NEW titles added to the library shelves this month include:
Private Sydney
by James Patterson and Kathryn Fox
CRAIG GISTO has promised Eliza Moss that his elite team at Private Sydney will investigate the disappearance of her father. After all, as CEO of a high-profile research company Eric Moss shouldn’t be difficult to find. Except that it is not just the man who has gone missing –all evidence that he ever existed has vanished too.
And there are powerful figures pulling the strings who want Moss to stay ‘lost’ . But when a woman is found brutally murdered and a baby is missing, Private Sydney are suddenly drawn into another frantic search. And this is a case Craig has to throw everything into, because he may well be responsible for sending the killer straight to the victim’s door…
Now The Killing Starts
by Steve Cage
WHEN MAVERICK TV reporter Hunter investigates the brutal killing of a pro-hanging Tory MP he triggers an explosive chain reaction of violence. What are bent cops and senior ministers trying to hide? Action-packed games of cat and mouse in the blizzard-swept North have a devastating impact on two brave women before Hunter discovers the shocking truth driving this non-stop rollercoaster ride of a story.
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
by Claire North
SOME STORIES cannot be told in just one lifetime. No matter what he does or what decision he makes, every time Harry dies he always returns to where he began, a child with all the knowledge of a life lived a dozen times before. Nothing ever changes – until now.
As Harry nears the end of his 11th life, a little girl appears at his bedside. ‘I nearly missed you, Doctor August,’ she says ‘I need to send you a message.’ This is the story of what Harry does next, and what he did before, and how he tries to save a past he cannot change and a future he cannot allow.
Time of Death
by Mark Billingham
Soon to be a major BBC Drama, this is a tale about two schoolgirls abducted in the small, dying Warwickshire town of Polesford. Their disappearance drives a knife into the heart of the community where police officer Helen Weeks grew up. But this is a place where dangerous truths lie buried.
The Accused: When family man Stephen Bates is arrested, Helen and her partner Tom Thorne head to the flooded town to support Bates’s wife, an old school friend of Helen’s, who is living under siege and convinced of her husband’s innocence.
The Dead: As residents and media bay for Bates’s blood, a decomposing body is found. The police believe that they have their murderer but one man believes otherwise. With a girl still missing, Thorne sets himself on a collision course with the local police, townsfolk – and a merciless killer.