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This month's 'featured books'
Reader Reviewed Books
The Music Shop Rachel Joyce
A heartrending love story. An ode to vinyl. A poignant evocation of
a community of shopkeepers in the late eighties. Like the music
beloved by its…
The Scattering Kimberly McCreight
In a nutshell: gripping adventure that keeps readers tense and
guessing As revealed in the first book in this spell-binding
series, Wylie is one of…
Best Laid Plans Kathy Lette
July 2017 Book of the Month. Gosh, what a funny, emotional, romp of
a story this is. Lucy begins her tale with the moment she gets
arrested for…
They All Fall Down Tammy Cohen
July 2017 Book of the Month. This smart, sharp psychological
page-turner will keep crime and thriller fans gripped for
‘just’ one more…
The Diabolic S. J. Kincaid
In a Nutshell: Intergalactic Identity Epic Action and intrigue
abound in this high-stakes, high-concept sci-fi thriller
from…
The Invitation Lucy Foley
A sophisticated, expressive, and emotional story set in the
glamorous Italian film promotion world of the 1950’s. Hal and
Stella meet at a…
This month's 'featured books'
2017 CWA Daggers
Distress Signals Catherine Ryan Howard
Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017. When
Adam's girlfriend fails to return from a business trip, he sets out
to find her -…
What You Don't Know JoAnn Chaney
Longlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017. Serial
killer novels come and go, mostly exploitative as well as
repetitive, but this…
Ragdoll Daniel Cole
Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017. A
simply sensational and thrilling debut! Met police detectives
William Oliver…
The Watcher Ross Armstrong
Longlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017. A
clever first novel with a sinister setting in London where blocks
of flats are being…
The Possessions Sara Flannery Murphy
Longlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017. At an
organization that allows the grief-stricken to reconnect with lost
loved ones, an…
Sirens Joseph Knox
Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017.
Justifiably already highly-praised, this debut by a young
Manchester author deserves…
This month's 'featured books'
If You Like...You'll Love
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir Jennifer Ryan
An engaging and charmingly bittersweet slice of fiction set during
the Second World War. In a Kent village during 1940, the vicar
closes the choir,…
The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins
In the footsteps of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl and S.J. Watson's
Before I Go to Sleep, the unreliable narrator domestic drama of
untruths is the new…
The Second Sister Claire Kendal
A sublimely intense, and heart-pumping psychological thriller. Ten
years on from the disappearance of her older sister, Ella begins to
uncover some…
The Difference a Day Makes Carole Matthews
A really lovely feel-good read about two professional townies,
William and Amy, who chuck it all in and decamp to Yorkshire with
their children.…
The Boneyard Mark Sennen
A hair-raising, chilling and thrilling tale, full of drama and
fast-paced action. A suspected serial killer arrives in the UK and
settles in Devon,…
The Postcard Fern Britton
Penny is a TV producer who, when filming in Cornwall, met and fell
in love with the local vicar. Now, five years and a small child
later, life…
This month's 'featured books'
Reading Groups
Borne Jeff VanderMeer
Finch, the last VanderMeer that I read, was referred to as
‘fungal noir’, a wonderful phrase. With that in mind
Borne could be…
The Party Elizabeth Day
July 2017 Book of the Month. The party is where it all unravels and
where the dark secret between rich, aristocratic Ben and poor,
middle-class…
Golden Hill Francis Spufford
Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize 2017. Inventively entertaining,
niftily plotted first novel set in New York during the
city’s…
The Music Shop
