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April
Sushi for beginners by Marian Keyes
Who will have the nervous breakdown? Will it be Clodagh who awaits her beautiful husband's homecoming, or Lisa, hard and brittle and recently demoted? Or perhaps it will be Ashling who is so normal that she is actually weird.
Midnight by Josephine Cox
Molly & Jack are in love but their relationship is being torn apart by Jack's nightmares. Realising that Jack is being driven close to the edge, Molly urges him to seek help, & with their relationship faltering, Jack decides to hunt for answers. His search takes him back to the place he grew up, & there he must trace people from his past.
Twisted by Jeffrey Deaver
This is a collection of short stories that is instantly gripping and impossible to put down, taking your breath away time and time again. Nothing is as it seems in the twisted world of Jeffery Deaver.
A blind man's war by David Fiddimore
Charlie Bassett thought he was done with a military life, but a soldier is always a soldier, and now he must fight one last battle. A ticking bomb, a band of notorious terrorists, and a price on his head: Charlie is back on the front line, and this time his foes are not only his country's enemies, but the ghosts of his own past.
To touch the stars by Jessica Ruston
Renowned for style, glamour and sophistication, Cavalley's creates the most luxurious millinery in the world. Talented and beautiful, Violet Cavalley has poured her heart and soul into building her multi-million-pound business and raising her three adored children. But behind the Cavalley family's gilded facade lies a streak of darkness.
Denial by Coleen Nolan
The 'Girl Talk' presenters are out of work and out for revenge on the man who destroyed their careers. So when James Almond, the ruthless controller of Channel 6, is murdered, suspicion falls on all five women. As the girls battle to get back on TV, sort out their tangled love lives and avoid arrest, the body count starts to rise.
March
Shatter the bones by Stuart McBride
Alison and Jenny McGregor - Aberdeen's own mother-daughter singing sensation - are through to the semi-finals of TV smash-hit 'Britain's Next Big Star'. They're in all the gossip magazines, they've got millions of YouTube hits, everyone loves them. But their reality-TV dream has turned into a real-life nightmare!
The sacred vault by Andy McDermott
In Andy McDermott's sixth novel, Nina and Eddie must search the globe for the legendary Vault of Shiva, the resting place of the ancient Hindu god of death and destruction.
Pieces of my heart by Sinead Moriarty
Ava is juggling a life that seems to have too many pieces. She is trying to do the best by her family, but feels like she's running on empty. But when a crisis threatens everything she holds dear, she realizes she has to dig deeper than ever before and figure out a way to hold on to the pieces of her heart.
A woman of secrets by Amelia Carr
Police diver Martha makes an incredible discovery in a local lake of a package containing a series of lost mementoes which reveal a story of intrigue, betrayal and heartbreak.
Think of a number by John Verdon
When Dave Gurney, retired NYPD homicide detective, is contacted by an old college acquaintance about some startling letters he's been receiving, it is at first little more than a diverting but sinister puzzle. Then the acquaintance is killed. Gurney finds himself in the midst of a murder investigation that makes no sense.
Dark origins by Anthony E. Zuiker
After a period of calm, psychopath, Sqweegel is making himself known again, and this time his victim has connections to the very highest corridors of power. With the special agents' jobs on the line, the call goes out: find Steve Dark and bring him back into the fold. It may be their only chance.
February
Hell's Corner by David Baldacci
On the night of the state dinner honouring the British prime minister, Oliver Stone witnesses an explosion as the motorcade leaves the White House. It appears to be a terrorist plot aimed at the president and the prime minister. MI6 agent Mary Chapman is sent to assist the American authorities with their investigation.
Forsaken by Rosie Goodwin
Sophie Winters has always been a loving and giving child, who'd do anything for her family. Yet her father, Bill, has always seemed to resent her. For her mother's sake, Sophie learns to live with Bill's animosity, until the night he returns home drunk and forces himself upon her. She is left pregnant and ashamed at 17.
The poison tree by Erin Kelly
It is the sweltering summer of 1997, & Karen is a strait-laced, straight-A university student. When she meets the impossibly glamorous Biba, a bohemian orphan who lives in a crumbling old mansion in Highgate with her enigmatic brother Rex, she is soon drawn into their world - but something terrible is about to happen.
Even the dogs by Jon Mcgregor
On a still, freezing day between Christmas and New Year, a man's body is found lying in his ruined flat. In the days that follow, those who knew him recreate his neglected life and look on as his body is examined, investigated and cremated. And as they watch, their own stories unfurl layer by layer.
2nd chance by James Patterson
Detective Lindsay Boxer knows she has to reconvene the Women's Murder Club when a little girl is murdered on the steps of a San Francisco church. Boxer and her friends think a cop may be the killer but nothing can prepare them for the killer's reasoning.
A village deception by Rebecca Shaw
When Harry Dickenson arrives in Turnham Malpas the warm welcome he receives convinces him to stay. Handsome and charming, Harry quickly earns his place in rural life. But despite his outward friendliness, Harry is a troubled man, hiding memories of a tragic past from which he is desperate to escape.
The Breaker by Minette Walters
Twelve hours after a women's broken body is washed up on shore, her traumatised 3-year old daughter is discovered 20 miles away, alone & abandoned. Police suspicion falls on an actor whose boat is moored yards from the toddler & the victim's husband.
Last reprint: 02/05/2008
January
Walking back to happiness by Lucy Dillon
Juliet had just moved into her dream home when things started going wrong. First with the house itself, then, putting everything else into perspective, her husband Ben's diagnosis. Now he's gone, leaving Juliet with just a big cold house and an elderly labrador for company.
Borrowed light by Graham Hurley
A car accident during a holiday in the Middle East lands Faraday in a hospital packed with the maimed from Gaza, where he embarks on a wild scheme to adopt a horribly burned Palestinian girl.
Funeral games by Christian Cameron
Satyrus & Melitta, twin heirs to a rich kingdom on the Black Sea, become desperate fugitives following an act of savage betrayal. Accompanied by their tutor, the Spartan Philokles, they must make a perilous journey west, pursued by ruthless assassins.
Magnificent bastards by Rich Hall
Comic genius Rich Hall introduces a series of magnificent bastards and lost souls in this hilarious collection of tall tales. Meet the man who vacuums bewildered prairie dogs out to their burrows; a frustrated werewolf who roams the streets of Soho getting mistaken for Brian Blessed; and a smug carbon-neutral eco-couple.
Close to home by Pamela Evans
In 1950s London, Ellie Hall's life seems complete when she and her husband are blessed with a daughter. Her world is shattered when a car accident leaves her husband brain-damaged and she has to learn to live without him.
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