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|isbnauthor=B07X6GLQ3QMax Boucherat|title=See Them Run|author=Marion ToddThe Last Life of Lori Mills|rating=4.5|genre=CrimeConfident Readers|summary=D I Clare Mackay is still relatively new to St Andrew's: she was previously at Maryhill Rd station in Glasgow. She's left quite a lot behind including a relationship that wasn't going anywhere after Tom failed to support her when We meet Lori on the chips were down. She also left a nasty situation, of her own making but not her fault, and St Andrew's is a fresh start. Not long into the job first evening she's faced with a hit and run death and there's little doubt that it wasn't accidental - got the card with the number five suggests murder. Andy Robb was married house to Sandra. You could say that they had an open marriage but there seemed herself – no neighbour to be a lot of the 'open' and very little of the 'marriage' left - on both sides, but would she want him dead?}} {|class-"wikitable" cellpadding="15"<!-- Ben Brooks -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1786540991.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1786540991/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Impossible Boy by Ben Brooks]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] ''Oleg and Emma entered their den to find a cardboard spaceship standing where they usually sat. Slowly, the front door opened. Smoke billowed out. And out stepped a boy, dressed pop in a long coat with an even longer scarf, wound around his neck.''  ''"My name's Sebastian Colebabysitter poorly," the boy said, "But you already know that."'' And indeed they do. Ever since the summer, when their friend Sarah's mother had moved her away, Oleg and Emma have been unable to find a new friend to take her place. [[The Impossible Boy by Ben Brooks|Full Review]]<!-- Peter F Hamilton -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1447281357.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1447281357/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Salvation Lost by Peter F Hamilton]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]] In the twenty-third century, humanity is enjoying a comparative utopia. Yet life on Earth is about to change, forever. Feriton Kane's investigative team has discovered the worst threat ever to face mankind – and we've almost no time to fight back. The supposedly benign Olyix plan to harvest humanity, in order to carry us to their god at the end of the universe. And as their agents conclude schemes down on earth, vast warships converge above to gather this cargo. Some factions push for humanity to flee, to live in hiding amongst the stars – although only a chosen few would make it out in time. But others refuse to break before the storm. As disaster loomswork, animosities must be set aside to focus on just one goal: wiping this enemy from the face of creation. Even if it means preparing for a future this generation will never see. [[Salvation Lost by Peter F Hamilton|Full Review]] <!an avidly rule-- Caroline Scott -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1471186393.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1471186393/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Photographer of the Lost by Caroline Scott]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]]breaking eleven year old, [[:Category:Literary Fiction|Literary Fiction]] May 1921. Edie receives a photograph through the post. There is no letter or note with it. There is nothing written on the back of the photograph. It is a picture of her husband, Francislonesome. Francis has been missing for four years. What could possibly go wrong? TechnicallySnuggled in a blanket fort, he she has been "missingone main intention, believed killed" but and that is not something that a young widow can believe. She hangs to log on the word 'missing', disbelieving the word killed. [[Photographer of the Lost by Caroline Scott|Full Review]] |}{|class-"wikitable" cellpadding="15" =='''3 NOVEMBER'''== <!-- Eoin Colfer -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0008324859.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0008324859/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Fowl Twins by Eoin Colfer]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] Relax, everyone – our old friend Artemis may be off planet, but the baddies aren't getting away with skulduggery any time soon because they now have not one but two members of the Fowl family to contend with. Those cute little twins are now eleven (andVoxminer, frankly, cute no longer) and in this, their first independent adventure, they meet a troll and without even trying manage to make two deadly enemies: a nobleman obsessed with immortality whatever the cost (to other people), and an unusual interrogatorworld-nun. The boys are chasedbuilding, kidnapped, arrested and even killed (though not for long), all with the help of one trainee fairy. [[Fowl Twins by Eoin Colfer|Full Review]] |}{|classcritter-"wikitable" cellpadding="15"=='''7 NOVEMBER'''==<!-- Keret -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1609809319.