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|summary=Marshall Ferriott thinks he has Niquette Delongpre; Olivia, Laura and Anjali met on the first day of medical school and their friendship would keep them inseparable for a quarter of a century. Olivia is ruthlessly ambitious, which is a bonus when you aim to be a cardiothoracic surgeon. Laura is a perfectionist and a trauma doctor. Anjali is the free spirit of the group and she wants him as much as he obsesses about herbecomes a GP. HeWhen we first meet them they's certain until re at a late night struggle in her familydrug and alcohol-fuelled party and it's swimming pool disavows him of the ideagoing to end in tragedy. However they arenWe don't alone in know who suffered the tragedy or the waterconsequences. Something unwelcome and uninvited lives Twenty-five years later there will be an eerily similar event that will shape both their abilities and their futuresimpact the three friends. Fast forward through the years and Marshall is completely paralysed yet, oddlyThis time, things die around him. And Niquette? Sheit's missing along with the rest of her familytheir teenage children who are involved.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0349402841</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=Warm BodiesSunny Singh|authortitle=Isaac MarionHotel Arcadia|rating=3.5|genre=Dystopian FictionThrillers |summary=Warm Bodies The Hotel Arcadia is told a luxury hotel in an alternating first person point of view, switching back and forth between ''R'' a zombie who unnamed city that has retained suddenly been violently taken over by a bit more of terrorist group. Hiding from the power of thought than mostterrorists who are rampaging through, killing everyone on site, and Juliethere is Sam, a feisty wartime photographer and courageous heroineAbhi, who has been through horrible hardships, but retained an ability the hotel manager. As Abhi continues to try to truly care about others. In short, R has far more humanity than remotely for the residents who are still alive in the average zombiehotel, but Julie also held on to more of the traits that I feel truly make us human in he forms a world where kindness and unselfish love have become even more endangered than the human race itself. Two other characters are important bond with Sam who refuses to this storylinebe cowed by events, ''M'', R's best friend and Nora, Juliekeeps on venturing out of her room to try to capture what's closest friend and confidanthappened through her photography. I especially liked Nora, who has suffered far more than Julie Although they only ever talk over the phone, their friendship grows as Abhi tries to help her keep safe and yet still is willing they both wait to put aside past hurt, but M has his redeeming points as wellsee if they will be rescued before they are discovered by the terrorists.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0099583828</amazonuk>086154742X

 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=The New Hunger: The Prequel to Warm BodiesCody Goodfellow|authortitle=Isaac MarionVertical|rating=3.5|genre=Dystopian FictionThrillers|summary=I normally review a book within a day or two of finishing itThere's something about tall buildings that just captures my imagination. I couldnWho doesn't with this one. I loved this book, but I did feel dissatisfied with the ending, and I thought perhaps I was missing something - and I was. This book was written as love a prequelgood view from up high, and most of after all? Even the readers will have already read ''Warm Bodies''. I found something so unique in Isaac Marion's writing style, and something about this book so compelling that drabbest office building is somewhere I couldn't quite bear m intrigued to rate get inside if it down, but neither was I happy with a 5 star rating with such as lacklustre ending. It felt like half a book to me's 40 stories tall. So - in order to review when I picked up this fairly - I felt I had to read the author's first book. After reading it – about people who scale tall buildings for fun – I am no longer disappointed in the ending. It isn't after all the end - it is just the beginning of one of the best books I have ever readwas instantly intrigued.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0099587726</amazonuk>1803363991

