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Issue 52
July 2016
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Adult fiction
The best of Black Lace: an anthology of erotic writing by women. 2002. Erotic fiction.
An arousing selection of extracts taken from various Black Lace novels. This book celebrates the series from its steamy scenes to the debate on female sexuality.
SEB. 4v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25538702
Alexander, Tasha. And only to deceive. 2014. Historical crime.
Lady Emily: book 1. For Emily, accepting the proposal of Philip, Viscount Ashton, was an easy way to escape her stifling home life so when her new husband dies on safari, she feels little grief for she barely knew the man. Now, two years on, Emily immerses herself in his intellectual pursuits, studying Greek and spending time in the quiet corridors of the British Museum. But there, amid priceless ancient statues, she uncovers a secret involving stolen artefacts from the Greco-Roman galleries, and as she sets out to solve the crime she discovers even more surprises about her dead husband.
UEB. 6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25402803
Andrews, V. C. Flowers in the attic. 2014. Horror.
Dollanganger: book 1. They were a perfect family, golden and carefree, until a heartbreaking tragedy shattered their happiness. Now, for the sake of an inheritance that will ensure their future, the children must be hidden away out of sight, as if they never existed. Kept on the top floor of their grandmother’s vast mansion, their loving mother assures them it will be just for a little while. But as brutal days swell into agonizing months and years, Cathy, Chris, and twins Cory and Carrie realize their survival is at the mercy of their cruel and superstitious grandmother…and this cramped and helpless world may be the only one they ever know.
UEB. 7v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25404303
Atkinson, Kate. A god in ruins. 2015. Literary fiction.
Todd Family: book 2. Kate Atkinson's 'Life After Life' explored the possibility of infinite chances, as Ursula Todd lived through the turbulent events of the last century again and again. In 'A God in Ruins', Atkinson turns her focus on Ursula's beloved younger brother Teddy - would-be poet, RAF bomber pilot, husband and father - as he navigates the perils and progress of the 20th century. For all Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge will be to face living in a future he never expected to have.
UEB. 9v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 25389803
Bates, H. E. The golden oriole. 1965, c1962. Short stories.
Five stories which explore the wilder shores of love and loneliness as experienced by unremarkable men and women living out their lives in small towns and rural villages of England.
UEB. 3v. Price: £1.95. Order No: 25420303
Beauman, Sally. Sextet. 1997. General fiction.
Moving from Halloween, through Thanksgiving, to Christmas, from the cloisters of Oxford to the unpredictable looking-glass world of a Hollywood film, this is a novel about obsessions and the heartbreak they can cause.
SEB. 12v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25538802
Bellamy, Guy. In the midday sun. 1988. General fiction.
Daniel and Martin, both on the run from the police, head for southern Spain where they meet up with their brother, Mark, a penniless pianist now singing for his supper in the tourist bars. A summer in the sun. But in this hilarious story, life isn't all champagne and sangria for the fugitives on the Costa del Sol.
SEB. 5v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25533902
Binchy, Maeve. Quentin's. 2002. General fiction.
Ella Brady wants to make a documentary about Quentin's, the renowned Dublin restaurant that has captured the spirit of a generation and a city in the years it has been open. After all, every table in Quentin's has a thousand stories to tell: tales of love, betrayal, revenge, hope and despair.
SEB. 7v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25534102
Binchy, Maeve. Firefly summer. 1987. Family stories.
The sleepy Irish town of Mountfern is suddenly transformed one day when Ferncourt, a large house burnt down during the Troubles, is bought by an American with dreams of turning it into a hotel for American tourists. To many he appears attractive - but to others dangerous.
SEB. 14v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25532702
Blair, Emma. Moonlit eyes. 2002. Family stories.
When Pee Wee Poston and his wife Beulah are offered the chance to swap New York for London, they jump at the chance. Pee Wee, a highly talented saxophonist, has been asked to help launch a new jazz club in Soho. By accepting, the couple can be close to their son Julius, a high-flying diplomat at the American embassy. As Hitler launches his bombing campaign on London, Pee Wee and his band play on, resolute in their defiance of the air raids. And then, in the middle of the tragedy and suffering, a moment of rare beauty blossoms.
UEB. 7v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 25383905
Booth, Stephen. One last breath. 2004. Crime.
The vast labyrinth of caverns, passages and subterranean rivers beneath the Peak District are a major tourist attraction. But this summer not all the darkness is underground and not all the devils are folk legends. Mingling with the holidaymakers is a convicted killer, bent on revenge.
SEB. 6v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25545003
Bradford, Barbara Taylor. Act of will. 1986. Family stories.
Moving from the bleak Yorkshire Dales to London, and on to the glamorous world of New York haute couture, "Act of will" tells the story of three generations of beautiful women: Audra, the impoverished children's nanny; Christina, who won world renown as a fashion designer; and rebellious Kyle, who chafes against her mother's success - and in whom her grandmother's spirit of duty and sacrifice is reborn.
SEB. 9v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25540802
Brett, Simon. Sicken and so die. 1995. Crime.
Charles Paris has moved back in with his wife. He's not a permanent fixture in her bed yet but there's a definite thaw in the air. What's more, he's got a proper part in a proper play. Then, disaster: the director goes down with food poisoning, and when Sir Andrew Aguecheek ends up in hospital too, Charles suspects that someone is actually trying to kill him.
SEB. 4v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25544902
Burgess, Anthony. Earthly powers. 2004. Classic.
