Extract: Dark Horse by Gregg Hurwitz
Evan Smoak - Orphan X aka The Nowhere Man – is back at break-neck speed in a thrilling new adventure from Gregg Hurwitz.
1. A World That Contained Men Like Him
Some men speak of angels and devils.
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February 24th, 2022
Extract: The Milk Tart Murders by Sally Andrew
When Oom Frik dies during a vintage movie screening in Ladismith, Tannie Maria and her policeman boyfriend Henk are on the scene.When a second body turns up, there’s a clue: a letter addressed to Tannie Maria asking for advice – and a milk tart recipe. Fifty-plus agony aunt Maria and feisty young journalist Jessie conduct their own treasure hunt and murder investigation.
February 23rd
Extract: Steal by James Patterson & Howard Roughan
When a suicidal sophomore in his Abnormal Psychology class goes missing, Dr Dylan Reinhart becomes wrapped up in multi-million-dollar secrets and danger when the student's powerful father turns to him for help. It’ll take every bit of his expertise, and the help of NYPD Detective, Elizabeth Needham, to close the case. Can he stay ahead of his enemy ... and his employer? The third thrilling instalment of James Patterson’s Instinct series.
Extract: Influence is your Superpower by Zoe Chance
Dynamic Yale professor rewrites the rules of persuasion in this breakthrough pop psych book – think Dale Carnegie for do-gooders or Quiet meets Robert Cialdini ’s Influence.
“Once upon a time, on an auspicious day in history, you were
born— influential. In fact, influence was your only means of
Extract: When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
A gorgeously immersive, mesmerising and life-affirming literary debut – a love story and a ghost story set in modern-day Trinidad.
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Morne Marie, Trinidad. Yesterday
February 22nd
Extract: Stirring the Pot by Quraisha Dawood
Dive into this swirl of madams and maids, women and their husbands, children, grandchildren, and in-laws, a world bristling with life and vitality, amid judgements and forgiveness, secrets and lies, expectations and disappointments. Prepare for a wedding, a theft, Ramadaan, and a passing, while delicious recipes for traditional cuisine add local spice to life at Summer Terrace.
February 10th
Marian Keyes on Writing
Marian Keyes’ writing is warm, witty and fearlessly honest with characters and relationships that are so relatable, we see them in ourselves, our friends and our own family. Sheer storytelling magic. But with 15 novels (and her long-anticipated sequel to Rachel's Holiday - Again, Rachel - is out now!), how does she seem to just get it so right time after time? Here is some insight from the woman herself.
February 9th
Q&A with The Man Who Never Was Author Douglas Kruger
The Man Who Never Was is a moving novel that strikes to the heart of parents. In this Q&A, author Douglas Kruger chats about making the move from finance- to fiction writing, where he got the idea for the novel and a parent’s sacrifice.
Many people know you as a prolific writer of books on finance. Did you always know there was some fiction in you, too?
Q&A with Wahala Author Nikki May
Wahala is a darkly comic and bitingly subversive take on love, race and family, through the experiences of three mixed-race friends living in London. In this Q&A, author Nikki May chats about expectations on today’s women, embracing her culture as an Anglo-Nigerian, and Ife heads.
Which scene was hardest to write, and which part was easiest?
February 4th
Extract: How to be a Revolutionary by C.A. Davids
A reluctant friendship develops between two people in an apartment block in Shanghai. Each has a secret, a hidden past that must not intrude upon the present. How To Be a Revolutionary is a bold, daring and poignant exploration of what we owe our countries, ourselves and those we love.
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