Reader\'s Digest Australia - 06.2019

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Run Away

Harlan Coben

PENGUIN RANDOM

HOUSE

Dan Brown has called

Coben, “the modern

master of the hook and

the twist”. This thriller

portrays a shattered

family dealing with the

loss of their daughter,

Paige, to drugs and her

boyfriend Aaron. Simon,

her father, is plunged

into a seedy underworld

when he spots his

daughter, looking afraid,

busking in a park.

Willing to do anything

to save her, Simon

quickly finds himself in

a fight with Aaron and

ends up beaten, face

down on the road – with

police officers reading

him his rights. Then

things get really bad...

Lofty:

My Life in Short

Ian Fulton

HARPERCOLLINS

This intimate memoir

gives an indication of

what it is like to walk in

another person’s shoes.

Born in Tasmania in 1964

and diagnosed at five

with a form of dwarfism,

‘Lofty’ as he’s known,

stands at 4’8 (1.42

metres) and is a hugely

successful Australian

voice over artist. Fulton’s

career began after his

unique voice unveiled

itself at 15. Today, he’s

found true love and

happiness, but along the

way he faced intense

bullying, including from

his own grandmother.

This memoir is

fascinatingly candid

and brutally real.

Cape May

Chip Cheek

HACHETTE

At first, this fabulous

debut novel set in 1957,

is a look at young

honeymooners, Henry

and Effie. The small-

town newlyweds from

Georgia quickly find

there’s not much to

explore in quiet Cape

May. That is until they

meet a set of glamorous

and alluring New

England trouble makers,

including a socialite and

a playboy. That’s when

this sexy psychological

suspense moves into a

scandalous new

direction. Add a dash of

lust and betrayal to the

previously innocent mix

and there’s a recipe for

disaster which makes a

truly compelling read.

Lft

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