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Genre: Literary fiction Publisher: Pan Macmillan (Macmillan) Pub date: June 2012 Source: Publisher via Lovereading.co.uk Synopsis (From GoodReads) There’s only one person who has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus, and that’s her uncle, the renowned painter Finn Weiss. Shy at school

Genre: Historical fiction/Crime fiction Series: Maisie Dobbs #9 Publisher: Harper Collins (Harper) Pub date: 27 March 2012 Source: Publisher via NetGalley Synopsis In this ninth book of the series, Maisie is approached by her father’s friends to look into the death of Eddie. Eddie is a little ‘slow’

Genre: Literary fiction Publisher: Knopf Doubleday (Alfred A. Knopf) Pub date: 23 Aug 2011 Source: Publisher via NetGalley Synopsis (From GoodReads) The Buddha in the Attic is a novel that tells the story of a group of young women brought over from Japan to San Francisco as ‘picture brides’ nearly a

Genre: Detective fiction Publisher: Rupa Pub date: 2012 Source: Author Synopsis Ugrasen is a successful businessman and a domineering patriarch living at Sainik farms with his large extended family. When he drops dead, rather suddenly, it looks like it was death by natural cause. By his 14-year-old

Genre: Historical fiction Publisher: Crown Publishing Pub date: 24 Jan 2012 Source: Publisher via NetGalley Synopsis Reba Williams has been tasked with hunting down a feel-good Christmas article about the local German bakery. She expects it to be an easy assignment, with the interview lasting a coup

Genre: Adventure/thriller Series: The Reincarnationist #4 Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Atria Books) Pub date: 13 March 2012 Source: Publisher via NetGalley Synopsis (From GoodReads) Jac L’Etoile has always been haunted by the past, her memories infused with the exotic scents that she grew up surroun

The Tigress of Forli  Renaissance Italy’s Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de’ Medici by Elizabeth Lev Genre: History/Biography Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pub date: 20 Oct 2011 Source: Publisher via NetGalley Synopsis (From GoodReads) Wife, mother, leader, war

Genre: Thriller, Mystery Series: Moe Prager #7 Publisher: Tyrus Books Pub date: 18 Sep 2011 Source:Publisher via NetGalley Synopsis (From GoodReads) At a pre-wedding party for his daughter Sarah, Moe Prager is approached by his ex-wife and former PI partner Carmella Melendez. It seems Carmella’s est

Genre: Literary fiction Publisher: Harper Collins (Harper Paperback) Pub date: 1 September 2011 Source: Publisher via NetGalley (This is a short review of a book I read a while ago and made notes on. I don’t have this book with me now, so you’ll notice the review is a little thin on the details.) Sy

Genre: Literary fiction Series: A Golden Age #2 Publisher: Harper Collins (imprint) Pub date: 2 Aug 2011 Source: Publisher (This is a short review of a book I read a while ago and made notes on. I don’t have this book with me now, so you’ll notice the review is a little thin on the [...]