Extracts
Extract: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
28 January 2022
An estranged brother and sister must set aside their differences to deal with their mother’s death and their puzzling inheritance: an audio recording, in which she tells the story of her hidden past, and her famous black cake to be shared ‘when the time is right’. Their journey of discovery takes them from the Caribbean to London...
Extract: A Question of Guilt by Jørn Lier Horst
28 January 2022
In 1999, 17-year-old Tone Vaterland was killed. Desperate for a conviction, the police deemed the investigation an open-and-shut case and sent her spurned boyfriend, Danny Momrak, down for murder. But 20 years later, William Wisting receives a puzzling letter that suggests the wrong man was convicted for Tone’s death. It's a race to the...
Extract: The Man Who Never Was by Douglas Kruger
26 January 2022
David shares a close bond with his eight-year-old son, Chris, but their family is destroyed when David dies. In the afterlife, he is given an opportunity. He is told that he may be granted three viewings by which to look in on his son. What David sees will not leave him, and he decides to make a simple but impassioned request.
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Extract: Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes
14 January 2022
The international No.1 bestselling author writes her first sequel starring her most beloved character, Rachel Walsh - form an orderly line!
“Around five p.m., I was in the office typing up my daily notes when my phone rang. As soon as I saw who was calling, my heart nearly stopped. What on earth . . . ? Joey. Luke’s...
Extract: Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman
06 December 2021
Including 'The Hill We Climb,' the stirring poem read at the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden, Amanda Gorman's remarkable new collection reveals an energizing and unforgettable poetic voice. Call Us What We Carry is Gorman at her finest. Bursting with musical language and exploring themes of identity,...
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