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The Burning Wire by Jeffery Deaver – Book Review

May 4, 2011 By Uk Book Prices Editor 1 Comment
The Burning Wire
Jeffery Deaver

 

The Burning Wire is the 9th in Jeffery Deaver’s Lincoln Rhyme crime series featuring the quadriplegic detective and the resourceful Amelia Sachs. Somebody is manipulating the electricity grid of New York with deadly results, but unlike the CIA and the FBI, Lincoln Rhyme doesn’t believe it is the work of terrorists at all…

Jeffery Deaver has produced another compelling, fast-paced and creative thriller with a real twist in the tale.

 

To find out about other books in the charts, have a look at the UK’s top 20 bestselling books…

 

If you like The Burning Wire you may also enjoy:

 

The Bone Collector
Jeffery Deaver

 

Sleepyhead (Tom Thorne Novels)
Mark Billingham

 

Tell No One
Harlan Coben

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The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory: Book Review

April 27, 2011 By Uk Book Prices Editor 1 Comment
The Red Queen
Philippa Gregory

 

Philippa Gregory is a historian and author of over 20 historical novels, perhaps the most famous of which is the bestselling The Other Boleyn Girl. Her latest novel, The Red Queen, is the second book in her new trilogy, The Cousins War.

The Red Queen tells the story of Margaret Beaufort, child-bride of Edmund Tudor, who undermined the support for Richard III to ensure the succession of her only son, Henry Tudor, as King Henry VII of England. The events of The War of the Roses are related with Philippa Gregory’s customary passion for detail, incident, character and historical fact, and the self-righteous and ruthless Margaret makes an unusual and fascinating heroine. The Plantaganet family is brought vividly and convincingly to life.

 

To find out about other books in the charts, have a look at the UK’s top 20 bestselling books…

 

If you like The Red Queen, you may also enjoy:

 

The White Queen (Cousins’ War Series 1)
Philippa Gregory

 

Lancaster And York: The Wars of the Roses
Alison Weir

 

The Confession of Katherine Howard
Suzannah Dunn

 

The People’s Queen
Vanora Bennett

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Life and Laughing by Michael McIntyre: Book Review

April 13, 2011 By Uk Book Prices Editor Leave a Comment

 

 

Life and Laughing: My Story
Michael McIntyre

 

Since his big break at the Royal Variety Performance in 2006, Michael McIntyre has become Britain’s best-loved comedy star. Michael’s journey towards the fastest selling DVD of all time, hosting his own BBC1 series, and becoming a judge on Britain’s Got Talent, is chronicled in his first book – the bestselling autobiography Life and Laughing.

With his legendary humour, warmth, charm and honesty, Michael McIntyre shares his story from his showbiz roots, life at a single sex school, pursuing his wife Kitty, crippling debt and failing to sell more than one ticket at the Edinburgh Festival, right through to the staggering success of recent years. A fascinating, engrossing and very very funny read.

 

To find out about other books in the charts, have a look at the Official UK Top 20 Books…

If you enjoy Life and Laughing, then why not try some more celebrity autobiographies?

 

The Fry Chronicles
Stephen Fry

 

Can’t Stand Up for Sitting Down
Jo Brand

 

Livin’ the Dreem: A Year in My Life
Harry Hill

 

Nerd Do Well
Simon Pegg

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Play to Kill by P.J.Tracy: Book Review

April 13, 2011 By Uk Book Prices Editor 1 Comment
Play to Kill
P.J Tracy

 

When a woman clad in a white formal gown is found floating face down in the Mississippi River and a series of murder videos are posted on the web, detectives Leo Magozzi and Gino Rolseth join forces with Grace McBride’s Monkeewrench crew of software company computer geeks to link the crimes.

Play to Kill is the fifth gripping crime thriller from the American mother and daughter writing team Patricia (P.J.) and Traci Lambrecht.

 

To find out about other books in the charts, have a look at the Official UK Top 20 Books…

If you enjoy Play to Kill, then why not try some more of P.J.Tracy’s novels?

 

Snow Blind
P. J. Tracy

 

Live Bait
P. J. Tracy

 

Dead Run
P. J. Tracy

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Men I’ve Loved Before by Adele Parks: Book Review

April 13, 2011 By Uk Book Prices Editor 1 Comment
Men I’ve Loved Before
Adele Parks

 

Neil and Nat seem to be perfectly matched in every way – until Neil decides that he would like to have children after all. As their marriage cracks and they begin to drift apart, Nat begins to wonder if, of all her relationships in the past, she has really settled for the right man?

Adele Park’s tenth novel provides fascinating insights into relationships, believable and likeable characters, sparkling comedy and emotional depth. With a plot that twists and turns and an engaging narrative, Men I’ve Loved Before is a thoroughly entertaining love story.

 

To find out about other books in the charts, have a look at the Official UK Top 20 Books…

If you enjoy Men I’ve Loved Before, then why not try some more of Adele Parks’ novels?

