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Book cover image of Only Here Only Now By Tom Newlands

Only Here, Only Now by Tom Newlands

'Only Here, Only Now' is a striking debut novel from Tom Newlands, set in a working class Scottish town during the early 2000s, at a moment when childhood innocence collides with social reality.
The novel follows Cameron, a young boy growing up in a close knit but constrained community, where classrooms, housing schemes and playgrounds shape daily life. Through Cameron’s eyes, we witness friendships, small acts of rebellion and fleeting moments of freedom, all against a backdrop of limited opportunity and…
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Book cover image of The Bone Garden By Simon Beckett

The Bone Garden by Simon Beckett

'The Bone Garden' is the seventh novel in Simon Beckett’s bestselling David Hunter series, and it finds the forensic anthropologist in one of his most perilous situations yet.

Driving through the Cumbrian mountains during a vicious winter storm, Hunter is forced to seek shelter in a remote village. What should be a brief stop becomes something far darker when human remains are discovered deep in a nearby forest. As the weather closes in, roads become impassable and communications fail, leaving Hunter…
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