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orphanage, invites David and
his friends to form a proper
team. Everything changes.
David tells Simon and Ines
that he is in fact an orphan,
and leaves them to live with
Julio. They are heartbroken,
particularly when they hear
that David has a mysterious
illness.
Other general fiction titles
worth a look include: Big Sky
(l), by Kate Atkinson; Diary Of
A Somebody (p), by Brian
Bilston; Outside Looking In
(p), by TC Boyle; The Weight
Of A Piano (p), by Chris
Cander; Highfire (l), by Ireland’s Eoin Colfer; Shelf Life (p), by
Livia Franchini; Nightingale Point (p), by Luan Goldie; Liar (p),
by Avelet Gundar-Goshen; The Doll Factory (p), by Elizabeth
Macneal; It Started With A Secret (l), by Jill Mansell; The 24-
Hour Café (l), by Libby Page; Daisy Jones & The Six (p), by
Taylor Jenkins Reid; Bone Silence (l), a sci-fi tour de force by
Alastair Reynolds; 10 Minutes 38 Seconds In This Strange
World (p), by Elis Shafak; The House By The Loch (p), by
Kirsty Wark; and, Frankissstein (l), by Jeanette Winterson.
In a long list of new thrillers, we are drawn to A Silent Death (l),
Peter May’s novel set on the contemporary Costa del Sol.
When Scottish expatriate fugitive Jack Cleland sees his
girlfriend gunned down in a chase involving officer Cristina
Sanchez Pradell, he vows to destroy the Spanish policewoman.
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It so happens that the centre
of Cristina’s world is her aunt
Ana, who has been deaf and
blind throughout adulthood
due to the rare Usher
Syndrome. John Mackenzie, a
smart Glaswegian investigator
is seconded to assist the
Spanish authorities in their
manhunt. Mackenzie is the
only one who can silence
Cleland before the criminal
has the last and bloody word.
Other notable titles in the
genre include: American Dirt
(l), by Jeanine Cummins, a
testimony to the courage of
immigrants fleeing Mexico to
the USA; Hunted (p), by Arne Dahl; Night Moves (p), by
Jonathan Kellerman; Haven’t They Grown (l), by Sophie
Hannah; Dark Matter (p), by Doug Johnstone; The Knock (l), by
Jessie Keane; The Manifestations Of Sherlock Holmes (p), a
collection of short stories by James Lovegrove; Three Hours (l),
by Rosamund Lupton; All That’s Dead, by Stuart MacBride (p);
The Knife (p), by Jo Nesbø; The Girl Without Skin (p), by Mads
Peder Nordbo; Blindside (l) and Hush Hush (p), both by James
Patterson; Blood & Sugar (p), by Laura Shepherd-Robinson;
Absolution (l), by Yrsa Sigurdardottir; and, The Home (p), by
Sarah Stovell.
Key: (p) paperback (l) hardback/large paperback depending
on availability