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}{{newreview<!-- remove 5/8 -->|authortitle=Pierre Lemaitre and Frank Wynne (translator)Eye Spy II|titleauthor=Three Days and a LifeTessa Buckley

|genre=CrimeConfident Readers|summary=Christmas week, 1999Fresh from the success of solving its first case, Eye Spy Investigations is certainly up for another. So twins Alex and Antoine hasn't got Donna jump at the chance to investigate the best of situations. Some of his friends have parted company with him because of strange things happening at the new-fangled PlaystationPriory, which his mother refuses home to let him waste his time onschool friend Jimmy Devlin. HeAlex doesn's built a treehouse all by himself, t believe in ghosts and decided it was solely he is very keen to woo persuade Donna that they don't exist.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1788032667</amazonuk>}}{{newreview <!-- remove 4/8 -->|author= Geoffrey Arnold|title= Hunted|rating= 4|genre= Science Fiction|summary=Tullia learns about survival in the girl next door that he loves, but bush when sheis taken hostage and later saves a youth's rejected itlife during a hunt. And his best companyAdopted into a Bushman family and the tribe, her presence stirs disparate feelings amongst the dog from the other house next dooryoung men and women, was injured in a hit mixture of awe, desire, fear and runhate. Living a very different life, Qwelby, Tullia's twin, and shot to be put out of its miseryis deeply shocked by the violence on Earth. In As he is rescued by his four best friends from the process Pit of angrily demolishing the treehouseDespair, he experiences his first feelings for Tamina, a girl he has known for years. Feelings which become much stronger for another girl he's visited by tries to help during a violent attack from his very friendly own world as he and adorable neighbourTullia seek to restore their telepathic link. Forming a connection with the twins during the attack, the dog's six-year-old ownergirl, Xaala, is charged by her master with monitoring their attempts to mentally reconnect – and Antoine's swung some of to prevent them. Xaala is torn between her mixed feelings for the wood at him – and killed him with one fell twins and very foul sweepobeying her orders. As Meanwhile, on the title suggestsplanet Vertazia and in secret, there Quelby's family and friends build what they hope will be a very tense few days and nights while the guilt amasses with the lad – and/or first ever inter-dimensional transport. On a lifetime of living on a knife-edgeshort test run, the village where any false move could lead to him he is staying is discovered. When Quelby finds out he is being found out…watched, he flees from the village...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>085705662X1785891855</amazonuk>

|author= Hendrik Groen and Hester Velmans (translator)Ed McDonald |title= Blackwing: The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ years OldRaven's Mark Book One

|genre= General FictionFantasy |summary= As the old adage goesPerfect for fans of Scott Lynch, Joe Abercrombie and Mark Lawrence, to walk a mile in someone else's shoes this dark adventure is to gain some understanding of what gripping and bloody; it is to be that person. Admittedly, Hendrik Groen isn't much up for long walks any more, but he does acquire a swish mobility scooter to zoom around in; one could say twisted story that we get to zoom spins a mile in Groen's shoesweb of deceit. Nothing is as it seems, as ageless powers manipulate and oh, what fun shoes he wears!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405924004</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy|title= The Exile|rating= 4|genre= Politics and Society|summary= An account of control the fate lives of Al Qaeda and the Bin Laden family since the events of 9/11, ''characters. The Exile'' plunges into the murky waters of international terrorismworld is a staging ground, espionage and politics. Detailed and meticulous, the book tackles the subject from all angles, providing leading to one dramatic confrontation that has been a panoramic view of the subject and acting to enlighten and inform century in the readermaking.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408858762147322201X</amazonuk>

|author=Jo CotterillJeff Brown and Rob Biddulph|title=A Storm of StrawberriesFlat Stanley

