Lovereading Top 10

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 The Missing The Missing C. L. Taylor April 2016 Book of the Month. An intriguing and stirring tale, overflowing with family drama. Claire tells her story, which is set six months after her son Billy went missing. Claire’s thoughts begin to fracture as she slowly uncovers secrets held ... Download free opening extract
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 Fool Me Once Fool Me Once Harlan Coben April 2016 Book of the Month. An outrageously stunning read, that takes a tight hold from the outset and continues to squeeze until the shockingly intense end. Maya, a former Army Captain, finds herself caught up in a nightmare scenario after ... Download free opening extract
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 The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper Phaedra Patrick April 2016 Debut of the Month. Gosh, this is an absolute treasure of a debut… and it’s full of delightful, delicious quirkiness. 69 year old widower Arthur sets out to find the truth behind a charm bracelet he discovers when sorting ... Download free opening extract
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 Dear World, How Are You? Dear World, How Are You? Toby Little April 2016 Non-Fiction Book of the Month. Gorgeous, fascinating and heartwarming, this is a book to put a smile on your face. In 2013, aged five and a half, Toby decided to write a letter to someone in every single country ... Download free opening extract
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 Birdsong Birdsong Sebastian Faulks Editor's Comments: Since its publication in 1993 Birdsong has established itself as one of the most important novels of recent years. A novel that brings alive the horrors of war and the redemptive power of love there are few books that ... Download free opening extract
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 That Girl from Nowhere That Girl from Nowhere Dorothy Koomson April 2016 Book of the Month. What a terrific and powerful book, I reckon it is her best yet.  It covers race, adoption, rejection and even murder (or does it?).  Our hero, Smithy, a black girl, white adopted parents, white long-term ... Download free opening extract
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 Hunting the Eagles Eagles of Rome Hunting the Eagles Eagles of Rome Ben Kane April 2016 Book of the Month. A truly wonderful and ferocious slice of historical fiction, this is the second in the ‘Eagles of Rome’ series and takes place from AD 12. I really do recommend starting this reading adventure with ‘Eagles ... Download free opening extract
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 When She Was Bad When She Was Bad Tammy Cohen A happy relaxed team in a recruitment office have a rude awakening when a new head of department is employed to improved their profitability. She certainly shakes them up, setting one against another, playing ruthless games and manipulating them mercilessly. ... Download free opening extract
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 The Girl on the Train The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins Shortlisted for the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award 2015. A Maxim Jakubowski selected title. 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 'hot' genre. ... Download free opening extract
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 The House of Fame The House of Fame Oliver Harris A Maxim Jakubowski selected title. Nick Belsey, from Hampstead CID, is a crooked cop, or at any rate a cop who bends the rules as far as they can be bent. Although, by hook or by crook, he normally does get ... Download free opening extract