Tag: #booklover
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The Dangerous Stranger
by Simon Mason On a warm and pleasant evening in Oxford, gentle city of poets and scholars, rioters outside a hotel full of asylum seekers set a young refugee on fire. The city – the country – convulses in shock. Is this who we are? It’s international news of the very worst kind, and the…
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The Ending Writes Itself
by Evelyn Clarke Six authors. One private island. Seventy-two hours to write the ending. World-famous author Arthur Fletch is dead. His final novel, the most anticipated book in history, remains unfinished. But the ending won’t write itself. When six struggling authors are invited to Fletch’s private Scottish island and presented with the opportunity of a…
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A Twist In The River
by Stig Abell A beautiful summer day When young nurse Claire Davidson goes missing on the riverbank, the only clues left behind are her phone and shoes. A mystery that sweeps the nation People disappear all the time, but this case sparks an online frenzy. Amateur investigators descend on the rural idyll. Is Claire Davidson…
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A Heist Before Bedtime
by Richard Coles Dive into the world of dastardly heists, daring escapes and bungled burglaries with this hilarious collection of twelve TRUE crime stories for kids! Did you know that Albert Einstein’s brain was stolen?Or the true tale of the million-dollar McDonald’s heist?And the story of the maple syrup mystery? Discover all about these scrapes,…
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Whispers at Dawn
by Rachel Henke May 1941 SOE agents Lizzie Beaumont and Captain Jack King receive a deadly new assignment: go undercover as newlyweds in collaborating Vichy France to build a Resistance network from a château in the Garonne Valley. The secret lovers leap at the chance to be together while recruiting operatives willing to risk everything…
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The Night We Met
by Abby Jimenez In everyone’s life, there’s a split-second decision that can change everything . . . For Larissa, it came when choosing which guy to ride home with after a concert. That night, she had no idea she’d met the perfect man. She and Chris are great together, co-parenting a slightly unhinged rescue Yorkie,…
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My Friends
by Fredrik Backman In the corner of a world-famous painting, three tiny figures sit on the end of a pier, a secret hidden in plain sight. Twenty-five years ago, a group of teenagers found solace in each other during one unforgettable summer. Their friendship inspired a transcendent work of art, a painting that now mysteriously…
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The Honeymoon
by Kate Gray You’re on the honeymoon of a lifetime with your new husband. Isn’t everything perfect? You’re enjoying dinner at a luxury restaurant with another newlywed couple. Until the night ends with a dead body. All four of you are innocent. Aren’t you? . . . THE HONEYMOON IS OVER. THE NIGHTMARE HAS JUST…
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The Trip
by Phoebe Morgan The perfect holiday. The perfect crime. Four friends on the holiday of a lifetime. Until a vicious murder shatters their paradise. Four friends who’d do anything for each other, until now. Only one of them committed a crime. But all four know how to keep a secret. And they’re all guilty of…
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Hunger Pains
by Derek Owusu FROM GRANTA BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELIST AND WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZERay wants the perfect body. But how far is too far? When his training turns extreme, Ray is pulled into a dark gym culture that promises results at any cost. As his body changes, so does his mind. Watching…