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August 2011
By Caroline Brothers
It is night, and two boys are crossing a river that is also a
border. They have nothing but the clothes on their backs, their
inheritance stitched into the lining of a belt, and the courage of an
enormous gamble: that Europe will offer them a future they can no longer
wait for in Afghanistan.
Travelling by truck, by boat, by train, by bus and on foot, Aryan and
his younger brother Kabir have embarked on an epic journey, clinging to
an itinerary they repeat like a mantra so as not to lose their way:
Kabul Tehran Istanbul Athens Rome Paris London. There are moments of
wonder and adventure but also battles against cold, heat, hunger,
violence and exhaustion. Whether they are harvesting half-frozen oranges
in Greece, or hiding behind a false wall on a truck to Italy, or
sleeping under the rafters of a sawmill in France, the brothers are
exploited for their labour, hustled for their money and ignored by
almost everyone, except the police.
Hinterland
Published :: 01 Aug 2011
ISBN :: 9781408821619
RRP :: $29.99
August 2011
By Daniel Silva
′A CROSS BETWEEN JASON BOURNE AND JAMES BOND ... A FABULOUS THRILLER′ DAILY MAIL
EUROPE IS EXPLODING AND ONE MAN MUST FIND OUT WHY
For Gabriel Allon and his wife Chiara, it was supposed to be the start of a romantic weekend in London. But nothing is ever that simple when you′re an off-duty spy and assassin. A pair of bombings in Paris and Copenhagen has put him on edge and when Gabriel notices a man exhibiting several traits common to suicide bombers, he follows him into the Covent Garden throng. He′s determined to prevent the carnage he fears is about to take place, but before Gabriel can draw his sidearm, he is knocked to the pavement by two plain-clothes police officers. A moment later he looks up to find a scene from his nightmares. From the streets of New York and London, to the unforgiving landscape of the Saudi desert, Gabriel Allon is in a race to the death against a calculating mass-murderer that he dare not lose ...
July 2011
Detective Superintendent Roy Grace returns... I WANT THEM TO SUFFER, AND I WANT THEM DEAD ... Carly Chase is traumatised ten days after being in a fatal traffic accident which kills a teenage student from Brighton University. Then she receives news that turns her entire world into a living nightmare. The drivers of the other two vehicles involved have been found tortured and murdered. Now Detective Superintendant Roy Grace of the Sussex Police force issues a stark and urgent warning to Carly: She could be next.
July 2011
Margery Blandon was always a principled woman who found guidance from the wisdom of desktop calendars. She lived quietly in Gold Street, Brunswick for sixty years until events drove her to the 43rd floor of the Tropic Hotel. As she waits for the crowds in the atrium far below to disperse, she contemplates what went wrong; her best friend kept an astonishing secret from her and she can't trust the home help. Its possible her firstborn son has betrayed her, that her second son, Morris, might have committed a crime, her only daughter is trying to kill her and her dead sister Cecily helped her to this, her final downfall. Even worse, it seems Margerys life-long neighbour and enemy now demented always knew the truth. There Should be More Dancing' is a story of Margery's reckonings on loyalty, grief and love.
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