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1804183210|title=The AbominationNo Reserve|author=Jonathan HoltFelix Francis

|summary=Captain Katerina Tapo of Thirty-four-year-old Theo Jennings shouldn't have been on the rostrum when the Italian Carabinieri police forcecolt - as yet unnamed - came up for auction, Holly Bolandbut Peter Radway, a Second Lieutenant in the US Army and Daniele Barbo a reclusive web expertchairman, hadn't arrived, are so he continued his session. To say that he was shocked when the bidding reached three million pounds would be an understatement. A lovely animal - but three million pounds? Two men had been bidding against each individually investigating seemingly separate events that become more other. Brian Kitman and Elliot 'Mitch' Mitchell were well-known and more entwinedrespected in the racing industry. Their collective probing uncovers a massive conspiracy and seems to implicate Jennings was in one of the cubicles in the US Army, toilets when the Catholic Church two men came in and their conversation revealed that the Italian Mafia, three incredibly powerful organisations horse had been deliberately bid up to that figure. Both were happy that it is best not to rile they had insurance in any wayplace. The following morning, as the three characters are quick to discoverhorse was dead in its stall.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178185369X</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=A P McCoy1405951680|title=Taking the FallThe Safe House|author=Cameron Ward|rating=3.54

|summary=Back Jess Walker accepted an offer (OK, actually she was gently nudged into it by her friend, Rupert) to caretake a luxury property in the nineteen seventies Duncan Claymore was Australian outback for a promising conditional jockey - a talented rider who should never have been short couple of a ride, but he was struggling, probably because he could neither take instructions nor keep his mouth shutmonths. HeAfter the problems she'd been taught everything he knew by his father, Charliehad at work, it seemed like just the break she needed. She was no longer a trainer whose reputation data analyst for the Metropolitan police in London: she was ruined when personal rivalries got out Jess who was returning to the country of her birth and in need of hand. He hasn't been able the space to set foot on a racecourse sinceget over the traumatic end of her relationship with Charles. His son's determined to beat A few weeks in the top jockeys and to bring down Otway Ranges in Victoria sounded like just the men responsible for what happened to his father, but can he do both or will he have to make some hard choices?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1409129578</amazonuk>ticket.

  {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1448309743|title=Bronze GodsThe Devil Stone (DCI Christine Caplan)|author=A A AguireCaro Ramsay

|summary=One In the village of Cronchie on the West coast of Scotland, five members of a wealthy family are found murdered. The only item missing from the many reasons I love fantasy home is discovering the new worlds Devil Stone: myth says that if the authors have created. Where stone is the world? What kind creatures inhabit it? What are the customsremoved from Otterburn House, et cetera, et ceteradeath will follow. Steampunk novels The only suspects are especially fascinating and steampunk mixed with fantasy is known Satanists but in many ways, that's an easy conclusion given that two of them 'discovered' the double hitbody. Throw The Senior Investigating Office is DCI Bob Oswald but when he disappears, DCI Christine Caplan is pulled in some murder most frighteningly horrid and we have the makings of a really good timeto 'shadow' him.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781169497</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Alexa CamouroB0CCCPJJ5B|title=Dixon Grace: 1.9.7 HamburgThe Last Person in the World|author=Matthew Tree|rating=4.5

|summary=Dixon Grace is an Aussie living Our narrator was a complicated life in Hamburgscholarship day boy at the London-based public school where he met Ralph Finns. She juggles her live-in, ambitious, immature boyfriend with It was an older wealthy industrialist lover while teaching English unusual relationship as Ralph was a boarder and had money to local company employees. throw around on a But however complicated that seemsRolex watch, it's about to get worsevintage wines and a state-of-the-art sound system. Both were probably quite surprised when they became almost friends and certainly more than acquaintances. The police come for her Finns had no intention of going on to University, unlike our storyteller who had a place at Wolverton College in the early hoursWellingford, although it's not till she's ensconced in the interrogation room that Dixon realises sheUK's charged with espionage and murderthird most prestigious university. The problem is complex but the answer is simple: she must escape to prove her innocence. Having said thatBefore going up, 'simple' is he took up a relative term. From the language school for which she works loose invitation to the Indian corporation that keeps cropping upvisit Ralph at his home, nothing is what it seems, including Dixon GraceClouds Manor in West Dorset.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>3981458591</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=The Excalibur CodexDean Koontz|authortitle=James DouglasThe House at the End of the World|rating=3.54

