THRILLER
As Agatha stocks
shelves at the
supermarket she looks
forward to one thing:
seeing Meghan, an
elegant customer
she has something
in common with –
they’re both pregnant. A
follower of Meghan’s
pregnancy blog, Agatha musters up
the courage to speak to her, but does
it matter that she lies about her life?
The Secrets She Keepsby Michael
Robotham,RRP$32.99, HachetteFAMILY
When radio host Harper
Drummond interviews
Claire and Jasper
Lombard, she wonders
whether she could help
them. Harper and her
husband Samuel
know they don’t want
children, but could she
give Claire, infertile
from childhood cancer, the family she’s
dreamed of having? A heartwarming
and beautiful story.
The Greatest Giftby Rachael Johns,
RRP$32.99, HarlequinDRAMA
Hospital cleaner
Noleen’s son Finn is
ready for high school
butshecan’taffordhis
books, uniform and
shoes. Then there’s
Bronia, who has one
soninjailandanother
worrying about how he
can keep her protected
from the eldest son’s misgivings. Poverty,
sacrifice and post-war spirit in north-west
England lie at the heart of this tale.
The Mothers of Lovely Laneby Nadine
Dorries, RRP$29.99,HeadofZeusCRIME
Book seven in the
Peninsula Crimes
series finds Ellen
Destry heading up the
new sex crimes unit
and hunting a serial
rapist. Meanwhile,
Inspector Challis’s
investigation into drug
crime takes a sinister
turn when the bodies of two hitmen are
found in a burned-out car after a bushfire.
Will they be able to catch the criminals?
Signal Loss by Garry Disher,
TEXT: MADD SON SP RA RRP $29.99, Text Publishing
Nine Newspresenter
SamanthaHeathwoodYoursrevealstheopeninglinesofanewbookon
theshelves.Doesitmakeyouwanttoreadmore?HACKINAFLAKJACKET
by Peter Stefanovic
Journalism takes us to the
frontline of wars, conflict and
terrorism, and this book was
a stark reminder of just how good we have it in Australia
THE GREAT GATSBYby F. Scott Fitzgerald
The way F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about jazz, Long Island
and the roaring ’20s brought the whole era to life.
PRIDE AND PREJUDICEby Jane Austen
I love that it takes about three sentences before
I’m completely immersed in the elegant language,
and swept up in Elizabeth Bennet’s world.
INSTANT ENTERTAININGby Donna Hay
This book sparked my love of cooking.
WE’RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNTby Michael Rosen
and Helen Oxenbury
I’ve read this book more than any other in the last
six years. My children never tire of it and neither do I!
Catch Samantha onNine NewsFar North Qld,
North Qld, Mackay, Central Qld, Wide Bay, Darling
Downs and Sunshine Coast, weeknights at 6pmThe Woman in the Woodby Lesley Pearse, RRP$32.99,
Penguin Random HouseMaisy was woken by a piercing scream. Startled,
she sat up in bed, assuming the sound was
ming from the street. But then she heard
e cry for a second time and realised it was coming
om inside the house. It was her mother.
She rushed to her bedroom door and out on the
nding, then paused when she heard her father’s
oice travelling up from the floor below.
“Be quiet, Lily. You’ll wake the twins and frighten
hem. I’m doing this for your own good.”
Maisy’s twin brother Duncan came out of his
oom and joined her at the top of the stairs.
What’s going on?” he whispered.
Maisy put a finger to her lips to silence him
and held his arm so he wouldn’t run down the
stairs. Their father, Alastair Mitcham, was a stern
y terference.
“I don’t want to go there! I’ll get better here in my own home,” Lily Mitcham
cried out. “Don’t make me go, Alastair!”y Reviews
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