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16 new books for Winter

From the latest Jojo Moyes to a look at the backstory of Jane Tennison from Prime Suspect, Books Editor Joanne Finney has picked 16 page-turners for Winter
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After You by Jojo Moyes

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Readers fell head over heels for Jojo Moyes’ unlikely love story in Me Before You. She hadn’t planned to write a sequel but after requests from the book’s many fans, she’s picking up the story of Lou and Will again. In After You, Lou is swamped by grief and struggling to get through the days – until a teenage girl claiming to be Will’s daughter turns up on her doorstep. A deeply satisfying book full of big emotions.  

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Career Of Evil by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling)

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Two crime novels under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith have been runaway successes for Harry Potter creator JK Rowling. Now detective Cormoran Strike and his assistant, Robin Ellacott, return in Career Of Evil, which is also published under the Galbraith name. The pair become caught up in a serial killer’s sadistic game when he sends a severed leg to their office. So why is he targeting them? 

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The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood

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A new novel from Margaret Atwood is bound to cause debate. In The Heart Goes Last, a homeless couple sign up for a social experiment that means they’re given a home as long as they agree to swap lives for six months with a couple in prison – with explosive consequences. 

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The Gap Of Time by Jeanette Winterson

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Launching the new Hogarth Shakespeare series, in which well known writers re-imagine the Bard’s plays, Jeanette Winterson’s take on The Winter’s Tale is called The Gap Of Time. Set in present-day London after the financial crisis, a hedge fund manager is tortured by thoughts that his wife is having an affair with his best friend. 

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Dark Corners by Ruth Rendell

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Much-loved author Ruth Rendell died this year but has left behind Dark Corners, one final crime novel. When a man sells diet pills to a friend, it sets off a chain of events that leads to murder. As tautly plotted and suspenseful as her other brilliant books.

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Tennison by Lynda La Plante

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Do you love Prime Suspect? In Tennison, Lynda La Plante turns back time to 1972, when a 22-year-old Jane Tennison is leading her first murder investigation. 

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The Drowning Lesson by Jane Shemilt

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In The Drowning Lesson, Jane Shemilt builds layer upon layer of tension. A family’s dream adventure abroad turns to nightmare when their baby son goes missing. A claustrophobic read.

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Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume

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 The growing bond between a lonely man and the dog he adopts is at the heart of Spill Simmer Falter Wither. This debut by Sara Baume is a quietly wonderful book. 

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Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

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Anyone needing a push to start writing, painting or some other artistic outlet, should read Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert. The author of Eat Pray Love challenges readers to face their fears, find what they most love doing and be creative. 

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A Parcel For Anna Browne by Miranda Dickinson

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Anna has always been happy to hide in the shadows, until a mysterious benefactor starts sending her presents and it kick-starts a reinvention. A Parcel For Anna Browne is a heartwarming delight from Miranda Dickinson. 

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City on Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg

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City On Fire is ingeniously told from the alternating perspectives of a cast of characters linked by the shooting of a teenage girl in 1970s New York. This sprawling doorstop of a book by Garth Risk Hallberg is ambitious, assured – and stunningly good.  

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The Lake House by Kate Morton

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In The Lake House, Kate Morton has created an atmospheric mystery about an abandoned house where a child went missing 70 years before.  

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Paris, He Said by Christine Sneed

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A struggling artist is swept off her feet when her gallery owner boyfriend invites her to move to Paris with him – but he hasn’t been completely honest about the other women in his life. Paris, He Said is an elegant novel about the nuances of relationships by Christine Sneed.  

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Lifelines by Bel Mooney

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Journalist Bel Mooney has been an agony aunt for a national newspaper for the last 10 years, sharing her own experiences of heartbreak and hard-won wisdom with readers. Lifelines is a collection of her columns to dip into when times are tough.  

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The White Road by Edmund De Waal

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The first book from Edmund De Waal, The Hare With The Amber Eyes, was a surprise hit. Now he returns with The White Road, another quirky memoir that engagingly weaves together a history of porcelain with his personal history. 

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Unfinished Business by Anne-Marie Slaughter

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Accprding to Sheryl Sandberg, we should all be leaning in. But what about family life? In Unfinished Business, Anne-Marie Slaughter offers an alternative vision for getting ahead at work – and at home – for working parents. 

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