Extracts
Extract: The Noise by James Patterson
03 August 2021
Terror has a new sound... and it comes from the darkest corners of James Patterson's imagination.
CHAPTER ONE
TENNANT
“THE FOREST HAD A particular scent to it, a dewy moistness off the Columbia River mixed with Douglas fir, ponderosa pine, red cedar, hemlock, and maple. Overnight, a fog had rolled down from the peak of...
Extract: The Echo Chamber by John Boyne
03 August 2021
What a thing of wonder a mobile phone is. Six ounces of metal, glass and plastic, fashioned into a sleek, shiny, precious object. At once, a gateway to other worlds - and a treacherous weapon in the hands of the unwary, the unwitting, the inept.
PART 1
4 FEBRUARY 2004
“IN A WAITING ROOM at St Mary’s Hospital,...
Extract: The Shadow by James Patterson & Brian Sitts
29 July 2021
Only two people know Lamont Cranston's secret identity as the Shadow, a vigilante of justice: his greatest love, Margo Lane, and his fiercest enemy, Shiwan Khan. Then Khan ambushes the couple, who find the slimmest chance of survival . . . in the uncertain future.
NEW YORK CITY / 1937
ONE
“IN THE BAR room of...
Extract: Such a Quiet Place by Megan Miranda
29 July 2021
A riveting suspense novel about a shocking murder in an idyllic and close-knit neighbourhood, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Last House Guest.
SATURDAY, JUNE 29TH
HOLLOW’S EDGE COMMUNITY PAGE
Subject: SHE’S BACK
Posted: 11:47AM
Tate Cora: There’s a cab outside the house. Did...
Extract: The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
29 July 2021
The Comfort Book is a collection of consolations learned in hard times and suggestions for making the bad days better. Drawing on maxims, memoir and the inspirational lives of others, these meditations celebrate the everchanging wonder of living. This is for when we need the wisdom of a friend or a reminder we can always nurture inner...
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