The Secret Reader

Barrington Series, Book 9

The Barrington girl-posse continue their monthly book club meetings, and somehow it becomes an incubator for new business ideas. And relationships.

Rachael struggles daily with her grief, and attends to share memories of her daughter. But book club gives her so much more.

Judith arrives, believing she’s ready for retirement. Or is she?

Harry Stewart is home from up north, and on the first night, he bumps into little Freddie Campbell at the local pub. But she’s not little any more.

Millie is happy in the café and with Finn, but her estranged daughter Hanna is coming to visit. Can they mend their relationship?

And Hanna would rather read than take a chance on a player.

Over six months, catch up with old characters and new as secrets are revealed and lives changed.

©2025 Susan Mackie (P)2025 Small Town Publishing