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{{Frontpage|class-"wikitable" cellpaddingisbn=1473669065|title="15" <!-- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE-->Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel<!-- Claire North -->|author=Ruth Hogan|-rating=5| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Humour[[image:williamabbey.jpg|linksummary=http://wwwTilda returns to Brighton, to tidy away the remains of her mother's life after her death.amazon.co.uk/dp/0316316849/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Pursuit Whilst there, she returns to the Paradise hotel, a haven for eccentrics and misfits. A place where people can be themselves, and let go of William Abbey by Claire North]]=== [[image:3thoughts that torment them elsewhere.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]]Little wonder that Tilda cannot forgive her mother for banishing her as a child, [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]]from this place of wonder. With the help of Queenie Malone, caring, and gregarious, [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]]  When William Abbey fails Tilda begins to prevent pick apart the lynching of a young boy in 1880's South Africa, he finds himself cursed by the grieving tricky and uncertain relationship she had with her sometimes cruel and distant mother. A naïve English Doctor, he slowly learns the weight }}{{Frontpage|isbn=williamabbey|title=The Pursuit of the curse upon him, as the shadow William Abbey|author=Claire North|rating=3.5|genre=Fantasy|summary=When William Abbey fails to prevent the lynching of the dead a young boy begins to follow him across the world. Never stoppingin 1880's South Africa, always growing – it crosses oceans and mountains in pursuit of William. As he finds himself unable to resist speaking cursed by the truths that he hears in othersgrieving mother. A naïve English Doctor, he also slowly learns that the dark shadow is deadly – and seeks to kill weight of the one he loves curse upon him, as the most… [[The Pursuit shadow of the dead boy begins to follow him across the world. Never stopping, always growing – it crosses oceans and mountains in pursuit of William Abbey by Claire North|Full Review]]. As he finds himself unable to resist speaking the truths that he hears in others, he also learns that the dark shadow is deadly – and seeks to kill the one he loves the most…<!-- Coleman -->}}{{Frontpage|-isbn=Tudor Chalk| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"The Chalk Man|author=C J Tudor[[image:1785032461.jpg|linkrating=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785032461/ref5|genre=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Horror| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[''The Girl at the Window by Rowan Coleman]]=== [[image:5starChalk Man'' follows a group of friends haunted by an eerily terrifying spectre, conjured during one fateful summer.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]]By the time the new term begins, [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]] Trudy Heaton is going homefriendships will be fractured, to and a house where her roots burrow back through girl will be dead. But who is the centuries and killer; is it The Chalk Man, whose dusty white grip squeezes ever tighter, or someone much closer to a mother she hasn't spoken to for sixteen home? Thirty years. Homelater, her refugeEd has tried to forget about that summer, Ponden Hallabout all the poisoned, where she can heal herself and try to come to terms with the traumatic loss sinister memories of her husbandThe Chalk Man. She needs However, someone seems determined not to build bridges with her mother let him and convince her grieving son that his father is dead. Where better than when the letters start to arrive, the house full of light and shadowpast follows, that nurtured her throughout her childhood? [[The Girl at plaguing him and dredging up the fever dream nightmare of the Window summer of 1986, populated by Rowan Coleman|Full Review]] <!fairs, ra-- Hogan -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1473669065ra skirts and death.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1473669065/ref=nosimDriven deeper into the mysterious events surrounding Ed's sleepy suburban life, the reader cannot help but wonder; who is The Chalk Man, and will he ever let Ed go?tag=thebookbag-21]]}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="vertical-alignJester_Forever|title=Forever After: top; text-align: left;"a dark comedy|author=David Jester|rating=4|genre=Horror|summary=[[Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan]]=== [[image:5starMichael Holland is a cocky and brash young man who dies and gets made the offer of his lifetime; immortality.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]]We follow Michael, [[:Category:Humour|Humour]], [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]]a grim reaper and his friends Chip (a stoner tooth fairy) and Naff (a stoner in the records department) as they grapple with their long lives and finding a clean surface to sit on in their flat.}}Tilda returns to Brighton, to tidy away {{Frontpage|isbn=1785032461|title=The Girl at the remains of her mother's life after her death. Whilst thereWindow|author=Rowan Coleman|rating=5|genre=Paranormal|summary=Trudy Heaton is going home, she returns to the Paradise hotel, a haven for eccentrics house where her roots burrow back through the centuries and misfitsto a mother she hasn't spoken to for sixteen years. A place Home, her refuge, Ponden Hall, where people she can be themselves, heal herself and let go try to come to terms with the traumatic loss of thoughts that torment them elsewhereher husband. Little wonder that Tilda cannot forgive She needs to build bridges with her mother for banishing and convince her as a child, from this place of wondergrieving son that his father is dead. With Where better than the help house full of Queenie Malone, caring, light and gregariousshadow, Tilda begins to pick apart the tricky and uncertain relationship she had with that nurtured her throughout her sometimes cruel and distant mother. [[Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hoganchildhood?