Books of the Month September 2024

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This month we feature books from Big Little Liars author Liane Moriarty. Julie Owen Moylan takes us to the Babylon Circus in 1926 Berlin and we travel to Portugal with Bea Fitzgerald.  Expert witness Dr Duncan Harding lets us into the world of forensic mental health, and Raven Kennedy transports us to an adult fantasy world.

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Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty.  We’re all so busy, caught up in life's moments, big and small: A group of strangers, all unsuspecting, each with a life heading in a particular direction, or so they imagine. An elderly woman is about to step into each of their paths. She will make a prediction, tying herself to all of them, and, in being bound to her, the strangers will all face similar dilemmas. Who is this woman? Is she a genuine clairvoyant? A charlatan? The answer to prayers, or a harbinger of nightmares? What she will prove to be is an agent of chaos, fraying relationships, putting entire futures into doubt and causing the most ordered of lives to unravel in the most unexpected of ways. Published by Michael Joseph 26th September 2024. Order Here

Circus of Mirrors by Julie Owen Moylan. Berlin 1926: Sisters Leni and Annette are left desperate after the death of their parents. Despite their circumstances, they dream of better days. Leni finds work at the Babylon Circus, a notorious cabaret where reality and fantasy intertwine, with barely-there costumes and glimmering mirrors covering the walls. Leni meets Paul, the cabaret's pianist. Their love story unfolds over the next forty years. Can their love survive in a city divided by the course of a century? Will the bond between Leni and Annette endure as they are pulled in opposite directions? In the dazzling city of Berlin, where will these two sisters find their true home? Published by Michael Joseph, 12th September 2024. Order Here

Then Things Went Dark by Bea Fitzgerald. Six people land on a desert island ready to make their reality show debut. Stakes are high, losing is not an option. Three weeks and eighteen episodes later, five of the six contestants sit in a Portuguese police station, none of them are winners. Because twelve million people were watching when Rhys Sutton died on camera, and someone must pay. The best friend, the rival, the girlfriend, the lover, and the sworn enemy are left standing. No-one is talking. But how do you keep secrets when the world has been watching? Especially when, just a day before his murder, Rhys was the most hated man on television. No murder has ever had more witnesses. Published by Michael Joseph, 5th September 2024. Order Here

The Criminal Mind by Dr Duncan Harding.  Discover this journey into the darkest depths of the human mind. What drives a person to commit seemingly inexplicable crimes? Dr Duncan Harding is the person the police and the courts turn to for answers. He must try to establish a defendant’s mental state, motivation and fitness to stand trial. Growing up in a broken, violent home, Harding became a doctor because he wanted to be good and kind. His journey has brought him face to face with psychopaths, the limits of his compassion and the darkest corners of his own troubled past. But he’s never turned away nor given up hope. Published by Michael Joseph, 5th September 2024 Order Here

Goldfinch by Raven Kennedy.  The final chapter in the epic Romantasy, Auren’s story isn’t over yet. She will fly. She will soar. War has broken out between Annwyn and Orea, but not the only battle being waged. There’s a fight inside me, and it’s one I’m determined to win, no matter how much they try to strip me down. They’ve forgotten one thing, the ancient magic of the pair bond. One can never truly be lost when two souls are already bound. Because Slade and I are connected by more than just fated magic, and will always find each other, in any life. The fae king is trying to destroy me. My heritage. My memory. But what he hasn’t realized is this: gold bends, but stone breaks. And a Goldfinch does not fall. It flies. Published by Michael Joseph 26th September 2024. Order Here

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