This is another weekly post I introduced in 2022 which will show some of the new UK Book releases each week.
These will be books on my to buy list, that I have found from various sources.
New Releases:
💜 All the Colours of the Dark – Chris Whitaker
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Publisher: Orion
Publishing Date: 25.06.24
Synopsis from Goodreads:
1975 is a time of change in America. The Vietnam War is ending. Mohammed Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And in the small town of Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing.
When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely hero emerges—Patch, a local boy with one eye, who saves the girl, and, in doing so, leaves heartache in his wake.
Patch and those who love him soon discover that the line between triumph and tragedy has never been finer. And that their search for answers will lead them to truths that could mean losing one another.
Goodreads rating: 4.61
💜 Three’s a Crowd – Christy Mckellen
Genre: Romance
Publisher: Boldwood Books
Publishing Date: 24.06.24
Synopsis from Goodreads:
Right guy, wrong time… Daisy’s perfectly content with her life. She’s got a job she likes, a nice enough flat, and in a relationship with childhood best friend Adam. She’s got used to the lack of fireworks – after all, you can’t put a price on friendship being the foundation of everything.
But they say you never forget your first, and Daisy has never forgotten how she felt that one summer with Zach – one electrifying, yet slightly embarrassing fumble in the dark.
The catch? Zach was also her and Adam’s best friend growing up. Now he’s back, after making his fame in Hollywood, and he has the same to-die for smile and cheeky glint in his eye… but Daisy has made her choice and it’s Adam – right?
Can Daisy follow her heart without anybody else’s hearts getting broken in the process?
Goodreads Rating: 3.21
💜 Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books – Kirsten Miller
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Publisher: HQ Stories
Publishing Date: 20.06.24
Synopsis from Goodreads:
Beverly Underwood and her arch enemy, Lula Dean, live in the tiny town of Troy, Georgia, where they were born and raised. Now Beverly is on the school board, and Lula has become a local celebrity by embarking on mission to rid the public libraries of all inappropriate books—none of which she’s actually read.
To replace the “pornographic” books she’s challenged at the local public library, Lula starts her own lending library in front of her home: a cute wooden hutch with glass doors and neat rows of the worthy literature that she’s sure the town’s readers need.
But Beverly’s daughter Lindsay sneaks in by night and secretly fills Lula Dean’s little free library with banned books wrapped in “wholesome” dust jackets. The Girl’s Guide to the Revolution is wrapped in the cover of The Southern Belle’s Guide to Etiquette. A jacket that belongs to Our Confederate Heroes ends up on Beloved. One by one, neighbors who borrow books from Lula Dean’s library find their lives changed in unexpected ways. Finally, one of Lula Dean’s enemies discovers the library and decides to turn the tables on her, just as Lula and Beverly are running against each other to replace the town’s disgraced mayor.
That’s when all the townspeople who’ve been borrowing from Lula’s library begin to reveal themselves. It’s a diverse and surprising bunch—including the local postman, the prom queen, housewives, a farmer, and the former DA—all of whom have been changed by what they’ve read. When Lindsay is forced to own up to what she’s done, the showdown that’s been brewing between Beverly and Lula will roil the whole town…and change it forever.
Goodreads Rating: 4.34
Released in Paperback:
💜 The Perfect Home – Natasha Boydell
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Publisher: Boldwood Books
Publishing Date: 21.06.24
Synopsis from Goodreads:
Until the girl went missing, we thought it was the perfect place to live… When we move into the exclusive Westford Park housing estate, we feel safe at last. More like a country club, it has everything we might need – beautiful houses with big gardens, a pool, a boating lake, extensive grounds. It’s also got 24/7 security.
Our new neighbours are lovely too. We start to make friendships that feel like they could last a lifetime.
It feels like nothing could possibly go wrong here.
It’s like our secrets haven’t followed us here.
Or that’s what we think at first…
Goodreads Rating: 4.09
💜 The Plot Twist – Victoria Walters
Genre: Romance
Publisher: Boldwood Books
Publishing Date: 19.06.24
Synopsis from Goodreads:
One new boss, one ex-boyfriend, one big dilemma…
Stevie Phillips has just landed her dream job working for a publishing company and it seems like this is page one of her new, improved life.
But her first day throws more curveballs than she thinks she can there’s been a takeover and the whole publicity team has been fired. And her new boss is the last face she expected to see.
Because Noah Anderson also happens to be her ex-boyfriend.
Thrown together on a campaign for a book the rest of the staff don’t want to touch with a barge-pole, Stevie resolves to make the best of a bad situation. This is her chance to prove herself, and she’s not going to let the man who broke her heart ruin it for her.
When Noah starts hinting that there was more to their break up then him just not loving her, Stevie’s resolution starts to wobble. Getting back with your ex is never a good idea, is it? Especially not when your ex is also your boss…
Goodreads Rating: 4.28
💜 Dead in the Water – Simon McCleave
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Publisher: Avon Books UK
Publishing Date: 20.06.24
Synopsis from Amazon:
When a seventeen-year-old girl vanishes from her home overnight, DI Laura Hart knows that time is of the essence.
Then, an inmate at the local prison is murdered in her cell and suddenly Beaumaris CID is juggling two major investigations.
With inmates refusing to talk to the police, Laura is forced to take drastic action: going undercover behind bars.
With everyone under suspicion, Laura’s true identity must be kept a secret, meaning no one can protect her.
Locked in with a killer, it’s a race against time – can Laura find a lead… before she’s found out?
Goodreads Rating: 4.18
Congratulations to all the authors and publishers with releases this week.
Hope you find something you like on the post?
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