BookTalk
children may need the move more than she does. Her son Jake
has begun to question the things he values most; could Spain
offer him the change he is seeking? Shelly’s daughter Leila
arrives with a new baby in tow. As Casa Maria takes its first
booking, will it turn out to be more than a romantic promise
made a few years ago?
Flood Rises (p), by Margaret Drabble; The Nakano Thrift Shop
(p), by Hiromi Kawakami; I Hate The Internet (p), by Jarett
Kobek; The Silent Corner (l), by Dean Koontz; Fatal (p), by Joan
Lescroart; Meet Me At Beachcomber Bay (p), by Jill Mansell;
The Supremes Sing The Happy Heartache Blues (l), by Edward
Kelsey Moore; Amber Green Takes Manhattan (l), by Rosie
Nixon; A Book Of American Martyrs (l), by Joyce Carol Oates;
Judas (p), by Amos Oz; and Barskins (p), by Annie Proulx.
From Graham Moore,
winner of an Oscar for the
Best Screenplay for ‘The
Imitation Game’ in 2015,
comes The Last Days Of
Night (p), an historical legal
thriller based on the
famous ‘War of the
Currents’ fought between
Thomas Edison and
George Westinghouse. In
New York, in the late 1880s,
the miracle of electric light
is still in its infancy. Untold
riches and glory await the
man who can power the
nation with this new
technology. Thomas
Edison has won the race to
the patent office and is
suing his remaining rival, George Westinghouse, for patent
infringement for the unheard-of sum of a billion dollars.
Runelight (l) is Joanne M
Harris’ sequel to
Runemarks: magic,
adventure and Norse
mythology from the
author of Chocolat. Six
hundred miles apart, two
girls each bear on their
skin a runemark: a symbol
of the Old Days when the
known Worlds were ruled
by the gods from their sky
citadel, Asgard, now in
ruins. The power of the
gods is long destroyed; or
so everyone thinks.
Nothing is lost for ever
though. The gods have not
given up – nor stopped
squabbling! – and want the
power of the runes borne by Maddy and Maggie.
Other general fiction titles worth a look include: Last Seen (p),
by Lucy Clarke; Mr Toppit (p), by Charles Elton; The Dark
Key: (l) hardback or large paperback (p) small paperback
47