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Orange Prize 2008
Lottery Patricia Wood
Shortlisted for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2008.
The story of a man with a low IQ, who see’s the world in kind and simple terms, winning 12 million on the Lottery and learning that the world about him does...
The Outcast Sadie Jones
Shortlisted for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2008.
An incredibly moving story about a damaged son returning home from prison determined to make a better life for himself. However, some things may be too badly broken to fix. An enticing,...
Lullabies for Little Criminals Heather O'neill
Shortlisted for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2008.
Prepare to enter a world hopefully most of us will never know. The story of a 12 year old girl, Baby, who has been brought up in the red light district of...
The Road Home Rose Tremain
Shortlisted for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2008.
Rose Tremain is one of those authors that has never quite got the attention she deserves but with The Road Home hopefully she will finally be recognised for the fine writer she...
The Darkest Kiss Keri Arthur
Another dose of sexy vampire/werewolf, crime/thriller action. Riley Jenson works for the Directorate of Other Races, an organisation that polices other beings and she has a serial killer on her hands. If you like this paranormal genre you’ll love this.
Heart-Shaped Box Joe Hill
A pacy and frightening story of revenge from beyond the grave. Ozzie-like rock star Jude, buys a ghost over the internet, and a heap of trouble along with it. What starts as a quirky haunting quickly grows into a terrifying...
The Host Stephenie Meyer
May 2008 Book of the Month.
Stephenie Meyer has written a series for teens ,‘The Twilight Series’, which has been incredibly popular, set in a world where vampires and werewolves co-exist, fight with, and, even...
Magic Study Maria V Snyder
The follow up to Poison Study sees the heroine, Yelena, discovering and developing her magical side. There are great new characters to keep the plot moving and the story is kept fresh with lots more information about Yelena’s background....
Paper Butterfly Diane Wei Liang
May 2008
Crime/Whodunit Book of the Month.
These are really lovely novels with wonderful insight in to China’s history and great characters who are sharp and funny and intuitive. China is a country where the...
The Eye of Jade Diane Wei Liang
This is the author's first venture in to fiction and it is thoroughly absorbing. The details about China and it’s history are fascinating as well as the characters being interesting and original. Mei Wang is the private detective hired to...
Ghostwalk Rebecca Stott
A gripping and fascinating debut novel, this has ghosts, historical mysteries, murder and such evocative descriptions of Cambridge you will feel you are there yourself. Stott has written many non-fiction works and with this novel proves she has the imagination...
Death Message Mark Billingham
Billingham hits a winning formula again. The seventh in the Tom Thorne series keeps the body count high as a killer seeks revenge on those who killed his family while he was in prison and those who put him inside...
The Last Year of Being Married Sarah Tucker
The bittersweet follow up to The Last Year of Being Single where a relationship has broken down through irreconcilable differences. Funny and sad but with a positive tone about following the road to independence and a new life this...
Bad Behaviour Sheila O'Flanagan
What do you do when your best friend has gone off with the man you thought you would marry and then years later invites you to their wedding? Funny and witty O’Flanagan has written another page turner about friendship and...
Recipes for Cherubs Babs Horton
An unloved child, Catrin, is sent by her flighty mother to spend the summer holidays with some eccentric aunts who run an hotel in Wales, twin sisters Catrin never knew existed. But time has passed since her mother left the...
Tell It To The Skies Erica James
May 2008 Book of the Month.
Click here to read a Q & A with Erica James.
Erica has been writing very successfully for many years – lovely holiday/family...
The Murderers' Club P D Martin
A great thriller with a brilliant plot line. Again we have Agent Sophie Anderson tracking down serial killers. Through the transcripts from a chat room we follow the plans of a group of serial killers as they murder a group...
Paper Butterfly Diane Wei Liang
May 2008
Crime/Whodunit Book of the Month.
These are really lovely novels with wonderful insight in to China’s history and great characters who are sharp and funny and intuitive. China is a country where the...
The Eye of Jade Diane Wei Liang
This is the author's first venture in to fiction and it is thoroughly absorbing. The details about China and it’s history are fascinating as well as the characters being interesting and original. Mei Wang is the private detective hired to...
Nothing to Fear Karen Rose
There must be something in the water as female serial killers seem to be featuring more and more in the crime novels surfacing at the moment. As with Heartsick by Chelsea Cain we have a female protagonist on a...
The Death List Paul Johnston
July 2007 Book of the MonthIncredibly gripping and guaranteed to keep you guessing. If you are going to buy a crime book this month buy this!
Paul Johnston explores vengeance and retribution...
Love and Other Infidelities Helen Townsend
The story of Martin and Susan’s marriage and the friends and relations around them. Each character has their own voice which gives the reader a great perspective on how different people have such different views on the same situation. A...
Body Count P D Martin
You may think an FBI profiler with psychic visions seems a bit far fetched but this is a brilliant crime thriller and the ‘visions’ Agent Sophie Anderson gets only add to the tension and gruesomeness. Sophie is getting inside the...
The Last Year of Being Married Sarah Tucker
The bittersweet follow up to The Last Year of Being Single where a relationship has broken down through irreconcilable differences. Funny and sad but with a positive tone about following the road to independence and a new life this...
Magus of Stonewylde Kit Berry
This is the first in what is an absolutely enchanting series. Even if stories about mysticism and paganism are not usually your thing I would recommend these books simply because they are brilliantly written and totally captivating. The characters get...
Reading in Bed Sue Gee
This is middle-England, Radio 4 territory with close professional friends since university now in their 60s, so lots of shared history and a good understanding of each other … or so they believe. During the course of the two families...
The Behaviour of Moths Poppy Adams
May 2008 Debut of the Month.
There has been a big buzz about this debut novel in the publishing industry and for good...
Blind Faith Ben Elton
This feels more like the Ben Elton from the days of Gridlock and Stark so if you are a fan you’ll know that this is going to give you a bit more to get your teeth into than perhaps...
The Last Year of Being Married Sarah Tucker
The bittersweet follow up to The Last Year of Being Single where a relationship has broken down through irreconcilable differences. Funny and sad but with a positive tone about following the road to independence and a new life this...
Bad Behaviour Sheila O'Flanagan
What do you do when your best friend has gone off with the man you thought you would marry and then years later invites you to their wedding? Funny and witty O’Flanagan has written another page turner about friendship and...
Recipes for Cherubs Babs Horton
An unloved child, Catrin, is sent by her flighty mother to spend the summer holidays with some eccentric aunts who run an hotel in Wales, twin sisters Catrin never knew existed. But time has passed since her mother left the...
Tell It To The Skies Erica James
May 2008 Book of the Month.
Click here to read a Q & A with Erica James.
Erica has been writing very successfully for many years – lovely holiday/family...
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