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This month's 'featured books'
Mystery - Thriller |
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Relics of the Dead
Ariana Franklin
March 2010 Book of the Month.
This is the third in a seriously good medical crime series starring a feisty heroine, anatomist Adelia Aguilar. The first (a must read), Mistress of the...
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Land of Ghosts
E V Seymour
March 2010 Book of the Month.
Paul Tallis returns this time to bring back an old friend it is feared has turned rogue agent. However, things are never that straight forward for Tallis...
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The Warning Bell
Tom Macaulay
A story of espionage, secrets, murder and danger as a son attempts to uncover his father’s wartime past in a small village in Brittany. A cracking thriller, with a historical flavour. Very good.
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The Edge
Chris Simms
Simms plunges DI Jon Spicer in to his most personal case. When his brother is brutally murdered Spicer finds his investigations lead him to a tight knit Peak District community who seem to have plenty to hide. Simms is definitely...
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This month's 'featured books'
Literary / Contemporary |
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The Suicide Club
Rhys Thomas
March 2010 Debut of the Month.
My favourite first novel of the month. A raw, compelling slice of teenage angst taken to the limits. It tells of the ‘new boy’ influencing a bunch...
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Black Rock
Amanda Smyth
March 2010 Debut of the Month.
As colourful as the country of which she writes, Trinidad and Tobago; as lusty as her protagonist, Celia, a girl who cannot see how she attracts men...
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The Solitude of Prime Numbers
Paolo Giordano
A bestseller in Italy this book won the Italian equivalent of the Man Booker Prize and it is easy to see why. Beautiful prose and a haunting story about loss, love, growing up and finding yourself, make for a mesmerising...
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This month's 'featured books'
Debut Books |
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No and Me
Delphine de Vigan
March 2010 'new gen' Debut of the Month title.
Deeply moving, this is the touching story of two teenagers from very
different backgrounds whose friendship raises huge questions about what
concepts of home and family...
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The Suicide Club
Rhys Thomas
March 2010 Debut of the Month.
My favourite first novel of the month. A raw, compelling slice of teenage angst taken to the limits. It tells of the ‘new boy’ influencing a bunch...
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Black Rock
Amanda Smyth
March 2010 Debut of the Month.
As colourful as the country of which she writes, Trinidad and Tobago; as lusty as her protagonist, Celia, a girl who cannot see how she attracts men...
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This month's 'featured books'
Biography / Autobiography |
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Why Not Me? A Story of Love and Loss
Barbara Want
March 2010 Editor's Choice.
An incredibly moving account of a widow’s grief, this does not make for comfortable reading all of the time but it is a raw and honest account of the various stages that grief takes on and how...
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This month's 'featured books'
Guest Editor - Susan Fletcher |
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Corrag
Susan Fletcher
April 2010 Good Housekeeping selection.
A sweeping historical drama based around the massacre of the MacDonald clan in 1692 and told from the perspective of a young girl, now imprisoned, accused of being a witch. Rich in historical detail and wonderfully...
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Oystercatchers
Susan Fletcher
From the winner of the 2004 Whitbread First novel award comes a beautifully written novel about love, about trust, loss and loneliness with a profound darkness at its core. The story unfolds at the bedside of a girl in a...
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Eve Green
Susan Fletcher
Reviewed on Richard and Judy on 6th July 2005 and voted most enjoyable book by viewers.This was, in my mind, the surprise winner of the Whitbread First Novel award. I had got my money on Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan...
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Jamaica Inn
Daphne du Maurier
After the death of her mother, Mary Yellan goes to live with her Aunt Patience and Uncle Joss Merlyn at Jamaica Inn on Bodmin Moor. The isolation and wildness of the moor are so intertwined with the plotlines of fear,...
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This month's 'featured books'
Author of the Month - Lisa Gardner |
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The Neighbour
Lisa Gardner
A riveting book that I found hard to put down. A young mother disappears in a novel that explores how physical and sexual abuse can have a devastating effect on future relationships and how we protect ourselves from past memories....
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Say Goodbye
Lisa Gardner
This American crime novelist is top notch. Tension ratchets up wickedly, it’s hair-tingling stuff and compulsive, addictive, inventive, surprising and very clever. It’s not a book to be missed. However, if you’re arachnophobic then don’t read it.
Comparison: Tami...
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Lisa Gardner
I have been reading this American thriller writer for some years, watching her books get better and better and knowing that a truly excellent one would come … well, here it is, her best yet. A mass grave of six...
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Gone
Lisa Gardner
A gripping read which keeps you guessing for most of the book. It is the story of a hunt for a missing woman and child, with red-herrings galore. Pierce Quincy, a retired FBI profiler and who has featured in previous...
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This month's 'featured books'
'new gen' fiction for teens |
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Pretty Bad Things
C.J. Skuse
March 2010 'new gen' Book of the Month title.
Although not the target audience for this debut novel, Pretty Bad Things arrived on my desk at about the time the Catcher in...
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The Immortals - Evermore
Alyson Noel
The first in a powerful new series, this is a spellbinding love story fuelled by overwhelming supernatural powers and the conflicting forces of good and evil. The sole survivor of a car crash in which her parents, younger sister and...
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Drawing with Light
Julia Green
March 2010 'new gen' Book of the Month title.
A touching and tender teenage novel of love and exploration this tells how sixteen-year-old Emily finds first love and also begins an important search...
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Lex Trent Versus the Gods
Alex Bell
A new and highly original series starring the morally dubious Lex Trent. Studying law by day and active cat burglar by night Lex needs excitement and is now about to get a lot more than he wished for. This is...
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This month's 'featured books'
Books of the Month |
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The Immortals - Blue Moon
Alyson Noel
March 2010 'new gen' Book of the Month title.
A second story about Ever, a girl whose special powers mean she can read auras. Still in love with Damen, despite the confusion around...
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City-Pick: Dublin
March 2010 Book of the Month.
Get a feel for Dublin with this wonderful book full of short pieces and extracts about one of the best cities in the world. Whether you are...
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Land of Ghosts
E V Seymour
March 2010 Book of the Month.
Paul Tallis returns this time to bring back an old friend it is feared has turned rogue agent. However, things are never that straight forward for Tallis...
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The Facts of Life
Joanna Nadin
March 2010 'new gen' Book of the Month title.
In this, another brilliant installment of Rachel Riley’s hilarious diaries, join her in her no-nonsense, fact-based approach to life. Just when she thought she...
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