|summary=Jamie Saintclair When you experience overwhelming tragedy and feel that there is no one on your side, you can either suck it up, saddle up and ride on or you can retreat to your own private fortress on an expert island that sits snugly in tracing works a small chain of arts. But he has just as much of a knack for finding trouble as he does for recovering art work. He has just been made an offer no treasure hunter could refuse. A chance to find tiny dots on the legendary sword of Arthur, but he won't be dealing with knights or chivalry map and live out your days in this adventure, instead he will come up against the very worst of human naturepeace and solitude. This book will take him That's what Katie thought she was doing when she shut down her old life to start afresh on a quest beginning in one of humanityJacob's darkest chaptersLadder; and all would have been the aforementioned peace and solitude were it not for the pesky US Government occupying Ringrock, the rise neighbouring island and perpetrating all manner of Nazi Germany. The evil perpetuated in this era will be mirrored by modern men who are prepared to plunge the world into darkness once again, this time mischief in the name of British purity. Although the sword is associated with supernatural powers, there will be nothing supernatural in the evil Jamie faces, only the unbridled hatred and lust for power that comes so naturally to some men, science and because of this is ever so much more terrifying than magic or monsters. What is even more disturbing is quite possibly bringing about the thought that under the right circumstances, many end of us could become monsters as wellall mankind.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0552167924</amazonuk>1662453159

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1787636607|title=Hell to PayThe Trap|author=Jenny ThomsonCatherine Ryan Howard|rating=34.5|genre=ThrillersCrime|summary=Nancy is trying to escape a naff Christmas with her naff boyfriend, but walks into a nightmare when she interrupts a burglary at her parentsIt' home – s a professional, violent, nay fatal, burglaryscene replicated all too often in the early hours of the morning. When she comes Drunken revellers spilling out of clubs and looking for a therapeutic stay in an institute afterwards, she's seeking one thing – revengeway to get home. Her brother Some are lucky and his rap sheet might have something manage to do with those responsibleget one of the few taxis available. Others squash onto the night bus that will only go as far as one of the outlying villages. The woman all regret the 'taxi problem', but only particularly in the light of 'the missing women'. For one thing will fire Nancy young woman, the final stop on – the need for vengeance against those who inflicted bus leaves her a double rape long way short of her home. She had intended to ring someone to come and such violence against collect her - but her phone's dead. The bus had driven off before she had the chance to beg the bus driver to let heruse his. There's no option but to start walking - unsuitably clothed and in high-heeled shoes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780998864</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1529195977|title=The Shanghai FactorNone of this is True|author=Charles McCarryLisa Jewell|rating=45

|summary=Our narrator is an American sleeper spy On her 45th birthday, Alix Summer celebrated with a crowd of friends in China whose mission is to improve his Mandarin and attempt to blend as best he can into Shanghai societythe Landsdown pub on Salisbury Road when she encountered Josie Fair. A chance meeting results in an intelligent and enigmatic Chinese lover who becomes his perfect teacher even though he is pretty sure She, too, was out celebrating her 45th birthday, only she is working for Guoanbu (Chinese Intelligence) and was just with her husband, Walter. It turns out that he is constantly under surveillance. In time he infiltrates known affiliates of the Guoanbu not only are Alix and proves himself very valuable to Josie birthday twins, they were both born in St Mary's hospital. That's where the US and Chinese intelligence servicessimilarities end, though: Alix, with her husband, Nathan, becoming a pawn are in the midst of a high stakes game joyful, monied group of chess between two powerful friends and paranoid nationswhilst they're not ''exactly'' rowdy, they're enjoying themselves. Josie, on the other hand, holds her handbag close to her tummy and you get the sense that Walter's not too happy. He's not used to spending this much money on a meal - but it is Josie's birthday after all.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781855099</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1803136383|title=High RollersTin Soldiers|author=Jack BowmanDavid Chadwick|rating=34.5

