Thursday, November 21, 2013

Smash Cut by Sandra Brown


Price: RM12 (free shipping within Malaysia)

'Do you know what a smash cut is?'
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'It's an abrupt edit. A sudden shift of scene. Used to shock the audience. Very effective. Lots of impact. It'll be like that. No one will see it coming. Especially her.'

When Paul Wheeler is shot dead during an armed robbery, his lover Julie Rutledge is convinced that Paul's prodigal nephew, Creighton, is responsible for the murder.

Creighton has a passion for movies and Paul's murder has all the elements of a blockbuster: family rivalries, incalculable wealth, and a prominent man dying in the arms of his beautiful mistress.

Although Creighton has a rock-solid alibi, even his renowned defense attorney, Derek Mitchell, soon doubts the young man's innocence.

The clock ticks down as Derek and Julie seek to learn if Creighton's fascination with movie murders is merely a bizarre hobby, or something more sinister. Has he begun re-enacting cinema's goriest scenes? And, if so, who will be his unwitting co-stars?

They won't know until the final Smash Cut.

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella


Price: RM10 (free shipping within Malaysia)

Meet Rebecca Bloomwood.
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She has a great flat, a fabulous wardrobe full of the season's must-haves, and a job telling other people how to manage their money.

She spends her leisure time... shopping.

Retail therapy is the answer to all her problems. She knows she should stop, but she can't. She tries Cutting Back, she tries Making More Money. But neither seems to work. The letters from the bank are getting harder to ignore. Can Becky ever escape from this dreamworld, find true love, and regain theuse of her credit card?

The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic... the perfect pick-me-up for when it's all hanging in the (bank) balance.

Friday, November 15, 2013

River, Cross my Heart by Breena Clarke


Price: RM10 (free shipping within Malaysia)

In scenes alive with emotional truth, this remarkable novel brings to life an entire community - the Georgetown neigbourhood of Washington, D.C., Circa 1925 - as it weighs the effect of a young girl's tragic death on the people she has left behind.

5th Horseman by James Patterson with Maxine Paetro


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A young mother dies: A young mother is recuperating in a top San Francisco hospital when suddenly she's gasping for breath. The cal...l button fails to bring help in time. How and why did this happen?

The Women's Murder Club investigates: With help from the newest member of the Women's Murder Club, Yuki Castellano, Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer discovers that this is not the hospital's first suspicious case. Other patients have taken unexpected and devastating turns for the worse just as they're about to go home. Are these just appalling coincidences? Or is a maniac playing God with people's lives?

The 5th Horseman Rides: When someone close to the Women's Murder Club begins to exhibit the same terrifying symptoms, Lindsay fears no one is safe. In a wild race against time she must fight an administration determined to shield its reputation even if it means hiding a killer...

The newest addition to the top-selling mystery series takes the Women's Murder Club to the most terrifying heights of suspense they have encountered yet.

Skipping Christmas by John Grisham


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Imagine a year without Christmas.
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No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents.

That's just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they'll skip holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on Hemlock Street without a rooftop Frosty; they won't be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash; they aren't even going to have a tree. They won't need one, because come December 25 they're setting sail on a Caribbean cruise. But, as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences - and isn't half as easy as they'd imagined.

A classic tale for modern times, Skipping Christmas offers a hilarious look at the chaos and frezny that has become part of our holiday tradition.

Bones to Ashes by Kathy Reichs


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The skeleton is that of a young girl, no more than fourteen years old - and forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan is struggling to keep her emo...tion in check.

A nagging in her subconcious won't let up. A memory triggered, deep in her hindbrain - the disappearance of a childhood friend; no warning, no explanation.

Detective Andrew Ryan is working a series of parallel cases: three missing persons, three unidentified bodies - all female, all early-to-mid teens... Could Tempe's skeleton be yet another in this tragic line of young victims? Or is she over-reacting, makin connections where none exist?

Working on instinct, Tempe takes matters into her own hands. But even she couldn't have predicted the horrors his investigation would eventually uncover... Can Tempe maintain a professional distance as the past catches up with her in this, her most deeply personal case yet?

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie




Price: RM10 (free shipping within Malaysia).
Condition: Used.

Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence was damning: only ...Elinor has the motive, the opportunity and means to administer the fatal poison.

Yet, inside the hostile courtroom, only one man still presumed Elinor was innocent until proven guilty: Hercule Poirot was all that stood between Elinor and the gallows...