BookTalk
Book Talk with Smiffs book & card store , Nerja
Exit ( p ) by Belinda Bauer is perfect for fans of Richard Osman ’ s ‘ The Thursday Murder Club ’, this is the pageturning , twisty , and often hilarious new crime novel from bestselling author Belinda Bauer . Meet Felix Pink . The most unlikely murderer you ’ ll ever have the good fortune to spend time with . When Felix lets himself in to Number 3 Black Lane , he ’ s there to perform an act of charity : to keep a dying man company as he takes his final breath ... But just fifteen minutes later Felix is on the run from the police - after making the biggest mistake of his life . Now his world is turned upside down as he must find out if he ’ s really to blame , or if something much more sinister is at play .
Exit leads off this month ’ s Soltalk Hotlist of titles , some entirely new , others moving into small paperback format for the first time or being reissued , sometimes after years out of print . All are due for publication on dates in September , with availability in print this month or in early October . The Hotlist helps readers to budget for and plan book ordering .
Breakout ( p ) by Paul Herron . Jack Constantine - a former cop who killed one of his wife ’ s murderers in an act of vengeance - is serving his time in Ravenhill penitentiary , a notorious ‘ supermax ’ home to the most dangerous convicts in the country . When an apocalyptic superstorm wreaks havoc across the USA , the correctional officers flee the prison ... but not before opening every cell door . The inmates must fend for themselves as lethal floodwaters rise and violent anarchy is unleashed . Teaming up with Kiera Sawyer , a Correctional Officer left behind on her first day of work , Constantine has one chance of survival - he must break out of a maximum security prison .
The Scorpions Tail ( p ) by Douglas Preston . No . 1 bestselling authors Preston & Child return with the next book in a series featuring archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson . After a shoot-out leaves a
senior FBI agent gravely wounded , Corrie Swanson finds herself under investigation . Her supervisor assures her she ’ s not to blame and the black mark on her record will be cleared in short order . As a distraction , she takes on a new case involving a 50-year-old , mummified corpse discovered in a hidden enclave at High Lonesome , a longabandoned New Mexico ghost town . Quickly out of her depth , she realizes she needs the help of her old enemy , archaeologist Nora Kelly .
Madness of Crowds ( h ) by Louise Penny . When Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is asked to provide crowd control at a statistics lecture given at the Universite de l ’ Estrie in Quebec , he is dubious . Why ask the head of homicide to provide security for what sounds like a minor , even mundane lecture ? But dangerous ideas about who deserves to live in order for society to thrive are rapidly gaining popularity , fuelled by the research of the eminent Professor Abigail Robinson . Yet for every person seduced by her theories there is another who is horrified by them . When a murder is committed days after the lecture , it ’ s clear that within crowds can lie madness .
The Dark ( h ) by Emma Haughton . The electrifying debut thriller of 2021 . A & E doctor Kate North has been knocked out of her orbit by a personal tragedy . So when she ’ s offered the opportunity to be an emergency replacement at the UN research station in Antarctica , she jumps at the chance . The previous doctor , Jean- Luc , died in a tragic accident while out on the ice . The move seems an ideal solution for Kate : no one knows about her past ; no one is checking up on her . But as total darkness descends for the winter , she begins to suspect that Jean Luc ’ s death wasn ’ t accidental at all . And the more questions she asks , the more dangerous it becomes ...
The Ice hotel ( p ) by Hania Allen . Maggie Stewart travels with friends Liz and Harry to the Ice Hotel , a surreal building in Swedish Lapland constructed from ice cut from the nearby river . During the day , it is a museum housing ice sculptures ,
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