The Mirror And The Light by Hilary Mantel

$50.00 NZD

Category: Fiction-General | Series: The Wolf Hall Trilogy | Reading Level: very good

The long-awaited sequel to Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, the stunning conclusion to Hilary Mantel’s Man Booker Prize-winning Thomas Cromwell trilogy. ‘If you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak it?’ England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith’s son from Putney emerges from the spring’s bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry VIII, settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen, before Jane dies giving birth to the male heir he most craves. Cromwell is a man with only his wits to rely on; he has no great family to back him, no private army. Despite rebellion at home, traitors plotting abroad and the threat of invasion testing Henry’s regime to breaking point, Cromwell’s robust imagination sees a new country in the mirror of the future. But can a nation, or a person, shed the past like a skin? Do the dead continually unbury themselves? What will you do, the Spanish ambassador asks Cromwell, when the king turns on you, as sooner or later he turns on everyone close to him? With The Mirror and the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. She traces the final years of Thomas Cromwell, the boy from nowhere who climbs to the heights of power, offering a defining portrait of predator and prey, of a ferocious contest between present and past, between royal will and a common man’s vision: of a modern nation making itself through conflict, passion and courage.     ...Show more

Westwind (The Classic Lost Thriller) by Ian Rankin

$35.00 NZD

Category: Fiction-General

Europe, 1990. As the US begins to pull out its troops in a tide of isolationism, Britain is torn between its loyalties to the USA and its continental neighbours. In America, a space shuttle crashes on landing, killing all but one of the crew on-board: A British man named Mike Dreyfuss, who will become v ilified by the US press and protesters. Halfway across the world, Martin Hepton, an English ground control technician watches as they lose contact with the most advanced satellite in Europe. A colleague of Hepton's who suspects something strange is going on is signed off sick, and never comes back. Hepton decides to investigate his friend's suspicions and his trail leads him to Dreyfuss, MI6, the American military, and back to his former girlfriend, Jill, who is an up-and-coming journalist with the contacts and the courage to cover the story. But there is much more at stake than anyone realises - and many more people on their trail than they can possibly evade... ...Show more

A Litany of Good Intentions by Andrew Harris

$40.00 NZD

Category: Fiction-General

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

$35.00 NZD

Category: Fiction-General

On Christmas Eve, 1617, the sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardø is thrown into a reckless storm. As Maren Magnusdatter watches, forty fishermen, including her father and brother, are lost to the waves, the menfolk of Vardø wiped out in an instant. Now the women must fend for th emselves. Eighteen months later, a sinister figure arrives. Summoned from Scotland to take control of a place at the edge of the civilized world, Absalom Cornet knows what he needs to do to bring the women of Vardø to heel. With him travels his young wife, Ursa. In Vardø, and in Maren, Ursa finds something she has never seen before: independent women. But Absalom sees only a place untouched by God and flooded with a mighty and terrible evil, one he must root out at all costs. Inspired by the real events of the Vardø storm and the 1621 witch trials, Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Mercies is a story about how suspicion can twist its way through a community, and a love that may prove as dangerous as it is powerful.   ...Show more

Fair Warning by Michael Connelly

$37.00 NZD

Category: Fiction-General | Series: Jack Mcevoy Ser.

The hero of The Poet and The Scarecrow is back in the new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. Jack McEvoy, the journalist who never backs down, tracks a serial killer who has been operating completely under the radar--until now. Veteran reporter Jack McEvoy has taken do wn killers before, but when a woman he had a one-night stand with is murdered in a particularly brutal way, McEvoy realizes he might be facing a criminal mind unlike any he's ever encountered. McEvoy investigates--against the warnings of the police and his own editor--and makes a shocking discovery that connects the crime to other mysterious deaths across the country. But his inquiry hits a snag when he himself becomes a suspect. As he races to clear his name, McEvoy's findings point to a serial killer working under the radar of law enforcement for years, and using personal data shared by the victims themselves to select and hunt his targets. Called "the Raymond Chandler of this generation" (Associated Press), Michael Connelly once again delivers an unputdownable thriller that reveals a predator operating from the darkest corners of human nature--and one man courageous and determined enough to stand in his way. ...Show more

