The
PICKofthe
MoNth
TheWomanWho
WantedMorebyVicky
Zimmerman(Bonnier)
WhenKatevolunteersat
theLauderdaleHouseforExceptional
Ladies,shehopesit willprovidea
distractionfromtheactionsofher
potato-brainedboyfriendandherlooming
40thbirthday.Whatshedoesn’tcount
on,however,is 97-year-oldresident
CecilyFinn,whosepastturnsouttobe
justascolourfulasheracerbictongue.
A wonderfullywise,warmandwittyread.sULtRYsCANDAL
TheDenbyAbiMaxwell
(TinderPress)
Thisis thetaleof twowomen
whogomissingfromthe
sameNewHampshire
farm.In1850,Janeis 12andlooksup
toherwildersisterHenrietta,who,atCAPtIVAtING
QUest
ThePorpoisebyMark
Haddon(Chatto& Windus)
Fromthebestsellingauthor
ofTheCuriousCaseof
theDogin theNight-Timecomesan
enthrallingnovelthatwillsweepyouup
fromtheoff.Aftera planecrashes,killing
allsaveforonechild,thegirl’sdistraught
fatherwhiskshisbabyawayfrom
publiclife.Yearslater,a would-besuitor
happensbytheisolatedhouseand
attemptsa rescuemissionoftheyoung
woman,onlytoendupinthepast.ABsoRBING sAGA
The Seven Or Eight
Deaths Of Stella
Fortuna by Juliet Grames
(Hodder & Stoughton)
Don’t let the title scare you
away from this superbly enjoyable tale- which definitely isn’t full of murderous
just 15, has been fooling around with
men she shouldn’t. Fast-forward 150
years and troubled Elspeth writes to
her sister Claire from the farm, having
moved there from Scotland. Could it be
that a strange local folklore is to blame
for their disappearances? A provocative
and absorbing coming-of-age novel.Our fabulous books editor Isabelle Broom gives
us her favourite picks for the month, plus bestselling
author Lucinda Riley shares her writing secrets
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Isabelle’s
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PICKsPaperbacks of the month ✢ The House On The Edge Of The Cliff by Carol Drinkwater (Penguin) ✢ Littlebyy Edward Carey (Gallic)