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| BiP staff review by Leonie |
North of Boston
by Elisabeth Elo
Jan 2014 | Hachette | $29.99pb
North of Boston is Elisabeth Elo's first crime novel and it is a really good read. Pirio Kasparov was helping out on a friend's fishing boat when it was rammed by a large vessel which appeared out of the fog and then disappeared. Ned, the boat's skipper, was lost overboard but Pirio, miraculously, survived for four hours in the freezing waters north of Boston before she was rescued. Pirio feels that the collision was a deliberate act rather than a tragic accident, and she sets out to discover the truth. She enlists the help of a mysterious journalist who is also looking into the story. They soon find themselves in great danger.
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| BiP staff review by Karen |
Kill Your Boss
by Shane Kuhn
Jan 2014 | Hachette | $29.99pb
John Lago (not his real name, of course) is a hit man working for Human Resources Inc., an organisation that masquerades as a placement agency for interns. These interns are trained assassins, and are hired by multinational corporations and government agencies. An intern gains access to the intended victim, then gains their trust so that the victim will trust them with their life, and that is when the intern takes their life! When john meets Alice, a fellow intern, he feels his emotions stirring. But does Alice have her own agenda? Has John possibly met his match? Humorous and very entertaining, Kill Your Boss is a great read.
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| BiP staff review by Leonie |
by Josephine Moon
Apr 2014 | Allen & Unwin | $29.99pb
Kate Fullerton is a young Brisbane mother and designer of tea blends. When the co-owner of a boutique tea shop in London dies, Kate inherits a share of the business on the understanding that she will go ahead with the opening of a new shop. When Leila and Elizabeth (along with the feisty young Victoria) enter Kate's world, the women throw themselves into realising Kate's vision of the most delectable tea shop in London. But with the very real possibility that The Tea Chest may fail, the three women are forced to decide what's important to each of them. This is the perfect book for our readers who love Maeve Binchy, Cathy Kelly and Monica McInerney.
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The Silkworm
by Robert Galbraith
Jun 2014 | Sphere | $32.99pb *BiP price $27.95
Robert Galbraith's second crime novel featuring the detective Cormoran Strike will be published in Australia on 19th June 2014.
You will know that Galbraith's alter ego is J.K. Rowling.
The Silkworm will be released at $32.99 in paperback, but you can reserve copies of the book at the special BiP price of $27.95
