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The secret intensity of everyday life...............William Nicholson
Laura is content enough with her marriage and her children and her part-time-job - until a long-ago lover comes back into her life. Suddenly she remembers how once her life was passionate, and realises how the excitement has faded.
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The cradle………………………….Patrick Somerville
The story of one man's journey into the heart of marriage, parenthood, and what it means to be a family.
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The apple of her eye………………………….Greta Mulrooney
After her father’s death, 13-year-old Martina is relieved when her grandfather invites her to stay with him for the summer. Martina’s naivety doesn’t prepare her for this new world which leads to a tragic end.
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Underwater………………………….Elizabeth Diamond
As Jane digs further into her brother's disappearance, she realizes she must untangle the web of lies from which she has woven her life and confront the devastating truth about her family.
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Shadow child………………………….Libby Purves
There is no right way to deal with the loss of a son. Marion & Tom are doing their best, but their own relationship is taking a battering. So when a strange woman turns up & demands to see the dead boy, Marion is almost glad of the distraction. Against Tom's wishes, she determines to find out more about her son's life away from home.
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The colour of lightning………………………….Paulette jiles
The story of two different families, headed by a former slave and by a Quaker, who settle in Texas during the Civil War.
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Security………………………….Stephen Amidon
Edward finds himself convinced by Mary Steckl's story that she was sexually assaulted at wealthy Doyle Cutler's house, though the rest of the town doubts her. As he pursues his investigations, much is uncovered that many in the town would prefer to remain hidden...
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The twisted heart………………………….Rebecca Gowers
Kit, a work-obsessed literature student, decides to go to a dance class. For a while it looks like Joe, the shadowy figure she meets there, may tempt her to put her books aside & live a little. But as Joe's world becomes increasingly threatening & Kit's research leads her to stumble on a historical mystery, she is faced with a choice
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Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror |
The keeper………………………….Natasha Mostert
Mia Lockhart has a secret. Her mother was a keeper, as was her grandmother - women who were warriors, healers and protectors.
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Shadow of the scorpion………………………….Neal Asher
Raised to adulthood during the end of the war between the human Polity and a vicious alien race, the Prador, Ian Cormac is haunted by childhood memories of a sinister scorpion-shaped war drone and the burden of losses he doesn't remember.
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Canticle………………………….R.A. Salvatore
Book 1 “The Cleric Quintet”
A young priest of an obscure god has come to the Edificant Library, high in the Snowflake Mountains, and though he's only come to study in peace, an ancient curse haunts its halls, and threatens to consume the young cleric's very soul.
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Historical Fiction |
The sting of justice………………………….Cora Harrison
The autumn has come to the Burren, it's a time of harvest: of gathering for the winter to come. The end of summer for most and the end of life for others. When Mara attends the funeral of a local priest of the Burren, the last thing she expects is another corpse to be found on the church steps - a man stung to death by bees
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The white queen………………………….Philippa Gregory
Set amid the tumult and intrigue of the War of the Roses Philippa Gregory brings this extraordinary family drama to vivid life through its women - beginning with Elizabeth Woodville, the White Queen.
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The sound of building coffins………………………….Louis Maistros
It is 1891 and young Typhus Morningstar cannot know that events are unfolding that will change his life forever - events that were set in motion by a Vodou curse gone wrong, forty years before he was born.
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A vein of deceit………………………….Susanna Gregory
There is something very amiss in the finances of Michaelhouse. Despite a new influx of well-heeled students, there is an acute lack of funds for the upkeep of the buildings, even for decent provisions. It is only when the Brother in charge of the account books dies unexpectedly that some sort of explanation is revealed
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The counterfeit guest………………………….Rose Melikan
Mary's restless spirit leads her to a meeting with an elusive spymaster, who offers her an intriguing proposal. But when she arrives at the exotic Champian Hall, determined to uncover its dark secrets, the hunter soon becomes the hunted...
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The sealed letter………………………….Emma Donoghue
Based on a scandalous divorce case that gripped England in 1864, The Sealed Letter is a provocative drama of friends, lovers, and divorce, Victorian style.
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A fraudulent betrothal………………………….Natasha Andersen
When her sister takes the proffered chance of a London season under the aegis of their aunt, Clarissa fears her only chance of marriage may come with the local clergyman. Then, when her twin twin suddenly disappears, she steps into the breach and impersonates her in an attempt to placate society and discover her sister's whereabouts
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Thrillers and
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Brodeck’s report………………………….Phillippe Claudel
Brodeck is instructed to write an account of the events leading up to a stranger's death, but his report delivers much more than the bare facts: it becomes the story of a life and a village coming to terms with the legacy of occupation by enemy forces.
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Murder in the Latin Quarter………………..Cara Black
Aimee embraces her new-found sibling but soon finds herself involved in murky Haitian politics and international financial scandals leading to murder.
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A beautiful place to die……………………………..Malla Nunn
When Captain Willem Pretorius, and Afrikaner police officer, is brutally murdered in the tiny backwater of Jacob's Rest Detective Emmanuel Cooper is sent to track the killer. While Cooper navigates his way through the towns labyrinthine partitions of race and class, his position becomes more dangerous and his life is put at risk as he confronts the ever harsher realities of South Africa under the new apartheid regime.