|summary=Tom Patrick is Wat Tyler has returned from fighting in Vietnam under something of a far from popular air crash investigator, who is nonetheless the best cloud. What actually happened out there is. He has more than ruffled a few feathers gossiped about and nobody is suspended from working on cases. Despite this the largest case sure exactly what took place, but an act of his career is forced upon him when not one but two Boeing 737 jets encounter catastrophic failures resulting in many fatalities. Tom recognises heroism leading to a possible link between rare battlefield commission followed by rank cowardice and disgrace seems to be the two and potentially many more airplanesconsensus. Wat himself is keeping his cards close to his chest, a link that could uncover a far reaching and very dangerous conspiracyas he always does.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0593070925</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Linda HowardB0C7J9D21B|title=Shadow Woman|rating=4|genre=Thrillers|summary=Prelude: the President of the United States and the First Lady are on what is not being called a campaign tour. It is. It is most definitely a re-election campaign; it's just not supposed to be. They retire to their suite for the night, and the protection detail of the Secret Service are looking forward to a shift change at the end of a long day. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0749955848</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewA Captive in Algiers (Muhammed Amalfi Mysteries)|author=Claudia Pineiro|title=A Crack in the WallJ Lewis

|genre=ThrillersHistorical Fiction|summary=Pablo Simó When we first meet our hero, his name is an architect on the verge Ettore and he lives at The House of a mid life crisisBeautiful Swallows. His work Idyllic as this might sound, marriage it's a bordello and general life is governed more by habit and routine than anything, leaving him to ponder over the attractions of his colleague Marta with whom Ettore's mother died when he suspects his boss may be having a relationshipwas born. When a young girl enters the office asking if anyone knows a man called Nelson Jara, the three architects deny all knowledge He's not been short of mothers, though - but they do know him. He was involved for someone of his background in a claim that one of the practicelate-eighteenth-century Amalfi, it's projects caused a crack in difficult to obtain decent employment. The stint working with the wall preparation of his apartment anchovies didn't work out and bastards are considered bad luck on fishing boats. Ettore was nothing if not resourceful - and determined - and how this it was not long before he had a successful business as a guide for visitors. He was resolved is something all three of them would rather forgeteven saving some money.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1908524081</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Fiona McIntosh0241996104|title=The Lavender KeeperComing to Find You|author=Jane Corry

|summary=Provence 1942: Lavender farmer Luc Bonet joins the Maquis (a rural guerrilla wing of the French Resistance) to avenge the death Nancy's mother and step-father were brutally stabbed at their Sussex farmhouse and her step-brother, Martin, has been convicted of his adoptive Jewish familytheir murder. Meanwhile in London gifted linguist Lisette Forester is recruited by We first meet Nancy outside the Special Operations Executive (SOE)court, after Martin receives a life sentence. The barrister tells her that she's received a group 'silent sentence' - she's not been found guilty of trained specialists parachuted into enemy territory to send vital information back anything but will have to live with what happened for the homelandrest of her life. Their paths will cross as Lisette is sent into France with Of course, it's made worse because Nancy's rich - she inherited five million pounds from her mother - and the papers are making the aim most of ingratiating herself with Nazi Colonel Markus Kilianit. The mission ''Farmhouse slaughter daughter'' is clear cut on paper, one favourite epithet and ''rich bitch'' might not be printed but life can be messier than any plan can predictis undoubtedly spoken.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0749013443</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Simon Urban and Katy Derbyshire (Translator)1529135389|title=Plan DThe Fall|author=Gilly Macmillan

