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Ok I went away last weekend and couldn't take TCP&TW as it is such a huge book so I took The Killing Hour by Lisa Gardner... Synopsis (curtesy of amazon) For three summers, the residents of Atlanta have been gripped by terror when the temperature creeps up to a hundred. For with the relentless heat comes a vicious killer. Each time, he takes two girls. When the first body is discovered, it contains all the clues investigators need to find the second victim, who waits, prey to a slow but certain death. The police are never in time; the bodies always found months later in remote and dangerous places. As a heatwave of epic proportions descends, the game begins again. Two girls disappear and the clock is ticking. Rookie agent Kimberly Quincy stumbles across the first body in the grounds of the FBI training facility at Quantico. She's been face-to-face with a serial killer before and knows only too well why the killer has chosen Quantico to start the chase. This time he's raising the stakes; he wants the FBI's finest to come out and play... I enjoyed this very much the twists and turns kept me hooked from the beginning. This is yet another author I will keep a look out for. I am now back reading Michel Faber's Crimson Petal and the White and thoroughly enjoying it. It's just a pity it is too big a book to carry around, I am also still reading Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca and aslo Jamaica Inn! Very unusual for me to have more than one book on the go at once but hey I'm having fun.

I'm currently reading this and loving it.

Hello and welcome to the forum Jean.

I have been known to shed a tear or three at books, if i know a sad part is coming up i will wait till i'm at home and alone (only cos the kids laugh at me!).

I usually avoid Sci-Fi/Fantasy (although i did enjoy Philip Pulman's Amber Spyglass trilogy), Horror, Vampire books as they just don't appeal to me. As a teenager I loved Catherine Cookson, they were my first taste of adult books so to speak and I did like Danielle Steele after that but then they started becoming to predictable. I never read thriller/suspense books until I got hold of a copy of Martina Cole's The Lady Killer and now I would say I'm hooked, they are now one of my favourite genres and since joining BCF i've managed to expand my tastes in this area i.e. Kathy Reichs, Tami Hoag, Natsuo Kirino and Karin Slaughter to name but a few. Another auther i am particularly (?sp) fond of is Lesley Pearce, her books are very easy to read. I only ever read one Mills and Boon and never again is the phrase i'd use, Barbara Cartland is another i avoid.

Hello Roger and welcome to the forum.

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Ditto, will definately look out for this.

I've read Alias grace and Oryx and Crake and loved them both. I've got The Blind Assassin on mount TBR.

Ditto, need to know I'm getting my moneys worth But if it is an author I know the cover is not important, if I am just browsing I tend to pay more attention to the blurb rather than the cover.

Finished Cold Granite a few days ago. I loved this book (thanks Kell for the recommendation) and look forward to reading more of his work, I've just heard from the library that a book I reserved a couple of weeks ago has arrived (Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino) so that will be my next read after The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber, and as this is a great tome of a read it will be my chunky challenge for June. Synopsis curtesy of Amazon Gripping from the first page, this immense novel is an intoxicating and deeply satisfying read. Faber's most ambitious fictional creation yet, it is sure to affirm his position as one of the most talented and brilliant writers working in the UK. Sugar, an alluring, nineteen-year-old 'lady of the night' in the brothel of the terrifying Mrs Castaway, yearns for a better life. Her ascent through the strata of 1870's London society offers us intimacy with a host of loveable, maddening and superbly realised characters. At the heart of this panoramic, multi-layered narrative is the compelling struggle of a young woman to lift her body and soul out of the gutter. The Crimson Petal and the White is a big, juicy, must-read of a novel that will delight, enthral, provoke and entertain young and old, male and female.

Hello moussecake and welcome, I'm just about to start The Crimson Petal and The white by Michel Faber.

I've gone for thriller, historical, animal and other.

Usually left handed, but if it is a huge book it can be two handed or lent on a table. If i am reading in bed it is anyway that is comfy!

Hello and welcome awriter, look forward to hearing all about your work. I'm sure you'll love it here.

Hello and welcome.

Loved Kevin so would probably give her new book a go.

Sounds like a good read, darn it, yet another for mount TBR!

I live not too far from Pendle Hill and have never read about it. Sounds like another book for mount TBR! Hello and welcome by the way HCG.

Hello and welcome Karen, it's not only the 3 for 2 offers it's the supermarkets i.e. Tesco and Asda, those books are the worst they just jump into your basket and refuse to go back on the shelves

Hello and welcome, it's great here, in fact if I spent less time here I'd get more reading done! Kell - my daughter recommended this site to me, I'm sure she regrets its at times

Hello and welcome I'm sure you'll love it here.