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New Releases
Deliver us from Evil by David Baldacci
In this follow up to The Whole Truth, two spooks chase a Ukrainian mass killer through France and Canada.
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The Judas Gate by Jack Higgins
Sean Dillon is back, this time in a race against time to hunt down the mastermind of an atrocity against British and American troops in Afghanistan. Is it al Qaeda or are the English and Irish also implicated? A fast-moving tale of intrigue and suspense by one of our most popular authors.
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Time's Legacy by Barbara Erskine
Haunting and atmospheric novel set in Glastonbury. Barbara Erskine has been described by author Frank Delaney as 'Stephen King meets Ruth Rendell'.
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The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Hero Harrison Shepherd grows up in Mexico, later moving to the USA and records his thoughts and experiences in his journal. With a mixture of fictional and real life characters and covering subjects such as the McCarthy communist witchhunts and the exile and death of Leon Trotsky, this long and fascinating book won this year’s Orange Prize for Fiction.
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The Woodcutter by Reginald Hill
A former woodcutter's son becomes a rich and successful tycoon, only to fall from grace and finish up in jail.Once released on parole, he holes up in a Cumbrian cottage where he sets about turning the tables on his ex-wife, ex-lawyer, ex-friend - and the cop in charge of the investigation which lead to his downfall.
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Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson
It was a day like any other for security chief Tracy Waterhouse, until she makes a purchase she hadn’t bargained for. One moment of madness is all it takes for Tracy’s humdrum life to be turned upside down, the tedium of everyday life replaced by fear and danger at every turn. The fourth in the popular Jackson Brodie series sees Atkinson at the top of her game.
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Hearts and Minds by Amanda Craig
Hidden by London’s wealth, energy and need for cheap labour, the city’s immigrant population is powerless, despised and often illegal. So when a young woman’s body is discovered on Hampstead Heath one cold morning, she could be anyone...... Written with passion and moral outrage, Craig’s novel uncovers the plight of London’s migrant workers and sink-school pupils. Critics have compared her to Dickens in her sense of scale and social conscience.
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