|summary=October 2011 and Nicole Booth had spent the morning at the Berlin wall is still intactcounty fair before she returned home. Inspector Martin Wegener There was no sign of her husband but opera was playing on the East German People's Police faces another day dividing his mind between thoughts state-of his luscious ex-lover Karolina and work. On this particular day 'work' is a body found hanging from the GDR section of gas pipeline that joins Russian to Europe-art music system installed in The Glass Barn. Not only is he hanging, the deceased has eight knots round his neck and his shoe laces are tied together: a Stasi trademark. Who is he and why are the Stasi killing again? Martin needs answers and theyThey're sending a West Berlin detective d not been in to help him find them; not the best start to a day.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846556929</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Stephen Lloyd Jones|title=The String Diaries|rating=5|genre=Fantasy|summary= Hannah Wilde flees into the Welsh mountains with daughter Leah architect-designed house on Lancaut Peninsula for long and husband Nate while the life blood slowly seeps out of him. They run were still getting used to escape all the evil that has relentlessly haunted Hannah's family for generationshigh-tech systems Tom had insisted upon. Some people see it as a Hungarian legend but to the Wildes it's real and insatiable of them fought with each other and wondidn't forget themwork as reliably as they should. They know what It had all come about through a ten-million-pound lottery win and they were still getting used to do: verify everyone, trust no one and, if in any doubt, RUN! Although one day having that may not be enough.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1472204670</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Joseph Clyde|title=A State sort of Fear: Britain After a Dirty Bomb|rating=3.5|genre=Thrillers|summary=A dirty bomb has gone off in the centre of London. Julie's first thought is to reach her daughtermoney, waiting to be collected from school within the danger zone, but when this becomes impossible she must take refuge indoors and await rescuetoo. Forcing her way into a beauty salon she finds herself among a disparate group of strangers Eventually, some of whom will soon find their lives interwoven with hers. Also sheltering Nicole found Tom dead in the salon are the Russian beauty-salon owner/madam, Mrs Marchusak, Anya, a beautician/call girl and her Chechen client, Safia, a devout Muslim (who rather strangely is in very skimpy western clothing) a Frenchman and an American gentleman. They are soon joined by Kingman, swimming pool with a young male of black Caribbean descent. It seems wound to be a regular United Nations in the salon. As a Doctor, Julie maintains her calm and does her best her to help, and the American remains a gentleman, displaying a touching act of nobility at one point, but tensions flare in the cramped quarters, especially after Kingman begins to show signs of radiation poisoning. After the event, many of these characters will find their paths crossing again. The other main characters are Julie's estranged husband Martin, a journalist, Tony an obscure MI-5 agent and finally a pair of terrorists connected to the first attack, and planning a second dirty bomb, Amer and Jaysonhis head. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1908096365</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Walter WalkerAlan Parks|title=Crime of PrivilegeTo Die in June

|summary=In March 1996 George Becket was a guest at a party in What first seems like the Cape Cod home of Senator Gregoryunfortunate, patriarch accidental death of America's most loved and influential family. Outwardly everything looked wholesome and fun as a homeless man on the Senator did an impromptu song and dance act with his sister but in the library George was present when Jamie Gregory and Peter Gregory Martin raped a young woman who was too drunk streets, suddenly starts to either assent or protest. It was only George's intervention which prevented the assault becoming feel like something more violentsinister as another body is discovered, and then another. But This is worrying enough for detective Harry McCoy, but all the young womanmore so because his own father is a down and out alcoholic, Kendrick Powellwith no fixed abode, the rape was devastating and before long she was deadhe has been for years. She too was At the child of an influential same time as facing these possible murders, Harry is also dealing with a move to a different police station, and wealthy family. But the Gregory clan sticks together and arrival there of a woman who claims her little boy has gone missing, only no action was taken against Jamie or Peter and it was record of the senator's influence which secured George Becket a post in the Cape Cod DA's officeboy having existed can be found. It might seem that Something feels wrong - not just with the matter was closed - woman’s story but also with the Powell family were determined that George would suffer for not having spoken out against the Gregory family.other officers where he has been stationed, but can Harry uncover just what is going on?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0345541537</amazonuk>1805300784

