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  Passenger to Frankfurt

  Agatha Christie

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  Christie's superb stand-alone mystery, Passenger to Frankfurt, is a true masterwork of surprise and suspense, as a diplomat comes to the aid of a terrified woman in an airport, only to find that his identity has been stolen and his life is suddenly in serious jeopardy. 
  Sir Stafford Nye's flight home from Malaya takes an unprecedented twist when a young woman confides in him that someone is trying to kill her. In a moment of weakness, he agrees to lend her his passport. Unwittingly, the diplomat has put his own life on the line.  
  When he meets the mystery woman again, she is a different person, and he finds himself drawn into a battle against an invisible—and altogether more dangerous—enemy. . . .

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  Dishonour in Denmark

  Andrew Wareham

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  The Royal Navy is larger than it has ever been—nearly eight hundred ships and one hundred and twenty thousand men—and it is too small for the tasks demanded of it if the war is to be won. 
   
   
   
  British hardwood forests have been destroyed, with the exception of the untouchable New Forest. It is impossible to build enough ships to make up for losses, let alone to expand. At least twenty of the ships at sea are unfit for service, may well sink in the next storm. 
   
   
   
  The sole answer is to find an ally with a large fleet, or to capture the ships required, which is easier said than done. 
   
   
   
  Denmark has a large ocean-going fleet, but is neutral and terrified of France. Nick Turnhouse is tasked to find a way of taking the Danish fleet, laid up in Copenhagen, intact and immediately usable. 
   
   
   
  There is a way—provided he and the government of the day are prepared to sacrifice honor and decency. Perfidious Albion may yet prevail.

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  The Botanist's Tracks

  Michael Reit

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  Felcia Hodaks's vital botanical skills are the only thing keeping her away from the gas chambers. 
  Against the backdrop of Auschwitz-Birkenau's ever-present brutality, Felcia tends to the plants needed for one of the Reich's most ambitious experiments—one that could tip the war in favor of the Nazis. 
  When Sabina Kupka discovers the horrifying nature of her father's job at a coal mine run by Nazis, she agrees to work with an increasingly defiant resistance. What starts small but significant soon propels her into a frontline role—dangerous enough to cost her her life if caught. 
  Soon, both women are engaged in a daring plan to arm the prisoners of Auschwitz-Birkenau. 
  The Botanist's Tracks is the third installment in the Beyond the Tracks series and takes readers to the Nazi agricultural camp of Rajsko, a ten-minute ride from Auschwitz-Birkenau. 
  Based on actual events, The Botanist's Tracks is the first-ever book set primarily in Rajsko and shows the incredible ingenuity of prisoners in finding ways to rise against impossible odds.

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  The Pearl of Orr's Island

  Harriet Beecher Stowe

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  Go on a journey to the coast of Maine and immerse yourself in the picturesque community on Orr’s Island. See the raindrops glistening on the pine needles and hear the waves crashing on the rocks. This is a tale of romance, tragedy, crusty sea captains, an impetuous boy, a loving girl, complete with village gossips and twists in the plot. (Summary by Bridget Gaige)

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  Proposition of the Season The:...

  Michelle Kenney

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  Perfect for Bridgerton and Jane Austen fans! Fall in love with the Fairfax family and make this your favourite new Regency series… 
  ‘And you’ve come here today to read me a lecture in all my deplorable habits?’ 
  ‘No…’ she stalled, wracking her brain for inspiration and failing, ‘I’ve come here to ask you to marry me!’  
  After three disastrous seasons, bookish Josephine Fairfax believes that she is long past the age of finding her perfect fictional hero. But when her brother’s loathsome Monstrous Marriage Masterplan results in her youngest sister Matilda’s engagement to the vastly unsuitable Lord Huntingly, even she must draw the line. 
  Josephine may be the bluestocking sister, but she is still a Fairfax who will sacrifice anything for family, even proposing marriage to a man who may be the most dangerous gentleman in the ton… 
  Each book in the Fairfax Sisters series can be read as a standalone.Praise for The Proposition of the Season: 
  'A delightfully lighthearted regency romp. Five stars from me' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  'Lord Huntingly is the regency bad boy of my dreams' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  'This book will keep you coming back for more' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  'This book is a rollercoaster, evoking classic Bronte and Austen works, and keeping the reader gripped until the last page' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  'A historical romance with a bit of mystery and a strong heroine who asks questions instead of waiting around for answers' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  'Lighthearted and charming, it’s the perfect nostalgic read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  'The perfect mix between Bridgerton and a Katrina Kendrick book - and I ATE this up' ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  'How I love a story of sisters, and Michelle Kenney has conjured up four sparky modern-minded Fairfax girls. The dialogue is quick-fire, plot complex and satisfying, the men heroic and rich' Jane Dunn, Sunday Times bestselling author 
  The latest instalment in the Fairfax Sisters series is a romantic and humorous novel that promises to be the best yet. Michelle Kenney's up-coming sequel is a testament to her storytelling prowess, promising top stories that will keep readers coming back for more. 
  For fans of Emma Melbourne (The Mysterious Mr. Oliver), Mary Balogh (Remember That Day), Emma Orchard (For the Viscount's Eyes Only), Sophia Holloway (The Chaperone), and Alexandra Vasti (Ne'er Duke Well). 
  HarperCollins 2026

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  Rainbow The: D H Lawrence

  D.H. Lawrence

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  David Herbert Lawrence was born on September 11, 1885. He was an English writer and poet. His collected works represent, among other things, an extended reflection upon the dehumanizing effects of modernity and industrialization. Lawrence's writing explores issues such as sexuality, emotional health, vitality, spontaneity, and instinct. His novels include Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love, and Lady Chatterley's Lover. 
    
  Lawrence's opinions earned him many enemies, and he endured official persecution, censorship, and misrepresentation of his creative work throughout the second half of his life, much of which he spent in a voluntary exile he called his "savage pilgrimage".At the time of his death, his public reputation was that of a pornographer who had wasted his considerable talents. E. M. Forster, in an obituary notice, challenged this widely held view, describing him as "the greatest imaginative novelist of our generation." Later, the literary critic F. R. Leavis championed both his artistic integrity and his moral seriousness. 
    
  The Rainbow tells the story of three generations of the Brangwen family, a dynasty of farmers and craftsmen who live in the East Midlands of England, on the borders of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. The book spans a period of roughly 65 years from the 1840s to 1905 and shows how the love relationships of the Brangwens change against the backdrop of the increasing industrialization of Britain. The first central character, Tom Brangwen, is a farmer whose experience of the world does not stretch beyond these two counties; while the last, Ursula, his granddaughter, studies at university and becomes a teacher in the progressively urbanized, capitalist, and industrial world. 
   

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