Sounds like the title of a great weekend!
The Surf House, a sanctuary for those chasing waves and sunshine, sits high on the cliffs of Morocco, far from the city lights and souks. It’s a seemingly idyllic spot. When Bea arrives, seeking refuge after a dangerous encounter in Marrakesh, she gets caught up in unpleasant undercurrents. A year previously, a women her age, who stayed in the same area, walked the same beaches, met the same guests, disappeared. Now the missing girl’s brother has arrived to try to find out what happened. All waves and sunshine and a rat-a-tat-tat of wicked, unexpected twists at the end of Lucy Clarke’s brilliant destination
thriller. Harper Collins UK
In Tim Sullivan’s latest DS George Cross thriller, The Bookseller, the body of a bookseller is discovered lying in pool of blood by his father, returning to the bookshop after a day trip to London. Police question how the man could meet such a violent end in such a peaceful place. It may be a quiet profession, but it’s full of passionate, ambitious characters who know the value of a rare book. And their extensive reading means they also know how to get away with murder. In the meantime, DC Cross is horribly distracted by his father’s illness, and he’s relying on his team in a way he’s not comfortable with. A gripping weekend read. Head of Zeus
The thrills and danger come closer to home than usual in JD Robb’s Bonded In Death. Lt Eve Dallas and her mega rich and gorg husband Roarke are caught up in a murder linked to the past. The victim, a retired businessman, was many decades before in the time of the Urban Wars, part of a small, secret organisation called The Twelve. Responding to summons from an old compatriot, he returns to New York, and his murder. It’s all loyalty and treachery, espionage and secrets and revenge … thrilling stuff. Piatkus
There’s a cloud of despondency hanging over the Mornington Peninsula. An unidentified corpse fished out of the sea. A missing two-year-old. A simple case of burning letterboxes which has escalated into torched cars. Then an aerial photographer, and friend of the local detective, is driven off the road, her plane damaged, her life under threat. Is this another case doomed to go cold, or could it provide the break the police need? Thrills and a great plot in Kittyhawk Down by Garry Disher. Viper
Jonathan Drop – aka Splatt – has a funky, gelled hairstyle, brushed forward and turned up in the front. He’s curious, and a little rebellious, and really rather lovable. For a water drop. He lives in Sea Drop Village, way down on the ocean floor at a depth where water has absorbed all colour and everything appears grey. But he’s heard of Colorland – and he’s seen a red drop. He’s obsessed, and ignoring the rules of his teachers and the threat of death by evaporation should he rise to the surface of the ocean, he convinces his girlfriend Lara to set out with him to find Colorland. Sounds ridiculous … but it’s a magical little book, a conversion from a screenplay, with the original feel and format of one. With real-world lessons, Splatt – A Single Drop That Changed An Ocean is a delightful fantasy novel by Daniel Groenewald.
Let them
At the age of 41, Mel Robbins found herself in debt, unemployed, watching her husband’s business crumble. To deal with the anxiety and doubt she was living with, her main strategy was avoidance. Avoid getting out of bed. Avoid the pain with alcohol. Avoid responsibility by blaming her husband. After months of being stuck, a thought popped into her head. She remembered watching a rocket launch … and the countdown to blast off. “What,” she thought, “if I just counted backwards like that and launched myself out of bed?” And just like that, she interrupted the cycle of overthinking, and used what she called The 5 Second Rule. That rule changed her relationship with herself. And the Let Them Theory changed her relationship with other people. The first chapter in The Let Them Theory is about stopping wasting your life on things you can’t control. And then there’s just chapter after chapter on everything from overcoming chronic comparison and fearing other people’s opinions to managing stress. Mel teaches how you can protect your time and energy and focus on what matters to you … to create a life where you come first, by letting other people live their lives while you get to live yours. Hay House
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