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BookTalk
Book Talk with Smiffs book & card store , Nerja
Someone Else ’ s Shoes ( h ) by Jojo Moyes . Nisha Cantor and Sam Kemp are two very different women . Nisha lives the globetrotting life of the seriously wealthy , until her husband inexplicably cuts her off entirely . She doesn ’ t even have the shoes she was , until a moment ago , standing in . That ’ s because Sam , struggling to keep herself and her family afloat , has accidentally taken Nisha ’ s gym bag . Now Nisha ’ s got nothing . And Sam ’ s walking tall with shoes that catch eyes - and give her career an unexpected boost . Except Nisha wants her life back - and she ’ ll start with her shoes ...
Someone Else ’ s Shoes 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 February , with availability in print this month or in early March . The Hotlist helps readers to budget for and plan book ordering .
Double Whammy ( p ) by Carl Hiaasen . Decker , star tenant of the local trailer park and neophyte private eye is fishing for a killer . Thanks to a sportsman ’ s scam that ’ s anything but sportsmanlike , there ’ s a body floating in Coon Bog , Florida - and a lot that ’ s rotten in the murky waters of big-stakes , large-mouth bass tournaments . Here Decker will team up with a half-blind , halfmad hermit with an appetite for road kill ; dare to kiss his exwife while she ’ s in bed with her new husband ; and face deadly TV evangelists , dangerously seductive women , and a pistoltoting redneck with a pit bull on his arm . And here his own life becomes part of the stakes .
The 6:20 Man ( p ) is a heartracing thriller set in New York City , from the number one bestselling author David Baldacci . Former soldier turned financial analyst , Travis Devine , is pulled into the corruption and menace that lurk beneath the opulent world of finance when he learns of the death of his former girlfriend . On his daily commute on the 6.20am
train to Manhattan thirty-two year old Travis sees the lavish houses of the wealthy , dreaming to join their ranks .
The Only Suspect ( h ) by Louise Candlish . Alex lives a comfortable life with his wife Beth in the leafy suburb of Silver Vale . Fine , he ’ s not the most outgoing guy on the street , he prefers to keep himself to himself , but he ’ s a good husband and an easygoing neighbour . That ’ s until Beth announces the creation of a nature trail on a local site that ’ s been disused for decades and suddenly Alex is a changed man . Now he ’ s always watching . Questioning . Struggling to hide his dread ... As the landscapers get to work , a secret threatens to surface from years ago , back in Alex ’ s twenties when he got entangled with a seductive young woman called Marina , who threw both their lives into turmoil ...
Cut Adrift ( p ) by Jane Jesmond . Jen is climbing in the mountains near Aljar , Spain when her brother calls to voice concerns over the whereabouts of Morwenna - their estranged , free spirited mother - Jen winds up travelling to a refugee camp on the south coast of Malta . Morwenna is working with a small NGO to help her Libyan friend , Nahla , seek asylum for herself and her two young children . Within hours of Jen ’ s arrival , Nahla is killed in suspicious circumstances , and Jen and Morwenna find themselves responsible for the safety of her daughters . But what if the safest option is to leave on a smuggler ’ s boat ?
Hungry Ghosts ( h ) by Kevin Jared Hosein . On a hill overlooking Bell Village sits the Changoor farm , where Dalton and Marlee Changoor live in luxury unrecognisable to those who reside in the farm ’ s shadow . Among these families are the Saroops - Hans , Shweta , and their son , Krishna , who live hard lives of backbreaking work , grinding poverty and devotion to faith . When Dalton goes missing and Marlee ’ s safety is compromised , farmhand Hans is lured by the promise of a handsome stipend to move to the farm as
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