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Extract: The Dive by Sara Ochs

This entry was posted on 16 October 2023.

Scuba diving instructor Cass leads her students out for their first dive off the beautiful coast of Koh Sang, Thailand's world-famous party island. It's supposed to be a life-changing experience, but things quickly spiral out of control ... By the time she gets back to the shore, one of her students is dead, another badly injured, and she knows that her idyllic life is about to be smashed to pieces on the rocks. Because someone is making sure that backpackers never leave paradise – one murder at a time.

Extract: The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman

This entry was posted on 16 October 2023.

Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. As the gang springs into action, they encounter art forgers, online fraudsters and drug dealers, as well as heartache close to home. With the body count rising, and trouble firmly on their tail, has their luck finally run out? The fourth novel in the record-breaking, bestselling Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman.

 

Extract: Private Rome by James Patterson & Adam Hamdy

This entry was posted on 16 October 2023.

Jack Morgan is in Rome celebrating the opening of a new local Private office, when the party takes a deadly turn. Private agent Matteo Ricci is found at the party standing over the body of a dead priest with a gun in hand, swearing he did not kill the man. As Jack tries to prove Matteo's innocence, he uncovers a much deadlier conspiracy – which leads him straight to the heart of the Vatican. The thrilling new instalment in the Private series.

 


 

Extract: The Fraud by Zadie Smith

This entry was posted on 16 October 2023.

Kilburn, 1873. The 'Tichborne Trial' has captivated the widowed Scottish housekeeper Mrs Eliza Touchet and all of England. Readers are at odds over whether the defendant is who he claims to be – or an imposter. Based on real historical events, The Fraud is a dazzling novel about how in a world of hypocrisy and self-deception, deciding what's true can prove a complicated task. Smith’s intriguing first historical novel.

 


 

Extract: A Twisted Love Story by Samantha Downing

This entry was posted on 16 October 2023.

The sharpest voice in psychological suspense returns with an unputdownable new thriller on the deadliest subject of all: true love. Wes and Ivy are madly in love. It's the kind of romance people write stories about. But what kind of story? Because when it's good, it's very very good. But when it's bad, it's bad. But their breakneck cycle of catastrophic vengeful break-ups and head-over-heels reconnections needs to end fast. Because suddenly, Wes and Ivy have a common enemy - and she's a detective.

Extract: None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

This entry was posted on 16 October 2023.

Celebrating her 45th birthday at her local pub, podcaster Alix Summer crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie is also celebrating her 45th birthday. They are, in fact birthday twins. A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie has been listening to Alix's podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for Alix's series. She is, she tells Alix, on the cusp of great changes in her life. Alix agrees to a trial interview.

Extract: Bridge by Lauren Beukes

This entry was posted on 16 October 2023.

In infinite parallel universes, there’s a version of you who already has everything you’ve ever wanted. But 24-year-old drop-out Bridge is paralysed, by all the other lives she could have lived, the choices she could have made, and now, whoever she’s supposed to be in the wake of her mother’s premature death. They always had a complicated relationship.

Extract: Countdown by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois

This entry was posted on 16 October 2023.

The CIA's highly classified Special Activities Division is in the business of tracking people down and keeping secrets hidden. Then a botched field operation reveals some dark dealings between an officer's superiors and an informant, including a plot that could kill thousands of Americans. Knowing that her leadership is corrupt to the core, she is forced to give up her identity and work from the shadows. But it's not easy staying hidden when your enemies are elite intelligence operatives.

Q&A with Arthur C. Brooks, Author of Build the Life You Want

This entry was posted on 09 October 2023.

In Build the Life You Want  Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness, no matter how challenging your circumstances. Combining their decades of experience studying happiness from every angle, they show you how to improve your life right now - instead of waiting for the outside world to change. Arthur chats here about collaborating with Oprah, what makes him happy, and the 1,800-year-old book that inspires him.

 


 

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