}}{{Frontpage|Full Review]]isbn=1471407764|title=The Twisted Tree<!-- |author=Rachel Burge -->|-rating=5| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Paranormal|[[image:1471407764.jpg|linksummary=http://wwwMartha's world has changed.amazonBlind in one eye after falling from a tree, she wakes with a disturbing gift.co.uk/dp/1471407764/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Twisted Tree by Rachel Burge]]=== [[image:5starShe can read people through their clothes, secrets tumble from the weave, revealing insights she doesn't really want, and knowledge she doesn't understand.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]]She flees to her grandmother, [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]], [[:Category:Horror|Horror]] MarthaMormor's world has changed. Blind in cabin, seeking answers no one eye after falling from a treeis prepared to give, she wakes with a disturbing giftand stumbles into world of menace. She can read people through their clothes, secrets tumble from the weave, revealing insights she doesn't really want}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1492687863|title=Bellewether |author=Susanna Kearsley|rating=4.5|genre=Paranormal|summary=Flitting between the present day and mid-16thcentury, and knowledge she doesn't understand. She flees to her grandmother, Mormor's cabinBellewether'' tells the fascinating tale of the Wilde House and all its inhabitants. In the present tense aspects, seeking answers no one the Wilde House is prepared to give, and stumbles being turned into world a museum due to the legacy left by Captain Benjamin Wilde. It is told from the perspective of menace. [[The Twisted Tree by Rachel Burge|Full Review]] <!-- Kearsley -->|-| style=''width: 10%Charley, the museum curator, who is intrigued by the ghost who haunts the house and their story; verticala tale that ends in a tragedy involving Benjamin Wilde's sister, Lydia, and a French-align: top; textCanadian lieutenant, Jean-align: center;''|[[image:1492687863Philippe who was sent to live there.jpg|link=http://wwwThe perspective of the book is continuously shifted between Charley, then Lydia and Jean-Philippe. The latter two tell the truth about what was happening during this chaotic time in history, just as Charley is beginning to unravel it herself.amazon.co.uk/dp/1492687863/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn=''vertical-align: top; text-align: left;''1473203287|title=Summerland |author=Hannu Rajaniemi|rating=4|genre==[[Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley]]===Paranormal[[image:4.5star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Thrillers|Thrillers]], [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]], [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]] Flitting between Imagine a world in which death was no longer something to fear but something to aspire to. After the discovery of the present day and mid 16thcenturyafterlife, ''Bellewether'' tells the fascinating tale of the Wilde House and all British Empire has extended its inhabitantsreach into Summerland, the Big Smoke for the recently deceased. In 1938 the present tense aspects, the Wilde House British Empire is being turned into caught up in a museum due to race against Soviet spies and dealing with a mole buried deep in the legacy left by Captain Benjamin Wildeheart of Summerland. It is told from the perspective of CharleyWhen Rachel White, the museum curatoran ambitious SIS agent, becomes suspicious about the potential rogue agent, who she must decide how far she is intrigued by the ghost who haunts the house willing to go and their story; a tale that ends in tragedy involving Benjamin Wilde's sister, Lydia, and a French-Canadian lieutenant, Jean-Philippe who was sent how much she is willing to live there. The perspective of risk to uncover the book is continuously shifted between Charley, then Lydia and Jean-Philippetruth. The latter two tell }}{{Frontpage|isbn=1472235878|title=A Gathering of Ghosts|author=Karen Maitland|rating=5|genre=Paranormal|summary=Witchcraft, the supernatural and the truth about what was happening during this chaotic time will to survive at all costs collide in historya story that never shies away from the darker side of human nature. The land is unhappy, just as Charley the old spirits want revenge and famine is beginning to unravel kindling a resurgence of the old faith. As fear rises, it herself. [[Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley|Full Review]] <!-- Rajaniemi -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"is increasingly difficult for Prioress Johanne to ignore that something rotten has taken root. The sacred well is tainted, its healing waters run red with blood and strangers are blowing in on a wind of change.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1472234782[[image:1473203287.jpg|linktitle=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1473203287/refThe Story Keeper|author=nosim?tagAnna Mazzola|rating=thebookbag-21]] 5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Paranormal|summary===[[Summerland by Hannu Rajaniemi]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Dystopian Fiction|Dystopian Fiction]]Audrey, a complex mix of flights of fancy and seriousness, [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]]wanting, needing, [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]] Imagine a world in which death was no longer something to fear but something to aspire to. After discovery be more than what everyone expects of her, escapes from the afterlifestraightjacket of her home. Where every action, the British Empire has extended its reach into Summerlandevery thought, the Big Smoke for the recently deceased. In 1938 the British Empire every yearning is caught up controlled by her father, who only once in a race against Soviet spies his life threw caution to the wind and dealing with married way beneath him for love. Now a mole buried deep in widower and remarried, he has rigorously returned to upholding what is right, what is proper, the heart bastion of Summerlanddoing what is expected. }}{{Frontpage|isbn=0751571229|title=When Rachel White, an ambitious SIS agent, becomes suspicious about the potential rogue agentThe Curtain Falls|author=Carrie Hope Fletcher|rating=5|genre=Paranormal|summary=A thoroughly, she must decide how far she is willing to go magical and how much she is willing to risk to uncover riveting story that hooks you in from the first page and takes you on a roller coaster ride towards the truthlast. [[Summerland by Hannu Rajaniemi|Full Review]] <!