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The blissful days of summer have arrived. What better way to enjoy the relaxed pace than with a good book. Need some suggestions? Richard and Judy have revealed their 2006 summer reading list. Get them all at great prices from AbeBooks. Sunscreen and lawnchair not included. |
Jim Lynch
Although he has seen a giant squid and rescued a drowning dog, Miles is really just a teenager on the verge of growing up. He's infatuated with the girl next door, worried that his bickering parents will divorce, and fearful that everything, even the bay he loves, is shifting away from him. While the sea continues to offer up discoveries from its mysterious depths, Miles struggles to deal with the difficulties that attend the equally mysterious process of growing up.
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Sam Bourne
Sam Bourne's first novel has been compared to The Da Vinci Code, but has been praised for its more believable characters and better writing. In The Righteous Men, someone is killing people, and now the wife of a rookie reporter has been kidnapped.
Desperate, Will follows a trail that leads to a mysterious cult, and he must unravel ancient prophecies and riddles buried deep in the Bible to find a secret worth killing for, a secret on which the fate of humanity may depend.
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Victoria Hislop
On the brink of a life-changing decision, Alexis Fielding longs to find out about her mother's past. But Sofia has never spoken of it. All she admits to is growing up in a small Cretan village. Then Alexi finds Fortini, and at last hears the story that Sofia has buried all her life: the tale of her great-grandmother Eleni and her daughters and a family rent by tragedy, war and passion. She discovers how intimately she is connected with the tiny, deserted island of Spinalonga, and how secrecy holds them all in its powerful grip.
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Dorothy Koomson
Best friends Kamryn and Adele thought nothing could come between them - until Adele did the unthinkable and slept with Kamryn's fiance, got pregnant and had his child. Two years later, Kamryn receives a letter from Adele. She is dying and begs Kamryn to adopt her daughter, Tegan. With no one else to take care of Tegan and Adele fading fast, does she have any other choice? So begins a difficult journey that leads Kamryn towards forgiveness, love, responsibility and, ultimately, a better understanding of herself.
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Elisabeth Hyde
Two weeks before Christmas, Diana Duprey, an outspoken abortion doctor, is found floating in her pool. The detective on the case grapples to make sense of it all. His investigation implicates many in this town and reveals a series of gross miscalculations, each one challenging what we know, or think we know, about community, fidelity, justice, and love.
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Elizabeth Kostova
Elizabeth Kostova's debut novel blends fact and fantasy, history and the present, in a hunt for the truth about Vlad the Impaler. Exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and yellowing letters addressed ominously to "My dear and unfortunate successor". Her discovery plunges her into a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to an evil hidden in the depths of history.
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