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I Thought
I KnewYou
byPennyHancock,
PanMacmillan,PB,£7.99
JulesandHollyhavebeen
friendssinceuniversity,soit’s
nowonderJules’daughter
SaffieandHolly’ssonSaul,
arejustlikefamily.Yetwhen
SaffieaccusesSaulofrape,
thetwomothers’loyaltiesare
divided.Whois reallylying?
Withcurrentthemes,thisfeels
freshandthenarrativeplays
withthereader’ssympathies,
whileretaininga strong
emotionalcoreanda focus
onunshakeablefriendship.RedJoan
RRP:£9.99
Setin2000,thismysterydrama
followsthelifeofhappilyretired
JoanStanley,whosequietroutine
is disruptedwhenshe’sarrested
byMI5andaccusedofproviding
intelligencetoCommunistRussia.
StarringDameJudiDench,Sophie
CooksonandTomHughes.Film
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Angel Has Fallen
Out 21 August
Gerard Butler’s maverick,
terrorist-foiling lawman
Mike Banning is back for
a third round of gung-ho
derring-do in this sequel
to those guilty pleasure
action thrillers Olympus
Has Fallen and London Has
Fallen. This time, his secret
service agent is on the run
after taking the fall for an
assassination attempt on
Morgan Freeman’s US
President. Can he avoid his
own agency and the FBI
long enough to expose the
real threat to the President?Pain and Glory
Out 22 August
Spanish maestro Pedro
Almodóvar mines his own
life and career, and even
the decor of his Madrid
apartment, for this visually
lush, intimate drama starring
Antonio Banderas and
Penélope Cruz. Winner of
the Best Actor prize at this
year’s Cannes, Banderas
plays Almodóvar’s on-screen
alter ego, an ageing director
with filmmaker’s block and
a variety of minor, niggling
ailments. After being invited
to introduce a special
screening of one of his early
films, he begins to recall his
childhood and first love.PHOTOS: BBC