Books For Christmas!

[AB Editor]

Christmas is an excellent time for stories - and it's one of the best gifts you can give.

As such we'd like to show you our favourite books for Christmas.

A little heartbreak and tragedy:

Alaska, the 1920s. Jack and Mabel have staked everything on a fresh start in a remote homestead, but the wilderness is a stark place, and Mabel is haunted by the baby she lost many years before. When a little girl appears mysteriously on their land, each is filled with wonder, but also foreboding: is she what she seems, and can they find room in their hearts for her?


Based on a true story:

Based on a true story, Hard Twisted is a chilling tale of survival and redemption, and a young girl's coming of age in a world as cruel as it is beautiful.


Detective Thriller:

Ex-Liverpool Police detective Menno Koopman is enjoying his retirement. He has no plans to ever return to England but when the body on the beach turns out to be his son, Stevie - whom he only ever met once as a baby - he knows he has to go back and seek justice for his horrific murder. But there's a fine line between justice and revenge...


The sequel to The Shining (do we need to say more?)


Legal thriller, family drama:

Andy Barber's job is to put killers behind bars. And when a boy from his son Jacob's school is found stabbed to death, Andy is doubly determined to find and prosecute the perpetrator.

Until a crucial piece of evidence turns up linking Jacob to the murder. And suddenly Andy and his wife find their son accused of being a cold-blooded killer.

In the face of every parent's worst nightmare, they will do anything to defend their child. Because, deep down, they know him better than anyone.

Don't they?

[The Builder]

Ah ........... that's it. Thanks ED :o)))

[AB Editor]

Great suggestions Pasta! I like a bit of spooky round Christmas.

[pastafreak]

I've just put Witches and Inconvenient People on my wish list.
And thanks for the links,Ed :-)).

Anyone who's read Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn- have a look at her two earlier books. Both set in the southern USA,the heat is palpable,and the characters full of human flaws....Dark Places, and Sharp Objects.

[ethandron]

I shall be bankrupt if you all carry on with these great recommendations...just downloaded the tenderness of wolves too.
Am currently reading Guernica by Dave boling and have surprised myself by thoroughly enjoying it. I was expecting dry history but instead have found families, feuds and more. Recommended.

[yogasun]

Thanks Ed for suggesting The Snow Child, I am finding it spellbinding :-)