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Bruce Crowther1529382823|title=PenitenceThe Last Passenger|author=Will Dean|rating=4.5|genre=CrimeThrillers|summary=Phil Davis Caroline Riley (she prefers 'Caz') is middle-aged and has found herself somewhat surprisingly in love with Pete. They're off on a detective in cruise to New York on ''Atlantica''. Caz's sister, Gemma, reckons that Pete is going to propose but Caz hasn't spotted a small town ring-shaped bulge in Texas his suit pocket and heshe doesn't know whether she's intrigued rather than professionally involved when he sees the body of an elderly road accident victim whose back is covered with scars which have obviously been inflicted over years if not decadesrelieved or disappointed. ThereThey's no suggestion ve not been a couple for that long and the death was anything other than accidental but Davis starts trip will be an excellent opportunity to get to wonder when he hears of other men with similar scars who have met an untimely - if seemingly innocent - death recentlyknow him a bit better. And all his investigative instincts are alive when he encounters FBI agent Luis Valdez - seemingly one of the big beasts of the agency whoMeanwhile, Gemma is looking after Caz's spending time looking into a murder with which he was incidentally involved cafe as well as an adolescent some twenty five years earliertheir mother who has dementia. To cap It's going to be good, isn't it all, someone was tried for the crime and has been in a mental institution since, so what is Valdez doing?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1479204285</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Mark LinganeEdwards|title=Chasing Heart: 1 (Ellen Martin Disasters)Keep Her Secret|rating=4.5

|summary=Ellen Martin Matthew and Helena are in Iceland, rekindling their university romance some twenty-odd years after they first met. The alien-landscape of the lava fields and black beaches is a driving, ambitious US lawyer, so when her boss sends her breath-taking and Helena seems intent on getting the perfect photograph to encapsulate the Colombian town of Barrancabermeja (Barranca for shortjoy she is feeling in this moment, mercifully) for a touch of charity work even if it would be career threatening to protest too strongly. Besides kills her… which it only amounts to getting someone out nearly does when the edge of prison. Soon after arriving Ellen realises that there's more than one person who needs rescuing; she can add a ravine gives way and Helena finds herself clinging to the list. Luckily for her Barranca is also rockface with just the home snagged strap of her personal trainer's nephew rucksack between her and, luckier still, he has a housemate called Alex500 foot drop to certain death below. Indeed during Ellen's stay Alex Convinced she is going to be more than usefuldie, Helena must purge herself of the shocking secret she has been keeping and makes a panicked, cryptic declaration to Matthew. Once Barranca really shows its true colours Alex Just moments later their heroic, and frankly very well prepared, Icelandic tour guide swoops in and hauls Helena to safety and Matthew is going to be indispensableleft wondering what he just learned about Helena.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0987478621</amazonuk>166250893X

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Joydeep Roy-BhattacharyaJenny Lund Madsen and Megan E Turney (translator)|title=The WatchThirty Days of Darkness|rating=3.5|genre=Literary FictionThrillers |summary= Nizam pushes Hannah presents as an unlikeable, bitter woman, an author of failing if well-regarded literary short novels. Sorry to leave her bottles of red wine behind her for an afternoon at a barrow up to book fair, she flukes her way into a fortified US army base public argument with the latest hot shot in Afghanistanthe world of crime fiction, saying he's populist trash and only writing what anyone could write. What is Cue the bet that she doing there? cannot live up to that accusation. How will the soldiers react? What do they believe: their experienceHer publisher duly books her flights from Denmark to Iceland, their training, their gut reaction or where she is put up for a young girl amputee in wintry month away from it all. Just on the middle point of despairing – about her writing, about the desert who may be people and the lack of stimulus for her plot, more or less about everything – word comes that the last thing they ever see?landlady's nephew has been found dead…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0099565773</amazonuk>1914585615

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Lauren Beukes0861544056|title=The Shining GirlsTwin Truths|author=Jacqueline Sutherland

|summary=As Belle and David's twin daughters are just coming to the end of their first term at university. Kit'The Shining Girlss been at Bristol and Jess's in Exeter. It'’ tagline says, this is a thriller that breaks all s not only the boundariesfirst time they've been away from their parents for any length of time - but they've also been apart from each other. It’s Belle can't wait to have them all to herself for a vicious murder plot that’s based on science fiction concepts, a science fiction novel which leaves its central concepts barely, sparely explainedwhile. I haven’t read anything like it before, and in a strong and crowded crime fiction field it stands out like a searchlight Then Kit rings up - can she bring her boyfriend home with her? Belle would prefer that he didn't come but doesn't want to upset Kit. But beware. If you’re sitting comfortably as you begin reading Ivo's apparently 'older': he'The Shining Girlss twenty-four to Kit's eighteen but Belle figures that she can cope with that. And they', you won’t ll be for long. This book sets out to cut you up insidesharing a bedroom.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007464568</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Robert WiltonDugoni|title=Traitor's FieldHer Deadly Game