Kenneth Toomey is an eminent novelist of dubious talent; Don Carlo Campanati is a man of God, a shrewd manipulator who rises through the Vatican to become the architect of church revolution and a candidate for sainthood. These two men are linked not only by family ties but by a common understanding of mankind's frailties. Anthony Burgess plumbs the depths of the essence of power and the lengths men will go for it.
UEB. 17v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25459703
Camilleri, Andrea. August heat. 2010. Crime.
Inspector Montalbano: book 10. The lazy, slow month of August at the height of the Sicilian summer is, Inspector Montalbano assures his girlfriend Livia as they prepare for a relaxing holiday in a villa he has found for them, far too hot for any murders to be committed. But when Livia's friends' young son goes missing, a chain of events is sparked which will certainly ruin the Chief Inspector's pleasant interlude.
UEB. 4v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25406003
Cartland, Barbara. A duel of jewels. 1993. Historical romance.
Betrothed against her wishes to an elderly Duke, Katerina leaves her French stepmother's home and is befriended by her neighbour Prince Michael. He uses her to help win a wager against the dastardly Prince Fredrich, in an argument over which Prince's country has the finest collection of crown jewels. But Michael and Katerina's lives are threatened when things turn sour.
SEB. 2v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 25505204
Child, Lee. Personal. 2014. Thriller.
Jack Reacher: book 19. Jack Reacher is pulled back into service. This time, it is for the State Department and the CIA. Someone has taken a shot at the president of France in the City of Light. How many snipers can shoot from three-quarters of a mile with total confidence? Very few, but John Kott, an American marksman gone bad, is one of them. And after fifteen years in prison, he’s out, unaccounted for, and likely drawing a bead on a G8 summit packed with enough world leaders to tempt any assassin. If anyone can stop Kott, it’s the man who beat him before: Reacher.
UEB. 6v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 25387903
Clancy, Tom. The sum of all fears. 1991. Thriller.
Jack Ryan: book 7. Starting with an incident in the 1973 Middle East War, and taking his story into a convincing not-too-distant future, Tom Clancy has written a thrilling novel that compels us to look at our world in a new light. With one terrible act, the world is brought to the brink of war and Jack Ryan, now Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, and his FBI counterpart, Dan Murray, frantically seek a solution.
SEB. 21v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25474702
Cohen, Julie. Dear thing. 2014. Chick lit.
After years of watching her best friends Ben and Claire try for a baby, Romily offered to give them the one thing they most wanted. But Romily wasn't prepared for the overwhelming feelings that have taken hold of her and which threaten to ruin her friendship with Ben and Claire – and even destroy their marriage. Now there are three friends, two mothers and only one baby, and an impossible decision to make.
UEB. 6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25403003
Compton, Julie. Rescuing Olivia. 2010. Thriller.
When Olivia Mayfield arrived in Florida , hoping to escape her rich, powerful father and controlling ex-boyfriend, the attraction between her and Anders Erickson was immediate and mutual. But after the two are involved in a horrific motorcycle accident, Anders finds himself plunged into a terrible nightmare. The severely injured Olivia mysteriously disappears from the hospital, and her father will stop at nothing to prevent Anders from discovering the truth.
UEB. 7v. Price: £17.99. Order No: 25404603
Connelly, Michael. Blood work. 1998. Thriller.
Terry McCaleb : book 1. Thanks to a heart transplant, former FBI agent Terry McCaleb is enjoying a quiet retirement on his fishing boat in Los Angeles Harbour. Until he has a visit from Graciela Rivers. She tells McCaleb that the heart beating in his chest belonged to her sister, who was not killed in an accident, as he'd been told, but was murdered. And she wants him to take up the investigation!
SEB. 9v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25544502
Connelly, Michael. The gods of guilt. 2013. Thriller.
Mickey Haller: book 5. Mickey Haller gets the text, 'Call me ASAP - 187', and the California penal code for murder immediately gets his attention. Murder cases have the highest stakes and the biggest paydays, and they always mean Haller has to be at the top of his game. When Mickey learns that the victim was his own former client, a prostitute he thought he had rescued and put on the straight and narrow path, he knows he is on the hook for this one. Haunted by the ghosts of his past, Mickey must work tirelessly and bring all his skill to bear on a case that could mean his ultimate redemption or proof of his ultimate guilt.
UEB. 7v. Price: £18.99. Order No: 24719105
Cookson, Catherine. The blind miller. 1963. Family stories.
Set in Tyneside between the two World Wars, Mary Hetherington is a mother who dominates her family. She is kind, efficient and generous – providing they do what she wants. But when David brings home Sarah, a Catholic girl who grew up in unhappy family circumstances at the 'lower end' of the Fifteen Streets. A girl who brings laughter into her dustless house, she soon takes against her, causing serious consequences to Sarah and her family.
SEB. 4v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25545102
Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's escape: Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign 1810. 2004. War fiction.
Richard Sharpe: book 10. The French are mounting their third and most dangerous invasion of Portugal. Captain Richard Sharpe with his company of redcoats and riflemen meets the invaders on the gaunt ridge of Bussaco. But there, despite a stunning British victory, the French are not stopped and the army have to fall back. Sharpe has made enemies among the Portuguese and during the retreat through Coimbra, he and Sergeant Harper are lured into a trap designed to kill them.
SEB. 5v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25474404
Cornwell, Bernard. The winter king: a novel of Arthur. 1995. Historical fiction.