|genre=Confident Emerging Readers|summary=Darby lives on ''Stanley was four feet tall, about a strawberry farm with her mum, big sisterfoot wide, step dad and step brotherhalf an inch thick. '' She loves musicYes, dancing, chocolate egg hunts and her big sister Kaydee. She there's proof that this is warm and funny, and she has Downthe original text of this classic children's syndrome. The story looks book – at the events of one weekend in Darbyleast it's life when not been updated to metric. So while the farm is threatened by a tornadoillustrations are new, and her family is threatened by we get the revelation of a closely-guarded secret.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848126166</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Sarah Franklin|title= Shelter|rating= 5|genre= Historical Fiction|summary=Connie Granger has escaped her bombed-out city homereal deal, finding refuge in with the Women's Timber Corps. For her, this remote community must now serve a secret purpose.<br>Seppeyoung Stanley squished one night, to such an Italian prisoner of warextent he can limbo under shut doors, is haunted by his memories. In the forest campget airmailed to America to visit relatives, he finds become a strange kind of freedom.Their meeting signals new beginnings. But as they are drawn together, the world outside their forest haven is being torn apart. Old certainties are crumblingkite for his younger brother to play with, and both must now make a life-defining choicemore.<br>What price will they pay for freedom? What will they fight But then you don't need to protect?update perfection.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>17857629901405288108</amazonuk>

|author=Jennifer McVeighKate Ellis|title=Leopard at the Door|rating=5|genre=General Fiction|summary=18 year old Rachel Fullsmith returns home to Kenya after being away at school in England and finds a lot can change in 6 years. Of course she realises her mother's death would alter things but she's not prepared for her father's live-in 'companion' Sara nor Sara's son Harold sleeping in Rachel's old room. Michael the Kikuyu servant boy she grew up with is still there though and now a man with his own ideas. Meanwhile the unrest between the British rulers and the local Mau Mau fighters is increasing and about to blow.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0241247616</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Anthony Ryan|title=The Legion of Flame: Book Two of the Draconis Memoria|rating=5|genre=Fantasy|summary=WARNING: There are spoilers for [[The Waking Fire: Book One of Draconis Memoria by Anthony Ryan|Book 1]] from the beginning.Lizanne Lethridge, Blood-Blessed and secret agent of the Exceptional Initiatives Division has survived another mission, only to be forced to go out again. This time it entails a man-hunt in a place from which no one has emerged alive. Talking about alive, Claydon Torcreek, having escaped several types of death in the jungles now goes to the southern ice with Hilemore in their current attempt to defeat the dragons and put the world on a safe footing. What if all that waits for them is more dragons and more inventive ways to die? That's a thought thatMermaid's soon banished from his mind. 'This is where we save the world' says Clay… but he's been wrong before!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0356506401</amazonuk>}}{{newreview <!-- remove 26/7 -->|author=Ritchie Valentine Smith|title=Words of Fury: Volume 2 Scream (Words of PowerWesley Peterson)

|genre=FantasyCrime|summary=Warning: Spoilers ahead…Emmanuel (Man) Kinross, Yoshi, Joah, the Voice and Dirk Faslane are all fleeing the Lord of In 1884 a wealthy young woman became infatuated with the North in man who ran a giant floating bubbletravelling puppet show. This is a delicate conveyance when you consider that We'll follow the stakes are high and, if caught by story of John Lipton's courtship through excerpts from his journal. In August 2016 Zac Wilkinson was writing the evil Lord biography of the North, the world as they know it will endreclusive novelist Wynn Staniland. They just need It's not easy work as Staniland isn't inclined to get give more away than he has to and is unwilling to discuss the Waning of one thing which the Moon, a psychic fortress that spells safety but therepublic will want to know about: his wife's still suicide which seemed to follow a long way scene from his most famous book. Wilkinson is doing his best to go and drum up interest in the odds forthcoming book: he does talks at local libraries which are very much against them. The Lord of the North has more power than they've seen yet well attended and more devastating ways he was seemingly on his way to use itone of these talks when he disappeared.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>15442148390349413118</amazonuk>

|author= Elena Varvello Naoki Higashida and Alex Valente (translator)David Mitchell|title= Can You Hear Me?Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight: A Young Man's Voice From the Silence of Autism

