Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre opening in November
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A new library and community facility in south-west Christchurch is opening soon. It will have a library, customer service desk and a 5,000 square metre outdoor area that includes a swimming pool.
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"When you first disappeared, your mother warned me that finding out exactly what happened to you would be worse than never knowing." ~ from Karin Slaughter's Pretty Girls
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Patriot
by Ted Bell
When the Kremlin develops a radical new weapon with the potential of reshaping Europe, MI6 officer Alex Hawke investigates a series of bizarre spy assassinations to prevent a full-scale world war.
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Shadow play: an Eve Duncan novel
by Iris Johansen
Assisting a California sheriff in the reconstruction of a skeleton that may be a missing child, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan begins communicating with the child's spirit and becomes increasingly obsessed with the case.
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The dead student
by John Katzenbach
Reaching out to his ex-girlfriend for help when the police rule his uncle's suspicious death a suicide, alcoholic PhD student Timothy "Moth" Warner resolves to uncover the truth at any cost.
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| Icarus: a novel by Deon MeyerIn his 5th appearance, Captain Benny Griessel of South Africa's Cape Town Directorate of Priority Crime Investigations risks losing his hard-earned sobriety and destroying his relationships after visiting the scene of a murder/suicide that hits particularly close to home. In addition, he's responsible for a high-profile murder case after the founder of a sleazy Internet service (providing alibis for cheating spouses) is found dead. Plot twists and several sub-plots make Icarus a "standout entry in a superior series" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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| Those we left behind by Stuart NevilleIn this nuanced, complex novel, 19-year-old Ciaran Devine has returned to Belfast after serving seven years in prison for killing his foster father. DCI Serena Flanagan never believed he did it, and still believes that Ciaran confessed to protect his older brother, Thomas -- and the dead man's unstable son, Daniel, shares the same opinion. Between the media's unhealthy interest in Ciaran, Thomas' hold over him, and Daniel's instability, both Serena and Ciaran's probation officer are worried about an increasingly tense situation that threatens to trap Ciaran once more. |
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Shanghai redemption: an Inspector Chen novel
by Xiaolong Qiu
Given a bogus promotion and targeted by an assassin after a controversial case, former Shanghai detective and Communist Party secretary Chen Cao risks his life to investigate an increasingly corrupt Party leader.
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The stages: a mystery
by Thom Satterlee
All his life, Daniel has hidden behind his reputation as one of the world's best translators of Soren Kierkegaard, but when his beloved ex-girlfriend and mentor dies under odd circumstances and a priceless Kierkegaard manuscript goes missing, Daniel turns out to be the last person to have seen her alive. This man with Asperger's Syndrome must step out of the safety of his office to clear his name.
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| Pretty girls: a novel by Karin SlaughterIn her second standalone novel, bestselling author Karin Slaughter tells the story of two estranged sisters -- Claire and Lydia -- reunited by the murder of Claire's husband, whom Lydia had accused of harassment years ago. Hidden computer files pique Claire's interest and provoke suspicion that he may have known something about the disappearance of her oldest sister, Julia, decades previously. Realistic characters, moments of unexpected humour, poignant chapters from their father's perspective, ample suspense, and the slow healing of damaged relationships make for a tense, unsettling, but utterly compelling read. |
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Silent city
by Carrie Smith
NYPD Detective Claire Codella has just won a tough battle with cancer. Now she has to regain her rightful place on the force. She hasn't even been back a day when Hector Sanchez, a maverick public school principal, is found murdered. The school is on high alert. The media is howling for answers. And Codella catches the high-profile case at the worst possible time. As she races to track down the killer, she uncovers dirty politics, questionable contracts, and dark secrets. Each discovery she makes brings her closer to the truth, but the truth may cost Codella her life.
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| Iron house by John HartAs children, brothers Michael and Julian lived in a grim North Carolina orphanage. When another orphan was killed, Michael fled to New York City and eventually ended up as a hitman for the Mob. Sensitive, vulnerable Julian was adopted and took to exorcising his demons through his writing. They haven't seen each other in the 20 years since, but that's about to change as Julian comes under threat from one of Michael's rivals. With themes of loyalty and love laid against the violence and brutality of men and boys alike, their reconnection makes for compelling, if blood-soaked, reading. |
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| The prophet by Michael KorytaIn Chambers, Ohio, two very different brothers, estranged over their sister's abduction and murder when they were teens nearly 20 years ago, are forced into a reunion when another teenage girl is killed. While Kent is the well-respected coach of a winning football team, Adam is a bail bondsman, and the guilt-ridden, unwitting catalyst of both his sister's death and the more recent murder. His desire to find the person responsible for the latter may push him over the edge he already teeters near. Like John Hart's Iron House, this is a complex and "compulsively readable" (Kirkus Reviews) novel about brothers, family ties, and morality. |
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| Sister: a novel by Rosamund LuptonBeatrice is devastated when she learns that her sister, Tess, has been found dead -- and that Tess' death has been ruled a suicide. Though she has a full life of her own, Bee begins to take over Tess' life, starting with Tess' job and apartment, as she looks for a killer she knows must exist. As Bee's search goes on (she relates it, poignantly, in the form of a letter to Tess), the twists in the tale multiply -- Tess had been pregnant, though spurned by her married lover; she'd been in a clinical trial to cure her unborn baby of cystic fibrosis; and she may have had at least one stalker. A compelling tale of sisterly bonds as well as an eerie, slowly unfolding story, Sister was a bestseller in the U.K. |
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| That night by Chevy StevensWhen Toni Murphy was 20, she and her boyfriend were convicted of the murder of her younger sister, damned by false testimony from a classmate. Fifteen years later, she's returned to her hometown, hoping to keep her head down and acclimate quickly to the outside world. Contact with her ex is prohibited, but he wants her help clearing their names -- a dangerous proposition. Moving smoothly from present to past and back again, this novel will appeal to fans of Tana French's The Secret Place. |
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