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1609809319/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Long-Haired Cat-Boy Cub by Etgar Keret, Aviel Basil and Sondra Silverston (translator)]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] One day collecting game that is a boy is hit in the zoo with his father, when the man gets called away on urgent business. The boy isn't hustled into a cab and taken home first, though, no – heLori's given hot dog money, and taxi money, and told to just stick around on his own and enjoy himselfworld. Well, it's no surprise But first Lori has a tiny inkling that the orphan-for-an-afternoon sensation the lad feels this stormy night doesn't make him happyfind herself entirely on her own, and so he thinks of a species name for himself, and curls himself up into an empty cage, as if he were a new exhibit. And it's then the drama begins… [[Long-Haired Cat-Boy Cub by Etgar Keret, Aviel Basil and Sondra Silverston (translator)|Full Review]] |} {|class-"wikitable" cellpadding="15"=='''12 NOVEMBER'''==<!-- Claire North -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:williamabbey.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0316316849/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Pursuit of William Abbey by Claire North]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]], [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]], [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]]  When William Abbey fails to prevent the lynching of a young boy in 1880's South Africa, he she finds himself cursed by the grieving mothersomething even more spooky. A naïve English Doctor, he slowly learns For the weight of the curse upon him, as the shadow of the dead boy begins to follow him across the world. Never stopping, always growing – it crosses oceans server she and mountains in pursuit of William. As he finds himself unable to resist speaking the truths that he hears in others, he also learns that the dark shadow is deadly – her bestie and seeks nobody else should be able to kill the one he loves the most… [[The Pursuit enter shows signs of William Abbey by Claire North|Full Review]]|} {|class-"wikitable" cellpadding="15" =='''14 NOVEMBER '''== <!-- Gardner -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1786695227.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.cotampering.uk/dp/1786695227/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Invisible in a Bright Light by Sally Gardner]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] The beginning of this excellent story will leave the reader more than a little confused: who is the man in the green suit, what is the Reckoning, and why are rows of people in a cave? But stick with it – Ms Gardner is very cleverly letting us experience the same disorientation as our heroine. We watch in dismay as the strange man, who seems to have no When malevolent eyes, does his best to persuade spark up on her to answer his questions. But for some reason Celestephone screen, despite and her bewilderment, remains wary and gives nothing away. [[Invisible safe place in a Bright Light by Sally Gardner|Full Review]] <!-- Holliday -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1912374854.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1912374854/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Violet by S J I Holliday]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Thrillers|Thrillers]] I've never been but understand that travelling is all about meeting new people and forming instantaneous bonds with people in often chance situations. Well that's exactly what happens when the two main/only characters meet in a travel agency in Beijing - Carrie is unsuccessfully trying to get a refund on an extra ticket for the Trans-Siberian train and Violet is trying to unsuccessfully buy a ticket for the same sold-out journey. As the two team up, travelling through Mongolia, Serbia and into Russia, it could've game has been the start of a beautiful friendship but this a thriller after all so it quickly becomes a tale of obsessiondoctored – well, manipulation and toxic friendships. [[Violet by S J I Holliday|Full Review]] <!-- Will Carver -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1912374838.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1912374838/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Nothing Important Happened Today by Will Carver]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]] Nothing Important Happened Today is a dark, twisted, difficult read. Stories about cults often are, but this is different; it's written with a sense of style that is quite unlike anything I've read before. I can't remember ever having read a novel with such an odd, distinctive narrative voice. While a slim and relatively small book, the slow-moving nature of the plot makes it feel far larger than its 276 pages. [[Nothing Important Happened Today by Will Carver|Full Review]] |} {|class-"wikitable" cellpadding="15" =='''21 NOVEMBER'''=={|class-wikitable" cellpadding="15"<!-- Ariel Dorfman and Chris Riddell -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1609809378.