Extracts
Extract: The Horse Woman by James Patterson & Mike Lupica
28 January 2022
Maggie Atwood and Becky McCabe - mother and daughter, both champion riders - vowed to never, ever, compete against one another. But a dramatic turn of events ahead of the Paris Olympics changes everything. Mother and daughter share a dream: to be the best in the world. Only one rider can fulfil that dream and make history. Only one rider can make...
Extract: Wahala by Nikki May
28 January 2022
A darkly comic and bitingly subversive take on love, race and family, Wahala will have you laughing, crying and gasping in horror. Boldly political about class, colorism and clothes, here is a truly inclusive tale that will speak to anyone who has ever cherished friendship, in all its form.
Aftermath
Am I strong enough...
Extract: A Shot to Save the World by Gregory Zuckerman
28 January 2022
This is the definitive account of the global effort to develop a vaccine for Covid-19, charting the failure and success of every major vaccine in use. A number-one New York Times bestselling author and award-winning Wall Street Journal investigative journalist, Zuckerman takes us inside the
top-secret laboratories, corporate clashes and high-...
Extract: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
28 January 2022
An estranged brother and sister must set aside their differences to deal with their mother’s death and their puzzling inheritance: an audio recording, in which she tells the story of her hidden past, and her famous black cake to be shared ‘when the time is right’. Their journey of discovery takes them from the Caribbean to London...
Extract: A Question of Guilt by Jørn Lier Horst
28 January 2022
In 1999, 17-year-old Tone Vaterland was killed. Desperate for a conviction, the police deemed the investigation an open-and-shut case and sent her spurned boyfriend, Danny Momrak, down for murder. But 20 years later, William Wisting receives a puzzling letter that suggests the wrong man was convicted for Tone’s death. It's a race to the...
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