Your next good read September 2008

New Titles by popular Authors

Terry Brooks The gypsy morph

Dick Francis and Felix Francis Silks

Conn Iggulden Bones of the hills

P D James The private patient

Faye Kellerman Cold case

Lynda la Plante Deadly intent

Henning Mankell The pyramid

Val McDermid A darker domain

Colleen McCullough The independence of Miss Mary Bennet

Lisa Scottoline Lady killer

Mary Jane Staples Katerina’s secret

Peter Temple White dog

Peter Ackroyd The casebook of Victor Frankenstein
A reimagining of Mary Shelley’s classic story by an award winning historian and novelist. Victor Frankenstein is given the chance to recount all his anatomy experiments and explain his search for the divine spark or soul within a human body.

Alaa Al Aswany Chicago
Another exploration of contemporary Egyptian lives to follow up the successful debut title “The Yacoubian building”. The rich blend of everyday life and social commentary is this time set in Chicago on a University campus. The contact between American and Egyptian cultures in the post 9/11 world leads to crises of identity and difficult choices for a rich variety of characters.

Michael Dobbs
The edge of madness
A move away from Dobbs’ successful territory of political thrillers. This is a much more sweeping international plot dealing with the threat of cyber-warfare. Nuclear reactors have been destroyed and power supplies cut, and the  crisis can only  be averted by the USA, Russia and Britain working together to face an enemy intent on causing worldwide economic and political chaos.

Zoe Heller
The believers
A new novel from the author of “Notes on a scandal” shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and adapted into a successful film starring Judi Dench. Set in New York, this is the story of how secrets, unhappy marriages, love affairs, crises of faith and  addiction lead each member of a family to question what, if anything, they still believe in.

Morag Joss
The night following
When a woman in emotional turmoil gets into her car to drive along a country lane, an innocent cyclist becomes the victim in a hit and run accident. The driver is later overcome with guilt and begins to watch over the man left bereaved by her actions. As she becomes more involved in his life, Arthur Mitchell begins to believe his wife has returned to him.

Jodi Picoult
Songs of the Humpback whale
This was Jodi Picoult’s debut novel now available in the UK. A wife, tired of living in the shadow of her husband drives across America with her daughter leaving him to search for them. In order to find her he must learn to see the world through her eyes.

Annie Proulx
Fine just the way it is
More stories set in the Wyoming of “Brokeback Mountain” both past and present. Common themes of the harsh beauty of the landscape and the strength and determination of the people are highlighted in all of the tales, whether featuring native tribes or modern ranch owners and politicians.

Ian Rankin
Doors open
His first thriller without Inspector Rebus for over a decade. A wealthy businessman looking for a new challenge decides to commit the perfect crime and steal priceless art work from the National Gallery of Scotland. However his entry into the criminal underworld proves more dangerous than he had anticipated.