|genre= CrimeReference|summary= In 1978, in Naoki Higashida was only 13 years old when he wrote the international best-seller ''The Reason I Jump.'' The book was popular because it gave a small town in Northern Italy Elia Furenti is sixteen and troubled. His mundanely stable, loving and ordered life is rocked by rare glimpse into the murder workings of a young boy and the disappearance of a young womanautistic mind, who vanishes into as told from the woods. As Elia struggles to make sense unique perspective of his shifting relationship a teenager with his increasingly erratic and unpredictable father, he begins to question what role this volatile man may play in these acts of senseless violencenon-verbal autism. Into this steps AnnaNaoki communicates by using an alphabet grid, or by tracing letters on the mother palm of Elia's friend, a woman bowed under the strain of life transcriber. Despite this slow and haunted by her choices. As the heat laborious method of summer intensifieswriting, so does Elia's certainty that something is desperately wrong he has published several books in his home. Drawn, seemingly inevitablynative Japan, and manages to the mysteriously sensual and sad Anna, Elia feels the ground start give public presentations to shift under raise awareness of his feet, condition. ''Fall Down 7 Times Get up 8'' reintroduces us to feel the wind whipping Naoki as a young adult in his face from the cliff edge of adolescence 20s and the unavoidable pull of adulthoodexplains how his perspectives on life have changed since writing his first book.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>14736548741444799088</amazonuk>

|author= Gavin Herbertson Caz Frear|title= William and Dorothy Wordsworth: A MiscellanySweet Little Lies|rating= 4.5|genre= AnthologiesThrillers|summary= William Wordsworth was In 1998 a defining member of the romantic literary eragirl called Maryanne disappears in Ireland. He was part of the first wave, and his poetry helped to shape In 2017 a large part of itwoman called Alice is found dead in London. Nature In both cases, Detective Constable Cat Kinsella is the key: existing in naturecoincidentally close by, finding onebut she's own true nature and becoming natural in more worried by the process were the driving forces behind itfact her father is too. And he cannot be trusted. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>19033855981785763350</amazonuk>

|author=Chae Strathie and Anna ChernyshovaMayim Bialik|title=Captain Firebeard's School for Pirates: The Sneaky Sweet StealerGirling Up|rating=4.5|genre=Confident ReadersChildren's Non-Fiction|summary=The Aimed at teenagers, this book focuses on growing up as a girl, or ''Rusty BarnacleGirling up'' is set to sail againif you will, with a second term for the wannabe pirates and their teachers and crew. Tommy, despite being late, is the keenest pupil there – after all, he has great friends, enemies he can easily vanquishwhat it means to transition from school girl to grown up, and a very good novice parrot for companyvia that hideous detour of teenage years. But everyone on board has reason for concern when they set sail – the prize sweets from the tuck shop are going missing in great quantities. Who could possibly be behind this mystery?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140716340X0399548602</amazonuk>

|author=Sarah HuttonPhilippa Pearce and Cate James|title=Cool PhysicsThe Ghost in Annie's Room (Little Gems)|rating=4.5|genre=Popular ScienceDyslexia Friendly|summary=If you aren't entirely sure about Emma is on a phrase such as ''Christiaan Huygens states his principle of wavefront sources'family holiday in an older relative's seaside cottage, don't worry where she is to sleep in the room in the attic. Her brother has passed on what he says he has overheard – it was only in 1678 that it happened, so you're not too far behind in physicsis haunted. Brownian motion, and But even with the gravitational constant being measured both date from before mementos of the Victorian eraperson that once lived there all around her, and all with a strange feeling of these three things are being watched, even with the stormy winds knocking tree limbs on to the introductory timeline in this book, which I think might well window – Emma can sleep through it all. But that's not to say things will forever be proof enough that a primer in the world of physics is very much needed.way…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>18436532491781126852</amazonuk>

|author=Cathy HopkinsSvetlana Alexievich, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (translators)|title=The Valentine's Day KittenUnwomanly Face of War|rating=45|genre=Dyslexia FriendlyHistory|summary=Marcie is distraught. On Valentine's Day last year she'd didnWar'', says Svetlana Alexievich, ''t receive a single card is first of all murder, and her parents could see that she was upsetthen hard work. And then simply ordinary life: singing, falling in love, so when she came home from school there was putting your hair in curlers…''. This extraordinary book is a box on the kitchen table and collection of first-hand accounts by Russian fighting women in it was the most gorgeous fluffy silver kittenSecond World War. Misty A million women joined Russian military forces as soldiers of all ranks, medics, pilots, drivers, snipers, cryptographers. Most were very young, little more than girls of 18 or 19. They were passionate about defending their homeland and Marcie were soon inseparable often extremely keen to join up, returning again and again to recruitment offices until someone could be persuaded to take them. Their ambition was to help their brothers, fathers, husbands to fight the day that Misty went out without a collar on - and didn't come hometerrible invader. Marcie blamed herself: Misty's collar had broken They were trained and she'd never got round sent to buying a new one. Mum has put notices up everywhere she can think of and rung the local vets front, where they were greeted at first with disappointment and animal rescue centresdisgust by fighting men, but there's no sign who had hoped for reinforcements of Mistyable-bodied men. Then Marcie starts having dreams, about a boy, a hotel, a painting - and MistyThe women had to prove themselves. Will there be a happy ending?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178112678X0141983523</amazonuk>