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The dead of winter…………………………….Rennie Airth
During a blackout on the streets of London on a freezing evening in late 1944, a young Polish land girl, Rosa Nowak, is suddenly and brutally killed. For police this is a shocking and seemingly random crime. No one can find any reason why someone would want to murder an innocent refugee
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Dark times in the city…………………..Gene Kerrigan
Danny Callaghan is having a quiet drink in a Dublin pub when two men walk in with guns. They're here to take care of a minor problem petty criminal Walter Bennett. On impulse, Danny intervenes to save Walters life. Soon, his own survival is in question
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Sworn to silence………………………….Linda Castillo
Kate’s Amish background makes her the perfect choice for Chief of Police in the town of Painters Mill. Then the body of a young woman is found with numerals carved into her abdomen.
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Death and the running patterer………………………….Robin Adair
Nicodemus Dunne hawks news on the dusty streets of Sydney in 1828. Only he has the detective skills to track down a ritual killer.
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The zero option………………………….David Rollins
A desperate chase across the Siberian snows to uncover the facts of a missing Korean Airlines flight 30 years before.
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Like clockwork………………………….Margie Orford
When a beautiful young woman is murdered in Cape Town, Dr Clare Hart is drawn into the web of a brutal serial killer.
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Romance and Sagas |
The heart of the family…………………Annie Groves
From hardship and heartbreak, surviving the toughest of times, the Campions know they can make it through if they have one another.
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The summer house………………..Mary Nichols
1918. Young Lady Helen Barstairs, the dutiful daughter of Lord Hardingham, believes everything her mother and father tell her. So when her parents say she will never find a better husband than Richard, she believes them, and agrees to marry him before his return to the Front.
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Lily’s journey……………………..Tania Crosse
When 15-year-old Lily Hayes loses her mother, she is sent from London to live with her estranged father in the wilds of Dartmoor. In a remote cottage, Lily struggles to adjust to her new life with the dour Sidney Latham. But as his gruff manner slowly thaws, Lily learns some of the secrets of her family's past.
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Should I forget you…………………..Jeanne Whitmee
Kathleen Brady is evacuated during WW2 and separated from her two stepbrothers and mother. She lives on Magpie Farm with the Spicer family and falls in love with the enchanting Chris. However Kathleen is embarrassed about her background and invents a much grander lifestyle in London than she actually has
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Dead reckoning………………….Claire Lorrimer
Three friends, Althea Lewis, Phoebe Denton and Cressida Cruse have been friends since schooldays. Cressida had been to art college and emerged a promising young artist who soon started to make a name for herself. Fiercely independent, she never married
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Path to the lake……………………………Susan Sallis
Viv's marriage to David was not a conventional one, but when he died in an accident for which she blamed herself it was as if her whole world had collapsed around her. But through the misery she makes some unexpected friends - a couple in the village whose family need her as much as she needs them.
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Chicklit and Romantic Comedy |
The accidental father……………………Greg Williams
Alex's world changes. A solicitor tells him that he's been left something in an ex-girlfriend's will - a daughter.
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Friends, lovers and other indiscretions…………………Fiona Neill
Determined to reunite his group of friends, Jonathan brings everyone together for a holiday to celebrate his fortieth birthday. But six friends, two decades of tangled fortunes and a complicated secret from the past make for an explosive week...
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Wives v girlfriends……………………..Katie Agnew
A story about husbands and lovers, friends and enemies. It's about working out what it takes to be happy, and how far you'll go to get it.
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Letters to a love rat………………………..Niamh Greene
A hilarious tale of heartbreak and heartache as three women try to put one particular not-so-Mr-Charming behind them...
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Christian Fiction |
The secret…………………….Beverly Lewis
In one startling moment, the quiet life Grace has known is irrevocable altered, leaving her to question all she has been taught about love, family, and commitment.
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She’s in a better place…………………….Angela Hunt
Jennifer is longing for stability in her life but she soon discovers that life isn’t stagnant; it’s always changing. Once again, the mortuary is a setting for lessons of laughter, love and life.
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Take one……………………………….Karen Kinsbury
Two unknown producers struggle to fulfill their dreams to change lives through the power of film. With millions of investors' dollars on the line, everything starts to fall apart and they realize they may be in over their heads. Is it possible to beat the odds and make a movie unlike anything ever done before? Or, will they lose everything in the process?
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| Other Cultures |
The hippo pool……………………………W.V. Squair
Three brothers have spent their childhood in a rural village in central Africa. But now their father has fallen ill and nothing will ever be the same again. The brothers' lives are about to take vastly different paths.
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Born under a million shadows……………………Andrea Busfield
Fighting for love in the shadow of the Taliban.
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An elegy for Easterly………………………Petina Gappah
In her spirited debut collection the author brings us the resilience and inventiveness of the people who struggle to live under Robert Mugabe’s regime.
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The case of the missing servant: from the files of Vish Puri, India’s ‘most private investigator’…………………………Tarquin Hall
When an honest public litigator is accused of murdering his maidservant, it takes all of Vish Puri's resources to investigate. How will he trace the fate of the girl, known only as Mary, in a population of more than one billion?
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