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THE ISLAND OF MISSING TREES BY ELIF SHAFAK

From the award-winning author of The Forty Rules of Love and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World. Kostas is a Greek Cypriot and Defne is a Turkish Cypriot who fall in love as teenagers and secretly meet in a tavern beneath a beautiful fig tree. However, when war breaks out in Cyprus, their beloved tavern is reduced to rubble as families are destroyed and the teenagers vanish. They make their way to London where they manage to create a new life for themselves until further tragedy hits them. Interweaving past and present, Shafak enchants with this beautiful story of Kostas and Defne. It is a story of religion and war, secrets and silence, and ultimately, love and belonging.

BILLY SUMMERS BY STEPHEN KING

Master of horror, Stephen King, has turned his hand to crime thrillers in recent years and proved a master of that genre too. Billy Summers is a decorated war hero having served his time as a sniper in the Iraq war. Now, his army days behind him, he is a hitman for hire. But Billy is also a hitman with a conscience – he will only accept contracts on people who are truly bad. He is a master at what he does. Clean, efficient, and untraceable. Billy’s latest contract should be relatively easy, however, even the best of the best can find themselves unprepared when everything goes horribly wrong.

RABBIT BY MARK BILLINGHAM

A new standalone thriller from one of Britain’s bestselling crime authors. Alice was a police officer – possibly or she may have imagined it. After suffering from PTSD and self-medicating with drugs and alcohol, Alice suffered a psychotic breakdown and ended up in psychiatric ward. When one of her fellow patients is murdered, Alice begins to investigate and believes she has identified the killer until her prime suspect turns up dead. Everything begins to unravel for Alice as she realises that she can’t trust anyone, including herself. With a nod to Alice in Wonderland, Rabbit Hole is a gripping and engaging locked room mystery.

THE ANNIVERSARY BY LAURA MARSHALL

When Cassie was 4 years old a man named Travis Green went through her small town on a killing spree. Eleven people died that day, the last victim being Cassie’s father. As the 25-year anniversary approaches, Cassie would rather forget all that happened but is drawn back to her hometown to help her mother, whose memory is failing. As Cassie goes through her mother’s possessions, she uncovers something that leads her to believe there is something that was hidden from her about the murders. However, digging up the past can have harmful consequences in the present. The Anniversary is chilling, unsettling and utterly gripping.

MRS MARCH BY VIRGINIA FEITO

A darkly comic debut for fans of My Sister the Serial Killer. Mrs March is a creature of habit and decorum. Her husband, George March, is a novelist and Mrs March is fiercely proud of him and enjoys the status and accolades his fame brings. His latest book has been a huge success, but when people start asking Mrs March if the lead character, a prostitute named Johanna, is based on her she is shocked to her core. George assures her the character is pure invention but as the whispers continue Mrs March becomes suspicious and paranoid and begins to lose her grip on reality. This is a humorous and captivating psychological thriller. e

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