By: Philip Roth/Jonathan Cape

On instructions from his father boy-next-door Marcus Messner quits college in Newark to begin his sophomore year at conservative Wines Burg College in Ohio. Why does he do so ? Simply because daddy dear worries about his son’s adult life! But soon enough, the thought of living with his parents. freaks Marcus out. So he Quits living with parents follows his heart and lands up back in Newark. Set in the backdrop of the Korean War Indignation explores the bizarre life of Marcus Messner, filled with intellectual resistance and sexual discovery.

HOT TIP: A gripping narrative that deals with religion politics and their impact on a normal life.

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By: SJ Bolton/Bantam

Just moving to the picturesque but remote Shetland island has been unsettling enough for surgeon Tora Hamilton, even before the rather gruesome discovery she makes one rain-drenched Sunday afternoon… Deep in the peat soil near her new home, she is shocked to find the perfectly preserved body of a young woman, with a gaping hole in her chest from where her heart has been brutally removed! Three rune marks, etched into the woman’s skin, bear an eerie resemblance to carvings that Tora has seen all over the island, including homes she has visited and around a fireplace in her own cellar. As Tora uncovers some disturbing links to an ancient Shetland legend, the unfriendly detective, her smooth-talking boss and even her own husband are at pains to persuade her to let matters be. Could their concerns be genuine? Perhaps yes, for when terrifying threats roll in like the cold island mists, it seems someone wants Tora out of the picture-once and for all.

Hot Tip: A very slick and well-crafted thriller-right from the very taut and crackling opening scene to the goosebump-including climax

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By: Philippa Gregory/Touchstone

Aunique take on one of history’s most maddening heroines. Biographers often neglect the captive years of Mary, Queen of Scots, who trusted Queen Elizabeth’s promise of sanctuary when she flied from rebels in Scotland and found herself imprisoned as a ‘guest’ of George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, and his indomitable wife bess of hardwick. The newly married couple thought that serving as her hosts and jailers would help them in the cutthroat Elizabethan court. To their horror they found that the task nearly bankrupted them and as their home became the epicenter of intrigue against Elizabeth their loyalty to each other and to their sovereign came into question. Will the great spymaster William Cecil link them to the growing conspiracy to free Mary from her illegal imprisonment? Either way they will all face the headsman!

HOT TIP: Suspense meets passion meets political intrigue!

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By: Cathy Kelly / Harper

There is chick-lit and then there is chick-lit…Cathy’s writing qualifies as the latter for its tasteful, insightful approach to relationships and their particular afflictions. Granted that getting through the 400-plus pages can be a rather arduous task for a supposed light read, but the book-even though it meanders and rambles at times-proves to be worthy of all that time spent unravelling the lives of three generations of a family of deeply feeling Irishwomen. Not at all a frothy or frivolous read, this one is partly based in a history-seeped World War 2nd context, thus adding a new dimension to the tale.

HOT TIP: Engrossing and enigmatic at the same time, this is worth a weekend of reading!

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By: Jackie Collins / Simon & Schuster

Drop-dead gorgeous Cameron, 24, is a personal trainer in a fitness club. She trains high-profile socialites, and many come on to her strongly! But, with plans to open her own studio, she’s focused on striving and saving. Till she meets Ryan, a successful moviemaker, married to a celebrity heiress of a powerbroking dynasty. Ryan’s never cheated on his wife but when he meets Cameron, all bets are off. So, what happens when lust and desire collide with marriage and power?

HOT TIP: You know pretty well what to expect from a Jackie Collins book, right? Wrong!

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