New Book Releases

SUMMER IS HERE, AND IT BRINGS WITH IT SOME FANTASTIC NEW TITLES

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THE LIES I TELL BY JULIA CLARK

Meg is a con artist, changing her name and reinventing herself everywhere she goes, leaving a trail of ruined men in her wake. Kat is a struggling journalist who has been searching for Meg for ten years. She blames Meg for ruining her big break and as a result, her career, and is out for revenge. When Meg returns to LA for a revenge job of her own, Kat hatches a plan to befriend her and expose her. However, as the women get close, Kat sees that there is more to Meg than meets the eye. What unfolds is a complex and intriguing character-driven thriller.

THE PEOPLE ON PLATFORM 5 BY CLARE POOLEY

The bestselling author of The Authenticity Project is back with a wonderfully uplifting, feel good novel. Nobody ever talks to strangers on the train. It’s an unwritten rule. Iona takes the 8:05 train from Hampton Court Station to Waterloo where she works as an advice columnist. Every day she sees the same people but knowing nothing about them, she gives them descriptive nicknames and invents back stories for them. There is Impossibly-Pretty-Constant-Reader and TerriblyLonely-Teenager among others. When SmartBut-Sexist-Manspreader starts choking right in front of her, Suspiciously-Nice-New Malden gives him the Heimlich and saves his life. This shared experience binds the commuters together, making friends and confidants out of disparate strangers.

PAPER CUP BY KAREN CAMPBELL

Occasionally a book comes along that burrows its way into your mind and heart and keeps you thinking about it long after you have read it. This is one of those books. Kelly has fallen through the gaps of society, owing to a series of unfortunate events, some awful people, and her own foolish pride. She is homeless and friendless, complying with a daily checklist consisting of keeping warm, finding food, and doing her best to keep clean and not get beaten. Following a terrible accident, Kelly needs to leave the streets of Glasgow. A chance encounter, a moment of kindness and a lost ring leads Kelly on a strange pilgrimage-type journey home to the south-west tip of Scotland, and to the people she left behind. It is an exquisitely written and compassionate novel of addiction, shame, hope and kindness.

THE MIRROR MAN BY LARS KEPLER

Five years ago, seventeen-year-old Jenny Lind was abducted on her way home from school. Now her body has been discovered hanging in a playground and with little evidence available, the police are struggling to find a lead. However, the scenario reminds detective Joona Linna of a case of suspected suicide years earlier. When another teenage girl, Mia, goes missing, Joona realises that they are dealing with a serial killer. Jonna’s investigation brings him closer to the killer, but will he find Mia and her fellow captives in time to save them from their cruel, sadistic tormentor? A dark and haunting murder mystery.

AIRSIDE BY JAMES SWALLOW

Kevin Tyler’s life has just imploded. He has spent months and risked everything he owns on a business deal in Northern Germany. However, at the last minute the deal falls through when his partners agree to a better offer and leave him ruined. He knows he is heading home to bankruptcy. To make matters worse, he is bumped from an overbooked flight and left stranded in the airside zone of the airport until the next available flight the following morning. It seems his luck has run out until he comes across an unattended bag filled with cash in the toilets. Seeing the discovery as the answer to all his problems, it never occurs to him that the owners of the bag might go to great, and terrible, lengths to recover it. A gripping and tense thriller. e

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