Moray Libraries Book News January 2016

Top Fiction of 2015 in Moray Top Non-Fiction of 2015 in Moray

The Missing and the Dead by Stuart MacBride

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

Personal by Lee Child

Where Memories Go by Sally Magnusson

Gray Mountain by John Grisham

There’s Something I’ve Been Dying to Tell You by Lynda Bellingham

The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith

A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen

Never Go Back by Lee Child

Mary Berry Cooks the Perfect Step by Step by Mary Berry

Private Vegas by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

Save with Jamie: shop smart, cook clever, waste less by Jamie Oliver

Standing in Another Man’s Grave by Ian Rankin

Eat, Nourish, Glow: 10 easy steps for losing weight, looking younger and feeling healthier by Amelia Freer

Die Again by Tess Gerritsen

St Kilda: a people’s history by Roger Hutchinson

Entry Island by Peter May

The Favored Daughter by Fawzia Koofi

The Sunrise by Victoria Hislop

Scottish Baking by Sue Lawrence

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Moray Libraries Book News January 2016

New titles published in January 2016 by authors we know and love

Black Widow by Christopher Brookmyre

There is no perfect marriage. There is no perfect murder. Diana Jager is clever, strong and successful, a skilled surgeon and fierce campaigner via her blog about sexism. Yet it takes only hours for her life to crumble when her personal details are released on the Internet as revenge for her writing. Then she meets Peter. He's kind, generous and knows nothing about her past: the second chance she has been waiting for. Within six months, they are married. Within six more, Peter is dead - and Diana on trial for his murder, a nightmare end to their fairytale romance. But Peter's sister Lucy doesn't believe in fairytales,

and tasks maverick reporter Jack Parlabane with discovering the dark truth behind the woman the media is calling Black Widow.

In the Cold Dark Ground by Stuart MacBride

Sergeant Logan McRae is trouble. His missing-persons investigation has just turned up a body in the woods - naked, hands tied behind its back, and a bin bag duct-taped over its head. The Major Investigation Team charges up from Aberdeen, under the beady eye of Logan's ex-boss Detective Chief Inspector Steel. And, as usual, she wants him to do her job for her.But it's not going to be easy: a new Superintendent is on her way up from the Serious Organised Crime Task Force, hell-bent on making Logan's life miserable; Professional Standards are gunning for Steel; and Wee Hamish Mowat,

head of Aberdeen's criminal underbelly, is dying - leaving rival gangs from all over the UK eying his territory.

Coffin Road by Peter May

A man is washed up on a deserted beach on the Hebridean Isle of Harris, barely alive. He has no idea who he is or how he got there. The only clue to his identity is a map tracing a track called the Coffin Road. A detective crosses rough Atlantic seas to a remote rock 20 miles west of the Outer Hebrides. With a sense of foreboding he steps ashore where three lighthouse keepers disappeared more than a century before - a mystery that remains unsolved. But now there is a new mystery - a man found bludgeoned to death on that same rock. A teenage girl lies in her Edinburgh bedroom, desperate to discover the truth

about her father's death. Two years after the discovery of the pioneering scientist's suicide note, Karen Fleming still cannot accept that he would wilfully abandon her. 'Coffin Road' follows three perilous journeys towards one shocking truth - and the realisation that ignorance can kill us.

Moray Libraries Book News January 2016

Reading Group Reviews

Cullen Library Reading Group discussed No! I Don’t Need Reading Glasses by Virginia Ironside at their last meeting. The group enjoyed this book and were hooked by the first chapter. It was recommended to others as ‘a good laugh’.

Aberlour Library Reading Group read two Charlie Connelly books this

month – And Did Those Feet and Attention All Shipping There were mixed feelings about And Did Those Feet where some group members weren’t so keen and others found the light readable version of historical events very humorous and enjoyable. All members found Attention All Shipping interesting, informative, amusing and easy to read. A partial, if not resounding, ‘thumbs-up’ for Charlie Connelly.

One Night in Winter by Simon Sebag Montefiore was examined by the Forres Library Tues Reading Group. The group found some parts of the book enjoyable but balked at the idea of children being interrogated and some did not continue to read after getting to the part where the children were arrested. They found this a reasonably ‘good’ read but found some parts disappointing and the ‘love’ aspect under-played.

The Forres Library Wednesday Group deliberated over Kathryn Stockett’s The Help. This highly popular novel which has been adapted for the big screen, has certainly caused a lot of debate. The group all enjoyed this book and found humour, love, extreme racism and bigotry within it’s pages. The three distinctly different voices used in the writing were particularly enjoyed. The group appreciated that Kathryn Stockett too had not had an easy time writing and publishing the work. The group members have given it a very good recommendation.

The Forres Library Thursday Reading Group read 22 Britannia Road by Amanda Hodgkinson. The characters in the book did not come across as particularly likeable to them although some felt sorry for the main character of Janusz and the small boy was perceived as a spoilt brat. The group felt this was an average novel and wouldn’t really recommend it.

If you enjoying reading and discussing books there are several reading groups in libraries across Moray. Find out more on the library web pages. http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_159 3.html