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Bookshelf – 5 Escapist Reads

Champagne War By Fiona McIntosh

Champagne War

Fiona McIntosh

A new blockbuster novel from Fiona McIntosh. In the summer of 1914, Sophie’s husband Jerome heads off to war, leaving her to ensure the forthcoming vintages will be testament to their love and the power of the people of Épernay. While Jerome was sure that he’d be back by Christmas the years drag on and authorities advise that he is missing, considered dead. Sophie battles to keep their vineyard going through the war but a critical sugar shortage forces her to strike a dangerous bargain with an untrustworthy acquaintance… nothing will test her courage more than the news that filters through to her about the fate of her heroic Jerome.

The Sentinel

Lee Child

Jack Reacher’s latest adventure takes him to a sleepy no-name town outside Nashville, Tennessee. His plan is to stop for a cup of coffee and move right along. Not going to happen. The town has been shut down due to a cyber attack and at the centre of it is Rusty Rutherford, an average IT guy who  knows more than he realises. Reacher might just have to stick around and find out what the hell’s gone wrong… and then put it right, like only he can.

The Sentinel By Lee Child
Silence Of Snow By Eileen Merriman

Silence Of Snow

Eileen Merriman

Perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult! This latest novel from Eileen Merriman is a compelling medical drama about facing your demons and finding the strength to carry on, even when it seems that all is lost. Anaesthetic Fellow Rory McBride is adrift after a routine procedure went horribly wrong and first-year doctor, Jodi Waterstone, is starting to find the night shifts and impossible workload take its toll. Both are trying to stay in control of their lives but Rory begins to self-medicate and soon sedatives are not enough. Can Jodi save him from himself?

Because of You

Dawn French

Because of You is the first novel in five years, it’s the remarkably poignant must-have book for every Dawn French fan. In the same hospital, two very different women give birth to two very similar daughters. Hope leaves with a beautiful baby girl. Anna leaves with empty arms. Seventeen years later, the gods who keep watch over broken-hearted mothers wreak mighty revenge, and the truth starts rolling, terrible and deep, toward them all. The power of mother-love will be tested to its limits.

Because of You By Dawn French
Grown Ups By Marian Keyes

Grown Ups

Marian Keyes

Grown Ups is the brilliant book from bestselling author Marian Keyes. They’re a glamorous family, the Caseys, they spend a lot of time together, birthday parties, anniversary celebrations, weekends away but they keep even more secrets. When one of the Caseys gets a concussion and those secrets begin to spill everything starts to unravel and every one of the adults finds themselves wondering if it’s time – finally – to grow up?