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Lanark, a life in 4 books : Reading Group Set

This novel is a work of extraordinary imagination and wide range. Its playful narrative techniques convey a profound message, both personal and political, about humankind's inability to love and yet our compulsion to go on trying.
Author: Gray, Alasdair
Published: Edinburgh : Canongate, 2016.
592 pages : 24 cm
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His bloody project : Reading Group Set

The year is 1869. A brutal triple murder in a remote community in the Scottish Highlands leads to the arrest of a young man by the name of Roderick Macrae. A memoir written by the accused makes it clear that he is guilty, but it falls to the country s finest legal and psychiatric minds to uncover what drove him to commit such merciless acts of violence. Was he mad? Only the persuasive powers of his advocate stand between Macrae and the gallows.
Author: Burnet, Graeme Macrae, 1967-
Published: Glasgow : Contrabrand, 2015.
280 pages ; 20 cm
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The miniaturist : Reading Group Set

On an autumn day in 1686, 18-year-old Nella Oortman knocks at the door of a grand house in the wealthiest quarter of Amsterdam. She has come from the country to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt, but instead she is met by his sharp-tongued sister, Marin. Only later does Johannes appear and present her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their home. It is to be furnished by an elusive miniaturist, whose tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in unexpected ways. Nella is at first mystified by the closed world of the Brandt household, but as she uncovers its secrets she realizes the escalating dangers that await them all.
Author: Burton, Jessie, 1982-
Published: London : Picador, 2015.
432 pages : illustration (black and white) ; 20 cm
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Bibliographic Service - (Angus Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Reading Group Set - 1 box containing 10 books - Onloan - Due: 15 Jul 2024 - 38046100176790

The swimming pool : Reading Group Set

It's summer, and for teachers Ed and Natalie Steele this means six weeks off work with their young daughter Molly. Their lives are predictable and uncomplicated - or, at least, they were - until they met the Channings. Suddenly, glamorous Lara Channing, a former actress leading an eccentrically lavish lifestyle, is taking Natalie under her wing and the stability of summer takes an exciting turn. But are there hidden motives behind this new friendship? And when the end-of-summer party at the lido is cut short by a blackout, Natalie realises that she's been kept in the dark all along.
Author: Candlish, Louise
Published: UK : Penguin Books, 2016.
458 pages ; 20 cm
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Three things about Elsie : Reading Group Set

There are three things you should know about Elsie. The first thing is that she's my best friend. The second is that she always knows what to say to make me feel better. And the third thing - might take a little bit more explaining. 84-year-old Florence has fallen in her flat at Cherry Tree Home for the Elderly. As she waits to be rescued, Florence wonders if a terrible secret from her past is about to come to light; and, if the charming new resident is who he claims to be, why does he look exactly like a man who died 60 years ago?
Author: Cannon, Joanna
Published: London : The Borough Press, 2018.
455 pages ; 20 cm
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The invisible man from Salem : Reading Group Set

In the final days of summer in 2013, a young woman is shot dead in her apartment. Three floors above, the blue lights of the police cars awaken Leo Junker, a long-time police officer. Leo works in the internal affairs division as the lowliest form of officer - a spy. Leo is even lower, however, having been suspended after committing a terrible mistake. He can't stay away for long. A series of frightening connections emerge, linking this new murder to Junker's own troubled youth and forcing him to confront a long-ago incident that changed his life forever. Now, in backstreets, shadowed alleyways, and decaying suburbs, the search for the young woman's killer - and the truth about Junker's past - begins.
Author: Carlsson, Christoffer, 1986-
Published: Melbourne : Scribe, 2015.
304 pages ; 20 cm
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The well : Reading Group Set

When Ruth Ardingly and her family first drive up from London in their grime-encrusted car and view The Well, they are enchanted by a jewel of a place, a farm that appears to offer everything the family are searching for. But The Well's unique glory comes at a terrible price. The locals suspect foul play in its verdant fields and drooping fruit trees, and Ruth becomes increasingly isolated as she struggles to explain why her land flourishes whilst her neighbours' produce withers and dies. Fearful of envious locals and suspicious of those who seem to be offering help, Ruth is less and less sure who she can trust. As The Well envelops them, Ruth's paradise becomes a prison, Mark's dream a recurring nightmare, and Lucien's playground a grave.
Author: Chanter, Catherine
Published: Edinburgh : Canongate, 2015.
380 pages ; 20 cm
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Drowning Rose : Reading Group Set

