Latest reads hot of the printing press
Indulge in one of these must-read titles this October.
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
On 21 June 1922 Count Alexander Rostov – recipient of the Order of Saint Andrew, member of the Jockey Club, Master of the Hunt – is escorted out of the Kremlin, across Red Square and through the elegant revolving doors of the Hotel Metropol.
But instead of being taken to his usual suite, he is led to an attic room with a window the size of a chessboard. Deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the Count has been sentenced to house arrest indefinitely.
While Russia undergoes decades of tumultuous upheaval, the Count, stripped of the trappings that defined his life, is forced to question what makes us who we are. And with the assistance of a glamorous actress, a cantankerous chef and a very serious child, Rostov unexpectedly discovers a new understanding of both pleasure and purpose. R305, Penguin Random House.
Bridget Jones’s Baby: The Diaries by Helen Fielding
As Bridget careers towards baby-deadline, tortured by smug mothers miming her ticking biological clock, a series of classic Bridget Jones moments finally leads her into pregnancy – but just not quite as intended.
It is a pregnancy full of cheesy potatoes, outlandish advice from drunken singletons and smug mothers, chaos at scans and childbirth classes, high jinks and romance, joy and despair – but all of it dominated. R290, Penguin Random House.
Fargo Adventures 08: Pirate by Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell
An 800-year-old treasure…
An ancient cypher wheel…
A brutal murder…
And a man who will stop at nothing to claim what he considers rightfully his.
Husband and wife treasure hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo have gone on impossible missions before and faced many perils, but never have they faced an adversary as determined as the one before them now.
The battle will take them halfway around the world, and at its end will be either one of the most glorious finds in history – or certain death. R305, Penguin Random House.
By the international number one bestselling author of Tell No One and Fool Me Once, soon to be a major movie starring Julia Roberts.
The boy who had been missing for 10 years was right in front of him…
A decade ago, kidnappers grabbed two boys from wealthy families and demanded ransom, then went silent. No trace of the boys ever surfaced.
For 10 years their families have been left with nothing but painful memories and a quiet desperation for the day that has finally, miraculously arrived. Myron Bolitar and his friend Win believe they have located one of the boys, now a teenager.
Where has he been for 10 years, and what does he know about the day, more than half a life ago, when he was taken? And most critically: what can he tell Myron and Win about the fate of his missing friend?
Drawing on his singular talent, Harlan Coben delivers an explosive and deeply moving thriller about friendship, family, and the meaning of home. R305, Penguin Random House.
