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Children's fantasy author Diana Wynne Jones was born in London in 1934. Charmed Life, the first book in the Chrestomanci series, won the 1977 Guardian Award for Children's Books and her work has been compared to J K Rowling's Harry Potter. Read books by Diana Wynne Jones
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This month's 'featured books'
Reader Reviewed Books
Rather be the Devil Ian Rankin
A truly fabulous blast of crime fiction. John Rebus continues to
ignore retirement, and an unsolved case haunts his thoughts as he
shoulders his way…
Persons Unknown Susie Steiner
July 2017 Book of the Month. Manon Bradshaw of Missing, Presumed is
back only she is now pregnant, attached to the Cambridgeshire
police but working…
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 Boy Who Saw Simon Toyne
July 2017 Book of the Month. Click here to view the page for the
KOBO edition of this book. In Solomon Creed we were introduced to a
mysterious…
The Other Twin L. V. Hay
July 2017 Debut of the Month. Slickly suspenseful Brighton-set
thriller in which the darkest recesses of human nature and social
media are exposed…
The Bone Field Simon Kernick
A series? By Simon Kernick? Yes please! Two faces, who were unknown
to each other in previous books, join forces in this powerful, fast
moving and…
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 -…
Good Me, Bad Me Ali Land
Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017. Ooh,
this truly is a fabulously captivating and unpredictable tale, and
it kept me…
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…
Ragdoll Daniel Cole
Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017. A
simply sensational and thrilling debut! Met police detectives
William Oliver…
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…
This month's 'featured books'
If You Like...You'll Love
The Good Assassin Paul Vidich
A Maxim Jakubowski selected title. Reluctant 1950s spy George
Mueller whom we first encountered in the impressive An Honorable
Man, is posted to…
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold John le Carre
In le Carre's breakthrough work of 1963, the spy story is reborn as
a gritty and terrible tale of men who are caught up in politics
beyond their…
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,…
Broken Heart Tim Weaver
A truly captivating and bold story that stings and provokes with
fierce intensity. David Raker is back in his seventh missing person
enquiry, a woman…
The Summer Before the War Helen Simonson
Despite the title – The Summer Before the War – which
this terrific novel does indeed trace, it also spills into the
horrors of the war…
The Keeper of Lost Things Ruth Hogan
Oh my, this is totally and completely gorgeous, in fact, an
absolute treasure! An author leaves all his worldly possessions,
and a hoard of lost…
This month's 'featured books'
Reading Groups
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 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…
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…
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