Eliza Cummings is leaving work when she receives an unexpected phone call. On the other end is a voice which draws her back 25 years - to the tragic death of her best friend. But why does Rose's father want her to visit him? And why is he killing her with kindness when he blames her for what happened?
Author: Cobbold, Marika
Published: London : Bloomsbury, 2011.
352 pages ; 20 cm
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The mistresses revenge : Reading Group Set

Sally is a mother of two who has just come out of a five-year adulterous affair with Clive. To deal with the heartbreak of being dumped, she follows her counsellor's advice and starts writing a journal. She recalls the happy times of their affair, but it is soon apparent that her grief is turning into obsession.
Author: Cohen, Tamar, 1963-
Published: London : Black Swan, 2011.
346 pages ; 20 cm
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Bibliographic Service - (Angus Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Reading Group Set - 1 box containing 6 books - Onloan - Due: 31 May 2024 - 38046100176840

The alchemist : Reading Group Set

"Santiago, a young shepherd living in the hills of Andalucia, feels that there is more to life than his humble home and his flock. One day he finds the courage to follow his dreams into distant lands, each step galvanised by the knowledge that he is following the right path: his own. The people he meets along the way, the things he sees and the wisdom he learns are life-changing."
Author: Coelho, Paulo, 1947-
Published: London : Harper Collins, 1999.
177 pages ; 20 cm
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The woman in white : Reading Group Set

One of the earliest works of detective fiction with a narrative woven together from multiple characters, Wilkie Collins partly based his infamous novel on a real-life 18th century case of abduction and wrongful imprisonment. In 1859 the story caused a sensation with its readers, hooking their attention with the ghostly first scene where the mysterious Anne Catherick comes across Walter Hartright.
Author: Collins, Wilkie
Published: London : Harper Press, 2011.
756 pages ; 18 cm
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The pale horseman : Reading Group Set

The second book in Bernard Cornwell’s epic and bestselling series on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg.
Author: Cornwell, Bernard, 1944-
Published: London : Harper, 2016.
400 pages ; 20 cm
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Grandad there's a head on the beach : Reading Group Set

Who do you tell when you wake up to find a severed head on your resort-front beach in the morning? For frustrated ex-crime reporter Jimm Juree it means action. With her former cop grandfather as back up, she sets out to discover how the poor fellow ended up where he did - and why. On their journey, with the rest of their disjointed family in tow, they uncover gruesome tales of piracy and slavery, violence and murder in the Gulf of Thailand. Are the authorities uninterested because they're involved, or because the victims aren't Thai? Whatever the reason, Jimm and her team are going it alone and their lives are under threat. And who exactly are those two elegant women in cabin three and why has the engine number of their car been filed away? Airport hostages and hand grenades, monkeys and naked policemen - once more the sublime and the ridiculous clash at the Gulf Bay Lovely Resort and Restaurant.
Author: Cotterill, Colin
Published: UK : Quercus, 2012.
326 pages ; 22 cm
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Bibliographic Service - (Angus Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Reading Group Set - 1 box containing 6 books - Available - 38046100176881

Blood queen : Reading Group Set

Scotland, 1020 AD - King Malcolm II is fading fast. It is North vs South, for two families have a claim on the inheritance of his crown. Who will gain the Scottish throne? On the eve of her 16th birthday, a flushed and nervous Cora MacDuff waits to marry her sweetheart, Macbeth. But her dreams are about to be stolen from her as the night she was hoping for turns into a brutal slaughter. In order to reclaim the life she was promised, she will learn to use every weapon at her disposal - even her son.
Author: Courtney, Joanna (Novelist)
Published: London : Piatkus, 2018.
373 pages : 24 cm
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Every vow you break : Reading Group Set

