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• Accountable

  the True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

  Slater, Dashka

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  A thought provoking read.

• Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect

  Stevenson, Benjamin

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  Superb follow up to Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone. Fantastic one liners.

• Night Watching

  Sierra, Tracy

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  A cracker of a debut novel! Suspenseful page turner.

• Kill Your Husbands

  Heath, Jack, 1986-

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  Fast paced immensely readable who-dunnit about a weekend trip that goes wrong in the worst way possible.

• The Wiregrass

  Hyland, Adrian

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  The second of Hyland's books to feature police officer Jesse Redpath and I think its better than the first. A gritty Aussie mystery with a great protagonist.

• Untouchable Girls

  the Topp Twins's Story

  Topp, Jools, 1958-

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  Immensely readable with a good dash of New Zealand history in the background of the Topp Twins lives. Be warned you may have the book's namesake song stuck in your head while reading...

• The Ministry of Time

  Bradley, Kaliane

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  Given to me as a birthday gift, I felt obligated to read this. I was highly unlikely have picked it off the library shelves as I don't usually venture into Science Fiction. Lesson learned, it was great! A gripping read focused on the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• That Librarian

  the Fight Against Book Banning in America

  Jones, Amanda (Librarian)

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  Amanda's account of her social media vilification after speaking at a public library meeting about book banning, and her fight back. I'm still currently reading this at lunchtimes, but in light of the recent outcome of the US election it…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Book of Doors

  Brown, Gareth (Novelist)

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  Books with magical powers. Some awesome, some scary verging graphically horrible. A mind bendy time travelling novel.

• The Secret Hours

  Herron, Mick

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  While a touch too wordy for my liking it gets really good towards the end. The Apple tv series Slow Horses adapted from the books is excellent!

• The Rooster House

  a Ukrainian Family Story

  Belim, Victoria

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  Author pursues the mystery fate of an ancestor. She provides a personal account of the impact of the Soviet secret police and her connection to her homeland Ukraine. All the more pertinent in the context of the ongoing war.

• The Seven

  Hammer, Chris, 1960-

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  Another goody from Mr Hammer.

• Beneath the Keep

  a Novel of the Tearling

  Johansen, Erika

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  A great prequel for those who enjoyed the Queen of the Tearling series

• Tree of Strangers

  Sumner, Barbara, 1960-

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  An unflinching look at adoption from the perspective of one who has lived through it.

• Resurrection Bay

  Viskic, Emma

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  The first in an excellent Aussie mystery series featuring a deaf main character.

• Last Witness

  Whitehouse, Lucie, 1975-

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  The third in the excellent series featuring solo mum Detective Chief Inspector Robin Lyons.