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 The Neighbour The Neighbour Lisa Gardner A riveting book that I found hard to put down.  A young mother disappears in a novel that explores how physical and sexual abuse can have a devastating effect on future relationships and how we protect ourselves from past memories.  ... Download free opening extract
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 Relics of the Dead Relics of the Dead Ariana Franklin March 2010 Book of the Month. This is the third in a seriously good medical crime series starring a feisty heroine, anatomist Adelia Aguilar.  The first (a must read), Mistress of the Art of Death, won the Crime Writers’ Association’s Historical ... Download free opening extract
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 The Suicide Club The Suicide Club Rhys Thomas March 2010 Debut of the Month. My favourite first novel of the month.  A raw, compelling slice of teenage angst taken to the limits.  It tells of the ‘new boy’ influencing a bunch of misfits, loners, who need to belong and ... Download free opening extract
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 The Solitude of Prime Numbers The Solitude of Prime Numbers Paolo Giordano A bestseller in Italy this book won the Italian equivalent of the Man Booker Prize and it is easy to see why. Beautiful prose and a haunting story about loss, love, growing up and finding yourself, make for a mesmerising ... Download free opening extract
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 Skin and Bones Skin and Bones Tom Bale February 2010 Debut of the Month. With one of the best opening pages to a book you’ll ever read this electrifying debut thriller will leave you gasping for breath. Reminiscent to the writing of Harlan Coben but Tom Bale is British ... Download free opening extract
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 The Breaking of Eggs The Breaking of Eggs Jim Powell March 2010 Editor's Choice. An incredibly moving story of a man whose whole life is turned around as he finds everything he had always believed in crumbling around him. Funny, sad and thoroughly absorbing. Dear Reader,How often do you come across a ... Download free opening extract
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 Black Rock Black Rock Amanda Smyth March 2010 Debut of the Month. As colourful as the country of which she writes, Trinidad and Tobago; as lusty as her protagonist, Celia, a girl who cannot see how she attracts men and suffers for the sex appeal she exudes.  ... Download free opening extract
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 Wolf Hall Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel April 2010 Good Housekeeping selection. Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009. Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2009. Costa Book Awards 2009 Judges' comment: "One of the outstanding books of the year - historical fiction at its best." Featured on ... Download free opening extract
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 The Twenty - Year Itch The Twenty - Year Itch Linda Kelsey April 2010 Good Housekeeping selection. Linda Kelsey’s The Twenty-Year Itch sees uptight doctor Julie facing marital meltdown when her husband suddenly announces he is taking a grown-up gap year – by himself. An entertaining and sometimes moving insight into how challenging ... Download free opening extract
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 Passion Passion Louise Bagshawe Shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2010. August 2009 Book of the Month. After 13 top selling glitz and glamour novels, this talented author has changed tack and written an adventure yarn, a sort of James Bond for ... Download free opening extract