|genre=Historical FictionCrime|summary=ItPatrick Duggan & Associates has been the life's 1648 and the embers work of Charles IPatsy Duggan – rather charmingly nicknamed 's reign start The Irish Brawler' due to fade as Britain slowly turns the monotone colour his reputation for no holds barred courtroom performances in defence of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealthhis clients. HoweverAlong with an indisputable talent for the law, Royalist passion still exists Patsy also has a gift for drinking himself to oblivion and it's up inevitably the latter was beginning to Sir Mortimer Shayovershadow the former. Enter Keera Duggan, former competitive chess prodigy and proven Seattle Prosecutor who finds herself in the Comptrollerate-General hideous position of asking her father for Scrutiny and Surveya job at the family firm because a romantic entanglement with a senior colleague, Miller Ambrose, had gone, rather spectacularly, to gather south.|isbn=1662500181}}{{Frontpage|author=Vanda Symon|title=Expectant (Detective Sam Shephard)|rating=4.5|genre=Crime|summary=Detective Sam Shepherd is approaching the intelligencestart of her maternity leave when there is a brutal, maintain his spy network and fan shocking murder of an expectant woman in Dunedin. Suddenly she finds herself embroiled in the embers towards hunt for a killer targeting pregnant women, with all the Royalist victory for which he longsextra pressure that entails being pregnant herself. HeFinding herself put on desk duties, which she rails against, she just can's a wily veteran so not easily stopped but among t let the confusion case go and brutality that tears Britain in half, former lawyer Cromwellshe starts to follow every thread to uncover what's spymaster John Thurloe is actually happening, and the man charged with the taskincreasingly disturbing worry of just what might happen next.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1848878192</amazonuk>1914585577

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Paula Daly1787301036|title=Just What Kind of Mother Are You?July Knew|author=Emily Koch

|summary=Lisa Kallisto is almost the typical MumWhen we first meet July Hooper on 20 July 1995 she's just ten years old. She's got a husband and three children and she's permanently tiredcareful, meticulous child. Her full-time job at The care has been taught by her father, Mick Hooper, who is not prepared to discuss the local animal rescue centre frequently spills over into her home life and shedeath of his wife, July's constantly chasing around trying mother, and any hint that the conversation is heading that way will lead to catch up with what she ought to have donethe necessity of a Lesson. Husband Joe is a taxi driver Other infractions of his requirements also lead to these Lessons and they can only just manage to afford he's not even careful about whether or not the rent on their cottage in the picturesque lake districtinjuries are visible. ItJuly's normally pretty crime free but then a young girl - really only a child - teacher is abducted concerned and brutally raped. Then another girl brings up the possibility of about abuse with the same age goes missing and Lisa was responsible for head but her safety. What do you sayworries are dismissed: Mick has been good to the school, what do you do in that situationhas he not? Lisa is about to find outThe playground wouldn't have been resurfaced but for him.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0593071697</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0008454493|title=All the Dangerous Things|author=John le CarreStacy Willingham|rating=4.5|genre=Crime|summary=Isabelle Drake hasn't really slept for a year - well, apart from the odd occasion when she lost track of time or drifted off for a moment. It's now a year since her son, Mason, was stolen from his bed in the middle of the night and Izzy is consumed with guilt that she heard nothing and particularly about her relief in the morning when she thought he was sleeping in. In that year she's done everything she could to raise awareness about the case. She does interviews and when we meet her, she's just been to TrueCrimeCon where she gave a keynote presentation. On the plane back, she's approached by a podcaster, Waylon Spencer, who points out that she could do a podcast and get to so many more people than she could by giving speeches to a few hundred people at conferences.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1848458436|title=A Delicate TruthJust the Nicest Couple|author=Mary Kubica|rating=54