|author= Shane HegartyAlison Jay|title= Darkmouth: Hero RisingAlison Jay's ABC

|genre= Confident ReadersFor Sharing|summary= Things seem as bad as they can get for FinnAt first glance, trainee Hunter this is a beautiful but fairly standard alphabet book: one letter per page with a nice big picture of an apple or a panda front and centre - after all those nasty things that keep trying to get through to our world from the Infested Side. His dad has been sacked, leaving him practically alone to face the baddiesABC format is pretty restrictive, both monstrous and humanisn't it? And truth be told, he has no weapons or back-up apart from his friend Emmiethat's all most small people will see first time round. But look a little closer . . . |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1787410196</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Anna Kovecses|title=Opposite Things|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Rearing a child is not a competition, but have a conversation with a certain type of parent and the family has even been kicked out of the house theywon've lived in for generationst agree. Their child can speak four languages. Of course, in Their child wrote their first sonnet at the way age of three. Their child can be seen wistfully looking into the best stories, you only have middle distance just wanting to hint that things couldn't get worse for them to do exactly thatplay on the bouncy castle. And any beastie that's got all the monsters from the other dimension scared For me, I am happy, if my child is not going to happy; be that doing sums, or eating play-doh. However, even with a doddle relaxed attitude to fight. Fareducating your kid, far from itcan be fun to learn a little, especially when a book is as fun as Little Mouse's ''Opposite Things''. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>00075456221786030381</amazonuk>

|author= Lucy DanielsMichael Morpurgo and Shoo Rayner|title= Summer at Hope MeadowsMudpuddle Farm: Hee-Haw Hooray

|genre= General FictionEmerging Readers|summary=Two collected stories from Mudpuddle Farm series – ''Nowt to Worry About''Animal Arkand '' was a popular series of childrenTickety-Boo''s books written between 1994 and 2008. The stories focus on a young girl called Mandy Hope, How will the daughter of two vets who run a practice, Animal Ark, in animals react when the Yorkshire town of Welford. Along with her best friend James, sky goes strange and horrifying noises abound? Changes are afoot that could mark the children seek to help out creatures in need. The series consisted of 94 books in total and was written by a collection end of authors writing under the pseudonym Lucy Daniels. ''Summer at Hope Meadows'' Mudpuddle farm; or is the first in it just a new series for adult readers, continuing grown-up Mandy's story now that she is a fully qualified vet.beginning?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>14736538780008241988</amazonuk>

{{newreview<!-- remove 1/8 -->|author=Frederic Dard and Louise Rogers Lalaurie (translator)Stephan Santiago|title=The King of FoolsReturning Home|rating=43.5|genre=CrimeSpirituality and Religion|summary=Having sort of split up with his partner, Jean-Marie is [[:Category:Stephan Santiago|Stephan Santiago]] has experienced life in a way that's led him to believe we're all on holiday alone on the southern French coast, when he chances to meet a married English woman, Marjorie. They meet in the most unusual ways soul journey back home – with two identical cars parked next to each other, she gets in the wrong one by mistake, then leaves her beach bag behindthat place we inhabited before we were born. Lo and behold they find each other at the casino, and the following day, when she arrives at his hotel This book is a guide as to reclaim her bag, they meet heart to heart. Jean-Marie sees her to be a very unhappily married womanhow we can optimise this journey for ourselves, those around us and not even the arrival of his partner and make-up sex can convince him he is not in love with Marjorieour children. But finding her again will take him to Edinburgh – and into no end of trouble…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178227197X1504305272</amazonuk>

