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BookTalk on board that ship , which was packed with young , excited people who had never before left their parents , their parishes - let alone their islands .
Sugar and Salt ( p ) by Susan Wiggs . Jerome Barnes has been baking in his grandmother ’ s bakery , Sugar , since he was a boy . When mysterious newcomer Margot Salton takes over the tenancy in the restaurant that shares his kitchen , he ’ s intrigued ... Margot isn ’ t exactly on the run ... but she needs a fresh start , and her dream to open a restaurant far , far away from her life back home is finally coming true . The shared kitchen with Jerome ’ s bakery is the perfect set-up . And the heat that cooks up in the kitchen between herself and Jerome is the perfect distraction . But just as she starts to relax into a happy new future , Margot ’ s past comes back to haunt her ...
How to Kill your Best Friend ( p ) by Lexie Elliott . Georgie , Lissa and Bronwyn have been best friends since they met on their college swimming team . Now Lissa is dead - drowned off the coast of the remote island where her second husband owns a luxury resort . But could a star open-water swimmer really have drowned ? Or is something more sinister going on ? Brought together for Lissa ’ s memorial , Georgie , Bron , Lissa ’ s grieving husband and their friends find themselves questioning the circumstances around Lissa ’ s death - and each other . As the weather turns ominous , trapping the guests on the island , it slowly dawns on them that Lissa ’ s death was only the beginning ...
All I Said Was True ( h ) by Imran Mahmood . When Amy Blahn was murdered on a London office rooftop , Layla Mahoney was there . She held Amy as she died . But all she can say when police arrest her is that ‘ It was Michael . Find Michael and you ’ ll find out everything you need to know .’ The problem is , the police can ’ t find Michael - there is no evidence that he exists . And time is running out before they have to either charge Layla with Amy ’ s murder , or let her go . As a lawyer , Layla knows that she has only forty-eight hours to convince police to investigate the man she knows only as ‘ Michael ’ instead of her ...
Key : ( p ) paperback ( l ) hardback / large paperback depending on availability .
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