Fiction Editor Claire has lined up a great selection of new books released in the next month or so.

BY MIKE GAYLE Hodder & Stoughton, HB, £14.99. Out July 23 (Also available as EBook) In widower Hubert Bird’s weekly calls to his daughter in Australia, he talks of his per fect retirement. Can this 84-year-old recreate the fake life he’s penned in his notebook, filled with friends and fun, before it is too late? Moving between raw memories of his past to his present-day loneliness, Hubert is faced with a world he once turned his back on. As always, Mike Gayle’s characters wrap around you like a cosy cardigan, while threads of love, race, friendship, community and old age weave through the pages and into your heart. Gayle’s latest offering is thought provoking.

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A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING

BY ANNA WILSON HQ, HB, £16.99

A moving memoir of a mother’s late diagnosis of Asperger’s, showing the challenges of caring for parents.

SUMMER SUSPENSE

THE HIDDEN BEACH BY KAREN SWAN Pan, PBO, £8.99 Nanny Bell Everhurst is happy working for an affluent family. Then a phone call changes everything. Her employer’s “husband” has woken from a coma, a second spouse Bell didn’t know existed. An addictive read set in the beautiful archipelagos of Sweden. Detailed and full of suspense.

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HISTORICAL SAGA

TIME TO SAY GOODBYE BY ROSIE GOODWIN Zaffre, PB, £7.99 From the Sunday Times bestseller author Rosie Goodwin, comes the finale in the DaysoftheWeek collection. When Tom dies in a riding accident, life at Treetops Manor changes. Will Kitty save the Manor as the former residents return for a final celebration? A captivating read.

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