|author=Tania HershmanJulia Blackburn|title=Some Threads: The Delicate Life of Us Glow More Than OthersJohn Craske

|genre=Short Stories Biography|summary=I won't be alone in stating that reading short story collections can be slightly awkward. Going through John Craske was a fisherman, from A-Z, witnessing a bounty family of ideas fishermen, who became too ill to go to sea. He was born in Sheringham on the north Norfolk coast in 1881 and characters would eventually die in the Norwich hospital in short order can be too much, but do you 1943 after a life which could have the right to pick and choose according to been defined by ill health. There were various explanations for what appealsailed him, and what time you have caused him to fill? The sequence has carefully been consideredsink into a stupour, surelysometimes for years at a time and he was on occasions described as 'an imbecile'. Such would appear But John had a natural artistic talent, albeit that his work had to be done on the case hereavailable surfaces in his home. The last time I read one Chair seats, window sills, the backs of doors all carried his wonderful pictures of this author's collections, with [[The White Road by Tania Hershman|The White Road]]the sea. Then he moved on to embroidery, producing wonderful pictures of the only real difficulty was holding back Norfolk coast - and rationing them, but here you not only get a whopping forty pieces most famously, of writing, they are also spread into sectionsthe evacuation at Dunkirk.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>19100614840099582198</amazonuk>

|author= John BudeM J Tjia|title= Death Makes A ProphetShe Be Damned|rating= 4.5|genre= Crime(Historical) |summary= Two pages into this ''Crime Classic'' I had to check London, 1863: prostitutes in the first publication dateWaterloo area are turning up dead, their sexual organs mutilated and removed. Reading When another girl goes missing, fears grow that the first two pageskiller may have claimed their latest victim. The police are at a loss and so it falls to courtesan and professional detective, Heloise Chancey, it could easily have been written in 1967to investigate. With the assistance of her trusty Chinese maid, or '87Amah Li Leen, or even (possibly as a pastiche) in 2017Heloise inches closer to the truth. Given that Bude's witty caper originally came out But when Amah is implicated in 1947the brutal plot, it's slightly criminal that it's taken this long to resurfaceHeloise must reconsider whom she can trust, before the killer strikes again.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0712356916178507931X</amazonuk>

|author= Michael Morpurgo and Shoo RaynerSarah Powell|title= Mudpuddle FarmSearch and Find: Pride & Prejudice: Alien InvasionA Jane Austen Search and Find Book

|summary=This collected edition contains two stories from Mudpuddle Farm: ''Alien Invasion'' Search and ''Mum's find books are usually aimed at children. They are a good bit of fun, but they are also a good study tool for adult readers alike. Jane Austen is a fantastic novelist, but her style of writing can be daunting for those not used to such heavy prose. It is very easy to become lost in the Word''myriad of dialogue, characters and events. When the bees swarm the animals panic over I find a new creature that appears good plot summary helps when approaching her works, this was especially so in the farm. In case of the second story that greedy goat has vanished perplexing and when he returns something darned odd happens…long-winded Emma. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>00072751371783708271</amazonuk>

|author=Tamsin CookePatrice Lawrence|title=Stunt DoubleIndigo Donut|rating=4.5|genre=Confident ReadersTeens|summary= Finn wants to be actor but''In Bailey's opinion, when his first ever lines in Indigo didn't look like she needed a film are cuthero. One by one, he's happy to settle for stunt-doubleshe looked Mona, Saskia, Betti and Kay in the eye. He has all Then she gave them the skills for this demanding rolefinger: heslow motion. Headphones on again, she sauntered off towards the science wing. Hell. That was... She was...'' That's a natural dare devil with a karate black-belt (almost)Indigo for you! Indigo is seventeen. And on her umpteenth school. The only downside Pitt Academy is the person Finn has to double a last chance for: Finn Indigo and teenher foster mother Keeley is anxious that she makes it there. But it's not easy for Indigo -star Blake have history and a relationship of mutual hatredher reputation for kicking off always precedes her. Pretty soon, however, this is And that's the least of Finnit - because someone always finds out about her past: that ''she''s worries. The eccentric film director, Novak, pushes him to is the limits with increasingly dangerous stunts, manipulating Finn into doing tiny little girl who was found by the stunts without safety gear. But that seems tame when they transfer to film on location in a remote part of Papua New Guinea and Finn discovers what Novak really has planned for himbody after her father killed her mother.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>019274982X1444927183</amazonuk>