-- Maitland -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1472235878Fletcher weaves together a dash of ''Whodunit'' the thrill of romance, (the course of which never runs smoothly,) and an unpredictable ghost.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1472235878/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag The ghost appears once a year, the principal star of her very own show, to meet with the love of her life and re-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[enact her death. A Gathering tragic accident with the roots buried deep within the whole array of Ghosts by Karen Maitland]]=== [[image:5starhuman nature.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]]Love, joy, care, friendship, [[:Category:Thrillers|Thrillers]]jealousy, [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]] Witchcraftpossessiveness, selfishness, cold ambition, the supernatural and the will to survive at all costs collide in a story that never shies away from the darker side of human naturelaid bare on centre stage. The land is unhappy, the old spirits want revenge and famine is kindling a resurgence of the old faith. As fear rises, it is increasingly difficult for Prioress Johanne to ignore that }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Aaronovitvch_Furthest|title=The Furthest Station|author=Ben Aaronovitch|rating=4|genre=Paranormal|summary=When local police find something rotten has taken root. The sacred well is tainted, its healing waters run red with blood and strangers are blowing in weird - spectres scaring commuters on a wind particular part of change. [[A Gathering the Metropolitan Line, for example - they call for PC Peter Grant of Ghosts by Karen Maitland|Full Review]]  <!-- Mazolla -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1472234782the Special Assessment Unit, also known as The Folly.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1472234782/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Stray river gods, missing Victorian children, fleeting 18th century dispatch riders, they are all in a day's (or a night's) work for The Story Keeper by Anna Mazzola]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|Crime]], [[:Category:Thrillers|Thrillers]], [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]] AudreyFolly team, even if the team only has two official members and the filing system dates back 2 centuries. He may spend time pursuing supernatural offenders, but Constable Grant is a complex mix of flights of fancy nicely wry and recognisable copper; health and seriousness, wanting, needing, to be more than what everyone expects of her, escapes from safety rules annoy him and he is inclined to trust his hunches and park outside Chinese take-aways in the straightjacket hope of her homea free meal. Where every action, every thought, every yearning is controlled by her father, who only once in his life threw caution to the wind and married way beneath him for love. Now a widower and remarried, he has rigorously returned to upholding what }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Moore_Strange|title=Strange Sight: An Essex Witch Museum Mystery (Essex Witches Mystery 2)|author=Syd Moore|rating=5|genre=Paranormal|summary=Rosie Strange is rightback - recovering after her last escapade with curator Sam Stone, and figuring out what is proper, on earth to do with the bastion of doing what is expectedEssex Witch Museum she's recently inherited. [[The Story Keeper by Anna Mazzola|Full Review]] <!If Rosie had her way she'd be selling the museum and heading back to her flat in London -but when her Auntie Babs recommends Rosie and Sam to a local businessman, they find themselves embroiled in dark events once again. Something is wrong at Le Fleur Restaurant - Fletcher -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0751571229blood leaking from chandeliers, scrawled messages in the rooms and apparitions walking through the walls.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0751571229/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbagBefore Rosie and Sam can start to look into these possibly supernatural occurrences though, events take an even darker turn when a very real body is found in the restaurant -21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[When The Curtain Falls by Carrie Hope Fletcher]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]], [[:Category:Crime|Crime]], [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] A thoroughly, magical and riveting story that hooks you in from the first page and takes you on a roller coaster ride towards the last. Fletcher weaves together a dash of ''Whodunit'' the thrill of romance, (the course of which never runs smoothly,) and an unpredictable ghost. The ghost appears once a year, the principal star of her very own show, to meet with the love of her life and re-enact her death. A tragic accident with the roots buried deep within the whole array of human nature. Love, joy, care, friendship, jealousy, possessiveness, selfishness, cold ambition, all laid bare on centre stage. <!-- Tudor -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Tudor Chalk.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0718187431?