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Books of the Month October 2015 – take three

29th October 2015 by Anne James

Leaving Time

by Jodi Picoult

JENNA METCALF was with her mother the night she disappeared but Jenna remembers nothing. In the wake of that tragic events she has lost not one parent but two – her father is in an asylum and now she lives with her grandmother, who finds it too painful to talk about what happened.

Ten years on, Jenna is the only one who still seems to care. And she is determined to seek the truth, no matter how shocking and life-changing it might be.

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Books of the Month – More for October 2015

14th October 2015 by Anne James

The Burning Room

by Michael Connelly

IN THE LAPD’s Open Unsolved, not many murder victims die a decade after the crime. So when Orlando Merced finally succumbs to complications from being shot ten years earlier, Bosch catches a case in which the body is still fresh but any other evidence is virtually non-existent. Partnered with rookie detective Lucia Soto, Bosch begins to see political dimensions to the case – a case where, despite the seemingly impossible odds, failure to find the killer is simply not an option. It’s looking like Orlando Merced may not be the investigation’s only victim – and that includes Bosch himself.

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Books of the Month – October 2015

17th September 2015 by Anne James

The Dark Heart of Florence

by Michele Giuttari

IT WAS A NIGHT that would be long remembered. The Florence police would come to call it a night of horror, the start of a new nightmare… After enduring years at the mercy of an infamous serial killer, the people of Florence rejoice at the news of his death – until a senator is found brutally murdered.

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Books of the Month – September 2015

4th September 2015 by Anne James

Mightier Than The Sword

By Jeffrey Archer

THE BOOK opens with an IRA bomb exploding during the MV Buckingham’s maiden voyage across the Atlantic – but how many passengers lose their lives? Harry Clifton, now President of English PEN, launches a campaign for the release of a fellow author Anatoly Babakor, but in doing so, puts his own life in danger.

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Books of the Month – September 2015 special

25th August 2015 by Anne James

OUR FIRST FOUR recommended books this month are all from the Richard and Judy Book Club summer selection. Look out for more September additions to the shelves soon.

No Safe House

by Linwood Barclay
Seven years ago, Cynthia Archer was plunged into a nightmare that almost cost the lives of her family. Today, the past has finally been laid to rest but the memory of that terrible ordeal lingers on and Cynthia is finding it hard to give her daughter the freedom to make her own mistakes.

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