The Lost Jewels by Kirsty Manning

$37.00 NZD

Category: Fiction-General

A compelling new historical novel based on an incredible true discovery from the author of the bestselling The Jade Lily. nspired by a true story, The Lost Jewels unfolds an incredible mystery of thievery, sacrifice and hope through the generations of one family.In the summer of 1912, a workma n's pickaxe strikes through the floor of an old tenement house in Cheapside, London, uncovering a cache of unimaginably valuable treasure that quickly disappears again.Present day. When respected jewellery historian, Kate Kirby, receives a call about the Cheapside jewels, she knows she's on the brink of the experience of a lifetime.As Kate peels back layers of concealment and deception, she is forced to explore long-buried secrets concerning Essie, her great-grandmother, and her life in Edwardian London. Soon, Kate's past and present threaten to collide and the truths about her family lie waiting to be revealed. ...Show more

The Secrets of Strangers by Charity Norman

$33.00 NZD

Category: Fiction-General

Five strangers, one cafe - and the day that everything changed. A regular weekday morning veers drastically off-course for five strangers whose paths cross in a London cafe - their lives never to be the same again when an apparently crazed gunman holds them hostage. But there is more to the situation th an first meets the eye and as the captives grapple with their own inner demons, the line between right and wrong starts to blur. Will the secrets they keep stop them from escaping with their lives? A compelling, tense and heartfelt drama from the writer of the bestselling See You In September. ...Show more

We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker

$33.00 NZD

Category: Fiction-General

This is a book that will make you laugh, it will make you cry and it will break your heart. A triumph of a novel from the award-winning author of Tall Oaks. With the staggering intensity of James Lee Burke and the absorbing narrative of Jane Harper's The Dry, We Begin at the End is a pow erful novel about absolute love and the lengths we will go to keep our family safe. This is a story about good and evil and how life is lived somewhere in between.'You can't save someone that doesn't want to be saved . . .'For some people, trouble just finds them.Thirty years ago, Vincent King became a killer.Now, he's been released from prison and is back in his hometown of Cape Haven, California. Not everyone is pleased to see him. Like Star Radley, his ex-girlfriend, and sister of the girl he killed.Duchess Radley, Star's thirteen-year-old daughter, is part-carer, part-protector to her younger brother, Robin - and to her deeply troubled mother. But in trying to protect Star, Duchess inadvertently sets off a chain of events that will have tragic consequences not only for her family, but also the whole town.Murder, revenge, retribution.How far can we run from the past when the past seems doomed to repeat itself?'Surely destined to conquer the world. This intensely captivating story and its uniquely intriguing characters holds you in its jaws till the very last word. Astonishingly good' Ruth Jones'A very real, very rare talent' Sarah Hilary'The most beautifully written book I have read this year . . . Chris Whitaker is proving himself to be one of the most talented writers around' Lisa Hall ...Show more

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

$35.00 NZD

Category: Fiction-General | Reading Level: near fine

También de este lado hay sueños - On this side too, there are dreams. Already being hailed as "a Grapes of Wrath for our times" and "a new American classic", American Dirt is a rare exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope. If it's o nly a better life you seek, seek it elsewhere...This path is only for people who have no choice, no other option, only violence and misery behind you. And your journey will grow even more treacherous from here. Everything is working against you. Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. Even though she knows they'll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. And then one day a man enters the shop to browse and comes up to the register with four books he would like to buy--two of them her favorites. Javier is erudite. He is charming. And, unbeknownst to Lydia, he is the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city. When Lydia's husband's tell-all profile of Javier is published, none of their lives will ever be the same. Forced to flee, Lydia and eight-year-old Luca soon find themselves miles and worlds away from their comfortable middle-class existence. Instantly transformed into migrants, Lydia and Luca ride la bestia--trains that make their way north toward the United States, which is the only place Javier's reach doesn't extend. As they join the countless people trying to reach el norte, Lydia soon sees that everyone is running from something. But what exactly are they running to? American Dirt will leave readers utterly changed. It is a literary achievement filled with poignancy, drama, and humanity on every page. It is one of the most important books for our times. ...Show more

