Kell
11th April 2008, 17:28
Your 3 choices for May are as follows:
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton:
A story of love,mystery,and a secret history revealed.
Summer 1924: On the eve of a glittering Society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again. Winter 1999: Grace Bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet's suicide. Ghosts awaken and memories, long-consigned to the dark reaches of Grace's mind, begin to sneak back through the cracks. A shocking secret threatens to emerge; something history has forgotten but Grace never could. A thrilling mystery and a compelling love story, "The House at Riverton" will appeal to readers of Ian McEwan's "Atonement", L.P. Hartley's "The Go-Between", and lovers of the film "Gosford Park".
Any Way You Want Me by Lucy Diamond:
On paper, Sadies got it allthe partner, the children, the house. But in real life, that doesnt feel quite enough. Sadie cant help harking back to the time when she was a career woman by day and a party animal by night. And what happened to feeling like a sex kitten, anyway? The only sleepless nights shes getting now are due to the baby. Maybe a little reinvention is the answer Sadie cant resist creating a fictitious online identity for herself as a hot TV producer. Its only a bit of harmless fununtil truth and fantasy become dangerously tangled. It isnt long before shes wondering if the exciting alter ego she has dreamed up really is the kind of person she wants to be after all Wry, funny, and with a wonderful twist in the tale, Any Way You Want Me is an enchanting novel of infidelity, motherhood, and friends that heralds the debut of a lovely new voice in fiction.
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy:
Stephanie's uncle Gordon is a writer of horror fiction. But when he dies and leaves her his estate, Stephanie learns that while he may have written horror, it certainly wasn't fiction. Pursued by evil forces intent on recovering a mysterious key, Stephanie finds help from an unusual source -- the wisecracking skeleton of a dead wizard. When all hell breaks loose, it's lucky for Skulduggery that he's already dead. Though he's about to discover that being a skeleton doesn't stop you from being tortured, if the torturer is determined enough. And if there's anything Skulduggery hates, it's torture! Will evil win the day? Will Stephanie and Skulduggery stop bickering long enough to stop it? One thing's for sure: evil won't know what's hit it.
The poll woll close on Tuesday 22 April.
Cast your votes, please!
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton:
A story of love,mystery,and a secret history revealed.
Summer 1924: On the eve of a glittering Society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again. Winter 1999: Grace Bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet's suicide. Ghosts awaken and memories, long-consigned to the dark reaches of Grace's mind, begin to sneak back through the cracks. A shocking secret threatens to emerge; something history has forgotten but Grace never could. A thrilling mystery and a compelling love story, "The House at Riverton" will appeal to readers of Ian McEwan's "Atonement", L.P. Hartley's "The Go-Between", and lovers of the film "Gosford Park".
Any Way You Want Me by Lucy Diamond:
On paper, Sadies got it allthe partner, the children, the house. But in real life, that doesnt feel quite enough. Sadie cant help harking back to the time when she was a career woman by day and a party animal by night. And what happened to feeling like a sex kitten, anyway? The only sleepless nights shes getting now are due to the baby. Maybe a little reinvention is the answer Sadie cant resist creating a fictitious online identity for herself as a hot TV producer. Its only a bit of harmless fununtil truth and fantasy become dangerously tangled. It isnt long before shes wondering if the exciting alter ego she has dreamed up really is the kind of person she wants to be after all Wry, funny, and with a wonderful twist in the tale, Any Way You Want Me is an enchanting novel of infidelity, motherhood, and friends that heralds the debut of a lovely new voice in fiction.
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy:
Stephanie's uncle Gordon is a writer of horror fiction. But when he dies and leaves her his estate, Stephanie learns that while he may have written horror, it certainly wasn't fiction. Pursued by evil forces intent on recovering a mysterious key, Stephanie finds help from an unusual source -- the wisecracking skeleton of a dead wizard. When all hell breaks loose, it's lucky for Skulduggery that he's already dead. Though he's about to discover that being a skeleton doesn't stop you from being tortured, if the torturer is determined enough. And if there's anything Skulduggery hates, it's torture! Will evil win the day? Will Stephanie and Skulduggery stop bickering long enough to stop it? One thing's for sure: evil won't know what's hit it.
The poll woll close on Tuesday 22 April.
Cast your votes, please!