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1609809378/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Rabbits' Rebellion by Ariel Dorfman and Chris Riddell]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] We're in the realm of the rabbits, only the foxes and wolves have taken over. King Wolf, His Wolfiness, has declared the rabbits don't exist, but the pesky birds have spread rumours from awing that the bunnies are in fact still around. Demanding a propaganda spree, King Wolf orders a humble monkey to be his official portrait photographer, but whatever the poor innocent monkey prints out in his darkroom there where is a distinct leporine hint. Can King Wolf succeed in proving himself victorious, can the rabbits show their continued existence girl to all who need to know of it – and what can the poor monkey caught in between doturn? [[The Rabbits' Rebellion by Ariel Dorfman and Chris Riddell|Full Review]]|} {{Frontpage|author=Innosanto Nagara|title=M is for Movement|rating=4|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Set in Indonesia, in the not too distant past, this is a story about social change. Dealing with some difficult issues, such as political corruption and nepotism, the book is neither boring nor preachy. It educates gently, with vibrant, challenging illustrations, and it portrays how social movements need people who will try, even when it seems that they will fail. The message is a positive one; that in an increasingly uncertain world, we do still have the power to instigate change.|isbn=16098093510008666482

|isbnauthor=B07XLM3SM6Jenny Lecoat|title=Murder at the Dolphin Hotel|author=Helena DixonBeyond Summerland

|genre=Crime (Historical)General Fiction|summary=Elowed Underhay was just twenty seven when she disappeared from Dartmouth in June 1916, leaving Jean lives on Jersey with her daughter, Kitty, in mother where they are celebrating the care of her grandmother. A great deal end of money had been spent to find out what happened to her and the conclusion was that she was dead, mainly because there was no evidence to suggest otherwiseoccupation. Kitty has come to terms with this and in 1933 she was running During the Dolphin Hotel in Dartmouth with her grandmotherwar, when her grandmother had to leave to look after her sister who was ill. She was reluctant to leave Kitty in charge - and Kitty could not understand why. SheJean's always coped with the mix of holidaymakers, boating people and the naval college on the edge of town before - and she's done every job in the hotel. And she particularly cannot understand why her grandmother's friends have been roped in father was arrested for listening to keep an eye on things ''a banned radio and'' why Captain Matthew Bryant has been hired to take charge of security at the hotel.}} |}{|class-"wikitable" cellpadding="15" =='''9 JANUARY 2020'''== <!-- Sarah Alderson -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1473681847.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1473681847/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[In Her Eyes by Sarah Alderson]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Thrillers|Thrillers]] Ava lives a charmed life, but those things sometimes rub other people up the wrong way. One evening she returns from a soldiers took him away one night out with a friend, leaving Jean and before she can finish her bedtime routine, her home, and her life, are under attack: masked men have broken in and are demanding money from her husband, while her young daughter cowers beside him. In the scuffle than ensues, Ava is hurt, badly. When she wakes up in hospital she can barely remember what happened, but she knows it was life-changing. With her daughter still fighting mother waiting for years for her life in a room down the corridor, Ava has a lot to contend with as she tries to recover, wills her daughter to recover, and attempts to piece together what happened and why. [[In Her Eyes by Sarah Alderson|Full Review]] |} =='''23 JANUARY'''== {{Frontpage|isbn=0241985110|title=All the Rage (D I Fawley)|author=Cara Hunter|rating=4.5|genre=Crime|summary=A very beautiful, but extremely distressed teenage girl was picked up by a minicab driver on the outskirts news of Oxfordhim. She didn't want to go to As the police station or British finally free the hospital: she just wanted to be taken home. The driver wasn't so certain though - and after dropping Channel islands from the girl at home he went to the policeNazis, which is why DI Adam Fawley found himself talking to Faith Appleford and her mother. Both were adamant that this was nothing more than an April Fool's joke which had gone wrong. No crime had been committed and Faith didn't want to take the matter any further. Fawley and his team weren't prepared to leave it at war is finally over, their hopes rise that and they began investigating. What they found strange was that Faith Appleford didn't seem to have much will finally learn what became of a history.}}{{Frontpage|author=Rory Clements|title=Hitler's Secret|rating=3.5|genre=Thrillers|summary=So, Hitler had a secret? Two, if you include the reproductive detail mentioned in a certain sing-song aspersionhim. But this is a secret that is counter to that, and in fact is a secret that Hitler himself doesn't even know about. His neice, Geli Raubal, will the attractive young woman he seemed to be very close to in the early 1930s, had had his daughter behind his back. Protected under truth come as a false identity ever sincerelief, or will it raise further questions around what else happened during the girl is completely ignorant of her past, and the truth is a very rare thing. war? Martin Bormann, Who was the 'gatekeeper' to Hitler and his right hand man, knows – and is desperately intent on wiping informer who told the slate clean and removing all connected with her existence from Nazis about the Reich. radio? So it's down to Tom Wilde, an American history professor at Oxbridge, to go in and extract her, in this most shadowy race against time.And what other secrets have been kept throughout the occupation?|isbn=18387702751846976537