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JULY - SEPTEMBER 2020 New Zealand NEW RELEASES IN SOFTCOVER See inside for CHARNWOOD more top authors LARGE PRINT NOW INCLUDING A U R O R A NOW INCLUDING MAGNA FAMILY SAGA ULVERSCROFT LARGE PRINT BOOKS Charnwood Hardcover July Emma Donoghue Akin Noah is only days away from his first trip back to Nice since he was a child when a social worker calls looking for a temporary home for Michael, his eleven-year-old great- nephew. Though he has never met the boy, he gets talked into taking him along to France. This odd couple, suffering from jet lag and culture shock, argue about everything from steak haché to screen time, and the trip is looking like a disaster. But as Michael’s ease with tech and sharp eye help Noah unearth troubling details about their family’s past, both of them come to grasp the risks that people in all eras have taken for their loved ones, and find they are more akin than they know as they unpick their painful story and begin a new one together. Charnwood From the bestselling author of Room “A charming journey of discovery... Donoghue is a wonderful writer and the book is full of charm, nuance and a strong sense of place... The writing, humour and humanity will remain with you, as will the questions it asks.” SYDNEY MORNING HERALD “...an important, touching novel that stays with you long after you’re done reading it.” THE INDEPENDENT General Fiction 438pp Jim Eldridge Erica James Murder At The Manchester Museum Swallowtail Summer 1895: Former Scotland Yard detective Daniel Wilson, made famous from For many years, Alastair and his best friends Danny and Simon have spent his days working the Jack the Ripper case, and his archaeologist sidekick summers together with their families at his gorgeous holiday home, Linston Abigail Fenton are summoned to investigate the murder of a young End, against the idyllic backdrop of the Norfolk Broads. The memories are woman at the Manchester Museum. Though staff remember the woman ingrained in their hearts: picnics on the river, gin and tonics in the pavilion as a recent and regular visitor, no one appears to know who she is and she at dusk, hours spent seeking out the local swallowtail butterflies. There’s has no possessions from which to identify her. Seeking help from a local no reason to believe the good times won’t continue down the generations, journalist, Daniel hopes to unravel this mystery, but the journey to the truth though there are surprises in store for them all... After Alastair’s wife Orla is fraught with obstacles... passes away in a tragic accident, he goes travelling – and when he returns, it’s not just adventures and memories he brings back, but Valentina, his new love interest. Is this just a holiday romance? What will Alastair’s decisions mean for the long-time friends? The Museum Mysteries Series “A glorious summer story which sizzles with passion; idyllic A whodunnit that will keep you location, compelling characters guessing... and lives so interwoven, that their secrets have the power to change everything. I wanted it to go on forever.” CATHY BRAMLEY Mystery 396pp General Fiction 522pp 1 Charnwood Hardcover July Jim Kelly Christobel Kent The Night Raids A Secret Life A lone German bomber crosses the East Coast of Britain on a moonless A girls’ night out. night in the long, hot summer of 1940 and drops his bomb over One little mistake. Cambridge’s railyards. The shell falls short of its mark and lands in a maze- Be careful who you let in... When Georgie is persuaded to join two old like neighbourhood of terraced streets on the edge of the city’s medieval friends for ladies’ night, she’s planning to have a little fun, to behave like centre. Detective Inspector Eden Brooke is first on the scene and discovers the woman she was before marriage and motherhood changed everything the body of an elderly woman, Nora Wylde, beside her shattered bed in for good. But the next morning, the events of the night before are blurry a terraced house on Earl Street, two fingers on her left hand severed, in and hard to understand. Now Georgie is starting to wonder just what she’s what looks like a brutal attempt by looters to steal her rings. But when the invited into her life... next day her teenage granddaughter, Peggy, a repair worker at Marshall airfield, is reported missing, Brooke realises there is more to the situation Charnwood than meets the eye. The Nighthawk Series “A highly superior slice of domestic noir.” THE MAIL ON SUNDAY Readers’ Reviews “Great characters, great stories, beautiful written” “If you wanted a masterclass on how