Exit Day

Exit Day is a novel by journalist and novelist David Laws.

There's a journalist by the name of Harry Topp who has had better days (he's somewhat out of favour, now) is surprised when a former lover appears on his doorstep. She brings Harry something that, on balance, he might rather ot have seen, to be honest.

What is it? a list of deep undercover spies in Britain. And who is topping the list? Only a cabinet minister!

Harry is shocked to the core when he finds the name of a friend s also on the list of deep cover spies. Soon poor Harry finds himself caught up between rival sets of spies.

But to add even more excitement (if any was required) is the fact that he's facing up to a conspiracy by a group of dedicated fanatics, who are controlled by the Wolf, who is, apparently, intent on corrupting the European Union from within it.

Harry's working hard for his scoop, but he doesn't realise there's something nasty rather closer to home.

And all this against the backdrop of the country heading toward Brexit! And an assassin is stalking the Prime Minister!.

But who was really in control. And just what the Hell was going on? Who could Harry trust?

It's published by Matador at £9.99.

Mr Blue Sky

Mr Blue Sky is a disturbing yet very readable horror novel from published author John Darke.

Rebecca is single and in her mid thirties. She is in the employ of her uncle, working in a chemical storage warehouse.

The dreadful, terrifying nightmares have recommenced. She cannot cease to dream of Him.Who is Him? He was an ape-like creature who had saved her life when she was a child, when she went into the woods by herself. In secret they become best friends. But who or what was he>

Disaster strikes her family when Rebecca's father takes the decision to tack Him down in the woods. He dies on the hunt. Although someone is blamed for the murder, but Rebecca believes that He was really responsible for her father's slaying.

After years of therapy and counselling, Rebecca still believes that He was the one responsible for the murder.

In order to stop herself from going mad, Rebecca must find out the truth one way or another. Firstly, she needs to establish if He is a real, living creature.

Her quest for the truth takes a shocking turn and she decides to return home to finally confront the situation and to discover he truth of the situation once and for all.

But what if what she discovers is more terrifying and dreadful than her worse nightmare? How could she cope?

It's published by Matador at £9.99.

The Big House

In her novel The Big House retired Times journalist Larche Davies asks a very important question. If you believe that you life is at risk, who, if anyone, can you really trust?

It's a sequel to her previous novel The Father's House, published by Matador in 2015.

Lucy is 15 years of age. She and her teenage friends are waiting, very much on edge, as they are to give evidence in criminal trials against members of a fanatical religious sect that worships the Magnifico and are known for disposing of people it regards as detractors by poisoning them with a deadly injection.

It's know their lives are at risk from the sect. So they are moved out of London in an attempt to make sure they are protected and kept safe.

They are sent to Wales, where the Magnifico is not known to have any followers, in a foster home in the Principality. Whilst their foster mother seems to be a kindly, nice woman, they can't bring themselves to trust her. They feel unable to trust anyone but themselves.

They have little experience of life outside the stifling confines of the sect, so they have to rely on their own abilities to keep themselves going.

They children are very careful not to let anyone know too much that might help the Magnifico.

However, the agents of Magnifico are already plotting and scheming against the friends.

But who will succeed? The children or Magnifico?

It's a sharply written thriller of a novel and is published on 28th July by Matador at £10.99.

Penitence

Penitence is the story of a tragic young woman and mother called Emma. It is written bu Jude Williams.

Her past holds a deep secret that she is finding it hard to cope with.

Emma's daughter was conceived at a party where Emma was drunk. The man who impregnated her had no idea that he was a father to Sophie, Emma's daughter.

Eventually, Emma meets up with a man called Gabriel when she was enjoying herself at a nightclub.

They seem to click and Emma very quickly falls in love with Gabriel. And as a result she and Sophie soon move into Gabriel's home and live with him.

However, the relationship begins to falter and then the horrible, unthinkable happens and Sophie dies unexpectedly.

After a time Emma becomes enamoured with a supermarket manager, a divorcee called Ian. She is in love with him, to an extent, but Ian has really fallen for Emma in a big way. Perhaps more than her?

Emma wants to take up a place as a mature student at Bristol University. So Ian moves to Bristol with her. Previously Emma had had to give up her university place when she had fallen pregnant with Sophie.

In Bristol Ian uncovers Emma's secret. But there's something about her secret that might involve him.

It's a moving exploration of the secrets that can lie beneath the surface of the lives of apparently ordinary people.
It's published by The Book Guild at £9.99.

Serenity Song

In Serenity Song the new novel written by Finn Dervan opens in Ireland in July 1921.

The war in Ireland had pitched the country into a terrible conflict, when anyone might be shot in the back of the head and not know the reason why.

A policeman is murdered and a secret is hidden away.

Terrible atrocities were committed by both sides, lifelong friends became sworn enemies and people who would previous have been considered as an enemy were suddenly on the same side. Or appeared so to be.

A full century later James Lucas wants to find that truth. To reveal that truth.

But does he? Exactly how far will he be willing to go to find that truth and to reveal that truth?

And what, exactly was the truth?

Should it be revealed?

This is a stunning debut novel and the story it tells is an important one.

It's published by The Book Guild at £9.99.

A Human Condition

A Human Condition is a novel from established author and GP Lyn Miller.

It's a touching story of family life and friendships between women.

It's at about the time in her life when things should be just starting to get a little bit easier for Edinburgh GP and single mom, Marion. Her daughter Rose has departed for the life of a student in Bristol so Marion should, hopefully, have a little more time for herself.

But unfortunately fate decides to intervene and the health of Marion's mother begins to worsen. Her increasing Alzheimer's disease means that she is becoming more vulnerable and she is growing more and more dependant on Marion.

This begins to test Marion's abilities to cope especially when she has to deal with a discovery from the past of her family.

There's Marion's friend Nyaga who moved to Scotland from Botswana in the hope that it would advance her career as a nurse and increase her earning potential.

But she'd not counted on the fact that she'd be so lonely and homesick.

But her growing friendship with Marion helps things look better for Nyaga.

Whilst in Bristol, everything is going to well for Rose. She's in love, going to star in a drama society play, but then things start to get a little less easy for Rose in Bristol.

How will each of these woman progress through life?

Will they be able to rely on each other for support and love as they progress through their Human Condition?

It's a heartwarming book that will make you smile because you may very well have been where these women have been, in one way or another.

It's published by Matador at £10.99.

Coronach

Coronach is an novel of over 782 pages in length.

It is written by Kimberley Jordan Reeman and it's an epic tale of love, heartache, loss war and death set against tragic backdrop of the doomed Jacobite Rebellion.

It's July in 1746, and the Scotish Highlands are suffering under the occupation of an invading army. Atrocities are committed and the cost will be felt through generation after generation to come.

Even so, there are individual acts of compassion and a battle-weary English soldier by the name of Mordaunt saves an infant who will eventually become his heiress and his obsession.

On what remains of his ruined estate, a shocked Franco-Scottish Laird, Earl Stirling offers refuge to a boy who had been damaged by a dreadful horror.

These apparently separate lives are bound together by fate as their destiny plays out against the turbulent and violent times of the 18th century.

It's published by Matador at £13.99 and will be most welcomed by fans for historical romances.