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Everybody Knew
A Boy. Two Brothers. A Stolen Childhood.

Author: Michael Clemenger
Publication Date: 19 January 2012

Michael Clemenger was handed over as a baby to the unloving care of a religious-run children's home. Aged eight, he was transferred to St Joseph's Industrial School. Chosen as their favourite by two Christian Brothers, Michael endured years of sexual abuse at the hands of both men.

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Birdsong

Author: Sebastian Faulks
Publication Date: 19 January 2012

Stephen Wraysford, a young Englishman, arrives in Amiens in northern France in 1910 to stay with the Azaire family, and falls in love with unhappily married Isabelle. But, with the world on the brink of war, the relationship falters, and Stephen volunteers to fight on the Western Front.

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The Wife Who Ran Away

Author: Tess Stimson
Publication Date: 19 January 2012

Can she ever truly escape the ties that bind?

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Private London

Author: James Patterson
Publication Date: 19 January 2012

Sometimes when the nightmare ends - the terror is only just beginning... For Hannah Shapiro, a beautiful young American student, this particular nightmare began eight years ago in Los Angeles, when Jack Morgan, owner of Private - the world's most exclusive detective agency - saved her from death. She has fled her country, but can't flee her past.

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The Nosferatu Scroll

Author: James Becker
Publication Date: 24 November 2011

It's Bohemia, 1741. On the northern banks of the Vltava River, an extraordinary event is taking place. Inside a private chapel, a high-born Hungarian lady is being laid to rest. But not before her heart is removed from her body, and she is buried beneath a layer of heavy stones - lest she rise again to prey upon her victims...

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The Sisters Brothers

Author: Patrick deWitt
Publication Date: 12 January 2012

Longlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize, deWitt's dazzlingly original second novel is a darkly funny, offbeat western about a reluctant assassin and his murderous brother.

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V is for Vengeance

Author: Sue Grafton
Publication Date: 5 January 2012

The latest unputdownable Kinsey Millhone mystery - The Sopranos meets The Thomas Crown Affair

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In Darkness

Author: Nick Lake
Publication Date: 5 January 2012

An audacious and astounding novel that grips the heart and the imagination

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Never Can Say Goodbye

Author: Christina Jones
Publication Date: 2 February 2012

A rom-com for all lovers of vintage dresses!

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The Pile of Stuff at the Bottom of the Stairs

Author: Christina Hopkinson
Publication Date: 16 February 2012

What's the thing you hate most about the one you love? This is the funniest, most acutely-observed novel about marriage and motherhood, children and work that's been seen in years.

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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Author: Deborah Moggach
Publication Date: 16 February 2012

When Ravi Kapoor, an over-worked London doctor, is driven beyond endurance by his obnoxious father-in-law, he asks his wife: 'Can't we just send him away somewhere? His prayer seems to have been answered when his entrepreneurial cousin, Sonny, sets up a retirement home, recreating a lost corner of England in a converted guesthouse in Bangalore.

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Rescue

Author: Anita Shreve
Publication Date: 2 February 2012

* The latest compelling and brilliant novel from Anita Shreve, author of Testimony -- out now in paperback

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Gypsy Boy on the Run

Author: Mikey Walsh
Publication Date: 24 November 2011

The follow-up to the Number 1 bestseller, GYPSY BOY.

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Single Girl Abroad

Author: Kelly Hunter
Publication Date: 3 February 2012

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Before the Poison

Author: Peter Robinson
Publication Date: 2 February 2012

An atmospheric and suspenseful standalone novel - a Number One bestseller in hardcover.

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The Calling of the Grave

Author: Simon Beckett
Publication Date: 2 February 2012

When DI Terry Connor turns up on David Hunter's doorstep, it's an unwelcome reminder of the past in more ways than one. The two used to be friends before Connor's behaviour caused a bitter rift. And the news the policeman brings is even less welcome: the psychotic rapist and murderer Jerome Monk has escaped from high security prison.

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Don't Look Now

Author: Richard Montanari
Publication Date: 8 December 2011

Andrea Heller has been married for seven years, but still likes to pretend she's single. She enjoys sitting on her own in bars, and watching what happens. But there's another couple watching too. They call themselves Saila and Pharaoh, but only after sundown.

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Before I Go to Sleep

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Author: S. J. Watson
Publication Date: 2 January 2012

Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love - all forgotten overnight. And the one person you trust may only be telling you half the story. Welcome to Christine's life.

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Half of the Human Race

Author: Anthony Quinn
Publication Date: 5 January 2012

Summer of 1911. The streets of London ring with cheers for a new king's coronation and the cries of increasingly violent suffragette protests. Connie Callaway, fired up by the possibilities of independence, wants more than the conventional comforts of marriage. She is determined to fight for 'the greatest cause the world has ever known.'

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You Deserve Nothing

Author: Alexander Maksik
Publication Date: 3 January 2012

Dark, compelling story of an illicit affair between a young teacher and his female student for fans of Donna Tartt

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The Great Escape

Author: Fiona Gibson
Publication Date: 16 February 2012

Can any woman ever grab back a piece of her younger self? For one weekend only, Hannah, Sadie and Lou are determined to give it their best shot. Laugh-out-loud funny from the author that bought you Mum On The Run. Fiona's writing deals with the real life cringe-worthy moments we all know so well!

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Red Mist

Author: Patricia Cornwell
Publication Date: 24 November 2011

The new Scarpetta is guaranteed to be a bestseller

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That Woman
The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor

Author: Anne Sebba
Publication Date: 19 January 2012

One of Britain's most distinguished biographers turns her focus on one of the most vilified women of the twentieth century. ...

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Breakfast at Darcy's

Author: Ali McNamara
Publication Date: 24 November 2011

Another fabulously fun rom com novel from the author of From Notting Hill with Love ... Actually

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The Courtesan's Lover

Author: Gabrielle Kimm
Publication Date: 24 November 2011

A sensual story of dangerous love set in Naples, by an author making sixteenth-century Italy her own

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