The Wayland family leave England to spend the summer in Trout Island, upstate New York. Lara hopes the summer away from home will give her time to learn to love her husband again. However, Lara embarks on an affair with an old lover. She knows she's playing a dangerous game. What she doesn't know is that it's also a deadly one.
Author: Crouch, Julia, 1962-
Published: London : Headline, 2012.
380 pages ; 18 cm
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Someone like you : Reading Group Set

Here, in Roald Dahl's first collection of his world famous dark and sinister adult stories, a wife serves a dish that baffles the police; a harmless bet suddenly becomes anything but; a curious machine reveals a horrifying truth about plants; and a man lies awake waiting to be bitten by the venomous snake asleep on his stomach.
Author: Dahl, Roald, 1916-1990
Published: London : Michael Joseph, 2011.
272 pages ; 20 cm
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Dear cancer, love Victoria, a diary of hope to help you through : Reading Group Set

Renowned as a much-loved and highly respected BBC journalist, Victoria Derbyshire has spent 20 years finding the human story behind the headlines. In 2015 she found herself at the heart of the news, with a devastating breast cancer diagnosis. With honesty and openness, she decided to live out her treatment and recovery in the spotlight in a series of video diaries that encouraged thousands to seek diagnosis and help. Victoria has kept a diary since she was nine years old and in 'Dear Cancer, Love Victoria' she shares her day to day experiences of life following her diagnosis and coming to terms with a future that wasn't planned.
Author: Derbyshire, Victoria
Published: London : Trapeze, 2018.
292 pages ; 20 cm
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Bibliographic Service - (Angus Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - Reading Group Set - 1 box containing 6 books - Available - 38046100176915

Captain Corelli's mandolin : Reading Group Set

Moving from tenderness and sardonic wit to clinical horror, this epic novel encompasses cruelty, humour, love and friendship, hope and despair. It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracised by the locals but over time he proves himself to be civilised, humorous and a consummate musician. When Pelagia, the local doctor's daughter, finds her letters to her fiance go unanswered, Antonio and Pelagia draw close and the working of the eternal triangle seems inevitable. But can this fragile love survive as a war of bestial savagery gets closer and the lines are drawn between invader and defender?
Author: De Bernieres, Louis, 1954-
Published: London : Vintage, 1995.
434 pages ; 20 cm
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The hare with amber eyes : Reading Group Set

264 wood and ivory carvings of animals, plants and people, none of them larger than a matchbox; apprentice potter Edmund de Waal was entranced by the collection when he first encountered it in the Tokyo apartment of his great uncle Iggie. When he inherited them, he discovered that they unlocked a story larger than he could have imagined.
Author: De Waal, Edmund
Published: London : Vintage, 2011.
354 pages ; 20 cm
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Very bad men : Reading Group Set

David Loogan is living in a small town with his detective girlfriend. He's settled into a quiet routine as editor of the crime magazine Gray Streets - until one day he finds a manuscript outside his door - a serial killer's confession of what he's done, or is about to do, to some very bad men.
Author: Dolan, Harry
Published: London : Ebury, 2012.
412 pages ; 20 cm
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Rebecca : Reading Group Set

Du Maurier's famous tale of suspense, mystery and love concerns Maxim de Winter's shy new bride and the house she is to inhabit, but that still reverberates to the haunting presence of his previous wife's influence.
Author: Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989
Published: London : Virago, 2015.
428 pages ; 20 cm
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The greatcoat : Reading Group Set

In the winter of 1952, newly wed Isabel Carey arrives in a Yorkshire town with her husband Philip. As a GP he spends much of his time working, while Isabel tries hard to adjust to the realities of married life. One cold night, Isabel finds an old RAF greatcoat in the back of a cupboard. She puts it on her bed for warmth - and is startled by a knock at her window. Outside is a young man. A pilot. And he wants to come in.
Author: Dunmore, Helen, 1952-
Published: London : Arrow, 2012.
255 pages ; 20 cm
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The May bride : Reading Group Set

