Great Reads
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Armadale
By Wilkie Collins
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Allan Armadale makes a terrible confession on his death-bed but has little idea of the repercussions to come. The secret involves a red headed temptress, a laudanum addict and a husband-poisoner. It is a gripping melodramatic tale of inherited curses, romantic rivalries, money, murder and espionage.
My Name is Red
By Orhan Pamuk
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A winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2006, this book is a thrilling murder mystery based in Istanbul in the late 1590s when the Sultan secretly commissions a great book to celebrate his life illuminated by the best artists of the day in the new European style. One of the miniaturists is murdered but did the dead painter fall victim to jealousy, religious terror or professional rivalry? A rich blend of eastern and western culture and its effect of the artists of the day.
Restless
By William Boyd
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A spy thriller with a different twist in the tail. This is a riveting story that pulls you into the forgotten web of wartime espionage. A real page turner. I can't wait to read more of his books.
Sacred Treason
By James Forrester
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Published by Headline Publishers in hardback Sacred Treason is the first novel from award winning historian Dr Ian Mortimer. Perfect for fans of CJ Sansom, Sacred Treason is a fast-paced historical thriller that combines true events with fiction whilst vividly bringing to life the turbulence and turmoil of sixteenth-century London. Brimming with conflict, intrigue and murder, the novel centres on the discovery and concealment of a manuscript which doubts the legitimacy of Queen Elizabeth the First.
Simple Genius
By David Baldacci
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A page turner detective/spy thriller with more twists and turns than a maze and many red herrings. The CIA training ground of Camp Peary is the site of a murder and Sean King and Michelle Maxwell join forces to try to solve the enigmatic phrase 'codes and blood'. They enter a world of cryptography and a secretive research centre full of eccentric scientists. Simple Genius is their toughest case yet, testing them to their limits.
The Bones of Avalon
by Phil Richman
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It is 1560, and Elizabeth Tudor has been on the throne for a year. Dr John Dee, at 32 already acclaimed throughout Europe, is her astrologer and consultant in the hidden arts...a controversial appointment in these days of superstition and religious strife.
The Broker
By John Grisham
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A fast moving and gripping thriller in which Joel Blackman, a notorious Washington power broker is given a controversial last minute pardon by the outgoing President. Blackman is quietly smuggled out of a US jail and given a new identity in Europe but his whereabouts are leaked by the CIA. The question is not whether he will survive but who will kill him - the Israelis, the Russians, the Chinese or the Saudis.
The Camel Club
By David Baldacci
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We meet an enigmatic figure, Oliver Stone, a man with no past. His occupation appears to be permanent protestor outside the White House, member of a cabal of believers in all available conspiracy theories, who are, collectively, The Camel Club.
The Meaning of Night
By Michael Cox
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A spellbinding mystery that will keep you turning the pages late into the night - a story of obsession, revenge and murder. Edward Glyver follows a twisted path from Victorian London's foggy streets, brothels and opium dens to one of England's most beautiful country houses. His quest is to overcome his deadly enemy and rival and to reclaim his rightful destiny.