Most popular books on Lovereading 12 – 19 February 2012
Lovereading.co.uk Top 10
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Never Coming Home Evonne Wareham A debut from an exciting new talent. A well written contemporary romantic thriller, set in London, Italy and the US, which will keep you guessing all the way through. The author has been a finalist twice in the American Title … Download free opening extract |
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Rescue Anita Shreve February 2012 Book of the Month. A tale of love, banishment and renewal, Rescue is a perfectly paced novel, written with Shreve’s skilful lightness of touch and perceptive characterisation. Alternating between the life-and-death scenarios Peter regularly encounters and the fraught family … Download free opening extract |
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A Book for All and None Clare Morgan February 2012 Debut of the Month. A beautiful, haunting literary debut from an extraordinary new talent who we can see scooping future literary prizes. When you are the Director of the Creative Writing Course at Oxford University there is, understandably, quite … Download free opening extract |
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Dickens’s England : An A-Z Tour of the Real and Imagined Locations Tony Lynch This is a travel guide with a twist. An illustrated and informative guide to the places in England (real and imagined) associated with Charles Dickens and featured in his works. With hundreds of entries it is endlessly fascinating and is … Download free opening extract |
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The Guardians Andrew Pyper February 2012 Book of the Month. This fifth book from Canadian author Andrew Pyper is a cracker. Scary and thrilling, it is hard to close the book once you start. With a mix of diary based memories and a ‘history repeating … Download free opening extract |
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Last Man in Tower Aravind Adiga February 2012 MEGA Book of the Month. The compelling, complex and multi-layered novel from Aravind Adiga is his first after The White Tiger which won the Booker in 2008. A suspense-filled story of money and power, luxury and deprivation; a rich … Download free opening extract |
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The Book of Lies Mary Horlock February 2012 Debut of the Month. A well written insight into the twisted mind of an unashamed murderer, as she admits in the second paragraph of this book (see link to the Opening Extract on this page). In fact, The Book … Download free opening extract |
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Care of Wooden Floors Will Wiles February 2012 Debut of the Month. Inhabiting the spaces in-between everyday events – a place where tiny oversights can have disastrous, farcical and even fatal consequences. This is a unique, bold and brilliant debut from a darkly funny new voice – … Download free opening extract |
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The Great Escape Fiona Gibson February 2012 Book of the Month. This laugh-out-loud funny tale, packed full of real life cringe-worthy moments we all know so well, asks the question: Can any woman ever grab back a piece of her younger self? For one weekend only, … Download free opening extract |
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Secrets of the Tides Hannah Richell A sensitive, convincing and beautifully written novel. Full of descriptive power, it defines the beginnings and consequences of a family tragedy – from love and guilt to the difference between choices and accidents. With scenes so tense I had to … Download free opening extract |
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