Jane Seymour is a shy, dutiful fifteen-year-old when her eldest brother, Edward, brings his bride home to Wolf Hall. Katherine Filliol is the perfect match for Edward, as well as being a breath of fresh air for the Seymour family, and Jane is captivated by the older girl. Over the course of a long, hot country summer, the two become close friends and allies, while Edward is busy building alliances at court and advancing his career.
Author: Dunn, Suzannah, 1963-
Published: London : Little Brown, 2014.
320 pages ; 24 cm
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I know what you are, the true story of a lonely little girl abused by those she trusted most : Reading Group Set

Taylor never knew her father and her mother wasn't 'around' much. She struggled to make friends - she felt 'different' and she just didn't understand people - what they said, what they meant. She thought school might be better, but it was just all so confusing. She was alone and scared all of the time. She was just nine when her new neighbour - an older married man, Julian - befriended her. She loved having someone who would talk to her, listen to her, a 'protector'. But she didn't like the games he wanted to play. And even after that friendship was uncovered and he left her, the men who came next told her that this was what she deserved, that this was love. But she was strong and she was determined and she was going to build a safe future for herself, however long it took.
Author: Edison, Taylor
Published: London : Harper Element, 2017.
280 pages ; 20 cm
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The lake of dreams : Reading Group Set

After years abroad, Lucy returns home from Japan. She is newly haunted by her father's unresolved death a decade ago. Late one night, as she paces the hallways of her family's lakeside house, she discovers, locked in a window seat, a collection of family heirlooms which soon reveal a complex family history.
Author: Edwards, Kim, 1958-
Published: London : Penguin, 2012.
377 pages ; 20 cm
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Bibliographic Service - (Angus Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Reading Group Set - 1 box containing 10 books - On reserve shelf at Montrose Library - 38046100176972

The virgins : Reading Group Set

Aviva Rossner and Seung Jung are an unlikely couple at the elite East Coast boarding school and are not shy in flaunting their newly discovered sexuality. Their blossoming relationship is watched with envy and fascination by Bruce and other classmates, who believe their liaison to be one of pure, unadulterated passion and pleasure. But nothing is what it seems, and as Aviva and Seung struggle to understand themselves and each other, things begin to fall apart. Their ultimate descent into shame and betrayal has disastrous consequences beyond their own lives.
Author: Erens, Pamela
Published: London : John Murray, 2014.
281 pages ; 20 cm
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Birdsong : Reading Group Set

This is the story of Stephen who arrives in Amiens in 1910. His life goes through a series of traumatic experiences, from the clandestine love affair that tears apart the family with whom he lives, to the unprecedented experience of the war itself.
Author: Faulks, Sebastian, 1953-
Published: London : Vintage Books, 2014.
528 pages ; 20 cm
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Snobs : Reading Group Set

Edith Lavery is a woman on the make. The attractive only child of a middle-class accountant, she leaves behind her dull job in a Chelsea estate agents and manages to bag one of the most eligible bachelors of the day - Charles Broughton, heir to the Marquess of Uckfield.
Author: Fellows, Julian
Published: London : Phoenix, 2014.
352 pages ; 20 cm
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The midwife's daughter : Reading Group Set

Violet Dimond, the Holy Terror, has delivered many of the town's children - and often their children - in her capacity as handywoman. But Violet's calling is dying out as, with medicine's advances, the good old ways are no longer good enough. Grace, Violet's adopted daughter, is a symbol of change herself.
Author: Ferguson, Patricia
Published: London : Penguin, 2012.
390 pages ; 20 cm
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Bridget Jones, mad about the boy : Reading Group Set

What do you do when a girlfriend's 60th birthday party is the same day as your boyfriend's 30th? Is it wrong to lie about your age when online dating? Is it morally wrong to have a blow-dry when one of your children has head lice? Does the Dalai Lama actually tweet or is it his assistant? Is technology now the fifth element? Or is that wood? Is sleeping with someone after 2 dates and 6 weeks of texting the same as getting married after 2 meetings and 6 months of letter writing in Jane Austen's day? Pondering these, and other modern dilemmas, Bridget Jones stumbles through the challenges of single-motherhood, tweeting, texting and redisovering her sexuality in what SOME people rudely and outdatedly call 'middle age'.
Author: Fielding, Helen, 1958-
Published: London : Vintage Books, 2014.
388 pages ; 20 cm
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