Just Belittle Kiwi by Professor John Bond, MD (Centre for Health Services Research, The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle, UK University of Newcastle University of Newcastle Centre for Health Services Research, The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle, UK University of Newcastle)

$35.00 NZD

Category: Fiction-General

T?manako Iti (T?), a farmer, lives a contented and peaceful life in Waimana with his wife, Wai, and teenage daughter, Tira. The harmony of the Iti household is torn asunder with the arrival of a ten-person party from the New Zealand State Tenancy Tribunal with the intention of forcefully evicting the It i family. T?'s wife and daughter are killed by a trigger-happy policeman. This heinous deed brings together the entire Iti and Parata family, together with all the tribes of New Zealand. It seems that an age-old prophesy is about to materialise. Legend has it that a mother and daughter would simultaneously be killed by the State, and three revolutionary brothers would hand the mana (respect) back to all the people of Aotearoa (New Zealand) with the help of a P?keh? (white person). Stephen Wallace, Tira's Scottish teenage lover, has been torn apart from his soulmate and his blue-eyed daughter, as his mother, Diana, has moved their household to a distant location. Stephen works hard as a fisherman and goes for daily spiritual and martial training to a wise old recluse, Koro. Three years after his daughter's birth, Stephen finally has enough money saved to visit his lover and his daughter. When Stephen finally does arrive at the Iti household, he is devastated to hear that both his lover and her mother have been killed. T?'s uncle, koro Timothy Iti, initiates the revolution by mobilising the three Iti brothers, T?, Joseph (H?hepa) and George and the P?keh?, Stephen. Joseph, the eldest brother, is a member of NZSAS and also the chief protector of Queen Elizabeth II. George, the youngest brother, is an IT wizard with a million-dollar salary. The plot thickens as we find out that two others from the Royal elite force, the Ironside twins, William and Philippa, too want the Queen to abdicate the throne. An astonishing but age-old alliance between the Scots and the M?ori emerges and an exciting adventure ensues. The Queen is kidnapped during her visit to New Zealand. Two ruthless free-agent assassins, Franck and Charlie, pose life-threatening situations that the chosen four must deal with. ...Show more

The Clergyman's Wife by Molly Greeley

$33.00 NZD

Category: Fiction-General

A moving story of unexpected love featuring Charlotte from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. 'Poignant, pensive and brilliant ...' Laurel Ann Nattress, editor of Jane Austen Made Me Do It.

The Bell in the Lake by Lars Mytting

$38.00 NZD

Category: Fiction-General

'Norway, 1880. In the secluded village of Butangen at the end of the valley, headstrong Astrid dreams of a life beyond marriage, hard work and children. And then Pastor Kai Schweigaard comes into her life, taking over the 700-year-old stave church with its carvings of pagan deities. The two church bells were forged by her forefather in the sixteenth century, in memory of conjoined sisters Halfrid and Gunhild Hekne, and are said to have supernatural powers. But now the pastor wants to tear it down, to replace it with a modern, larger church. Though Astrid is drawn to him, this may be a provocation too far. Talented architecture student Gerhard Schönauer arrives from Dresden to oversee the removal of the church and its reconstruction in the German city. Everything about elegant Schönauer is so different, so cosmopolitan. Astrid must make a choice: for her homeland and the pastor, or for a daunting and uncertain future in Germany. Then the bells begin to toll... ...Show more