The Widows of Eastwick - John Updike

Posted on October 1st, 2008 by admin in Fiction

The long-awaited sequel to the bestselling book The Witches of Eastwick, comes John Updikes follow up The Widows of Eastwick. More than three decades have passed since the events described in The Witches of Eastwick and the three divorcees - Alexandra, Jane and Sukie - have left town, remarried, and become widows.

They cope with [...]

Anathem - Neal Stephenson

Posted on October 1st, 2008 by admin in Book of the Week, Fiction

Anathem is the latest novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson.

Erasmas - Raz - is a young avout living in the Concent, a sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists and philosophers, protected from the corrupting influences of the outside world by ancient stone, honoured traditions and complex rituals.  Three times during history’s darkest [...]

In on of the most eagerly-anticipated crime fiction debut of 2008 comes A Beautiful Place to Die from the award winning director Malla Nunn.

In the tiny South African town of Jacob’s Rest, Detective Emmanuel Cooper is sent to investigate the murder of an Afrikaner police officer, Captain Willem Pretorius.
Cooper, an “English” South African, is viewed [...]

Without Warning - John Birmingham

Posted on September 28th, 2008 by admin in Australia, Fiction

From the award winning author of the cult classic He Died With a Felafel in His Hand, comes John Birmingham’s latest novel, Without Warning.

2003: In Paris, an assassin wakes from a coma. In Kuwait, American forces are assembled for their invasion of Iraq. In the pristine forest of the Cascades, a lone hiker watches a [...]

A Most Wanted Man - John le Carre

Posted on September 27th, 2008 by admin in Crime, Fiction, Popular

Forever the Spymaster, le Carre detonates a paternalistic world”- Peter Wolfe smh.com.au September 27 2008.
“le Carré has succeeded where others, such as John Updike, have failed: in nailing our post 9/11 paranoias and getting inside the skins of those who are averse to our culture and hegemony” Rod Liddle, The Sunday Times 17 September 2008

A [...]

One Fifth Avenue - Candace Bushnell

Posted on September 27th, 2008 by admin in Fashion, Fiction, Popular

From the author of Sex In The City and Lipstick Jungle comes Candace Bushnell’s latest novel, One Fifth Avenue. BookOffers have a special discount on One Fifth Avenue was RRP: $32.99 Now: $24.99 Save: 24%

In her wonderfully witty fifth novel, bestselling author Candace Bushnell tells the stories of five women living in Manhattan’s swankiest [...]

Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris

Posted on September 18th, 2008 by admin in Fiction

For fans of the new HBO series True Blood inspired by Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Sackhouse books here is the book that inspired the series - Dead Until Dark.

Small town Louisiana has a big problem - or rather a number of big problems. And now some of them have come knocking on Sookie’s door . . [...]

The Grift - Debra Ginsberg

Posted on September 17th, 2008 by admin in Fiction

From the author of Waiting & Raising Blaze, Debra Ginsberg returns with The Grift. A psychic’s life is turned upside down when she suddenly acquires real fortune-telling powers.
What happens when a pseudo psychic suddenly gets the real gift?
Marina Marks has been on the grift as a psychic since she was a child, forced into the [...]

Envy The Night - Michael Koryta

Posted on September 17th, 2008 by admin in Crime, Fiction

At just 26, Michael Koryta the youngest winner of the St Martin’s Press/Private Eye Writers of America Best First Private Eye Novel contest and author of the Lincoln Perry Series has released this great new crime novel - Envy The Night.

Devin Matteson - evil man for sure - was alive and free. Cut a deal, [...]

13 Bullets - David Wellington

Posted on September 17th, 2008 by admin in Fiction

It’ll have you double-checking the locks and laying in extra garlic.’ Men’s Health
So starts the first book in David Wellingtons new Vampire trilogy, 13 Bullets

“The monster knelt in the mud, his balled fists punching at the ground, his head bowed. He started to get up and Arkeley shot him again. He’d had thirteen bullets to [...]

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