Easter Holiday Reading
A selection of our new books
FROG MUSIC BY EMMA DONOGHUE
1876 -San Francisco is in the fierce grip of a record-breaking heat wave and a smallpox epidemic. A young woman, Jenny Bonnet is shot dead. The survivor, her friend Blanche Beunon, a French burlesque dancer will, over the next three days, risk everything to bring Jenny's murderer to justice - if he doesn't track her down first... Based on a true crime Emma Donoghue's new novel is a page-turner of a literary whodunit and a worthy follow-up to The Room.
1876 -San Francisco is in the fierce grip of a record-breaking heat wave and a smallpox epidemic. A young woman, Jenny Bonnet is shot dead. The survivor, her friend Blanche Beunon, a French burlesque dancer will, over the next three days, risk everything to bring Jenny's murderer to justice - if he doesn't track her down first... Based on a true crime Emma Donoghue's new novel is a page-turner of a literary whodunit and a worthy follow-up to The Room.
HAPPY HOUR IN HELL BY TAD WILLIAMS
I’ve been told to go to Hell more times than I can count. But this time I’m actually going.
The fun continues in the second book of this urban fantasy series about an earth-bound angel and advocate for newly departed souls, who is caught up in the ancient struggle between Heaven and Hell. Bobby's task is simple, all he has to do is toss on a demon's body, sneak through the infernal gates, solve the mystery of the angel's feather, and rescue the girl.
I’ve been told to go to Hell more times than I can count. But this time I’m actually going.
The fun continues in the second book of this urban fantasy series about an earth-bound angel and advocate for newly departed souls, who is caught up in the ancient struggle between Heaven and Hell. Bobby's task is simple, all he has to do is toss on a demon's body, sneak through the infernal gates, solve the mystery of the angel's feather, and rescue the girl.
THE ONE PLUS ONE BY JOJO MOYES
Suppose your life sucks. Your husband has done a vanishing act, your stepson is being bullied and your daughter has a once in a lifetime opportunity ...that you can't afford to pay for. So imagine you found and kept some money that didn't belong to you knowing it would pay for your daughter's happiness. But how do you cope with the shame? Especially when the man you've lied to decides to help you out in your hour of need ...
Suppose your life sucks. Your husband has done a vanishing act, your stepson is being bullied and your daughter has a once in a lifetime opportunity ...that you can't afford to pay for. So imagine you found and kept some money that didn't belong to you knowing it would pay for your daughter's happiness. But how do you cope with the shame? Especially when the man you've lied to decides to help you out in your hour of need ...
MISSING YOU BY HARLAN COBEN
Eighteen years after her fiance dumped her, a New York City police detective runs into him again online, with results that make her head spin and leave several people dead.
"Once again, Coben has expertly constructed and then dismantled a time bomb of a plot." - Booklist
Eighteen years after her fiance dumped her, a New York City police detective runs into him again online, with results that make her head spin and leave several people dead.
"Once again, Coben has expertly constructed and then dismantled a time bomb of a plot." - Booklist
GRASSHOPPER JUNGLE BY ANDREW SMITH
I read somewhere that human beings are genetically predisposed to record history. We believe it will prevent us from doing stupid things in the future. This is my history. There are things in here: Babies with two heads, insects as big as electric guitars, God, the devil, limbless warriors, rocket ships, diving bells, theft, wars, monsters, internal combustion engines, love, cigarettes, joy, bomb shelters, pizza, and cruelty. Just like it's always been.
Smart, cool and laconic contemporary young adult fiction...
MALICE BY JOHN GWYNNE
The Banished Lands has a violent past where armies of men and giants clashed shields in battle, the earth running dark with their heartsblood. Although the giant-clans were broken in ages past, their ruined fortresses still scar the land. But now giants stir anew, the very stones weep blood and there are sightings of giant wyrms. Those who can still read the signs see a threat far greater than the ancient wars. Sorrow will darken the world, as angels and demons make it their battlefield. Then there will be a war to end all wars. part one of an epic new fantasy series.
The Banished Lands has a violent past where armies of men and giants clashed shields in battle, the earth running dark with their heartsblood. Although the giant-clans were broken in ages past, their ruined fortresses still scar the land. But now giants stir anew, the very stones weep blood and there are sightings of giant wyrms. Those who can still read the signs see a threat far greater than the ancient wars. Sorrow will darken the world, as angels and demons make it their battlefield. Then there will be a war to end all wars. part one of an epic new fantasy series.
PORTRAIT IN SEPIA BY ISABELLA ALLENDE
ENMITY BY C.J. ANDREWS
FIRST RULE OF SURVIVAL BY PAUL MENDELSON