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NOVEMBER BRINGS SOME FANTASTIC NEW RELEASES TO SNUGGLE UP WITH

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THE TRIALS OF LIFE: A NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR BY DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

The Trials of Life is the third, and final, instalment in David Attenborough’s Life series. Life on Earth dealt with evolution, Living Planet covered ecology, and now The Trials of Life deals with ethology, which is the study of how animals behave, and why. The book is divided into twelve chapters and Attenborough uses a host of intriguing animals to exemplify each chapter theme. From birth to death, the trials and tribulations the animals face at each point of their lives, and the way the animals respond, is explained with fascinating insight and wonderful photographs. As he said himself, “This is, quite simply, the best thing I’ve ever done,” and who are we to argue with David Attenborough.

LONG SHADOWS BY DAVID BALDACCI

Baldacci is back with the latest instalment in his hugely popular Amos Decker series. Amos Decker is blessed, or cursed, with a perfect memory. Decker remembers everything that has ever happened to him with exquisite detail, which means the loss of his wife, daughter and close friends never really leaves him. When a federal judge and her bodyguard are brutally murdered at home in an exclusive gated community in Florida, Decker and his new partner Frederica White are sent to investigate, much to the annoyance of local federal agents. The judge, who had no enemies and yet felt the need for a bodyguard, was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack, while her bodyguard was professionally shot twice in the head. Amos Decker is going to need all his special skills to crack this case. A fast paced and exciting thrill ride of a novel.

DESERT STAR BY MICHAEL CONNELLY

The brand new, highly anticipated Ballard and Bosch thriller from the bestselling author of The Lincoln Lawyer. Renée Ballard has been put in charge of a new LAPD cold case unit. With carte blanche over her teammates, she aims to recruit Harry Bosch. Bosch agrees on the condition that one of the cold cases they investigate is the unsolved brutal murder of an entire family years previously. However, as the entire task force was established by politician Jake Pearlman, the unsolved murder of his 16-year-old sister must take priority. The team begin their investigations into the unsolved cases but digging around in the past threatens to put their lives, and the cold case unit, in danger. An engrossing and thrilling crime drama.

DAWNLANDS BY PHILIPPA GREGORY

This is the third novel in the Fairmile series by historical fiction master, Philippa Gregory, which follows herbalist Alinor Reekie and three generations of her family. It is 1685, James II is King and the country is on the brink of civil war. Alinor’s brother, Ned Ferryman, has saved indigenous American, Rowan, from slavery and returned to England with her. Ned, always on the side of freedom and liberty, finds himself on the wrong side of the law and facing execution while Rowan is at risk of being deported to Barbados. Meanwhile Alinor has been manipulated by the ever-scheming Livia to save the Queen from the impending siege. Alinor’s son, Rob, vows to steer clear of all conflict, however, finds himself compelled to help Ned and Rowan. Combining history with action, adventure and drama, Gregory has created an intriguing and enthralling story. THEY’RE GOING TO LOVE YOU BY MEG HOWREY

An enigmatic tale of family, ambition and the price of success set against the backdrop of the AIDS crisis in New York in the ‘80s. Carlisle Martin’s dream is to follow in her mother’s footsteps by becoming a professional ballet dancer. Her parents are separated and living quite a distance from each other, so Carlisle only gets to see her father, Robert, for a few weeks a year when she visits him and his partner, James, in Greenwich Village. Despite her desperation to belong in their lives, Carlisle ends up estranged from her father until a phone call from James nineteen years later draws them back together. A beautifully written and insightful novel about family, relationships, love, loss, and forgiveness. e

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