to pace a narrative of suspense, this would be “Another winner...” it. Thrilling, heartbreaking, unputdownable.” A.N. WILSON Historical Mystery 378pp Thriller 366pp Beth Morrey Saving Missy It was bitterly cold, the day of the fish-stunning. So bitter that I nearly didn’t go to watch... Missy Carmichael’s life has become small. Grieving for a family she has lost or lost touch with, she’s haunted by the echoes of her footsteps in her empty home; the sound of the radio in the dark; the tick-tick-tick of the watching clock; a fish-stunning. Spiky and defensive, Missy knows that her loneliness is all her own fault. She deserves no more than this; not after what she’s done. But a chance encounter in the park with two very different women opens the door to something new. Another life beckons for Missy, if only she can be brave enough to grasp the opportunity. But seventy-nine is too late for a second chance...isn’t it? “Bittersweet, tender, thoughtful and uplifting. Reminds you that everyone deserves a second chance. I loved it.” NINA STIBBE “A thought-provoking, uplifting read that is far from predictable.” THE INDEPENDENT General Fiction 384pp 2 Charnwood Hardcover July - August S.K. Tremayne Anne Tyler The Assistant Redhead By The Side Of The Road Newly divorced Jo is delighted to move into her best friend’s spare room Micah Mortimer isn’t the most polished person you’ll ever meet. His almost rent-free. The high-tech luxury Camden flat is managed by a numerous sisters and in-laws regard him oddly but very fondly, though meticulous tech tool, a Home Assistant called Electra, who takes care of he has his ways and means of navigating the world. He measures out his the heating and the lights – sometimes Jo even turns to her for company. days running errands for work – his Tech Hermit sign cheerily displayed Then, late one night, Electra speaks one sentence that rips Jo’s fragile on the roof of his car – maintaining an impeccable cleaning regime and world in two: I know what you did. Jo is horrified, because in her past she going for regular runs. He is content with the steady balance of his life. But did do something terrible. Something unforgivable. Only two other people then the order of things starts to tilt. His woman friend Cass (he refuses to in the whole world know her secret. And they would never tell anyone. call anyone in her late thirties a ‘girlfriend’) tells him she’s facing eviction Would they? As a fierce winter brings London to a standstill, Jo begins to because of a cat. And when a teenager shows up at his door claiming to Charnwood understand that the Assistant on the shelf doesn’t just want to control her; be his son, Micah is confronted with another surprise he seems poorly it wants to destroy her... equipped to handle. The most gripping and “Tyler’s warmly comedic, quickly original psychological thriller read tale, a perfect stress of 2020! antidote, will delight her fans and provides an excellent ‘first’ for readers new to this master of “One of my top reads of the subtle and sublime brilliance...” year.” LISA JEWELL BOOKLIST “Characteristically tender... Suffused with feeling and very moving.” KIRKUS REVIEWS Thriller 408pp General Fiction 192pp Sarah Butler Jack & Bet Jack Chalmers is a man of few words, married to a woman of many. He and Bet have been together for seventy years – happily so, for the most part. All Jack and Bet want is to enjoy the time they have left together, in the flat they have tried to make their home. Their son Tommy has other ideas: he wants them to live somewhere with round-the- clock care, hot meals, activities. Bet thinks they can manage just fine. When they strike up an unlikely friendship with Marinela, a young Romanian woman, Bet thinks she has found the perfect solution – one that could change Marinela’s life as well as theirs. But this means revisiting an old love affair, and confronting a long-buried secret she has kept hidden from everyone, even Jack, for many years. “...a tender and deeply affecting novel about everyday people living everyday lives... Full of beauty, pain and joy, I loved Jack & Bet.” LAURA BARNETT “...a moving yet unsentimental story about family and love and the secrets we live with.” PAUL MCVEIGH General Fiction 318pp 3 Charnwood Hardcover August Kate Ellis Anna Jacobs The Burial Circle Finding Cassie On a stormy night in December, a tree is blown down on an isolated When the teenage girl who's been hanging around near the house knocks Devon farm. A rucksack is found caught amongst the roots – and next on the door and tells her she's her granddaughter, Cassie is shocked rigid.