All Things Zondervan Fiction, 16th September, pb, £6.99, 9780310365617 Could God be offer- ing Charlotte a second chance at true love?
Daisy Wood The Clockmaker’s Wife Avon, 5th August, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008402303 Unforgettable tale of fierce love, impossible choices and a moment that changes the world forever. Appeal for read- ers of Fiona Valpy and Suzanne Kelman.
Kimberley Woodhouse A Deep Divide Bethany House, 16th November, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780764238000 When heiress Emma Grace McMurray sneaks away to be a Harvey Girl she uncovers mysteries, secrets, and love—leav- ing her to question all she thought to be true.
Mary Wood The Jam Factory Girls Fight Back Pan, 9th December, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781529033496 Heartwarming saga about female camaraderie from the bestselling author of The Jam Factory Girls.
Val Wood Children of Fortune Bantam Press, 25th November, hb, eb, £20, 9781787635609 Powerful 19th-century-set saga from Sunday Times bestselling author.
David Frazer Wray A Fool’s Pilgrimage Sparsile Books, 10th December, pb, eb, £9.99,
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9781914399961 Comic novel told in the distinctive voice of the bibulous old Sir John Falstaff, A Fool’s Pilgrim- age is a daybook written in the early years of the 15th century.
Jin Yong, Shelly Bryant, Gigi Chang A Heart Divided MacLehose Press, 14th October, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780857059604 Legends of the Condor Heroes volume 4. The most popular series by the most successful Chinese author—a cultural monu- ment translated into English for the first time.
Angela Jean Young Cyprus-on-Thames Book Guild, 28th Novem- ber, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781913913656 Raised in London’s East End, he knew what surviving meant. Cyprus- on-Thames could not be less like the island it was named after and wasn’t a place for the faint-hearted.
Glenda Young The Miner’s Lass Headline, 14th October, pb, £6.99, 9781472269676 Compelling saga of love, sacrifice and powerful family bonds from the author who writes “real sagas with female char- acters right at the heart” (Jane Garvey, Woman’s Hour).
Heather Young The Lost Girls Verve Books, 25th November, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780857308184 A decades-old mystery of a missing six-year- old haunts a family for generations. Told in the voices of two unforgetta- ble women, this mystery- thriller is perfect for fans of Kate Atkinson.
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