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This month's 'featured books'
Reader Reviewed Books
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…
Kill the Father Sandrone Dazieri
A huge, almost sprawling thriller awaits, yet one that is
ferocious, intense, and so, so readable. Set in Italy, Dante Torre
and Captain Columba…
The Party Elizabeth Day
The party is where it all unravels and where the dark secret
between rich, aristocratic Ben and poor, middle-class Martin is
exposed. We are kept…
Then She Was Gone Lisa Jewell
August 2017 Book of the Month THEN - She was fifteen, her mother's
golden girl. She had her whole life ahead of her. And then, in the
blink of…
The Ghost of Helen Addison Charles E. McGarry
A fascinating, charmingly descriptive murder mystery, where
disturbing elements of satanism, visions, and ghosts creep through
the story. Leo Moran,…
Where Dead Men Meet Mark Mills
Absolutely thrilling… this is a fast-paced, firecracker of a
read, set in Europe as the Second World War is brewing. Why is Luke
Hamilton,…
This month's 'featured books'
2017 CWA Daggers
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 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…
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 -…
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…
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…
Himself Jess Kidd
June 2017 Debut of the Month. Longlisted for the CWA John Creasey
(New Blood) Dagger 2017. Dublin-wise, orphaned young man goes in
search of his…
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 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 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 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…
The Island Victoria Hislop
A 2013 World Book Night selection. Winner of Newcomer of the Year
at the Galaxy British Book Awards 2007.Something a bit different, a
bit special.…
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…
This month's 'featured books'
Reading Groups
Under a Pole Star Stef Penney
Flora Mackie leads a remarkable life. Daughter of a whaling
captain, with her mother dead, she spent many of her teenage years
sailing with him…
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 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…
Cartes Postales from Greece Victoria Hislop
Three years ago Cardiff born Ellie moved into a small block of
twelve flats in Kensal Rise, London. Her life is dull. She does
tele-ad…
The Party Elizabeth Day
The party is where it all unravels and where the dark secret
between rich, aristocratic Ben and poor, middle-class Martin is
exposed. We are kept…
Read the opening extract of the brand new Alexander McCall Smith book before its publication on 03/08/2017
Borne