|summary=It's 2008 'The whole thing has spiralled out of control, turning into someone I'm not.''  ''Just the Nicest Couple'' is the story of two couples: Christian and Paul is recruited by, apparentlyLily Scott, and Nina and Jake Hayes. The connection between the government to assist two is that Lily and Nina teach in an undercover operation in Gibraltarthe same school: Nina teaches English and Lily covers high school algebra. ItThe couples have mixed as a foursome but it's perfectly straightforward and its success will impede not a cell of Al Qaedaregular thing. Paul performs, Christian is thanked and taken home without complications. Fast forward to 2011 a market research analyst and Toby Bell Jake is promoted to the role of private secretary for Paula neurosurgeon: they don's recruiter, MP Fergus Quinnt have much in common except their wives. Whilst acquainting himself with QuinnLily hasn's CVt said anything yet, Toby uncovers the story of the mission, discovering not only Quinnbut she's involvement but hints that it may not have been as straightforward as all thatpregnant. Quinn also appears to have been connected with an organisation that's not all it seems, unfortunately for She has a particular pillar lengthy history of a Cornish community for whom life will never be miscarriages so she doesn't want to tempt fate by making the same againknowledge public.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>067092279X</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Gerald WixeyJulia Bartz|title=4 Bones SleepingThe Writing Retreat|rating=3.54

|summary=There's quite a contrast between the settings Roza Vallo. Anyone in ''4 Bones Sleeping''. To begin with there's the time. Just about everything that happens goes back to the end world of publishing knows the Second World War and just afterwards, when people were coming name. Writers want to terms with having won the warbe her, but not quite knowing what agents want to do with the peacerepresent her. Then thereShe's 1980 when we wondered something of a legend with an impressive, if we'd won the warcompact, back catalogue of works that started with her breakthrough novel, but lost the peacepublished when she was barely out of childhood. The places are very different too: the people involved in this story have their being in the seedier parts of London in the postAlex, a writer-slash-war yearseditor, but what are they all doing in is more than a little obsessed with Roza, and is stunned when, following a one-horse town in rural Oxfordshire? And where did the money come from which allowed Jack series of unexpected events, she is invited to own the local newspaper and make Harry the landlord be part of the pub?her month-long writers' retreat.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1471760596</amazonuk>0861544439

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Eric Van Lustbader1800465270|title=Last Snow (Jack McClure Trilogy)The Lensky Connection|author=Conrad Delacroix

|summary= Jack McClureWhen we first meet Major Valeri Grozky, aide it's June 1995 and friend to he's at the US presidentSerafimov Cemetry in St Petersburg. He's a pallbearer for his elder brother, is back at work after the Timur, whose death of his daughter was drug-related. Valeri and the resolved kidnapping of President CarsonTimur's own daughterfather, Alli. HoweverKeto, Jack hasn't fully recovered; is also a pallbearer and he's still in mourning and full of self-recrimination but the show must go ondisgusted by what his son had become. When an American senator is killed in Capri JackValeri thinks differently: he's on hand determined to investigatemake his own stand against organised crime and avenge Timur's death. Within a matter of months, starting a mission that his obsession will take have cost him into the Ukraine his marriage to Marisha and the seamier side of power on both sides of the Atlanticcreated a dubious link with Natassja Petrovskaya, a journalist. Apparently not all the PresidentShe's closest advisors can be trusted determined to expose any and all corruption - and thatshe's not Jackless concerned than she ought to be about her own safety. To her, he's only complicationa good source. After AlliFor him, it's traumatic experiences at the hands of Morgan Herr Jack is the only person she trustsa way to get information published, so shewhich wouldn's coming along for the ride, through hell, high water and a few murderst otherwise be possible.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781850771</amazonuk>