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By Oyinkan Braithwaite Published by Atlantic Synopsis: When Korede's dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows what's expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach. This'll be the third boyfriend Ayoola's dispatched in, quote, self-defence and the third mess that her lethal little sibling has left Korede to clear away. She should probably go to the police for the good of the menfolk of Nigeria, but she loves her sister and, as they say, family always comes first. Until, that is, Ayoola starts dating the doctor where Korede works as a nurse. Korede's long been in love with him, and isn't prepared to see him wind up with a knife in his back: but to save one would mean sacrificing the other… How did this book end up in my hands? It didn’t. Well, not in a physical form anyway. I joined this book’s serialisation on The Pigeonhole and enjoyed both the narrative and the other readers...

Today is an awesome publication day as you can now find all these gorgeous books both in shops and online... Congratulations to authors Araminta Hall , Sanjida Kay , Eithne Shortall , Rutendo Tavengerwei and Christina Patterson , whose books hit the shelves today: Our Kind Of Cruelty , My Mother’s Secret , Grace after Henry , Hope is our Only Wing and The Art of not Falling Apart . I would also like to thank Corvus Books , Arrow Publishing , Hot Key Books and Atlantic Books for making this all happen. There will soon be a lot of grateful and satisfied readers around! Whether you were lucky to read an advance copy or you are planning on buying one or all of these thrilling books, I’d like to hear from you in the comments below or on Twitter !

The Impossible Life of Mary Benson By Rodney Bolt Published by Atlantic Books 'As Good as God, as Clever as the Devil' was the phrase once used by Ethel Smyth to describe Mary Benson, née Mary Sidgewick. In his extremely well-researched and beautifully presented book, Rodney Bolt introduces us to this extraordinary woman. Despite being a work of non-fiction, As Good as God, as Clever as the Devil is so readable and engrossing that you almost forget that Mary is not a fictional heroine of a Victorian historical novel. Bolt has succeeded in portraying the wife, and then widow, of Edward Benson in a most exquisite way. Complete with a detailed bibliography and enriched by photographs of the Benson family and their circle of friends, this chronicle of the upbringing, married years and widowhood of Mary Benson is extremely interesting. Not only do we learn about the life of a fascinating woman but – as we follow her from birth to death (1841-1918) – we also gain a valuable insight i...