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This month's 'featured books'
Author of the Month
15 Seconds Andrew Gross
May 2012 Book of the Month.
If you love fast-paced, topical thrillers that you simply can't put down, then Andrew Gross and especially 15 Seconds is a great place to go. Pulled over... Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
Killing Hour Andrew Gross
The jaw-dropping unputdownable new novel from the guy who co-authored five No. 1 James Patterson bestsellers including Judge and Jury and Lifeguard. Now a bestselling novelist in his own right with hit thrillers The Blue Zone and... Format: Paperback - Released: 14/04/2011
Reckless Andrew Gross
Hauck has left law enforcement for a job with a big-time private security firm. But he quickly learns that life in the private sector can be every bit as dangerous as wearing a badge - if not more so... Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2010
Don't Look Twice Andrew Gross
A revenge killing. A dead public attorney. And a family caught in the cross-fire. For local detective Ty Hauck, life is good. A waterfront house, a new girlfriend and, after uncovering a Wall Street scandal, he's even a local hero.... Format: Paperback - Released: 28/05/2009
This month's 'featured books'
Debuts of the Month
The Light Between Oceans M. L. Stedman
May 2012 MEGA Debut of the Month.
What a brilliant and memorable debut. Superb characters, heart-rending plot and, set on an island 100 miles from Australia, a uniquely beautiful setting. After the horrors... Format: Hardback - Released: 26/04/2012
The River Woman Sorrel Pitts
May 2012 Debut of the Month.
'A fascinating story told by a very promising writer.' Sir Michael Parkinson.A young woman is found half frozen to death on a remote farm and... Format: Paperback - Released: 19/09/2011
Heart-shaped Bruise Tanya Byrne
May 2012 Debut of the Month.
This gripping, provoking and emotional debut, written from the perspective of a troubled young girl in a young offenders institute awaiting trial for a vicious crime, is... Format: Hardback - Released: 10/05/2012
Black Heart Blue Louisa Reid
May 2012 Debut of the Month.
Stunning, shocking, sad and incredibly touching. This debut tackles the horrors of domestic violence head on with beautiful writing and two amazing voices. Twin girls, one beautiful,... Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
This month's 'featured books'
Books of the Month
The Heroes Joe Abercrombie
May 2012 Book of the Month.
Why do people fight pointless wars and what does it take to be called a Hero? If you are a lover of action fantasy novels then the... Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
Summer and the City Candace Bushnell
May 2012 New Gen Book of the Month.
Meet teenage Carrie Bradshaw as she hits the bright lights, big city of New York for the very first time! Find out how Carrie transforms... Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
Rome : The Coming of the King M. C. Scott
The second in an excellent Roman historical series following the adventures of the very real Sebastos Pantera, who in AD 65 was Emperor Nero's most trusted and most effective spy. These books are meticulously researched and bring to life the... Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2012
Dead Scared S. J. Bolton
May 2012 Book of the Month.
Good grief! – talk about tense (practically unbearable towards the end of this book). S.J. Bolton has again delivered a cracking, addictive thriller. This one is set... Format: Hardback - Released: 26/04/2012
This month's 'featured books'
The School of Life
How to Think More About Sex Alain de Botton, School of Life
The title may seem strange in our sex obsessed age but Alain de Botton is arguing that we don’t think too much about sex, we’re merely thinking about it in the wrong way. The author offers insights and ways to... Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
How to Worry Less About Money John Armstrong, School of Life
John Armstrong looks at our relationship with money, for most of us it’s too little, for a few it’s too much – but how much is enough, how do we relate to money, the spending and saving of it, can... Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
How to Stay Sane Philippa Perry, School of Life
Mental health is every bit as important as physical health and Philippa Perry explains the brain, how we organise our minds and the ways we can improve our mental agility and creativity but also help to deal with stress and... Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
How to Find Fulfilling Work Roman Krznaric, School of Life
How to know what you want to do, how to set about achieving your goal and how to sort out your need for certainty or money or is freedom of choice , with all the risks that involves, the most... Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
This month's 'featured books'
eBooks
Insurgent Veronica Roth
May 2012 New Gen Book of the Month.
This is heart-pounding dystopian fiction at its very best. Insurgent is the thrillingly dark sequel to the New York Times bestselling debut, Divergent. No... Format: Paperback - Released: 28/04/2012
The Hollow Man Oliver Harris
A Maxim Jakubowski Great Male Crime Sleuth.
Not just another London cop with a troubled morality, Belsey whose patch is the unlikely one of affluent Hampstead, is a man very much on the skids: dishonest as they come, crooked to... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
The Midnight Palace Carlos Ruiz Zafon
From the author of The Shadow of the Wind, the haunting story of a secret society and a labyrinthine railway station with a dark past. Written with a teenage audience in mind but enjoyable by all. Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
Her Giant Octopus Moment Kay Langdale
When a surrogate mother pretends the pregnancy has miscarried, and bears a daughter - to whom does the child belong? To her runaway birth mother, or her deceived father and his wife? Scout, born as a result of a surrogacy... Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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