Lovereading Top 10

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A Game for All the Family A Game for All the Family Sophie Hannah January 2016 Book of the Month. Ticktock, ticktock, this is a psychological mystery that encourages reading well past bed time and keeps minds ticking over and searching for rational (and perhaps not so rational answers). A Game For All The Family ... Download free opening extract
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The Shadow Hour The Shadow Hour Kate Riordan Kate Riordan has written another heartfelt beautifully readable novel about two families, set in the dual time frames of 1878 and 1922. As a tragedy unfolds in front of our eyes in the prologue, captivating whispers of intrigue continue to ... Download free opening extract
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The Trouble with Goats and Sheep The Trouble with Goats and Sheep Joanna Cannon The title refers to a Bible quote and two 10-year old girls are greatly mystified as to its meaning and where to find God. They spend the hot summer of 1976 looking for answers. Set in a small town housing ... Download free opening extract
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Our Song Our Song Dani Atkins Quite simply stunning. From the moment I turned the first page, right through to the moment I finished and beyond, I have been transfixed by this beautiful yet heartrending novel. The first few pages set events in motion that will ... Download free opening extract
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We Are All Made of Stars We Are All Made of Stars Rowan Coleman One of our Books of the Year 2015. Beautifully thought-provoking and yet simply and effortlessly readable, this is an intimate compassionate dance with life, death and hope. Read the first letter, followed by the prologue and you think you know exactly ... Download free opening extract
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The Expatriates The Expatriates Janice Y. K. Lee January 2016 Book of the Month. A remarkably touching and quite quite beautiful read. Set in Hong Kong, the prologue is teeming with people making their way to this remarkable city. Margaret, Mercy and Hilary are three expatriate women learning to ... Download free opening extract
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The Girl in the Photograph The Girl in the Photograph Kate Riordan The suppression of women dominates this dual-time tale. Alice, a disgraced pregnant girl, is sent to the country by her mother in 1933. Fascinated by the history of the house she hides in she feels the presence of unhappy spirits. ... Download free opening extract
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Coffin Road Coffin Road Peter May January 2016 Book of the Month. A masterful tale from beginning to end, quite literally unputdownable.  If you are a fan of his terrific Lewis trilogy, then you’ll not be disappointed; if anything this is even better.  We are still in ... Download free opening extract
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Black Feathers Black Feathers Joseph D'Lacey A darkly rich and foreboding fantasy which hovers on the frightening edge of a believable future. Set in an alternate England, so very similar to our own, volume one of ‘The Black Dawn’ focuses on two teenagers in two different ... Download free opening extract
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Disclaimer Disclaimer Renee Knight When an intriguing novel appears on Catherine's bedside table, she curls up and begins to read. But as she turns the pages she is horrified to realize she is a key character, a main player. ... Download free opening extract