 

Husbands
Adele Parks

 

Playing Away
Adele Parks

 

The Other Woman’s Shoes
Adele Parks

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Chances by Freya North: Book Review

April 13, 2011 By Uk Book Prices Editor 2 Comments
Chances
Freya North

 

The latest offering from Freya North is another easy-to-read and charming love story perfect for a summer beach.

Broken-hearted Vita still co-owns a gift shop with her ex, Tim, who cheated on her. Broken-hearted tree surgeon Oliver is raising his teenage son by himself following the death of his wife. When Vita’s pear tree brings Vita and Oliver together, a second opportunity for love, life and happiness is opened up to both of them – if only they are prepared to take a chance…

Witty, heart-warming and enjoyable, Chances is chick-lit at its sparkling best.

 

To find out about other books in the charts, have a look at the Official UK Top 20 Books…

 

If you enjoy Chances, then why not try some more of Freya North’s novels?

 

Sally
Freya North

 

Pillow Talk
Freya North

 

 

Secrets
Freya North

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Blueeyedboy by Joanne Harris: Book Review

April 13, 2011 By Uk Book Prices Editor 1 Comment
Blueeyedboy
Joanne Harris

 

Blueeyedboy, the latest novel by Joanne Harris, couldn’t be less like her best-loved work, Chocolat, if it tried.

It is a disturbing and provocative psychological thriller in which the boundary between the virtual world and the actual world is so blurred that reality and fantasy overlap throughout the novel. Joanne Harris’s unreliable narrator leads the reader on a dark and twisted journey through his past and present where nothing is as it seems and the truth is always just out of reach. Reading Blueeyedboy is a fascinating and unsettling experience that will keep you on the edge of your seat right up to the very end, and will haunt you long after you’ve finished the final page.

 

To find out about other books in the charts, have a look at the Official UK Top 20 Books…

 

If you enjoy Blueeyedboy, then why not try some more of Joanne Harris’s novels?

 

Chocolat
Joanne Harris

 

Gentlemen & Players
Joanne Harris

 

Five Quarters Of The Orange
Joanne Harris

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Mums Still Know Best by the Hairy Bikers: Book Review

April 8, 2011 By Uk Book Prices Editor Leave a Comment

 

Mums Still Know Best: The Hairy Bikers’ Best-Loved Recipes
Hairy Bikers

 

The unlikely cooking duo return in Mums Still Know Best, the sequel to the hugely successful Mums Know Best, accompanying their television series.

The eight different chapters (Comforting Food, Al Fresco, Taste of Home, Lazy Weekends, High Tea, Distant Shores, Posh Nosh and Family Classics) provide a wide variety of mouth-watering classic recipes. With simple instructions and beautiful illustrations, this is a collection of tried and tested dishes from Si and Dave’s personal family favourites together with recipes of mums throughout the country.

 

To find out about other books in the charts, have a look at the UK’s top 20 bestselling books…

 

If you enjoy Mums Still Know Best, then why not try some more of the Hairy Bikers’ cookery books:

 

Mums Know Best: The Hairy Bikers’ Family Cookbook
Hairy Bikers

 

The Hairy Bikers’ 12 Days of Christmas: Fabulous Festive Recipes to Feed Your Family and Friends
Hairy Bikers

 

The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook
Dave Myers

 

The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain
Hairy Bikers

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The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas: Book Review

April 8, 2011 By Uk Book Prices Editor 3 Comments
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas

 

Eight different narratives interlink to form Christos Tsiolkas’s fascinating portrait of contemporary Australia. The culturally and ethnically contrasting points of view are those of eight witnesses to a controversial act of violence at a suburban barbeque. Long-listed for the Booker prize, The Slap is a brutally honest and compelling examination of raw humanity, written with realism and intelligence.

 

To find out about other books in the charts, have a look at the UK’s top 20 bestselling books…

 

2010 Man Booker Winner:


The Finkler Question

Howard Jacobson

2010 Man Booker Shortlist:


Parrot and Olivier in America

Peter Carey

 


Room

Emma Donoghue

 


In a Strange Room

Damon Galgut

 


The Long Song

Andrea Levy

 


C

Tom McCarthy

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9th Judgement by James Patterson: Book Review

April 8, 2011 By Uk Book Prices Editor 3 Comments
9th Judgement (Womens Murder Club 9)
James Patterson

 

James Patterson’s bestselling Women’s Murder Club books are a series of American police procedural novels revolving around the lives of four contrasting female friends in San Francisco who pool their resources to solve crimes: Inspector Lindsay Boxer, Deputy District Attorney Jill Bernhardt, medical examiner Dr Claire Washburn, and crime reporter Cindy Thomas.

In 9th Judgement, Detective Lindsay Boxer and her friends collaborate to link a series of seemingly mindless murders of women with children and a run of cat burglaries. Another gripping, edge-of-the-seat thriller from the master of the genre.

 

To find out about other books in the charts, have a look at the UK’s top 20 bestselling books…

 

If you enjoy 9th Judgement, then why not try some more of James Patterson’s novels…

 

1st to Die (Womens Murder Club 1)

Along Came a Spider

Hide and Seek

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