Emily Coleman wakes up one day and simply disappears: she walks away from an apparently happy family with her husband and son, her lovely home and lovely life. But that seemingly happy life may not be all that it seems: Emily has a secret that no one has guessed. The story is told by mixing […]
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If you have read any of Marian Keyes’ earlier stories featuring the delightfully dysfunctional Walsh family, this will be the one you’ve been waiting for. The Walsh family first popped up in Watermelon, back in 1995. That novel topped bestseller lists everywhere and gave the world a taste of the brilliant writing style of Keyes
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There seems to be a bit of a trend for kick-ass Scandinavian thrillers of late. Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy has pushed the Nordic murder-mystery genre into the spotlight and those books have made a whole lot of readers sit up and take notice, but there are lots of other authors waving the Nordic flag. Mercy,
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This is the fourth volume in the bestselling “World According to Clarkson” series by Top Gear frontman Jeremy Clarkson. His columns are always full of strong opinions and a good dose of humorous observation about the absurdities of life and the awesomeness of horsepower and this collection is not going to disappoint. I’m a bit
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Now here’s what I like to see: a psychological thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat in anticipation. Nicci French is actually the pseudonym of Brit husband-and-wife thriller-writing team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French and I have to say, I suspect theirs is an interesting relationship, with them both having such dark
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Yes, this is it, the latest instalment in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series: part six of Douglas Adams’ trilogy in four parts. Sadly, Adams died before he was able to write the sixth book himself, although he once said he expected he would write a sixth because “five seems to be a wrong
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I really wanted to love this book but, sadly, it just didn’t do it for me. Promoted as the world’s first digi-novel, Level 26: Dark Origins is the first novel from the bloke who came up with the CSI stable of TV programmes, Anthony E Zuiker. The title comes from the premise that those who
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Two little boys are abducted from the streets of Glasgow and it seems that’s not all they have in common. They are also both children who have been neglected by those who should be caring for them, they almost seem unwanted. But there’s something else they also have in common. Something that Detective Inspector Colin
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