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Good Reading : December 2003
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Your recipe for a sensational summer MRS COOK Marele Day While her husband circumnavigated the globe, travelling further than any man had before, in her heart Elizabeth Cook travelled with him, imagining the exotic, the sensory, and the strange. Seamlessly weaving fact and fiction, Mrs Cook is a meticulously researched and evocative portrayal of the Cooks' love, and of Elizabeth's real and interior worlds, as well as the wonderfully atmospheric times in which they lived. Allen & Unwin paperback HARVESTING THE HEART Jodi Picoult Paige has only a few memories of her mother, who left when Paige was five. Now, having left her father behind in Chicago to pursue her dreams of art school and marriage to an ambitious young doctor, Paige finds herself with a child of her own. But her mother's absence makes Paige doubt both her maternal ability and her sense of self- worth and it’s only in coming to terms with her past, that Paige will realise what it truly means to be a parent and a mother. Allen & Unwin paperback ONE FALSE MOVE Harlan Coben Brenda Slaughter is no damsel in distress and Myron Bolitar is no bodyguard. But Myron has agreed to protect the basketball star and he's about to find out if he is man enough to do the job. But between them isn't just the difference in backgrounds or the colour of their skin. There’s also a chasm of corruption and lies and a secret that some people are dying to keep - and others are killing to protect... Orion trade paperback DEATH BY HOLLYWOOD Steven Bochco One evening while spying on his Hollywood Hills neighbours, Bobby witnesses a murder. Instead of rushing to the police, Bobby decides to use the material for his next movie screenplay – a screenplay that looks as if it'll have him back on top of the Hollywood heap in no time at all. But before long Bobby has dragged half of Hollywood into his fun-house hall of mirrors, where only the most manipulative player will survive. Bloomsbury trade paperback SPINNING AROUND Catherine Jinks Helen used to have a great figure, a cutting-edge haircut and a suede brush that she only used on suede. Now it's all different. She seems to be losing her grip as she juggles two kids, a never-ending renovation and a part-time job. Helen also suspects that her husband Matt is seeing someone else, and during one crazy, out-of- control week she finds herself going to wonderfully wicked lengths to discover what’s really going on... Allen & Unwin paperback EARTHLY DELIGHTS Kerry Greenwood At four am, Corinna Chapman starts work at her bakery, Earthly Delights, where her thoughts revolve around the many pleasures of baking. But one morning Corinna’s comfortable world is turned upside down when she receives a threatening note. Determined to find out who exactly is threatening her life, amateur sleuth Corinna embarks on a wild adventure, filled with gastronomical delights, humour and unexpected twists. Allen & Unwin paperback SIBYL'S CAVE Catherine Padmore Billie has lead a turbulent life. Growing up in an orphanage in Italy and later travelling to England with her adoptive family, she finally finds refuge on an island in the Hawkesbury River. But in the summer before her sixty-first birthday, a visit from her niece brings memories of childhood trauma to the surface. Steeped in the colours of its locations, Sibyl's Cave effortlessly weaves together past and present in a haunting story of one woman’s search for family, love, and identity. Allen & Unwin paperback BLINDSIDE J.R. Carroll Shaun McCreadie was a young detective with a bright future – until he crossed the line and suddenly found himself behind prison bars for his role in a brutal home invasion that left two people dead. Eleven years later he’s out of jail and Shaun is determined to find out what really went down on that terrible day. And he’s going to need all his considerable detective’s know-how, as well as the survival skills he learned inside, to get to the truth. Allen & Unwin paperback www.allenandunwin.com
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