What would you do if you suspected your husband was Jack the Ripper?

That’s the question posed to protagonist Susannah, when her new husband begins to display increasingly volatile behaviour, and his late-night disappearances begin to coincide with the discovery of victim after victim.

A twisty-turny crime thriller set in 19th century London that will have you on the edge of your beach towel. 

Norfolk in the 1950s, and young Verity Frost feels trapped – trapped by life on the family farm and the stifling attentions of childhood friend Arthur.

Then she meets Jack, a charismatic American pilot, and the possibility of escape rears its head – only for her world to be turned on its head by a devastating storm, and a love triangle that soon turns murderous…

Big on atmosphere and with tension to spare, this is perfect for anyone who prefers their romance with a darker edge.

If you were offered a chance to cure your child’s disease, would you take it?

This is the dilemma facing the Willow family, when an experimental gene therapy provides the hope of a cure for the locked-in syndrome that afflicts youngest daughter Patience.

The risks are real, the stakes impossibly high, and with opinions differing amongst the family, the tension is almost unbearable. As for Patience, she knows what she wants, but with no way of communicating it, she is forced to watch on along with the reader.

A thoughtful and sensitive meditation on disability and the notion of a “normal life” – expect to find yourself welling up by the pool.

Persephone Kendrick’s family have been making dolls for hundreds of years. Not just any dolls either. Dolls with the ability to provoke extreme emotion in a person after a single touch.

Persephone longs to learn the magic involved in the family craft, but that knowledge is only afforded to her male relatives – so when a handsome new arrival approaches the Kendricks, claiming to be one of their own, she sees the chance to take what she wants…

Come for the fantasy thrills, stay for the scathing assessment of gender inequality.

Set in the ancient city of Smyrna, this is the story of four families enduring the violent destruction of their peaceful lives during the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.

Birth, death, romance and grief are shared unevenly amongst them as Smyrna becomes a mere bargaining chip in the wake of the First World War.

A powerful work of historical fiction, touching on everything from race and religion, to nationhood and cultural identity, consider this one a must-read.