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0718187431]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Chalk Man by C J Tudor]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Horror|Horror]] ''The Chalk Man'' follows a group of friends haunted by an eerily terrifying spectre, conjured during one fateful summer. By the time the new term begins, friendships will be fractured, and a girl will be dead. But who is the killer; is it The Chalk Man, whose dusty white grip squeezes ever tighter, or someone much closer to home? Thirty years later, Ed has tried to forget about that summer, about all the poisoned, sinister memories of The Chalk Man. However, someone seems determined not to let him and when the letters start to arrive, the past follows, plaguing him and dredging up the fever dream nightmare of the summer of 1986, populated by fairs, ra-ra skirts and death. Driven deeper into the mysterious events surrounding Ed's sleepy suburban life, the reader cannot help but wonder; who is The Chalk Man, and will he ever let Ed go? [[The Chalk Man by C J Tudor|Full Review]]<br> <!-- Jester -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Jester_Forever.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1510704361?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1510704361]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Forever After: a dark comedy by David Jester]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]], [[:Category:Horror|Horror]], [[:Category:Fantasy|Fasntasy]] Michael Holland is a cocky and brash young man who dies and gets made the offer of his lifetime; immortality. We follow Michael, a grim reaper and his friends Chip (a stoner tooth fairy) and Naff (a stoner in the records department) as they grapple with their long lives and finding a clean surface to sit on in their flat. [[Forever After: a dark comedy by David Jester|Full Review]] <!-- Aaronovitch -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Aaronovitvch_Furthest.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1473222427?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1473222427]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Furthest Station by Ben Aaronovitch]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|Crime]], [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]] When local police find something weird - spectres scaring commuters on a particular part of the Metropolitan Line, for example - they call for PC Peter Grant of the Special Assessment Unit, also known as The Folly. Stray river gods, missing Victorian children, fleeting 18th century dispatch riders, they are all in a day's (or a night's) work for The Folly team, even if the team only has two official members and the filing system dates back 2 centuries. He may spend time pursuing supernatural offenders, but Constable Grant is a nicely wry and recognisable copper; health and safety rules annoy him and he is inclined to trust his hunches and park outside Chinese take-aways in the hope of a free meal. [[The Furthest Station by Ben Aaronovitch|Full Review]] <!-- Moore -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Moore_Strange.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/178607205X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=178607205X]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Strange Sight: An Essex Witch Museum Mystery (Essex Witches Mystery 2) by Syd Moore]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]], [[:Category:Thrillers|Thrillers]] Rosie Strange is back - recovering after her last escapade with curator Sam Stone, and figuring out what on earth to do with the Essex Witch Museum she's recently inherited. If Rosie had her way she'd be selling the museum and heading back to her flat in London - but when her Auntie Babs recommends Rosie and Sam to a local businessman, they find themselves embroiled in dark events once again. Something is wrong at Le Fleur Restaurant - blood leaking from chandeliers, scrawled messages in the rooms and apparitions walking through the walls. Before Rosie and Sam can start to look into these possibly supernatural occurrences though, events take an even darker turn when a very real body is found in the restaurant - and the owner's daughter swears that a ghost was to blame... [[Strange Sight: An Essex Witch Museum Mystery (Essex Witches Mystery 2) by Syd Moore|Full Review]] <!-- Parkin -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Parkin_Winter.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785079034/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Winter's Child by Cassandra Parkin]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]] ''A modern Gothic tale of twisted love, secrets and hauntings'' it says on the cover. I'll go along with that. Suzannah Harper doesn't believe in life after death or gypsies being able to tell the future, but that hasn't stopped her spending a fortune on psychics and fortune tellers in the desperate hunt for her son. Joel has been missing for five years. He skipped out of school one day after an argument at home and has not been seen since. [[The Winter's Child by Cassandra Parkin|Full Review]] <!-- Singh -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Singh_Silver.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1473217571/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Silver Silence A Psy-Changling Trinity Novel by Nalini Singh]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]] Jump straight into and the owner's daughter swears that a rich and diverse universe at this designated jumping on point. Visit a world of humans, changelings and Psy. The world the books have set in has faced a dramatic change and a new world-order of peace has been declaredghost was to blame.. The peace is painful and not universally loved. Into this world a bear falls in love with an emotionless Psy – how'd ya reckon it'll turn out? [[Silver Silence A Psy-Changling Trinity Novel by Nalini Singh|Full Review]]}}