by Mark Gartside (Pan Macmillan) ISBN: 978 0 230 75989 3 There are not many novels that deal with single fathers or delve into parenthood from a male point of view. What Will Survive tells the story of Graham, a lad from the wrong side of the tracks in Thatcher’s Britain, who meets posh girl […]
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by Ree Drummond (Pan) ISBN: 9781447202073 Ree Drummond has had a four year affair with J who seems to fulfil her every need. And then a kiss with Marlobo Man changes her life completely. This is the story of a sizzling love affair finding Ree growing more bewildered by the way of life on the
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100 ways we die and how to avoid them by Dr Sarah Brewer (Quercus) ISBN: 978 0 85738 6106 This is a non-fiction reference book setting out a hundred ways a person can die. It describes death resulting from drowning, electrocution and heart attacks to less common causes of death such as boredom, snoring and
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by David Gibbins (Headline) ISBN: 9780755353996 All the ingredients are there: the archaeologist, Jack, with the strong jaw line, a deadly virus that will kill millions, exotic locations, scuba diving for treasures in caves at the bottom of the sea while volcanoes are erupting, all this enlivened with historical details about Atlantis and the Second
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by Karen Rose (Headline) ISBN 978-0-7553-7395-6  Ramon Muñoz has spent five years in prison, convicted of a murder he did not commit. Unable to get the courts to help him, his family turns to private investigator for help.  Paige Holden was shot and now has a large dog called Peabody who is trained to
Writers Write creates writing resources and shares writing tips. In this post, we share our interview with Lesley Pearse.Â
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by Lauren DeStefano (Harper Voyager) ISBN: 9781442409057 Genetic engineering has produced a flawless generation of strong, disease-free people. However, their children are born to die young. Girls live until 20. Boys die when they are 24. Rhine Ellery is kidnapped as a ‘bride’ in this bleak dystopian offering. She is taken into a mansion with
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by Liza Marklund (Bantam Press) ISBN: 9780593067949 A woman in charge in a male dominated environment impacts people in different ways. This premise connects the author, the hero, the victims and the perpetrator in The Bomber, Liza Marklund’s first novel featuring Annika Bengtzon, crime reporter. An explosion takes place in the Olympic Stadium that has
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by Gabriella Pierce (William Morrow) ISBN 978-0-06-143477-8 Jane Boyle’s life in Paris takes on an exciting turn when she meets the man of her dreams. He proposes within weeks and they decide to move to New York. Then Jane’s grandmother is found dead. With her only family member gone, she reads a note left by
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by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic) ISBN: 9780439023511 Katniss becomes The Mockingjay. She is the Che Guevara of Panem. A face that inspired an uprising and a full scale rebellion. She is barely alive in District 13 after being rescued from the arena by rebel forces. Peeta, the boy she was supposed to save to become the face of
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