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international investigation
rapidly escalates from
being just a press
conference as another UK
holidaymaker goes
missing.
few moments’ time her
relationship with her
mother will change
irrevocably. As Katie
plays, Briony pulls from
her bag an old photo
album, found in a box in
her mother’s new home.
As she begins to study the
faded photos, a letter falls
to the ground. It is
addressed to her.
From Murcian author and
screenwriter Agustin
Martinez comes Village
Of The Lost Girls (p). Five
years after the
disappearance of two
friends who left school
one afternoon and were
never seen again, the
village of Monteperdido
still mourns the loss of
Ana and Lucia. When Ana
reappears unexpectedly
inside a crashed car,
wounded but alive, the case reopens and a race against time
begins to discover who was behind the kidnapping. Where is
Lucia, and is she still alive? Five years ago, fatal mistakes were
made in the investigation and this must not happen again.
Her Last Promise (p), the
award-winning novel by
Kathryn Hughes, is a
powerful story of how
hope can blossom in the
ruins of tragedy, and of
the redeeming power of
love. It is, at times, a
heart-breaking but also captivating tale of a woman’s journey
across the continent to unravel the secrets of a parent’s
disappearance. Violet Skye regrets her decision to travel abroad
while leaving her daughter behind, but she reminds herself she
is doing this for their future. Tara Richards was just a girl when
she lost her mother. Years later, she is left a key to a safe
deposit box. Inside is something that will change everything
Tara thought she had known. It will lead her to Spain on a
quest for answers that have been haunting her for fully 40
years.
The Irish author Patricia Scanlan’s novel With All My Love (p)
launches on a crystal-clear day beside the Mediterranean.
Briony McAllister is playing with her four-year-old daughter,
Katie, while she waits for her mother, Valerie, to join them.
Valerie has recently moved to a picturesque town in southern
Spain to finally leave behind her turbulent past and find a
peace that has always eluded her. Briony has no idea that in a
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