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Hayden Library - PQ7082.N7 W43 2017

Blue Door is proud to announce its very own Super Thursday. Yes, that’s right, today we release not one, not two but three fantastic novels. First up is Rachel Trezise’s wonderful Sixteen Shades of Crazy. Tipped as the Valleys’ answer to Trainspotting, here’s Rachel giving us an insight into why she decided to dissect the morals and mores of life in ex-mining towns:
Already popular on the literary festival circuit you can catch Rachel this summer at Hay, Latitude and Green Man. You can also catch up with all of her news at her website www.racheltrezise.com. Recognised by the Orange Futures list (amongst the likes of Zadie Smith and Sarah Waters) we are very proud to be publishing her first novel.

Next up is something completely different. Meg Gardiner’s thrillers have been praised by Stephen King, Jeffery Deaver and Tess Gerritsen which is a pretty impressive roll call of fans. Her Evan Delaney series of novels was a hit with adults and teens alike and was regularly in the top ten of teen thrillers on Amazon.com. Her new super sleuth, Jo Beckett, is a forensic psychiatrist, investigating a person’s life to discover why they died. The Memory Collector (released early May) tells the story of Ian Kanan, a passenger on board a flight to San Francisco, who has been restrained by crew members for his erratic behaviour. Jo is immediately called in when it is established that Kanan has no memory of who he is or where he has been. Convinced that he holds the key to a potential terrorist plot (and may have been exposed to a deadly biological agent himself), Jo must race against time to unravel a series of clues and save her beloved city. Meg’s next Jo Beckett thriller, The Liar’s Lullaby will be released in June so watch out for some guest blogging on the site soon.

Last but by no means least is Warren Fitzgerald’s The Go-Away Bird. Perfect for fans of Chris Cleave’s The Other Hand, this is a heart-wrenching story of how friendship can develop in the most unlikely of places between the most unlikely of people. Fourteen-year-old Clementine arrives in London from war-torn Rwanda, having witnessed horrendous cruelty and unimaginable loss during the 1994 genocides. Lonely, grieving and displaced in a daunting new city, she flees her abusive uncle and befriends Ashley, a middle-aged, loner for whom teaching singing is the only escape from his London life. The story that unfolds is deeply moving and at times sad but throughout is a positive and uplifting tale of how two utter strangers can collide, bond and ultimately save each other. Here’s Warren telling us about the novel:

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Dewey Library - JZ1308.V35 2019

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Dewey Library - JZ5601.K67 2019

Reynolds, Justin A., author

Barnett, Mac, author

Halliday, Daniel, author

Plantinga, Alvin, author

Dewey Library - HQ1236.B527 2018

Hayden Library - B809.6.J67 2018

Thorp, Teresa M., 1968- author

Baier, Lowell E., author

Weisburd, A. Mark (Arthur Mark), 1948- author

Simon, Thomas W., 1945- author

Kamuli, Raphael, author

Ireland, Connie

Peers, Steve, author

Noone, Mary Anne, author

Davis, Mark S. (Mark Stephen), 1952- author

Rudin, Jonathan

Bates, G. M. (Gerard Maxwell), 1950- author

Frazer, Elizabeth, author

Bronitt, Simon, author

Ball, Matthew, 1983- author

Australia. Parliament. Senate. Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee, author, issuing body

Forbes, J. R. S., author

Simmonds, N. E. (Nigel E.), author

Powell, Anastasia, author

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