|author= Simon Puttock and Daniel EgneusBethan Woollvin|title= The ThingRapunzel|rating= 54|genre= For Sharing|summary= One day ''Ah Rapunzel, how well we all know about her long golden hair and her difficult-to-escape tower! Here, however, the Thing'' falls story is told with a twist, because there is no handsome Prince who comes riding by to save Rapunzel from the sky and four strangers stumble across it. At first they are confusedher incarceration. What is ''the Thing''? What does it do? What No, instead we see Rapunzel is it for? Then the four of them decide smart enough to work together to look after and care for '''the Thing''. Soon word spreads about ''figure her own way out, defeating the Thing'' and others come from far witch, and wide going on to find out more. Gradually a media circus builds up around ''the Thing''. Throughout all of this ''the Thing'' remains silent. Then just as suddenly and silently as it arrived ''the Thing'' departssuccessful witch-hunting career.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>14052837181509842675</amazonuk>

|author=Thomas FlinthamCatherine Barr and Hanako Clulow|title=Around the World Colouring Book10 Reasons to Love an Elephant

|summary=Colouring books are a useful way for children Ten reasons to relaxlove an elephant, eh? Well, develop manual dexterity personally, I've never needed ten reasons as they've always been my favourite large animal, the gentle giants of Africa and explore colourIndia, but in the dash to appeal it was good to find out more about them. Perhaps the child so many miss the opportunity to be gently educational most surprising fact which I discovered was that they live in herds headed by their ''andgrandmothers'' . Female elephants and their calves stay together and the oldest female elephant is the one in charge as she knows where to still appeal to the youngfind food and water - and she knows her herd. She remembers about people too.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184780943X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Andrew Lacey|title= The English Civil War in 100 Facts|rating= 4.5|genre= History|summary= The two are not mutually exclusive! Look for instance at this colouring book: it's got page upon page of pictures to colour (with just 100 Facts' series is now sufficiently well-established as a little narrative to set the scene) with the added attraction guarantee of four pages of stickersuseful introductory histories. You'll see grey shapes - This latest addition, recounting the struggle between King and that's the signal to get stickering!Parliament, is no exception.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>17880000051445649950</amazonuk>

|author=Various AuthorsPeter Cottrill|title= A Change Is Gonna ComeTerrible True Tales from the Tower of London

|genre= TeensChildren's Non-Fiction|summary= ''A Change Is Gonna Come'' The history of the infamous Tower of London is an anthology full of stories gore and poems interpreting death. Its rich history dates back to the theme eleventh century and since then it has played host to many famous figures, many of change by twelve BAME writersthem ill-fated prisoners. ItThe history of the Tower is told within this book's Stripes Publishingpages, only this time it's response to told by the under-representation of BAME authors in ravens that live there. They are the UK. And itTower's a great responseguardians who reside there permanently due to an ancient legend that all of London will fall should they be removed, and after centuries of watching over the Tower they have their own version of history to tell.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>18471583901406376884</amazonuk>

|author= Andrew ShvartsCara Black|title= Royal BastardsMurder in Saint-Germain|rating= 54|genre= TeensCrime|summary= A group of teens witness something Who is Aimee Leduc? I have to be honest and say that they shouldn't and find themselves hunted by half though this novel may be seventeenth in series from the best-selling Cara Black, it is in fact my first outing with the kingdomdeft Parisienne detective. Royal plotsAnd so, magicif I'm honest, adventure and a rich culture I wasn't sure what to immerse yourself inexpect. Can How does a character with so many investigations under her belt retain the pack gusto we've come to expect from all good literary detectives? Moreover, how does an author with so well established a character as Aimee Leduc keep her interesting enough for those of bastards make it us coming late to safety before the vicious warriors chasing them catch themparty? After reading ''Murder in Saint-Germain'' I would suggest that Black manages it quite easily.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>14847676591616957700</amazonuk>

