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The Laughing Policeman 

Authors : Maj Sjowall , Per Wahloo 

Published: 1967

Synopsis extract: 4th in Martin Beck series. ...

Synopsis 16 words


06 Jun '16  

6 Jun '16

fiction

The Second Midnight 

Author : Andrew Taylor 

Published: 1987

Synopsis extract: Abandoned by his father in Prague pre WWI Hugh has to make it on his own - which he does and emerges in British Intelligence some time later

Synopsis 28 words


22 May '16  

22 May '16

fiction

Fractured 

Author : Clar Ni Chonghaile 

Published: 2016

Synopsis extract: Three points of view: journalist kidnapped in war torn Somalia. ...

Synopsis 21 words


01 May '16  

1 May '16

fiction

The Man on the Balcony 

Authors : Maj Sjowall , Per Wahloo 

Published: 1967

Synopsis extract: 3rd Martin Beck.Someone is killing young girls in parks in Stockholm

Synopsis 12 words


23 Apr '16

23 Apr '16

fiction

The Wolf Border 

Author : Sarah Hall 

Published: 2015

Synopsis extract: Woman working as an ecologist & conservationist with Wolves in Idaho Reservation gets involved in a re-wilding project in Cumbria.

Synopsis 20 words


05 Apr '16  

5 Apr '16

fiction

The Convenience of Lies 

Author : Geoffrey Seed 

Published: 2000

Synopsis extract: Journo gets involved in disappearance of girl and uncovering of a plot to replace MaggieT and arm Saddam in Iraq.

Synopsis 20 words


27 Mar '16  

27 Mar '16

fiction

A Pleasure and a Calling 

Author : Phil Hogan 

Published: 2014

Synopsis extract: Mr.Heming the small town estate agent who loves and protects his community in a way that is disturbing, disturbed, obsessive and sometimes destructive. ...

Synopsis 44 words


17 Mar '16  

17 Mar '16

fiction

Harmony 
A New Way of Looking at Our World

Authors : Charlie Windsor , Tony Juniper , Ian Skelly 

Published: 2010

Synopsis extract: What's what and what to do about what's what that should not be and how to recover what should be what.

Synopsis 21 words


06 Mar '16  

6 Mar '16

non-fiction

The Heart Goes Last 

Author : Margaret Atwood 

Published: 2000

Synopsis extract: Post the next crash a couple forced to live in their car in the NE USA stumble into a final solution that is laughable.

Synopsis 24 words


06 Mar '16  

6 Mar '16

fiction

The Man Who Went Up In Smoke 

Authors : Maj Sjowall , Per Wahloo 

Published: 1967

Synopsis extract: Martin Beck Sweedish detective investigates the disappearance of a journalist on assignment in Hungary

Synopsis 14 words


04 Mar '16  

4 Mar '16

fiction

The Bone Clocks 

Author : David Mitchell 

Published: 2014

Synopsis extract: precognition, transmigration of souls, hermetic sects, ancient guardians, working class gravesend, posh boy cambridge, high class ski resort, an author writes his own review, moral turpitude or expediency, psycho war, redemption, and we come to the ...

Synopsis 43 words


28 Feb '16  

28 Feb '16

fiction

Crow Hollow 

Author : Michael Wallace 

Published: 2015

Synopsis extract: 17th Century Boston. ...

Synopsis 10 words


25 Feb '16  

25 Feb '16

fiction

No Picnic on Mount Kenya 

Authors : Felice Benazzi , Felice Benuzzi 

Published: 1948

Synopsis extract: Italian prisoners of war in East Africa escape to climb Mount Kenya

Synopsis 12 words


19 Feb '16  

19 Feb '16

non-fiction

Edward Adrift 

Author : Craig Lancaster 

Published: 2015

Synopsis extract: Edward is 42 and lives in Billings Montana where he has spent a life dealing with Asbergers and OCD. ...

Synopsis 36 words


16 Feb '16  

16 Feb '16

fiction

Pandaemonium 
1660-1886: Coming of the Machine as Seen by Contemporary Observers

Editor : Humphrey Jennings 

Published: 1985

No summary or synopsis available


07 Feb '16

7 Feb '16

non-fiction

The Night Circus 

Author : Erin Morgenstern 

Published: 2011

Synopsis extract: A proxy contest between two eternal magicians in the arena of a Circus which is operated by magic by their agents - who meet, fall in love, and then have to find a way of subverting the deadly game in which they are locked

Synopsis 44 words


18 Dec '15  

18 Dec '15

fiction

The Timeless Way of Building 

unlisted author

No summary or synopsis available


05 Dec '15

5 Dec '15

non-fiction

Mr Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore 

Author : Robin Sloan 

Published: 2012

Synopsis extract: A small bookshop in San Fransisco is one gateway to an organisation (The Unbroken Spine) of bibliophiles dedicated to decoding the mysterious codex vitae of their founder. ...

Synopsis 65 words


01 Dec '15  

1 Dec '15

fiction

Half of a Yellow Sun 

Author : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 

Published: 2006

Synopsis extract: Story of Biarfan war 1967-1970 seen through eyes of middle class biafran family, twin sisters, their partners (one english) and a houseboy.

Synopsis 22 words


10 Oct '15  

10 Oct '15

fiction

Seven Days in December 

Author : Sebastian Faulks 

Synopsis extract: A number (possibly seven) main characters intertwining lives through a week in December 2007/8 as the banking crash unfolds and another Muslim fundamentalist attack on a target in the UK is planned.

Synopsis 31 words


27 Aug '15  

27 Aug '15

fiction

The Invisible Library 

Author : Genevieve Cogman 

Published: 2015

Synopsis extract: The invisible library exists in between alternate realities and the librarians are dedicated to collecting works that are unique to each particular alternate. ...

Synopsis 45 words


21 Aug '15  

21 Aug '15

fiction

The Shock of the Fall 

Author : Nathan Flier 

Published: 2014

Synopsis extract: 9 year old Matt's older brother Simon who has Downs Syndrome dies on a family holiday. ...

Synopsis 40 words


09 Aug '15  

9 Aug '15

fiction

The Ocean At The End Of The Lane 

Author : Neil Gaiman 

Published: 2013

Synopsis extract: The narrator revisits his childhood home and remembers an extraordinary series of event when he was 7 involving a family of three female ageless generations of farmers (a girl his age, a mother and a grandmother) who it seems can do magic

Synopsis 41 words


02 Aug '15  

2 Aug '15

fiction

Elements of Resistance 

Author : Jeriah Bowser 

Published: 2015

Synopsis extract: An analysis of resistance from pacifism through violence to active non-violence on the path from colonisation through decolonisation and active non-violence to total liberation avoiding the traps of the fearful warrior, the lackey and the ...

Synopsis 40 words


22 Jul '15  

22 Jul '15

non-fiction

Dark Eden 

Author : Chris Beckett 

Published: 2012

Synopsis extract: Descendents of astronauts marooned on a strange world have become a community of 300+ over 5 generations sustained by the myth of the creation story and belief that Earth will come to rescue them. ...

Synopsis 41 words


02 Jul '15  

2 Jul '15

fiction