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Testimony Testimony Anita Shreve     October 2008 Book of the Month.    A sex scandal rocks the sheltered world of a private Vermont school, affecting students, parents and teachers alike. The story moves quickly as Shreve switches the narrative from one character to the next allowing the ... Download free opening extract
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Heart and Soul Heart and Soul Maeve Binchy The brand new novel from Maeve Binchy is another tale of family and relationship dramas. The story centres round Clara Casey, who is finding her two grown daughters more of a handful now than when they were teenagers. Not only ... Download free opening extract
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The Almost Moon The Almost Moon Alice Sebold Alice Sebold’s second novel is as moving and beautifully written as her first,The Lovely Bones. She takes some very sad and disturbing subject matter and writes about it in a way that completely captivates the reader. This is a story of mental illness ... Download free opening extract
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A Season of Leaves A Season of Leaves Catherine Law      October 2008 Debut of the Month.   This is a lovely debut novel, truly romantic and irresistible once you have started it . Be prepared to sit and read this in one long romance filled afternoon as you get caught up in ... Download free opening extract
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Life's Too Short to Frost a Cupcake Life's Too Short to Frost a Cupcake Rosie Wilde A great, laugh out loud, romantic comedy. Alice is a PA at a music company who is offered the opportunity of a lifetime to go and work in America from the New York office. What this actually means is she ... Download free opening extract
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People of the Book People of the Book Geraldine Brooks   October 2008 Book of the Month.      A book you can’t rush but must sit back and become totally absorbed in. Convoluted with fascinating detail and full of short mysteries, almost like a series of linking short stories, it all hangs round ... Download free opening extract
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Ultimate Burlesque Ultimate Burlesque October is Cancer Awareness Month and Accent Press have produced a collection of erotic short stories, revolving around the world of burlesque, with money from the sales of the books going to Cancer Awareness Charities. So maybe indulge your naughty ... Download free opening extract
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A Fraction of the Whole A Fraction of the Whole Steve Toltz Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2008      One of two debut novels in the 2008 Man Booker shortlist and it certainly deserves the recognition. Great characterisation, plot and observations on a disjointed family. ... Download free opening extract
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Ex-Girlfriends United Ex-Girlfriends United Matt Dunn A highly amusing page-turning tale of a serial womaniser mystified as to how he is suddenly girlfriendless. His best friend discovers that some 47 of his exes are slating him on a mysterious website! Time to seek them ... Download free opening extract
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A Killing Frost A Killing Frost R D Wingfield Despite being frequently on and off the television, we haven’t actually had a new book about DI Jack Frost for a surprising eight years. The books are darker than the TV series and more violent, probably some of the ... Download free opening extract