Book of the month

Book of the month

Noir Book of the Month – March 2019

Published on Sun, 2019-03-03 15:05
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The long-awaited return of Kent Anderson, with ”the best of what crime fiction can do” (Michael Connelly). A raw, unflinching novel about America's divided cities and one man's divided soul. ”Tells the unvarnished truth about what it is to be a cop in modern day America. I can give a suspense novel no higher compliment” (James Patterson)

General Fiction Book of the Month – March 2019

Published on Sun, 2019-03-03 15:00
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A dark comedy of female rage and a biting satire of the false promise of reinvention. ”The New Me is a bouncy, profane, highly addictive novel about work, female friendship, and other alienations. Halle Butler's insane talent shimmers on every page of this deadpan misanthrope's ode. A must-read!” – Claire Vaye Watkins

Mystery Book of the Month – February 2019

Published on Wed, 2019-02-13 23:53
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A masterful Gothic mystery full of unsettling twists, riveting turns and characters that would make Dickens jealous. An intriguing murder mystery and a complex portrait of a man isolated by his awareness of who he truly is. The first in a brand new series set in Victorian London.

General Fiction Book of the Month – February 2019

Published on Wed, 2019-02-13 23:28
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A captivating, magical and haunting debut novel of breathtaking imagination, from the winner of the 2014 Costa Short Story Award. The remote island village of Neverness is a world far from our time and place. The air hangs rich with the coconut-scent of gorse and the salty bite of the sea. Harsh winds scour the rocky coastline.

Mystery Book of the Month – January 2019

Published on Thu, 2019-01-17 19:04
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‘To Mr Thomas Combe my sword.’  These six words in Shakespeare’s will tell us that Shakespeare had a sword. Did he wear it?  Did he use it?  What sort was it?  When and why did he get it?  What happened to it?  Might it – does it – still exist?  

General Fiction Book of the Month – January 2019

Published on Thu, 2019-01-17 19:02
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A stirring love story with a profoundly insightful look into the hearts and minds of three people who are at once bound and separated by forces beyond their control. An American Marriage is a masterpiece of storytelling, an intimate look deep into the souls of people who must reckon with the past while moving forward – with hope and pain – into the future.

Mystery Book of the Month – December 2018

Published on Mon, 2018-12-03 21:00
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1666. London has been destroyed by fire and its citizens are looking for somebody, preferably foreign, to blame. Only the royal Court, with its strong Catholic sympathies, is trying to dampen down the post-conflaguration hysteria. Then, inconveniently, a Frenchman admits to having started it together with an accomplice, whom he says he has subsequently killed.

General Fiction Book of the Month – December 2018

Published on Mon, 2018-12-03 20:41
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A beautifully moving tale of loss and reaching out to the ones we love, of one man’s journey to discover what really matters in modern life. A million-copy bestseller, a poignant and thought-provoking Japanese tale that asks what it really is that makes life worth living.

Noir Book of the Month – October 2018

Published on Fri, 2018-10-12 12:22
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In the vein of Daniel Woodrell’s Winter’s Bone and the works of Ron Rash, Desperation Road is set in a rough-and-tumble Mississippi town where drugs, whiskey, guns, and the desire for revenge violently intersect. Longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award 2017 and highly praised by readers and reviewers alike.

General Fiction Book of the Month – October 2018

Published on Fri, 2018-10-12 12:18
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The story of a woman who becomes obsessed with the fox who visits her garden in a story that toys with the real and the imagined. ”An intriguing and subversive debut, charged with the power of the ignored and the suppressed.” –  Hilary Mantel
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