|author= Matt StantonPierre Lemaitre and Frank Wynne (translator)|title= Funny Kid for PresidentThree Days and a Life|rating= 54|genre= Confident ReadersCrime|summary=Max Walburt has a real problem Christmas week, 1999, and Antoine hasn't got the best of situations. Some of his friends have parted company with him because of the new-fangled Playstation, which his mother refuses to let him waste his teacher time on. He's built a treehouse all by himself, and nothing seems decided it was solely to make woo the girl next door that he loves, but she's rejected it better. Running for class president seems like And his best company, the dog from the other house next door, was injured in a good way hit and run, and shot to be put out of its misery. In the process of angrily demolishing the treehouse, he's visited by his problems but inevitably it doesnvery friendly and adorable neighbour, the dog's six-year-old owner, and Antoine't run smoothlys swung some of the wood at him – and killed him with one fell and very foul sweep. As the title suggests, there will be a very tense few days and nights while the guilt amasses with the lad – and/or a lifetime of living on a knife-edge, where any false move could lead to him being found out…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008220166085705662X</amazonuk>

|author= Emily ClarksonHendrik Groen and Hester Velmans (translator)|title= Can I Speak to Someone in Charge?The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ years Old

|summary=An account of the fate of Al Qaeda and the Bin Laden family since the events of 9/11, ''Can I Speak to Someone in Charge?'The Exile', blogger Emily Clarkson's debut bookplunges into the murky waters of international terrorism, is a fierce, witty espionage and laugh-out-loud funny ode to feminismpolitics. In a series of open lettersDetailed and meticulous, she addresses the issues faced by every modern woman, discussing everything book tackles the subject from dealing with body hair to being made to feel uncomfortable in the gymall angles, as well as more personal issues, like her experiences providing a panoramic view of being 'catfished' the subject and acting to enlighten and sent abuse online. This is a vital read for any girl born in inform the 1990s, tackling some very serious social injustices beneath its fun exteriorreader.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>14711569071408858762</amazonuk>

|author= Riley SagerJo Cotterill|title=Final GirlsA Storm of Strawberries|rating=4.5|genre= ThrillersConfident Readers|summary=A 'final girl' is the last girl alive at the end of Darby lives on a horror moviestrawberry farm with her mum, a gruesome description which has defined the life of Quincy Carpenterbig sister, as much as she tries to persuade you differentlystep dad and step brother. Quincy She loves music, the sole survivor of a teenage massacredancing, has spent her adult years trying to put the past behind chocolate egg hunts and herbig sister Kaydee. But when another 'final girl' dies She is warm and funny, the media, who have always been obsessed with the girlsand she has Down' dark glamour, swarm upon hers syndrome. And to make matters worse for Quincy, The story looks at the other 'final girlevents of one weekend in Darby' s life when the farm is threatened by a survivor from another massacretornado, who has been in hiding for years, appears on her doorstep. Suddenly, Quincy is not only able to move past her past, her past starts to intermingle with and her present and she family is drawn back in. Was threatened by the first 'final girl's death an accident? Why has the second 'final girl' come out revelation of hiding? And what isn't Quincy telling us about her own massacre? a closely-guarded secret.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>17850340221848126166</amazonuk>

|titleauthor=No FilterSarah Franklin|authortitle=Orlagh CollinsShelter|rating=45|genre=TeensHistorical Fiction|summary=Em Connie Granger has escaped her bombed- Emerald - has led a pretty privileged lifeout city home, finding refuge in the Women's Timber Corps. Her wealthy parents have sent For her to , this remote community must now serve a posh private schoolsecret purpose. She's friends with all the right people<br>Seppe, an Italian prisoner of war, as her social media accounts will attest. Everything is sweetness and light in Em's worldhaunted by his memories. Or is it? Equivocation over covering up bullying has put Em in In the crosshairs forest camp, he finds a strange kind of the school's cool girl pecking orderfreedom.Their meeting signals new beginnings. Friends But as they are suddenly less friendlydrawn together, the world outside their forest haven is being torn apart. There Old certainties are secrets at home about to turn from secret to open crisiscrumbling, and both must now make a life-defining choice. And when Em's mother overdoses, the dominoes start <br>What price will they pay for freedom? What will they fight to topple.protect?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>14088845181785762990</amazonuk>