There is nothing better than a fresh paperback bestseller. At the airport, on the beach, on the bus. Hundreds of titles every month. Bestselling novels according to the Amazon.com, Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Barnes and Nobles… Now available also in Poland.
Simply read.
Harlan Coben – “The Woods”
Captivating and thrilling, full of twists and turns, the latest Coben’s novel proves he’s a master. Paul Copeland is the Essex County, New Jersey prosecutor, raising alone his six-year-old daughter after his wife’s death and trying to forget about the past. But the past is always there… Twenty years ago, at a summer camp, four teenagers were murdered, including Paul’s sister, Camille. Lucy Gold, a college professor, starts getting a journal in creative writing class in which the details of the murder form the past get revived. Who is the author and how is it possible they know these details? For all fans of Coben – you won’t be disappointed! Well-drawn masculine characters and interesting intrigue make it a great read for everybody.
Mary Higgins Clark – “I Heard That Song Before”
The Past is a shadow in the Present also in Clark’s gripping novel. Two scenes from the past are believed to possibly influence the Present – and the Future. Kay Lansing, when she was six years old overheard a quarrel in an old chapel. The same night an eighteen-year-old girl called Susan disappears after being driven home by Peter Carrington. Carrington, after the death of his wife drowned in the swimming-pool meets Kay and soon they get married. Kate develops doubts about her husband and at the same time Susan’s mother hires a private detective to solve the mystery of her daughter’s disappearance – before she dies. Sometimes digging in the past may put you in danger… Clark is not only a master of thriller, but also of emotions. It’s not the action which is most interesting: even when the gripping scenario has the most amazing structure, the centre, the core, are always human hearts.
Jodi Picoult – “Nineteen Minutes”
Jodi Picoult is one of the most prolific writers in the English-speaking world. And her books are all bestsellers. She is a specialst of fiction, which talks about controversial issues. This time, in 14th novel, “Nineteen Minutes”, she deals with the truth and consequences of a small town high-school shooting. One day a 17-year-old woke up in Sterling, New Hampshire, packed four guns to his backpack and killed nine students and a teacher in the span of nineteen minutes. Do we learn the reasons? Yes, we learn that the boy was humiliated even in the kindergarten. But does it justify such a murder? Again, like in the other Picoult’s novels, there are no black and white answers. There is, however, the final, bitter remark. As Peter’s mother says at the end of, “Everyone would remember Peter for nineteen minutes of his life, but what about the other nine million?”.
Conn Iggulden – “The Dangerous Book for Boys”
This book has been an amazing bestseller in Great Britain. Buy it if you want to know: how to build a tree house, how to fish, how to make spies-codes, how clouds are formed, how to tie knots, how to produce best paper planes, what to do with girls… and many, many other topics hat all boys between eight and eighty simply must know. A wonderful collection of things evoking boyhood memories from the past. For boys only, which makes it a great treat for girls!
J.K. Rowling – “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”
The book which is going to be released exactly at 00.01, July 21st 2007 is the final part of the series we all well know. As the book is available in pre-order and nobody has read it, apart from the translators (including Polish translator Marcin Polkowski), we don’t know match about the contect. It is reported somebody important is going to die… Don’t wait till January 2008 when the book (about 800 pages!) will be available in Polish translation, but read it on holidays – in original.
Joanne Harris – “The Lollipop Shoes”
For all the fans of “Chocolat”: Vianne returns in the latest Harris’s novel. Vianne and her daughters Rosette and Anne live in Montmartre, looking for the peace and quiet in their lives above the little chocolate shop. And it seems finally they have found the refuge and managed to obtain a state of peacefulness – and, perhaps, happiness, when, one day… Zozie de l’Alba, the lady with lollipop shoes arrives. The malicious character of Zozie will have her own plans which will destroy the perfect lives of the three main heroes. Vianne will have to choose – either she runs away, as she used to do before, or this time she confronts bravely her enemy.