Are you jetting off on a last minute summer holiday?
Or are you getting in the most of the good weather and need a book to tide you over?
Well, worry not because we have you covered with these new releases!
The Rayburn Affair – Laurie Petrou
When lecturer and aspiring writer Dr Ruth Morgan meets her literary idol, the renowned author Shelby Rayburn, this chance encounter leads to a life-altering proposition.
Shelby offers to bring Ruth’s unpublished work into the limelight…on one condition: their collaboration must remain a total secret, even from Shelby’s husband. What begins as a dream mentorship spirals into a dark exploration of ambition, female friendship, creative obsession, and the murky ethics of AI.
Out August 27th
The Missed Connection – Tia Williams
Sasha Cruz knows types. As a booked-and-busy casting agent, she’s always casting – at happy hour, the grocery store, everywhere. She’s all about finding the perfect person to slot into the perfect role. What she doesn’t do, however, are relationships. Too much energy, not enough time.
On a flight to Paris for work, a chance encounter with her type changes everything. Sasha’s seated next to a broodingly attractive mystery man, and sparks fly – but they never exchange contact information. Convinced she’s lost out on her soulmate, Sasha emails her work friend for help, but accidentally writes to the entire company worldwide!
The international manhunt to find Seat F begins. Meanwhile Sasha takes matters into her own hands. She hires a smoldering detective she knew in another lifetime – who complicates matters in unforeseen (and irresistible) ways. With a worldwide search underway, will love take flight for Sasha?
Out Now
The Taken – Martina Murphy
Fourteen years ago, one hot Dublin summer, a little boy was snatched from his garden. Six weeks later, a girl was abducted from her mother’s car. The case of these stolen children has haunted DS Lucy Golden ever since.
But now, a breakthrough… DNA recovered from a recent robbery is matched to the missing boy. Lucy begs to reopen the case, even though it means returning to Dublin, which she left in disgrace over a decade ago. She’ll have to face people who betrayed her… but now, with her trusted team at her side, she feels ready.
But she’s not prepared for her personal life to fall apart. As she digs into the past, long-buried secrets begin to surface, and Lucy’s trust and belief in those closest to her shatters. As she closes in on the truth of what happened that terrible summer, she vows this will be her final case. The stakes are perilously high and she’s desperate for answers, justice, and closure. But Lucy’s final ride with the Gardaí is twistier than she ever could have imagined, and takes her to a destination she could never have foreseen.
Out Now
My Person – Téa Mutonji
Tania and Margot, best friends for over twenty years, are preparing to host their monthly dinner party when Tania tells Margot this isn’t working for her anymore. But how do you extricate yourself from someone whose family owns your apartment, who has taken you in as their own, even claims you as their ‘person’?
In the midst of a tense will-they-won’t-they break-up, Tania and Margot are forced to reckon with where it all went wrong . . . or whether they were simply wrong for each other to begin with.
A taut, piercing exploration of girlhood and identity, and the ways in which world-defining friendships can be both beautiful and excruciating, My Person is an addictive, astutely observed novel from a major new talent.
Out August 13th
Where Are The Kings – Dónal Ryan
Jack is just twelve years old when he rushes down the hill after his mother’s car on his bike, desperate to reach her before she reaches the lake.
What happens next cannot be undone. Jack’s life changes just at the moment he is entering those dizzying years when he will transition from boy to man; when nothing makes sense at the best of times.
Yet Jack is not, is never alone. Enveloped as he is by his extended family – his ferociously loving Nana; Grandad, given to sudden bursts of rage; his earthy uncles Haulie and Theo who want to show him what it means to be a man, and irascible cousin JJ who resents him. Then there is beautiful aunt Rose, whose mere presence ignites every atom in his changing body.
But how can a boy with so many questions, in a family with so many secrets, understand the person he is becoming? Without his mother to ground him on the earth, will he spin off into the stars?
Out August 13th
Fishbone Cinderella – Elizabeth Lim
Guangdong, 1940. When Ha Yut Ying narrowly escapes Japanese soldiers by turning invisible, she knows her new-found magic must be kept a secret. But her mother, whose dreams foretell the future, suspects her daughter has changed, and warns her of a curse upon their family. For her protection, she gives her a mysterious gold bracelet.
After the war, Ha Yut Ying is sent to live with her father and his second wife, who have become wealthy factory owners in Hong Kong. Her stepmother, jealous of her beauty, forces her to work in the family’s shoe factory.
But when Yut Ying collides with a boy on a bicycle on her way to work, she loses her bracelet. The boy is Tommy Yeung, scion of a local soymilk tycoon. And their encounter will change both of their destinies forever…
Out Now
Love Unlocked – Cecelia Ahern
Melody has vowed never to fall in love again. Al is a hopeless romantic. So, when they quite literally bump into each other, there’s no reason sparks should fly. But the world seems a little upside down lately.
A few weeks ago, Al ordered the removal of all the lovers’ padlocks from one of Dublin’s beautiful bridges. Ever since then, couples across the world have started splitting up. And as Melody begins investigating this mysterious wave of breakups for her podcast, it seems there might be a bigger story to tell.
Together, they decide to uncover what’s unravelling so many love stories. And, in the middle of solving everyone else’s heartbreak, can they unlock their own.
Out August 27th
CLAWS OUT! – Bella Mackie
Diana’s on the hunt again and has the perfect new target.
Finally, the type of wealth she’s always dreamed of. A five-storey house in Hampstead, unfettered access to London’s liberal elite and a bloated bank account. If she can ensnare David Farrand, then she really will have clawed her way right to the top.
And Diana’s got form. Three husbands already under her belt, she knows exactly how to reel them in. Such a shame the silly old fools all died so quickly, but let’s not blame the woman now.
The only snag? David’s daughter, Cat. Entitled, suspicious and used to getting her own way. Diana might have got her claws into David, but Cat’s not averse to a fight, and will stop at nothing to reveal the truth about her murky past…
Out August 27th
Brain Damage – Freida McFadden
Dr Charly McKenna had the perfect life: a thriving dermatology practice, a luxury apartment overlooking Central Park, and a handsome husband who adored her. Until the night a bullet tore through her skull…and stole everything.
Now Charly wakes in a rehabilitation hospital, unable to walk, speak, or remember her own name. All she knows is that someone tried to kill her-and they may still be out there. As fragments of memory surface, so do unsettling questions about the people around her, including the attentive man who keeps appearing at her bedside.
The truth of what happened that night lives somewhere inside her brain. And as Charly pieces together the jagged edges of her past, she begins to realise the most terrifying possibility: the person who wants her dead might be the one she once trusted most. A scalpel-sharp psychological thriller about fractured memory, buried secrets, and how far the mind will go to protect you from the truth.
Out August 25th