January 2025

Philippa Gregory / The Other Boleyn Girl ( Tudor Court Novels )

Mary Boleyn catches the eye of Henry VIII when she comes to court as a girl of fourteen. Dazzled by the golden prince, Mary's joy is cut short when she discovers that she is a pawn in the dynastic plots of her family. 'When the...

Patricia Cornwell / Predator

Florida is full of predators, from the animals who thrive inis humid heat to the humans who stalk the air-conditionedmalls, and they all give Dr Kay Scarpetta, now Director ofForensic Science and Medicine at the National ForensicAcademy, the opportunity...

Diane Setterfield / The Thirteenth Tale

,Glorious . . . beautifullywritten THE TIMES ,Start reading this on the bus and'I swear, You won't only miss Yourstop might even lose the whole dayCOSMOPOLITANAngelfield House stands abandonedand forgotten. It was once the imposing home of...

David Nicholls / One Day

YOU CAN LIVE YOUR WHOLE LIFE NOT REALISING THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FORIS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU 15TH JULY 1988' Emma and, Dexter meet on the night of their graduationTomorrow they must go their separate ways. So where will they be on this one...

Helen Fielding / Bridget Jones's diary

A dazzling urban satire of modern human relations?An ironic, tragic insight into the demise of thenuclear family?Or the confused ramblings of a pissedthirty-something? 'A brilliant evocation of the life of a single girl in acertain time . . ...

Marian Keyes / Anybody Out There ?

Dubliner Anna is the fourth of five Walsh sisters and seems to have itall - gorgeous husband Aidan. an apartment in Manhattan and The BestJob in the World. So it's not surprising she doesn't want to stay for long in her parents' Good Front...

Arthur Golden / Memoirs of a Geisha

This story is a rare and utterly engaging experience. It tells the extraordinary tale of a geisha summoning up a quarter century, from 1929 to the post-war years of Japan's dramatichistory, and opening a window onto a half- hidden...