New Books issue 40 - July 2014
1. Braille
All titles are available for loan and sale unless otherwise stated.
2. Adult Fiction
Baker, Jo. Longbourn. Historical fiction
Jane Austen‘s Pride and Prejudice below stairs - the story of romance, intrigue, and drama among the servants of the Bennet
household.
2014. Gv. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24748803.
household.
2014. Gv. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24748803.
Barclay, Linwood. A tap on the window. Thriller
When Cal Weaver stops at red light on a rainy night while driving home, a bedraggled-looking teenaged girl starts tapping on his
window. OK, so giving a ride to a teenage girl might not be the smartest move, but how much harm could it do? Over the next 24
hours Cal is about to find out.
2013. 6v. Price: £16.99. Order No: 24749203.
window. OK, so giving a ride to a teenage girl might not be the smartest move, but how much harm could it do? Over the next 24
hours Cal is about to find out.
2013. 6v. Price: £16.99. Order No: 24749203.
Betts, Charlotte. The spice merchant's wife. Historical fiction
1666. London is devastated by the great fire. Widowed and penniless, Kate seeks refuge in The House of Perfume, the home
of blind perfumer Gabriel Harte, who awakens Kate's senses to a whole new world. But as she flees from this forbidden love, her
husband‘s murderer comes looking for her.
2014. 6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24748503.
of blind perfumer Gabriel Harte, who awakens Kate's senses to a whole new world. But as she flees from this forbidden love, her
husband‘s murderer comes looking for her.
2014. 6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24748503.
Brody, Frances. Dying in the wool: a Kate Shackleton mystery. Crime fiction
Nothing exceptional happens in the village, except for the day when Joshua Braithwaite, goes missing. Has he run off with his mistress, or was he murdered for his mounting coffers? But as Kate taps into the lives of the Bridgestead dwellers, she opens
cracks that some would kill to keep closed.
2009. 6v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24748703.
cracks that some would kill to keep closed.
2009. 6v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24748703.
Busby, Sian. Commonplace killing. Crime fiction.
A murder story set in London in 1946, which gradually peels away the veneer of stoicism and respectability to reveal the dark truths at the heart of post-war austerity Britain.
2014. 4v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24756003.
2014. 4v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24756003.
Cleeves, Ann. Raven black. Crime fiction
Shetland Island Quartet ; book 1. When Fran Hunter finds the strangled body of her teenage neighbour Catherine Ross, the
locals focus their gaze on one man - loner and simpleton Magnus Tait. But when police insist on opening out the investigation a veil of suspicion and fear is thrown over the entire community.
2006. 4v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24821401.
locals focus their gaze on one man - loner and simpleton Magnus Tait. But when police insist on opening out the investigation a veil of suspicion and fear is thrown over the entire community.
2006. 4v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24821401.
Collard, Paul Fraser. The Maharajah's general. Historical fiction
Jack Lark barely survived the Battle of the Alma. As the brutal fight raged, he discovered the true duty that came with the officer's
commission he‘d taken. Poor Captain Danbury is dead, but Jack will travel to his new regiment in India, under his name. Jack soon finds more enemies, but this time they're on his own side.
2013. 6v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 24736703.
commission he‘d taken. Poor Captain Danbury is dead, but Jack will travel to his new regiment in India, under his name. Jack soon finds more enemies, but this time they're on his own side.
2013. 6v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 24736703.
Cornwell, Patricia. Dust. Crime fiction
Dr. Kay Scarpetta : 21. The body of a young woman has been discovered inside the sheltered gates of MIT, draped in ivory linen
and posed in a way that is too deliberate to be the killer's first strike.
2013. 8v. Price: £18.99. Order No: 24737503.
and posed in a way that is too deliberate to be the killer's first strike.
2013. 8v. Price: £18.99. Order No: 24737503.
Cussler, Clive. Mirage. Thriller
Oregon files: book 9. In October 1943, a US. destroyer sailed out of Philadelphia and supposedly vanished, the result of a Navy
experiment with electromagnetic radiation. The story was considered a hoax - but now Juan Cabrillo isn’t so sure.
2013. 5v. Price: £13.99. Order No: 24747103.
experiment with electromagnetic radiation. The story was considered a hoax - but now Juan Cabrillo isn’t so sure.
2013. 5v. Price: £13.99. Order No: 24747103.
Dobbs, Michael. A ghost at the door. Thriller
Harry Jones series: book 6. Harry barely knew his father Johnnie and hated what little he did know. Now he must risk his own life to uncover the truth about his dead father. What starts as a gentle enquiry uncovers a trail of murder and guilt-ridden love that dates back to Johnnie‘s student days.
2013. 5v. Price: £18.99. Order No: 24738003.
2013. 5v. Price: £18.99. Order No: 24738003.
Doctorow, Cory. Eastern standard tribe. Sciencefiction
Art is an up-and-coming interface designer, working on the management of data flow along the Massachusetts Turnpike. He
can guarantee that the system will be the most counterintuitive, user-hostile piece of software ever pushed forth into the world.
Why? Because Art is an industrial saboteur.
2010. SV. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24748403.
can guarantee that the system will be the most counterintuitive, user-hostile piece of software ever pushed forth into the world.
Why? Because Art is an industrial saboteur.
2010. SV. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24748403.
Donaldson, Stephen R. The last dark. Fantasy
The last chronicles of Thomas Covenant ; book 4. Now they face their final crisis. Reunited after their separate struggles, Thomas and Linden discover in each other their true power - and yet they cannot imagine how to stop the Worm of the World‘s End from unmaking Time.
2013. 14v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 24747503.
2013. 14v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 24747503.
Drabble, Margaret. The pure gold baby. General fiction
Over the course of decades, in ways large and small, Anna will affect the lives and loves of those around her; her journey illuminating our shifting attitudes towards motherhood, responsibility and the way we care for one another.
2013. SV. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24747603.
2013. SV. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24747603.
Fforde, Katie. Artistic licence. Romance
Thea, fed up with being mother to a houseful of students, accepts her bossy friend Molly‘s offer of an art appreciation holiday in
Provence, and meets the gorgeous Flory. She decides to extend her holiday and accepts Rory's invitation to his house in Ireland.
2001. 5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24755603.
Provence, and meets the gorgeous Flory. She decides to extend her holiday and accepts Rory's invitation to his house in Ireland.
2001. 5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24755603.