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1.
Ruth
Rendell
-
A
Sight
for
Sore
Eyes
(Large
paperback)
A
Sight
for
Sore
Eyes
tells
three
stories,
and
for
the
longest
time,
the
reader
has
no
inkling
of
how
they
will
come
together.
The
first
is
a
story
of
a
little
girl
who
has
been
scolded
and
sent
to
her
room
when
her
mother
is
brutally
murdered;
as
Francine
grows
up,
she
is
haunted
by
the
experience,
and
it
is
years
before
she
even
speaks.
Secondly,
we
become
privy
to
the
life
of
a
young
man,
Teddy,
born
of
unthinking
young
parents,
who
grows
up
almost
completely
ignored.
Free
of
societal
mores,
he
becomes
a
sociopath,
who
eventually
discovers
that
killing
can
be
an
effective
way
to
get
what
he
wants.
Thirdly,
we
meet
Harriet,
who
from
an
early
age
has
learned
to
use
her
beauty
to
make
her
way
in
the
world.
Bored
by
marriage
to
a
wealthy,
much
older
man,
she
scans
the
local
newspapers
for
handymen
to
perform
odd
jobs
around
the
house,
including
services
in
the
bedroom.
When
these
three
plots
strands
finally
converge,
the
result
is
harrowing
and
unforgettable.
A
Sight
for
Sore
Eyes
is
not
just
the
work
of
a
writer
at
the
peak
of
her
craft.
It
is
an
extraordinary
story
by
a
writer
who,
after
45
books,
countless
awards,
and
decades
of
international
acclaim,
is
still
getting
better
with
every
book.
2.
Andrew
Gross
-
Don't
Look
Twice
(Large
paperback)
In
this
dramatic
new
novel
following
the
bestselling
The
Dark
Tide,
a
drive-by
shooting
rocks
the
posh
suburb
of
Greenwich,
Connecticut,
and
an
innocent
bystander
is
left
dead.
Detective
Ty
Hauck
plunges
into
what
seems
like
a
vicious
case
of
retribution
and
follows
the
trail
to
a
sinister
gambling
scheme
at
an
upstate
casino.
Until
Annie
Fletcher,
a
young
restaurateur
in
the
midst
of
rebuilding
her
life,
witnesses
something
she
shouldn't
have—and
immediately
runs
to
him
with
what
she
knows.
Suddenly,
Hauck
is
pulled
into
a
rising
storm
far
greater
than
it
first
appeared—a
storm
wide
enough
to
encompass
corruption
inside
Greenwich's
circle
of
wealthy
and
powerful
citizens.
And
punishing
enough
to
consume
Hauck's
own
family,
and
tear
brothers
apart
forever
.
.
.
if
it
doesn't
kill
them
first.
Don't
Look
Twice
is
a
gripping
story
of
profiteering
on
an
international
scale
and
an
emotionally
resonant
domestic
thriller
from
one
of
the
hottest
new
talents
in
suspense
fiction.
3.
Lisa
Scottoline
-
Lady
Killer
(large
paperback)
Philadelphia
attorney
Mary
DiNunzio,
last
seen
in
Killer
Smile
(2004),
agrees
to
help
her
high
school
nemesis,
Trish
Gambone,
at
the
start
of
this
less
than
convincing
thriller
from
bestseller
Scottoline.
Trish,
whom
Mary
used
to
regard
as
the
quintessential
Mean
Girl,
has
turned
in
desperation
to
the
lawyer,
the
all-around
Most
Likely
to
Achieve
Sainthood
at
St.
Maria
Goretti
High
School,
because
she
wants
to
escape
from
her
abusive,
and
possibly
Mafia-connected
boyfriend,
Bobby
Mancuso.
Trish
rejects
Mary's
practical
suggestions
for
dealing
with
Bobby,
but
once
Trish
disappears,
Mary
finds
herself
under
pressure
from
other
high
school
classmates
as
well
as
people
from
her
old
neighborhood
who
blame
her
for
not
doing
enough.
Mary
unwisely
hides
a
connection
with
Bobby
from
the
Feds,
who
then
shut
her
out
of
the
search
for
Trish
when
they
learn
of
it.
Scottoline
fans
will
cheer
Mary
as
she
stumbles
toward
the
solution,
but
others
may
have
trouble
suspending
disbelief.
4.
Graham
Hurley
-
Blood
and
Honey
(large
paperback)
The
discovery
of
a
headless
corpse
on
the
rocks
below
cliffs
on
the
Isle
of
Wight
is
only
the
beginning
of
a
journey
for
DI
Joe
Faraday
to
the
centre
of
the
grim
trade
in
human
cargo
from
the
crippled
societies
of
the
Balkans.
From
cheap
labour
to
prostitution,
Portsmouth,
like
every
other
city
in
the
UK
is
home
to
untold
human
misery;
a
black
economy
built
on
illegal
immigration.
Joe
Faraday
is
determined
to
find
the
real
criminals
that
lie
behind
the
tabloid
hysteria.
Detective
Constable
Winter
on
the
other
hand
is
determinded
only
to
find
a
way
out
of
the
disciplinary
action
that
threatens
his
entire
career.
A
burgeoning
relationship
with
a
young
prostitute
isn't
exactly
helping
his
cause.
Graham
Hurley
has
written
another
vivid
novel
of
all
too
human
policeman
struggling
against
an
overwhelming
tide
of
crime.
This
is
crime
writing
with
a
vivid
edge
of
documentary
realism.
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