Extracts
Extract: The Party Crasher by Sophie Kinsella
13 October 2021
Number One bestselling author Sophie Kinsella returns with an irresistible new standalone about family love, family tensions and exactly what you might hear everyone saying if they didn't know you were there...
FIVE
“I NEED MY RUSSIAN DOLLS. It’s not a question of ‘want’, I need them. If I...
Extract: The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
11 October 2021
When celebrity aviator, Charles A. Lindbergh, wins the 1940 presidential election on the slogan of 'America First', fear invades every Jewish household. Not only has Lindbergh blamed the Jews for pushing America towards war with Germany, he has negotiated an 'understanding' with the Nazis promising peace between the two nations....
Extract: The Magicians by Lev Grossman
11 October 2021
In a secret world of forbidden knowledge, power comes at a terrible price...
BOOK 1
BROOKLYN
"QUENTIN DID A MAGIC TRICK. Nobody noticed.
They picked their way along the cold, uneven sidewalk together: James, Julia, and Quentin. James and Julia held hands. That’s how things were now. The sidewalk wasn’...
Extract: Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
11 October 2021
Sephy is a Cross: she lives a life of privilege and power. Callum is a nought: he's considered to be less than nothing - a blanker, there to serve Crosses.
twenty-three. Sephy
One of these days, Callum’s going to forget himself and actually look pleased to see me. I just won’t hold my breath whilst I’m...
Extract: Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
11 October 2021
Perfect family, perfect house, perfect life; Jane, Madeline and Celeste have it all... or do they? They are about to find out just how easy it is for one little lie to spiral out of control. From the author of Nine Perfect Strangers and The Husband's Secret comes a novel about the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to...
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