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Blood witness / Alex Hammond. [Book Club Set]

Blood witness / Alex Hammond. [Book Club Set]
Hammond, Alex

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Defence lawyer Will Harris is reluctantly drawn into a bizarre murder trial. A terminally ill man claims to have witnessed the brutal crime - in a vision. But the looming trial is more than just a media circus: it's Will's first big case since the tragic death of his fiance. 

 

Burial rites [Book Club Set]

Burial rites [Book Club Set]
Kent, Hannah, 1985-

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Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the story of Agnes, who, charged with the brutal murder of her former master, is sent to an isolated farm to await execution. Horrified at the prospect of housing a convicted murderer, the family at first avoids Agnes. 

 

The cartographer [Paperback]

The cartographer : an amazingly bold, inventive and enchanting novel [Book Club Set]
Twohig, Peter

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Set in Melbourne in the 1950s, a 11-year-old boy witnesses a murder when he is spying through a window of a strange house. In the following weeks he comes to map out all the significant adventures he has in the labyrinthine city, trying to make sure he doesn't cross the path of the mu...

 

Courting trouble [Book Club Set]

Courting trouble [Book Club Set]
Lette, Kathy, 1958-

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Tilly has the day from hell when she's sacked from her barristers' chambers in the morning, then finds her husband in bed with her former best friend in the afternoon. She escapes to her mother, Roxy - a sassy solicitor whose outrageous take on men, work and family life is the despair of her more...

 

 

 

The good liar [Book Club Set]

The good liar [Book Club Set]
Searle, Nicholas
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This is a life told back to front. This is a man who has lied all his life. Roy is a conman living in a small English town, about to pull off his final con. He is going to meet and woo a beautiful woman and slip away with her life savings. But who is the man behind the con?

 


In her blood [Book Club Set]

In her blood [Book Club Set]
Hauxwell, Annie
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It's not that easy to kick the money habit. After the world meltdown forces London's bankers to go cold turkey, people look elsewhere for a quick quid: the old fashioned East End.

 

Jasper Jones [Book Club Set]

Jasper Jones [Book Club Set]
Silvey, Craig, 1982-

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Late on a hot summer night at the tail end of 1965, Charlie Bucktin, a precocious and bookish boy of thirteen, is startled by a knock on his window. His visitor is Jasper Jones. Rebellious, mixed-race and solitary, Jasper is a distant figure of danger and intrigue for Charlie.

 

Lullaby [Book Club Set]

Lullaby [Book Club Set]
Slimani, Leïla, 1981-

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The baby is dead. It only took a few seconds. When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect caretaker for their two young children.

 

The night guest [Book Club Set]

The night guest [Book Club Set]
McFarlane, Fiona

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Ruth is widowed, her sons are grown, and she lives in an isolated beach house outside of town. One day a stranger arrives at her door, looking as if she has been blown in from the sea. She claims to be a care-worker and Ruth lets her in. But who exactly is she letting in?

 

The night of the Mi'raj [Book Club Set]

The night of the Mi'raj [Book Club Set]
Ferraris, Zoe

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Ferraris' novel, set in Saudi Arabia, features desert guide Nayir al-Sharqi, who is hired by wealthy friends to find their missing daughter. When the girl turns up dead, apparently drowned in a flash flood in the desert, Nayir suspects that all is not as it seems.

 

No place like home [Book Club Set]

No place like home [Book Club Set]
Overington, Caroline

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From bestselling author and award-winning journalist Caroline Overington comes another thought-provoking and heart-rending story, that reaches from the heart of Bondi to a small village in Tanzania.

 

The secrets she keeps [Book Club Set]

The secrets she keeps [Book Club Set]
Robotham, Michael, 1960-

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Everyone has an idea of what their perfect life is. For Agatha, it's Meghan Shaughnessy's. At least, that's how Agatha sees it. There is one thing they have in common: both have buried dangerous secrets they will go to terrible lengths to keep.

 

Sleeping on Jupiter [Book Club Set]

Sleeping on Jupiter [Book Club Set]
Roy, Anuradha
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Jarmuli: a city of temples, a centre of healing on the edge of the ocean. Nomi, a young girl, is taken from her family and finds herself in an ashram, overseen by a charismatic guru. But Guruji's charm masks a predatory menace, and Nomi faces danger beyond her understanding.

 

What came before [Book Club Set]

What came before [Book Club Set]
George, Anna
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David sits in his car, sick to his stomach and barely able to order his thoughts, but determined to record his statement of events. His wife, Elle, hovers over her lifeless body as it lies on the laundry floor of the house they shared. Dark, atmospheric and gripping, WhatCameBefore is a s...

 

The wife between us [Book Club Set]

The wife between us [Book Club Set]
Hendricks, Greer

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When you read this book, you will make many assumptions. You will assume you are reading about a jealous wife and her obsession with her replacement. You will assume you are reading about a woman about to enter a new marriage with the man she loves.

 
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