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|author=Gillian Flynn

|title=The Grownup

|rating=4.5

|genre=Thrillers

|summary=Our narrator, a self-confessed expert at giving, er, relief to men, is branching out. Well, carpal tunnel syndrome at such a young age isn't great. Instead of working at the back of a dodgy tarot shop, she's out front, pretending to see auras, and using her natural aptitude to read people (a skill mastered begging for years with her one-eyed mother), when a woman comes in with a serious demand. Piecing the mystery of what it might be together for us, our heroine ends up in a very malevolent building, housing what might be the step-son from hell…

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1474603041</amazonuk>

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|author= Shaun Smith and Andy Milligan

|summary=Digging Up Milton appealed to me because from the description it sounded like something a little bit different. I like that it is dark but yet not entirely serious, and I always appreciate it when an author tries to write in a different way, or give a book an individual voice.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909776106</amazonuk>

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~~|author= Catherine Hewitt~~

~~|title= The Mistress of Paris~~

~~|rating= 4~~

~~|genre= Biography~~

|summary= Born into poverty, no-one could have guessed that the girl who would one day be known as Valtesse de la Bigne would have achieved greatness. This is the tale of her rise to wealth and power – starting in a dress shop as a thirteen year old, but fast becoming a courtesan who would be fought over by some of the greatest men of her time. A woman who kept an air of mystery about many details of her life, Catherine Hewitt nevertheless paints an incredible story around the gaps, and this proves to be both a full and intriguing biography, and a fascinating portrait of the time period.

~~|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848319266</amazonuk>~~

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